Now more and more Chinese people are choosing bikes instead of cars to make short journeys in cities.

现在越来越多的中国人在城市里进行短途旅行的时候，都选择自行车而不是汽车。

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In that one short moment, the children had seen for themselves the ability they owned to make a change.

在那短暂的一瞬间，孩子们亲眼目睹了自己有能力做出改变。

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A bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower (意志力) is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.

《意志力：重新发现人类最伟大的力量》这本畅销书表明意志力是做决定的能力，从长远而非短期来看对我们更有益。

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But in a small,short person, Skinner says,just 3 kilograms can make the difference between a healthy weight and obesity.

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And you must know, as I looked on, I saw those men in a short time make the former democracy " look like a golden age."

而我一路看来，所见这些人在短期内的作为,似乎使旧民主,看起来像是进入了全盛时代“

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We can take advantage of their weaknesses to make more money in the short term than we'd make from a more ethical approach.

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