Saying "Goodbye" to mom and then "Guten tag" to your teacher, or managing to ask for a crayola roja instead of a red crayon, requires skills called "inhibition" and "task switching".

道别时对妈妈说 “Goodbye”，对老师说 “Guten tag”，或者要红色蜡笔时不说 “red crayon”，而说 “crayola roja”，这都需要调动“约束任务”和“切换任务”的技能。

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When your mom and her brothers were little children, grandma got very sick and in order to get well, she had to go to a place called a sanitarium for a long time.

你妈妈和你的两个舅舅还很小的时候，外婆病得很严重。为了治好外婆的病，她必须去一个叫疗养院的地方过一段很长的时间。

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All of the children were about to break down in tears when Heather finally said, "Wait let's ask your mom." She ran to the door, out into the hall and called down to Susan's mom.

所有的孩子们，即将打破眼泪终于在石南说“等着我就请你妈妈”她跑到门口，列入下至大厅，并要求苏珊的妈妈。

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Your mom called. Again.

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Naturally, it helped set off the ringtone craze, becoming so ubiquitous that just two years later, it was a tongue-in-cheek, kind of retro move to still have it vibrating the table when your mom called.

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