If sitting down to imagine your best possible self (an optimism exercise) feels contrived, you will be less likely to do it.

如果坐下来想象自己最有可能的最佳形象(即乐观训练)的方法让你觉得有些勉强，那你是很难坚持下去的。

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Those who had been drinking indicated they would be less likely to do so when they had the following message stamped on their hand: AIDS KILLS.

那些喝了酒的人，当在他们的手上写上这么一句话：艾滋病会死人时，他们想要这样做的可能性就降低了。

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Keep your savings account at a separate bank-you will be less likely to do an online transfer for that "little something" that you really don't need to buy.

把你的储蓄账户开到一个单独的银行，这样你就不太会在网上转钱去买那些你不真正需要的小玩意了。

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The Shalits fear a harder line cabinet led by PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu might be less likely to do a deal.

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Wages are also likely to be less rigid in short-term jobs, where workers do not become attached to their firm.

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"If they get appropriate treatment, they don't feel as suicidal, and they're less likely to kill themselves, and that should be the first thing we do, " she said.

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