So my consciousness narrows and constricts, and I'm in the "fight or flight" mode.

我的意识变得狭窄，收紧，进入“对抗或逃跑“模式。

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So, we have a certain mode of talking about things that we own or things that are close to us "My arm, my heart, my child, my car."

我们对我们所拥有的,或是与我们有关的事物,有着特定的表述模式,比如,"我的胳膊,我的心脏,我的孩子,我的爱车"

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If you follow these instructions " you will be a man my son." So that's the mode of thought he may have been in when he talked.

如果你遵循这些教诲,你将成为一个真正的人，我的孩子,所以，那也许才是他发言时所处的思维模式吧。

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