Some work in an office doing the same things every day at nine-to-five jobs.

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This is very difficult because there are no high ladders and pressures from day-to-day work you get very much in the way of learning.

这很困难,因为学习不能一步登天,而巨大的工作压力,还存在于学习的每一天。

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Ideally, you block out a half day per month for a workshop, to catch up on professional journals, to interact with people and ideas outside your day-to-day work.

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But many doctors said the deal would give NHS managers too much power to interfere with their day-to-day work.

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It is so easy to get bogged down in day-to-day administrative work that there is little time for strategic policymaking.

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