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breath
n. 呼吸, 气息, 瞬间
[医] 呼气, 呵气, 口气, 呼吸
"the instruction was to simply pay attention to my breath,"
bring back
拿回来, 使回忆起来, 使恢复
"and when my mind wandered, to bring it back."
bring it
"and when my mind wandered, to bring it back."
check feed
"or have this urge to check our Twitter feed."
do management
"how I do time management in the day,"
drift off
（人）渐渐离开
"about half of us will drift off into a daydream,"
first
adv. 首先, 第一, 优先
a. 第一的
num. 第一
n. 开始, 第一
"When I was first learning to meditate,"
folk
n. 人们, 家人, 亲属, 民族
a. 民间的
"A bunch of folks asked me"
going on
接近, 快到; 发生
"So what's going on here?"
good morning
早上好
"- Good morning."
hard work
繁重的工作; 劳苦; 苦工; 苦功
"I'd take naps every chance I got because it was really hard work."
instruction
n. 指令, 教导, 命令
[计] 指令
"the instruction was to simply pay attention to my breath,"
learn
vt. 学习；认识到；得知
"When I was first learning to meditate,"
learning processes
"learning processes currently known in science,"
life
n. 生活, 生命, 人生, 世事, 生物, 寿命, 一生, 生命力, 灵魂, 无期徒刑
[医] 生活, 生存, 生命, 寿命
"to make one of these a day in the life videos"
maximize
vt. 取...最大值, 使增加(或扩大)到最大限度
[计] 最大化
"how I structure the routine to maximize productivity."
meditate
vt. 想, 考虑, 计划
vi. 沉思, 反省
"When I was first learning to meditate,"
pay attention
专心
"the instruction was to simply pay attention to my breath,"
silent retreats
"Yet I'd sit on these silent retreats,"
simply
adv. 简单地, 只是, 简直, 简朴地, 坦白地
"the instruction was to simply pay attention to my breath,"
structure
n. 结构, 构造, 建筑物
vt. 构成, 组织
"how I structure the routine to maximize productivity."
take naps
"I'd take naps every chance I got because it was really hard work."
to + verb
"When I was first learning to meditate,"
turns out
n. 切断
un. 外旋
v. 证明；原来；到场
[网络] 事实证明；原来的；结果呢
"It turns out that we're fighting one of the most evolutionarily-conserved"