Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you'll manage only goal-focused reading—useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind.

试着将它当作代办事项列在任务清单里，你只能进行目标集中式阅读——有时候有用，但是并非是最令人满足的阅读方式。

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Harford argues that inevitable distractions often tender the daily to-do list ineffective, while leaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap the best results.

哈福德认为，一些不可避免的干扰往往会让日常待办事项列表变得没有效率，而在这样的列表中留出即兴发挥的空间可以收获最佳效果。

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After the competition, Jane made a to-do list and started changing rapidly.

比赛结束后，简列了一张待办事项清单，并开始迅速改变。

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Creating rural jobs is on everyone's to-do list, from the government to the U-N to aid groups.

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Here's the problem. How do I get to the nth- er, the k'th element in the list, in this case?

如何找到第n个元素呢-,在这里，如何找到第k个元素呢？

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Finally, they got Harry Hamlin to do it, who was kind of a B-list sort of guy.

最后他们找了Harry，Hamlin来演，他是一个二线演员。

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Take a moment away from the to-do list and fantasize about your dream Thanksgiving.

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Now keep those two or three things on the top of your to-do list.

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The to-do list is well-known, from investing in the infrastructure for electric vehicles to pricing carbon.

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