And, to make it worse, you're sort of aware that you can't pay attention, which makes you feel listless and, well, bored.

更糟糕的是，你意识到自己不能集中注意力，这会让你更加无精打采进而产生厌倦情绪。

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"If I took you to a country where they were reading Sanskrit and I was writing that on the board - well anyone would behave badly - how bored would you be when you tried to follow it and all you could understand was the odd word, " says Mr Ryan.

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The well-off, the artistic, the bored, the adventurous went abroad. (The broad masses went too, as empires, steamships and railways made travel cheaper and easier.) Foreignness was a means of escape physical, psychological and moral.

ECONOMIST: Being foreign

Bear in mind that pretty much anyone can front a well-made YouTube video and think twice about whether this is all just a bit of fun for a few bored people on their summer break.

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