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开始练这一级 →I went to a free talk about magnetic force.我去听过一场关于「磁力」的免费讲座。 The lecturer put two magnets on the desk.那位「讲师」把两块磁铁放在桌上。 She asked us to guess which was stronger.她让我们猜哪一块更强。 The big one held a small iron ball.大的那块吸住一个小铁球。
Then she put both into a bowl of water.接着她把两块都放进一碗水里。 The big one turned slowly, but the small one pointed north.大的那块慢慢转，小的那块却指向北边。 The bigger magnet only looked better; that was an illusion.大的磁铁只是看起来更好，那是一种「错觉」。 Its pull was stronger, but the difference was marginal.它的吸力更强，但差别是「微小的」。
The lecturer said that everything has goodness.讲师说每样东西都有它的「长处」。 On a long sea trip, that small magnet is not inferior.在漫长的海上航行中，那枚小磁铁并不「逊色」。 Small messages enter our eyes through a screen all day.一整天里，细小的信息透过一块屏幕进入我们的眼睛。 That slow invasion is quiet, so those messages invade our hours.那种缓慢的「侵入」很安静，所以那些信息正在「侵扰」我们的时光。 The implicit rule of a screen is simple: keep looking.屏幕「不言明」的规则很简单：一直看。
This implication reaches far past one room.这个「含义」远不止一个房间。 Walking home, I thought about the screen and its emission.走回家的路上，我想着屏幕和它的「排放」。 We should let in fewer things than we choose.我们放进来的东西应该比我们选择的更少。 Goodness or harm arrives quietly, so we choose what feedback we let in.「善」或伤害常常悄悄到来，所以我们选择让自己接受什么「反馈」。
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