"Dogs that are very bonded to their handlers can witness when, if you are looking into someone's eyes and 'the lights go out' metaphorically speaking.

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A seed,a strength,a virtue,a competence that other teachers did not see, because they did not ask this question; because they asked,metaphorically speaking, ?" "how many geometric shapes do you see on the screen?"

潜能，优点，品德，能力,这些是其他老师没看到的，因为他们没提出这个问题;,打个比方，他们只会问，“你在屏幕上看到多少个几何图案“

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So what we are doing: we cultivate the positive; we are strengthening our,metaphorically speaking, " psychological "engine"; and we are better able to deal with the negative to zero, not to mention the fact that we are also able to become happier.

所以我们在做的是，培养积极性;,按那个比喻来说，我们正在增强，心理“引擎;,我们能够更好将负值转化为零，更别说还能变得更快乐。

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