Making changes in your life is hard and if you don't make a conscious effort to set yourself up for success, failure is almost certain.

人生的路上做出一些有利于我们成功的改变很难，可是如果你不自觉地去努力提高改善自己，那么失败便是难免的了。

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Making an effort to produce thoughtful responses even if it means simply breathing fully before speaking, will work wonders for the quality of your conversations.

即使是不带喘气地说出经过努力而形成的深思熟虑的反馈，你的谈话也会让人产生疑虑。

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More generally, if the other people are talking among themselves, and aren't making an effort in include you, you should take the initiative and try to work your way in there.

更一般地，如果其他人在彼此说话，却不打算把你包括在内的时候，你应该采取主动，努力把自己放进去。

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If banks are not making a lot of effort to court even the middle-class consumer, you can be sure the issue of serving the unbanked will not be addressed for a long time.

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The effort will collapse if cultural heritage is seen either as a pesky impediment to making money, or as something to be exploited for short-term gain.

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Mr Leung, the new chief executive, has been making an unusual effort to show his concern for Hong Kong's poor, but if his unpopularity persists in spite of that, it could lead to the kind of crisis that toppled Mr Tung.

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