Participants imagined being one out of three people in a video clip who had either a fluent conversation or a conversation in which flow was disrupted by a brief silence.

在一段视频剪辑中，参与者们想象自己是三个人当中的一个，他们要么有一段流利的谈话，要么有一段被短暂的沉默打断了的谈话。

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If you decide a sunset or a conversation is going to live only in your mind instead of on your hard drive, you'll probably savor it more richly.

如果你计划看一场日落，或一次谈话，只有当它存储在你的脑海里而非硬盘上，你才能更强烈地感受和体验它的滋味。

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When you're ready to try something you've been avoiding because of shyness - like a phone call or a conversation - write down what you want to say beforehand.

当你准备要常识以前因为害羞而不敢做的事情时，比如打电话或者交流对话，首先提前罗列出你要说的内容。

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"It's unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr.Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interest of the United States,".

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I had not really had a conversation with a person who was out as lesbian or gay before I was in college.

在上大学以前,我从未真正地和一个,出柜的同性恋谈过话。

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Or if you're having a simple conversation with a stranger or a friend,

如果你是在和一个陌生人或朋友简单交谈，

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Tendency to tune out or drift away in the middle of a page or a conversation.

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Every once in a while, rushing about, my belief in pace rises up, slows me down and grants me a view of a sunset, a smile from a stranger or a conversation with a child.

NPR: The Practice of Slowing Down

And so the question is, at what point can we have a serious conversation about Medicare and its long-term liability, or a serious question about -- a serious conversation about Social Security, or a serious conversation about budget and debt in which we're not simply trying to position ourselves politically.

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