Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music to doing it in a quiet room.

成千上万的孩子如今一边听流行音乐一边做作业，也不愿在安安静静的房间里做。

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I prefer doing something to doing nothing.

我宁愿做点什么，也不愿意闲着。

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Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop music to doing it in a quiet room.

成千上万的孩子如今宁愿一边听流行音乐一边做作业，也不愿在安安静静的房间里做。

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The fact is, he is someone who would much prefer to be doing than talking.

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Republicans tend to prefer doing it step-by-step, dealing separately with new immigrants and children of undocumented workers, for example, and then offering illegal immigrants a path toward some kind of legal status down the road.

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