I sit beside it, reading or drinking my coffee, as though it is some sort of tamed, predictable animal that has no closer connection with me.

我坐在海边，看书或是喝咖啡，这时它就像一只经过驯服的容易控制的动物一样，安静地待在那里，跟我并没有更近的接触。

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But what should you do to get a better connection when you're outside, at a coffee shop or an airport?

当你在室外，比如咖啡馆或机场，你怎么获得更好的连接呢？

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Even if we pause to take a coffee break, the connection is still ours and sits by idly while we are silent.

即使我们停下来喝点咖啡，该种方式依然存在，当我们沉默时它只能闲置。

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Or she confided in you that when she leaves work for the day, she goes home to a television-free home to spend time with a cup of coffee, her husband and absolutely no connection to the internet (it must be torturous to not understand technology).

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