Woolf realized that the self emerges via the act of attention.

吴尔芙了解自我是经由关注而起。

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But in the act of attention... K: Just see what is implied in it.

谢：但是在关注的行动中……克：只是来看看其中隐含了什么。

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Mr. Smith's act drew much of the public's attention.

史密斯先生的行为引起了公众的广泛关注。

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It's the violence of this horrible act of self-sacrifice, this tragic act of self-sacrifice -- an act of self-sacrifice - intended obviously to preserve the state of virginity -- that grabs our attention and presumably grabbed Milton's.

正是这种可怖的自我牺牲行为的暴力，这种悲剧的自我牺牲--这种明显是,要保护童贞的自我牺牲的行为-,吸引了我们的注意力，大概也吸引了弥尔顿的注意力。

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One finding is that the act of paying attention creates chemical and physical changes and is continually reshaping brain patterns.

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Devote your full attention to the act of frying.

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The use of Malaysia's Sedition Act will likely attract substantial attention, both in and outside the country.

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