《浅薄：互联网如何毒化了我们的大脑》一书的作者尼古拉斯·卡尔写道：“网络被设计成一个中断系统，一台用来分散注意力的机器。”
Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, wrote, "The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention."
我不能任由自己被那些东西分散注意力。
首先我们要来谈谈什么是分散注意力的行为。
We are going to start by talking about what are known as distraction displays.
当罗马人因此而被内部冲突分散注意力的时候，其他部落抓住机会进入了无人防卫的罗马领土。
While the Romans were thus distracted by internal conflict, other tribes seized the opportunity to cross into Roman territory unopposed.
那些只复述单词的人与那些不分散注意力的人表现得一样，但那些任务更复杂的人反应时间更差——平均多出480毫秒的延迟。
Those only repeating words performed the same as those with no distraction, but those with the more complicated task showed even worse reaction times—an average of 480 milliseconds extra delay.
打呵欠会分散注意力，消耗精力，耗费时间。
重构和分散注意力的技巧可以缓解抑郁、焦虑和愤怒。
The techniques of reframing and distraction can alleviate depression and anxiety as well as anger.
他们不需要做的——可能会分散注意力的——是必须考虑他们的手指在哪里，或者在奔跑时如何控制球。
What they don't need to do—what would be a distraction—is to have to think about where their fingers are, or how to control the ball while running.
我最不需要的就是学习另一种管理待办事项清单的方法来分散注意力。
The last thing I needed was the distraction of learning another way of managing to-do lists
迁徙动物对于更宏大的使命保持着高度专注，这一使命让它们不会被诱惑分散注意力，也不会被挑战吓倒，这些挑战可能会让其他动物转变方向。
Migrating animals maintain an intense attentiveness to the greater mission, which keeps them undistracted by temptations and undeterred by challenges that would turn other animals aside.
电话，即时短信，电子邮件，网络广告，来来去去的同事，午餐预约，帐单，家里的事情都会使他们分散注意力。
The phone, Instant messages, e-mail, web pop-ups, drop in coworkers, lunch appointments, bills and family all competing for attention.
此项计划侧重于重大风险，包括：超速；酒后驾驶；使用移动设备分散注意力；不系安全带、不戴头盔以及不使用儿童约束系统。
The plan focuses on the big risks, including speeding, drinking and driving, inattention while using mobile devices, and failing to use seat-belts, helmets and child restraints.
但是太多的目标反而会使你分散注意力，最终你也许一件事情都没有完成。
But having too many can cause you to lose focus, and you'll end up not doing any of them.
东西凌乱会分散注意力，也会影响学习情绪。
Messy stuffs will distract ones attention and affect studying mood.
数据暗示，年轻时，大脑有能力分散注意力，能力强到可进行如边走边说这类的任务。
The data suggest that the brain's ability to divide attention remains flexible and broad enough at younger ages to compensate for tasks such as walking and talking.
陪孩子玩耍时，分散注意力来回的收发短信- - -多余。
The split attention of back-and-forth text messaging, while playing with our child - that's extra.
看些即时的相关的内容，而不是让一些对你没意义的内容分散注意力。
You'll have instant, relevant content - rather than distractions which have no meaning to you.
断开与外界的联系 — —到图书馆或其他没人会打断和分散注意力的安静地方。
Disconnect Yourself – Go to the library or another quiet location where nobody can disrupt and distract you.
我们付出的注意广度并没有报酬，收获的只是更多分散注意力的因素和消耗的时间的需求。
We are not paid for our attention span, but rewarded for it with yet more distractions and demands on our time.
现在还不是我们该分散注意力时候，我们现在迫切需要把注意力放在保护公共卫生上。
Now is simply not the time for us to be sidetracked from what we need to do right now to protect public health.
我们很容易被其他东西分散注意力，一旦我们失去注意力，就会突然停止为目标奋斗。
It's easy to become obsessed with something else, and when we lose focus, we suddenly stop making time for the goal.
如果你是属于在担任重要任务时从不拖拉、从不分散注意力或从不感到疲惫的那类人，那这篇文章并不针对你。
For those of you who never procrastinate, distract yourself or drag your feet when you should be doing something important, this article isn't for you.
类似的，如果我得到了表扬，我会提醒自己这仅仅是个观点，我不会因此而分散注意力。我有更大的目标！
Similarly, if I get a piece of praise, I’ll remind myself that this is just one view, and not to let it distract me from the bigger goal.
系统构建会花费更多的准备工作，对团队有更大的影响，并且对于我们来说是更大的分散注意力的原因。
System builds took more preparation effort, had a bigger impact on the team, and were a bigger source of distraction for us.
其实分散注意力是一种很好的方法，无论诱惑何时出现，你只要转移注意力就行了。
Distraction, says Mischel, is actually a perfectly respectable away of exerting willpower. You simply shift your attention away whenever temptation crops up.
为避免分散注意力，我已在代码中忽略了异常处理。
To avoid distractions I've ignored exception handling in the code.
然后参与者们被分派了一项任务，是为了让他们分散注意力的。后来要求他们随意地回忆他们之前看过的那些短片。
Then participants were given a task to distract them after which they were asked to freely recall any of the clips they had seen earlier.
对开放式工作区实践的典型反应是怀疑一群人在同一个区域讨论会相互分散注意力。
A typical reaction to the open workspace practice is skepticism that a bunch of people talking in the same area would distract each other.
所以我现在将开始养成那个习惯，虽然这是一个有点分散注意力的细节，它只是与编译器，拥有的期望是并存的。
So I'll now start to get into that habit, even though it's a bit of distracting detail, it's just consistent with the expectations that the compiler really has.
我们听到了他们中的许多人通过观看视频发现学生何时分散注意力，进行分析原因，从而提高自己的教学。
We heard from a number of them how they had already improved by seeing when students were losing interest and analyzing the reasons.
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