You’d be better off puttingdown the book and doing something more enjoyable or productive than “mindless reading,” as researchers call it.
你最好把书放下，去做一些更有趣的事或做些研究者所称的 “无心阅读”的活。
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A few years ago a new buyer could get a loan by puttingdown just 10% of a house's value; today he must come up with something closer to 25%.
前些年新购房者还可以抵押房产的10%来获得贷款，但是到了今天抵押房产的数额就已经接近25%了。
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There is something about putting your thoughts on paper that forces you to get down to specifics . That way, it's harder to deceive yourself-or anybody else.