Srini Pillay, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counter-intuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate.

哈佛医学院精神病学助理教授斯里尼·皮莱认为，停工期与生产力之间这种反常理的联系可能是由我们大脑的运作方式造成的。

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There was a new shop assistant standing behind the counter.

柜台后面站着一个新来的营业员。

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Assistant: Goods from this counter are non-refundable, but can be exchanged within 14 days of purchase with the original receipt.

店员：此柜台商品不能退货，不过十四天内拿着原始收据可以换。

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Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick, who is in charge of counter-terrorism at the Metropolitan Police, told Parliament she thought only a credible report of "concurrent attacks" would justify using the enhanced powers.

BBC: New terror laws could be less effective, warns watchdog