今天我又到了德国，刚一下火车，迎接我们的主人问我：“你离开德国这样久，有什么变化没有？”

Now, I am in Germany again. The German host welcoming me at the railway station asked, "It's a long time since you were here last."

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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

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I will, eventually, respond to Professor Kagan, but the synapses take a bit longer for that.

当然最后，我会回应卡刚教授这个称呼，但是，那会久一点。

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