In the eighteen hours until his rescue,he says, he kept his mind on prayer and playing music in his head.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Is there something on his mind that he's not saying?

是不是还有些东西他想说而没写？

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

profoundly occupied with what's going on in his own mind.

深深地被他的想法占据了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But she realized then that his mind would forever be on the march, always requiring something newer, better and more perfect.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

What the philosopher tries to do, then, so as to better focus on these ideal things, is to disregard the body, put it aside, separate his mind as much as possible from it.

所以 哲学家们,为了全神贯注于这些理想事物,就要忽略肉体,撇开肉体,尽可能地分离精神和肉体

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Listen to me. James is a tracker.The hunt is his obsession. I read his mind.My reaction on the field set him off.

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