Another simple thing to realize, and yet it took me so long to do it.

另一件花了我很长时间才意识到的很简单的事。

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You will need a marked rope or a 100ft measuring tape to mark out the site, and a foot-wide wooden board about 4ft long to do the flattening.

准备一条有标记的绳子或者是100英尺的卷尺，用来给场地划定界限。准备一个与脚同宽，长约4英尺的木板，用以压倒麦秆。

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And let go of your long to-do lists and goal lists.

丢掉那些长远的打算和目标清单。

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The government that receives the aid can make extensive long-term plans about what to do with the money.

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He anticipated this power much as his father, a reasonably well-to-do banker, might have anticipated long-term earnings from a particularly risky business venture.

他预测到他的力量，正如他的父亲，一个相当富有的银行家，能够预测到从一笔风险高的生意中,能获得多少长期利益一样。

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The problem with long-term risks, also, is that anything that we do to mitigate these risks creates moral hazard.

关乎长期风险的问题，我们要采取一切手段,减轻这些风险,带来的道德风险。

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We shouldn't forget to be surprised that it has taken so long to do even this.

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The only regret I have is that I waited so long to do it.

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The FDA took so long to do its Avandia analysis that it got scooped by The New England Journal.

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