Over the past year, sky-high fuel prices have focused minds on efficiency like never before.

在过去的一年里，高昂的燃料价格使人们前所未有地关注能源效率。

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Readers must make up their own minds on the merits of the arguments this week.

对于本周辩论各方论点的是非曲直，读者们必须自己拿主意。

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We should refocus our minds on the following problems.

我们应当重新集中注意力考虑以下诸问题。

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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

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Mr Duncan Smith's overarching message is that cultural change is required - both in the minds of those on benefits and in government - so that the welfare system is a springboard into work, rather than something which traps people into a life of dependency.

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The new measures will undoubtedly focus police minds on anti-social behaviour in a way that nothing yet has quite done.

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Hard times concentrate minds on cost-saving.

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