Most college papers require you to have an idea, then to spend some time thinking about it, and polishing it.

大部分大学论文要求你要先有一个想法，然后花时间去思考，去修改。

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The author of How to Be Interesting: An Instruction Manual, Hagy spends a lot of time thinking about what's interesting to her.

作为《如何变得有趣：一本指导手册》的作者，哈吉花了很多时间来思考，对于她而言什么是有趣的事情。

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Much of what we know and believe has been taught to us by others, and we often accept this information without spending much time thinking it over for ourselves.

我们所知道和相信的很多东西都是别人教给我们的，我们经常接受这些信息而不花太多时间去思考。

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Athnaise sat very still for a long time thinking about this new information.

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We spend a lot of effort, a lot of time thinking about it for ourselves as well as for others.

我们投入大量努力，大量时间思考自己和他人的快乐。

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And the point of this is so that you don't come to class heads down the whole time thinking everything I say is absolutely worthy of being written down.

这样做的意义在于你不必,从头到尾去考虑要不要,把我所说的都记录下来。

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Most of us spend a lot of time thinking about talent recruitment and retention.

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Their remaining operatives spend more time thinking about their own safety than plotting against us.

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Flavour is crucial, but I spend as much time thinking about texture, shape, colour and form.

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