He had lots of time to think about the future, and it didn't look good.

他有很多时间考虑未来，而未来看上去并不乐观。

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Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes.

我们能够通过暂停来消除我们固有的反应，这是我们与动物的不同之处：狗思考未来只能断断续续地或只能维持几分钟。

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The worst may be behind them now, but the shocking losses of the past few years have reshaped nearly every facet of their lives—how they live, work, and spend—even the way they think about the future.

最糟糕的情况可能已经过去，但过去几年令人震惊的损失几乎改变了他们生活的方方面面，包括他们的生活、工作和消费方式，甚至他们对未来的看法。

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Or patients might be advised to think less about the past and more about the present and the future.

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So, these two facts taken together, thin slices and the power of first impressions, means that just by a brief exposure to somebody it shapes so much of how you're going to think about them in the future.

综合考虑这两方面，薄片效应和第一印象的影响，意味着只需要短暂地接触对方,就能决定,你以后对他们有什么看法。

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Sarah began to think about how she was going to continue to earn money in the future.

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Marriage has a way of making people grow up and think about the future.

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And, as this final bit of dialogue shows, they do think about the future.

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Others, like a would-be dentist, are too busy celebrating and drinking beer to think about the future.

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