When something this terrible happens, your brain simply can't process it — or at least mine couldn't.

当一些真的非常糟糕的事情发生的时候，你的大脑根本无法处理它，至少我的大脑不行。

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Because your brain — at least mine — just shut down.

因为你的大脑——至少我的——已经关机了。

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For the next 2 weeks, as she happily chirped about her new salary (bigger than mine) and office (with a window), an evil litany ran through my brain, and a gnawing, acidic feeling settled in my gut.

在接下来的两个星期，她叽叽喳喳兴奋地和我讲着她比我多的薪水和有窗子的新办公室，我的大脑里就会出现一些可恶的挥之不去的念头，而且消化系统也会泛着疼痛或者是酸楚。

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Somewhere in that little brain of mine, something clicked.

WSJ: In Defense of the Mashup Meal

To breed a better mine-sweeper, the Hunter researchers took advantage of the recent discovery of a receptor in the rodent brain for the odor of a chemical known as 2, 4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), which is essentially the same as TNT, which stands for trinitrotoluene.

WSJ: Sniffing Out a More-Efficient Mine Sweeper