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如何提高辦事效率

Stay out of the past (and don't go too far into the future)

告別過去（且避免過分想象未來）

How many times do we find ourselves dwelling on the past and reliving memories, both fond and painful? Physically, we're in one place at one time, yet mentally and emotionally we're somewhere else entirely. If we're not lost in once-upon-a-times, chances are we're projecting ourselves into the future, either worrying about things that haven't happened yet or daydreaming about what might be.

有多少次，我們發現自己既迷戀又痛苦地沉浸在過去及回憶之中？生理上而言，我們一次只能在一個地方；但心理和情緒上來講，我們卻可以完全身處異地。如果不是沉浸在過去之中，那我們很可能就是在想象未來——要么為還沒發生的事情擔憂，要么做著不著邊際的白日夢。

Though it certainly pays to take the occasional look ahead in order to know where we're going, when it comes to getting things done, we benefit much more from being present in the moment and focusing on the now.

當然，偶爾預想未來能讓我們清楚目前的狀況；但若需把事情做完，我們還是應當多活在當下、珍惜現在。

By being alert and focused on the task at hand, we're more capable of doing what needs to be done.

只要保持敏銳并專心做好手中任務，我們肯定會越來越能處理好該做的事情。

【知識點講解】

dwell on 老是想著， 詳述； 居住在（某處）； 不嫌詞費；

例句：

I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.

我不再去回憶那些痛苦不堪的往事了。

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

沉湎于虛幻的夢想而忘記現實的生活，是毫無益處的。

Sometimes his mind would dwell on the horrors he had been through.

有時他會老是想著他所經歷過的種種恐怖.

capable of 有…能力（或技能）的，能…的；

例句：

I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.

我覺得我能準確預料此事的政治后果。

All dogs are capable of doing harm to human beings.

只要是狗就可能會咬人。

She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.

她有一個年邁的父親，可能會很不好相處。

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