There's a biological reason a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break - they get wired into our brains.

我们大量的坏习惯之所以难以打破，有生物学方面的原因——它们已经根植于我们的大脑之中。

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We can't just sit quietly and wait for a bus, and that's too bad, because our brains need that down time to rest, to process things.

我们只是不能安静地坐在那等公交，那也太难受了，因为那时我们的大脑需要消遣，需要处理些事情。

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Nor is there anything bad about our brains’ being altered by these new technologies, any more than there is something bad about a monkey’s brain changing as it learns how to play with a rake.

这些新技术对人脑的改变也不会有任何坏处，就像猴子的大脑因猴子学会如何使用钉耙而发生了改变一样，有什么不好呢？

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More research is being conducted on this subject, but what seems clear in any case is that a reduced level of BDNF is bad news for our brains, and chronic sugar consumption is one of the worst inhibitory culprits.

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With his background in consulting and finance--all brains and no soul, apparently--Gerstner looked like a bad bet to stick around for long.

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