So we're not imagining the future, we can see it right in front of our eyes.

因此，我们并不是在想象未来，我们可以真真切切地看到一切。

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This area is especially active when people are reflecting on their personal experience or imagining the future, typical daydreaming preoccupations.

当人们回忆个人经历或畅想未来时—尤其是专注于白日梦时—这片网络的活动特别活跃。

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But something unexpected occurred. Once people started imagining the future, even the most banal life events seemed to take a dramatic turn for the better.

没想到的事发生了：一旦人们开始想像未来，甚至最平凡的生活事件都似乎向好的方向发生戏剧性的改变。

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They were playing slaves and masters, and he was the master, and she was the slave. So, he's imagining their future and talking about it with Magda when they're older.

他们在扮演奴隶和主人，他是主人，她是奴隶，他正在想象他们的未来,当他们老了的时候他会跟Magda谈起今天的事。

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Schizophrenics, who are known to have problems with memory recall, also have trouble imagining the future.

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They are unaccustomed to imagining the future and inventing solutions.

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Kappes and Oettingen argue that when we focus solely on imagining the future of our dreams, our minds enjoy and indulge in those images as if they are real.

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