2009年华盛顿大学的一项研究发现当要求学生们在十分钟内用笔在纸上完成一篇作文时(而不是在电脑上)，他们写作的速度更快，文章内容也更丰富。

A study by the University of Washington in 2009 found that schoolchildren wrote faster, and wrote more, when they had to compose essays for ten minutes with pen on paper rather than on computers.

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此前罗西试飞时的时间从未超过十分钟，所以在这次飞行前他必须将机翼和体重都调整到最佳状态，因为即便增加几百克的重量都会影响他的飞行。

Rossy had never flown for longer than ten minutes and had to calibrate his equipment and weight to perfection since even the addition of a few hundred grammes would have affected his flying ability.

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当你打算打扫厨房时可别捧着书本坐下，然后告诉自己我只看十分钟。

Don't sit down with a book, telling yourself you'll just read for ten minutes, when you're planning to clean the kitchen.

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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

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