One day I asked her why she practiced so much.

有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。

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I practiced these unproductive skill sets so often that I became an expert on these traits and have spent the past nine years training myself not to use them.

我实践了如此多没用的技巧，让我变成了这些特点上的专家，也花了9年时间教会我不再用这些技巧。

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One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said.

有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。她直视着我的眼睛，不加思索地说。

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So I practiced a lot with math, so I get better at it.

所以我就多练数学，所以也进步了。

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But sport tends to be more universally practiced and, consequently, is more commonly encountered in admissions situations so that is why I will reflect upon its importance here more than the others.

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