If there is little likelihood of objectives being achieved, assess whether the conversation might be so frustrating and futile that it would be best not to have it at all.

如果只是实现了非常微小的目标，可以衡量这样的谈话可能是令人沮丧和徒劳的，最好马上停止。

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Before we're about to turn on the TV, it feels as if it is the best thing to do at this moment.

在我们打开电视机前，我们觉得看电视是这个时候最值得做的事情了。

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Focus on just one job at a time until you have significantly progressed it or finished it to the best of your ability.

在特定的时间里，专心去做一项工作，确保自己尽最大的努力能够出色的完成。

youdao

And it's worth pointing out that-- a point that I didn't make last time-- it's worth pointing out that, what the computers, at least the best chess-playing computers don't do.

需要指出的,上次课我并没有提到这一点,需要指出的是,电脑,至少最棒的国际象棋电脑,并没有做什么

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You are saying that's one of the things that would've been better if... And making it permanent. -Right And that's the very good sort of bang for buck, permanent tax change So you both view this actually as a missed opportunity, at best really, right? -Yeah It's the best it can be said for. Alright.

你的意思是，有些事原本可以做得更好,这个是其中之一，对吗。,关键在于任何措施都必须是长期的，-没错,恒定的税率改制，绝对划算,这么说，你们两位都认为,这充其量只是错失良机而已，对吗，-没错,也只能这么说说了，是吧。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

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BBC: Ferguson gets it right

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