Known as the forest transition, this can be visualised as a curve in the shape of a ski-jump, first sloping down steeply and then turning up gently as the forest creeps back.

这一过程被称为森林转变，它可被形象地表现为一条跳台滑雪型的曲线：一开始陡然下滑，之后随着逐步还林，曲线缓缓上升。

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The second is guilt; the person might have been feeling guilty at turning down the first request.

第二是内疚感，拒绝你第一个请求会让他产生内疚感。

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Go down this road and take the first turning on the left.

沿着这条路走，在第一个路口左拐。

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Crocker, who beat Phelps to win the world title in Barcelona and took the world record from him at the same time, wanted to take charge from the start and went out fast down the first length, turning inside world record pace at the 50 in 23.59, more than half a second clear of the field.

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Vineet Nayar is chief executive officer of HCL Technologies, the India-based global information technology services company, and author of Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down (Harvard Business Press, June 2010).

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In the video below, Nayar, who recently released the book Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, outlines four simple steps companies can take to implement this philosophy and reap the revenues in return.

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