A 2012 study from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found that roughly 40% of the time we are talking, we're disclosing subjective information about our experience.

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校2012年的一项研究发现，在我们谈话的时候，大约有40%的时间，我们都在透露自己对于个人经历的主观感受。

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They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.

他们聊天时间长得超乎想像。

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Whether or not you spend time talking about it, much of your work is likely to find its way into an investment memo for my partners.

不管是否有时间谈论它，你的大部分工作都可能体现在我的风投合伙人的投资备忘录上。

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It doesn't mean it's going to be easy. But,I think it can be over the period of time that we're talking about."

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We're going to spend quite of bit of time talking about it during the third week of the course.

我们在这门课程进行到第三周时,会花一定的时间来讨论它

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So they're drinking and they're talking, and both of these are supposed to go on at the same time.

所以他们边喝酒边讨论,二者应该是同时进行的

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He added that while families used to spend a lot of time talking, the advent of the internet and TV had worsened communication skills because there is a "lack of opportunity" to talk.

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"We spend a lot of time talking about keeping guns out of the wrong hands, "she said.

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Of course there are plenty of times when talking is a waste of time.

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