Crushed in my train, I had become the embodiment of T S Eliot’s great summary of the modern predicament: “Distracted from distraction by distraction”.

挤上火车，我成为了T S Eliot对现代窘境伟大描述的代表：“被一件接一件恼人的事儿打断”。

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Imagine you are a citizen of Athens, enjoying a warm Mediterranean night in the Theater of Herodes Atticus. You are wearing jeans and a T-shirt, listening to a great concert.

想象一下，你是一个雅典公民，上穿T恤衫，下穿牛仔裤，在温暖的地中海夜幕下，坐在希罗德·阿提库剧院欣赏着美妙的音乐会。

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Use them to clean. Old T-shirts actually make great rags - you can use them for dusting, washing the car, etc., then wash and re-use.

把他们洗洗干净。实际上旧T恤当抹布不错的，你能用他们抹灰，洗车，等等，之后洗干净，重复利用。

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It doesnt matter whether they are at great elevation or at sea level. John Geiger suggests that the brains effort to create a Third Man is not an accident of human brain structure, or a sign of injury in extreme conditions.

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If the bonding energy is very strongly negative, thermal energy isn't great enough to disrupt those bonds and allow those bonds to be broken and then have fluidity.

如果键能非常强，热能并不足以,打破这些化学键,破坏这些化学键,并使它们液化。

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So I, I wasn't that great of an athlete,

所以我可能不是最好的运动员，

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The reception isn't great while travelling at speed and doesn't work at all underground.

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So even if the euro zone's problems are resolved soon, the U.K.'s prospects aren't great.

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The job situation isn't great here either - media jobs are badly-paid and disorganised.

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