One day while I was busy writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger because I was not paying attention.

一天地理课上，我正忙着写诗，抬头一看，老师就站在我旁边，因为我没注意听讲很是生气。

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If the listener is not paying attention, it's your sign to shorten the story or change direction.

如果听者不专心，这表明你应该缩短故事或改变话题。

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Not paying attention to his driving, McLaughlin turned right on main street in 33rd street and hit a Volkswagen Rabbit.

麦克劳林没有专心驾驶，他在33号大街的主街右拐时撞上了一辆大众兔子汽车。

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"People are more focused on communicable diseases and not paying enough attention to the amount of disability there is from mental health conditions.

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And if you're not paying attention to that, the business doesn't succeed, it just falls down.

如果不考虑到这些的话，我们的企业便不会成功。

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It's a difficult problem that not everyone is smart -they vary in their ability -so we try to make a world in which it's pretty safe for the small investor who's not paying attention.

不是所有人都是聪明人,这是个难题,大家能力不同,所以我们试图营造一个环境,一个让小投资者感到安全的环境,而无需忧心忡忡

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While most senators were attentive, some seemed not to be paying attention.

CNN: Smiles, handshakes on the Senate floor

People, I think, are so busy with trying to satisfy their immediate needs that they are not even paying attention to the news of the arrest of Abu Abbas.

CNN: Rula Amin: Iraqis not thinking of Abu Abbas

Grant says the company is working with auto manufacturers to explore how on-board computers can help detect whether a driver is drowsy or not paying attention to the road, and allow a driver to control certain things in the vehicle -- like temperature, and in-car stereo -- using eye-control technology.

CNN: Watch this space: Eye-control to give technology a new look