For me, when it comes to learning a new language, I can read a textbook from cover to cover, but a week later I've forgotten it all.

对我而言，在需要学习一门新语言时，我可以从头到尾阅读一本教科书，但一周之后我就会完全忘记书里讲了些什么。

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It amazes me how people set aside time for taxes, cooking, watching movies, reading, but when it comes to their own personal future, they NEVER set aside any time.

人们留出时间责骂，烹饪，看电影，读书，但当关系到他们自己个人未来的时候，他们从没有留下任何时间，这让我很惊奇。

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This renders me potent in an online firefight, but means I'm lacking when it comes to giving directions to a Parisian taxi driver.

这使我能在网络游戏的火拼中略胜一筹，但也意味着我没办法给巴黎出租车司机指明去处了。

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Sometimes when I'm doing my homework, I just get carried away with talking to my friends online but my mum comes and tells me when it's time to stop.

BBC: Teenagers and their sleepless lives

But the most unnerving factor when it comes to college debt, to me, is the predatory nature of the credit card companies themselves.

CNN: Your e-mails: Students paying off the past

Fellow Forbeser Paul Jankowski disagreed with me generally, but especially when it comes to public servants, arguing that their integrity is required in public and in private.

FORBES: Navy Officers Fall Prey To The Thin Digital Line Between Personal & Professional Lives