For example, when preparing a meal we often have to keep track of several tasks at once and make sure we perform each one correctly and at the right time.

例如，当我们准备一顿饭时，会立刻想起几项任务，而且确定每件事情做好。

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Mother is preparing the meal, father is preparing his lesson while I am preparing for the exam.

妈妈在做饭菜，爸爸在备课，而我在复习功课准备考试。

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It could be something small, such as joining a healthy eating mailing list, to coming home from work late, yet preparing a tasty nutritious meal for your family in under 30 minutes.

它可能是某个小事，例如，加入了健康饮食邮件列表名单，虽然回家晚了，可是还是为自己的家人在不到30分钟准备了一顿可口、有营养的饭菜。

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What do you say to the fathers of the men responsible, when you find them relaxing in their homes the next day, preparing for a meal?

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Another early ad the next year for the much more mainstream Apple II pictured a woman preparing a meal, gazing adoringly at her mate working on the Apple computer on the kitchen table.

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