I didn't have a calm head and that stopped me from giving my all.

我当时无法让自己的头脑冷静下来，这妨碍了我发挥出我的全部。

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The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to make it out.

这个想法把我弄糊涂了，我停了几秒钟想弄明白。

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Luckily, my mum encouraged me and stopped that from happening.

幸运的是，我的妈妈鼓励了我，并阻止了那种事情的发生。

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But it stopped me from doing the work that was too hard for me.

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One thinks, in a way, of Welles' line in The Third Man : when he looks down from above and says, "If I gave you 20,000 pounds for every dot that stopped moving, "? would you really tell me to keep my money?"

从某一层面看来，可以假想，Welles，在《黑狱亡魂》中的台词,当他从高处往下看并说，“如果你干掉一个在下面走动的人,我就给你，20，000，英镑，你拒绝得了吗“

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"That call stopped me in my tracks, " he says.

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