有一次我问约翰·肯尼斯·加尔布雷斯他成为一个知名作家的秘诀是，他说他会对文章进行很多次修改，修改到第五版时，差不多就可以到达引起读者共鸣的那个点了。

Good writing is fun to read, but is often not fun to do. I once asked John Kenneth Galbraith the secret to his success as a popular writer. He said that he revises everything many times.

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但是，加林斯基表示：“如果你放眼望去，看到谈判桌对面的人食指与无名指长短差不多或者根本就一样长，那你就得当心了。”

However, Galinsky says, "If you're looking across a bargaining table at someone who has a slight difference, or no difference, between the second and fourth digits, be careful."

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不过幸好我出发前算了比小账，在邻近的加油站以同样的价格加15加仑我能省下1.5美元，但四英里的车程也差不多要耗这点油。

Thankfully, I did a little math before heading out. A 15-gallon fill-up would have saved me $1.50 on the same purchase at a nearby station, but the drive would have burned about that much in gas.

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