At the beginning of a speech, it is very important to grab the audience's attention and make them interested in what you have to say.

在演讲开始的时候，吸引听众的注意力，让他们对你要说的话感兴趣是非常重要的。

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During the whole of this session, their attention is passive; they listen to the music but make no attempt to learn the material.

在整个过程中，人们的注意力是被动的；他们聆听音乐，但不花任何努力在学习材料上。

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Parents often give their children rewards for passing exams, which would make children attach more attention to exams rather than study.

孩子通过考试，父母常会给他们奖励，这可能会让孩子更加关注考试而不是学习。

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"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."

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But nevertheless Aristotle gives extraordinary importance and attention to the forms or formalities that make up a regime.

但亚里士多德确实特别强调,形式或形态,在构建政体上的重要性。

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But why? What is it about the facts about life and death that seem to make it misguided to think ? we should just put them aside and pay no attention to them?

但是为什么？，关于生和死的什么事实,似乎让我们误以为,我们应该把它们撇到一边，置之不理？

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"Seems as though it takes a violation of peoples' privacy to make people pay attention, " Schwartz added.

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Something as ineffable as where you focus your attention can make your whole brain work differently.

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But options are bound to make employees pay more attention to their company's share price.

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