不过弗塞特上尉拒绝了一位商人的奇怪请求。

Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.

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在某种程度上是这样的，但如果没有我事先的思想准备，就不会有那次[合作]，“塞弗特说。”

In some ways I was, but without my mental preparation [the partnership] never would have happened, "Seifert says."

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塞弗特决定采用一种她一直在研究的方法，“预测编码”，如果她恰巧碰上这么一个研究搭档，这种方法会指导她将其认出。

Seifert decided to employ a method she has studied, "predictive encoding," a process to prime her mind to recognize such a study partner if she happened upon him.

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