"I was one of these teenagers, and so I know how difficult it can be to break this habit when it's been with you for a long time,".

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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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I don't know if you know this, but for a long time when movies took place in New York,

我不清楚你是否知道，很长一段时间，电影里发生在纽约的场景，

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So you don't have to write long papers, but what I'm saying is: the room is there for you to stretch out if you want to do that.

所以我的意思是：,有足够的空间留给你们发挥,如果你们想的话。

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I mean, you've been banging on that pen for a long time and I don't understand why.

我是说，你一直用那支笔敲来敲去，我不明白为什么。

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You know, I've been driving for a long time.

我做司机已经很长时间了。

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