"We start off by asking them to complete a national three-hour long educational program.

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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

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There was a pretender to the throne, and this man was--his life got off to an interesting start.

有一个觊觎王位的人,这个人的一生,有一个有趣的开始

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So let me start off with-- is this the first day of shopping or was it yesterday?

首先我想问一下,第一次的试听课是今天还是昨天

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And now the bell--When--You start off with the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response.

开始时呈现无条件刺激，会出现无条件反应。

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So understand, we didn't get a well start-off.

明白吧，我们没开好头。

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