当你正忙于某事——一封不好写的邮件，报告中棘手的那一段，搜寻着某个很重要的人物——这样的时候，要是注意力能不被分散就再好不过了（而事实常与愿违）。

Have you ever been right in the middle of something –a complicated email, a tricky paragraph of a report, a hunt for some vital figures –only for your concentration to be shattered?

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你正在做事——一封复杂的邮件、报告中棘手的一段、寻找一些重要的数据——但是发现你的注意力被扰乱了？

Have you ever been right in the middle of something – a complicated email, a tricky paragraph of a report, a hunt for some vital figures – only for your concentration to be shattered?

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例如，众所周知，牛顿在其注意力被个人深思打断时解决了许多棘手的难题。

It is ell known, for example, that Newton solved many of his toughest problems when his attention was waylaid by private musings.

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