The processes of arousal and concentration give attention its direction.

觉醒和集中的过程为注意力提供了方向。

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If the listener is not paying attention, it's your sign to shorten the story or change direction.

如果听者不专心，这表明你应该缩短故事或改变话题。

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We spend so much time working toward something, only to have the unexpected snare our attention and take us in a completely different direction.

我们花很多时间在某事上，却掉进那没想到的陷阱，分散了我们的注意力并带我们去到一个完全不同的方向上。

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"Even backstage, he's able to weave my attention in any direction that he wants, " Silva said.

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He desperately needs to shift attention in a new direction.

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Fast forward to the present, and modern Austrians seem to have lurched in a more monetarist direction for all the attention they pay to money supply.

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