If they're negative and self-critical, learn to do thought-stopping as negativity will only make you more stressed out.

如果你消极，自我批评，学习思维停顿的消极情绪只会增加你的压力。

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For one heart-stopping moment she thought they were too late.

一时间她十分担心他们已经太晚了。

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As Jenny talked without stopping about a million things, I thought about my feelings toward her.

当珍妮滔滔不绝地讲个不停时，我思考了我对她的感情。

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As for the sassy 10-year-old, there was no stopping him once he'd thought of his ideal Halloween craft: a graham cracker haunted house decorated, of course, with lots of candy.

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