Oatley was not involved in the new research, but worked on some of the first studies to suggest that reading literature can boost people's empathy for others.

奥特利没有参与这项新研究，但参与了最早的一些研究，这些研究表明阅读文学作品可以增强人们对他人的同情心。

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There's no easy fix to finishing your first novel, but we've got some handy hints that might help you find the time to write.

完成你的第一部小说其实没有什么捷径，可是我们有一些有用的小技巧来帮助你挤出写作的时间。

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But first, we need to know some terminology.

不过，我们首先需要了解一些术语。

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But first,we talk to some Americans who have retired from their professional lives but still work hard to help others.

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I know this is a simple example, but when you mature as a programmer, one of the first things you should do when you sit down to tackle some problem is write something like this pseudo code.

我知道这是个很简单的例子，但是当你们成长为一名程序员后，当你们碰到问题后第一件事情就是,该写一些类似于,伪代码的东西。

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All right. So, today we're going to be talking about molecular orbital theory, but first I wanted to just mention, in case some of you didn't hear what the Nobel Prize was this morning, and this was in chemistry, it went to three different chemists.

好的，今天我们要讲的是,分子轨道理论，但首先我要说，以免有些同学没有听到,今天早上的诺贝尔奖，这是化学奖，它颁给了3个不同的化学家。

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The Frenchman was poised to hit back straight away at 0-40 in the following game but Murray managed to find some first serves to dig himself out of trouble.

BBC: Murray overtakes Nadal with win

She resolved to ask the family about their guns, but first she had some housekeeping of her own to do.

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She resolved to ask the family about their guns, but first she had some housekeeping of her own to do: Her family had an unsecured gun, owned by her husband.

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