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11 阿雷利博士说，自从进行了这个点击门的实验，他已经有意识地努力减轻自己的负担。 他敦促我们辞去委员会的工作，删减送节日贺卡的名单，重新思考兴趣爱好，并记住像项羽那样的关门者给我们的启示。
29 Since conducting the door experiment, Dr. Ariely says he has made a conscious effort to lessen his load. He urges the rest of us to resign from committees, prune holiday card lists, rethink hobbies and remember the lessons of door closers like Xiang Yu. (Para. 11)
Meaning: Since the door experiment, Dr. Ariely has consciously reduced his load. He urges people to quit committees, cut holiday activities, reconsider hobbies and learn the lessons from door closers like General Xiang Yu.
12 In other words, Dr. Ariely is encouraging us to discard those things that seem to have outward merit in favor of those things that actually enrich our lives. We are naturally prejudiced to believe that more is better, but Dr. Ariely's research provides a dose of reality that strongly suggests otherwise.
12 换言之，他是鼓励我们放弃那些似乎只有表面价值的东西，而去追求那些能真正丰富我们生活的东西。 我们很自然、很偏执地相信选择越多越好，但阿雷利博士的研究却强有力地告诉我们事实并非如此。
30 In other words, Dr. Ariely is encouraging us to discard those things that seem to have outward merit in favor of those things that actually enrich our lives. (Para. 12) Meaning: That is to say, Dr. Ariely urges us to get rid of things that seem to have only surface value and to engage in those that can actually make our lives better. 31 We are naturally prejudiced to believe that more is better, but Dr. Ariely’s research provides a dose of reality that strongly suggests otherwise. (Para. 12) Meaning: We are biased by nature to believe that it is better to keep more doors open, but Dr. Ariely’s research tells us that in reality the opposite is true: More is not necessarily better. 13 What price do we pay for trying to have more and more in life? What pleasure and satisfaction can be derived from focusing our energy and attention in a more concentrated fashion? Surely, we will have our respective answers.
13 我们想在生活中得到越来越多选择的代价是什么？我们能从更集中的精力和注意力中获得什么样的喜悦和满足？ 当然，我们每个人都会有自己的答案。
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32 What price do we pay for trying to have more and more in life? What pleasure and satisfaction can be derived from focusing our energy and attention in a more concentrated fashion? Surely, we will have our respective answers. (Para. 13) Meaning: We have paid a big price to keep more options and more material things, but I believe we can get greater pleasure and more satisfaction by focusing our energy and attention to fewer options and things. Of course, each one of us will have a different opinion.
14 Consider these important questions: Will we have more by always increasing options or will we have more with fewer, carefully chosen options? What doors should we close in order to allow the right windows of opportunity and happiness to open?
14 试想一下这些重要的问题：怎么做会使我们获得更多，是不断增加选择，还是只保持少数精心挑选的选择？ 我们应关闭什么门，以便让机会和幸福之窗打开？
33 Consider these important questions: Will we have more by always increasing options or will we have more with fewer, carefully chosen options? What doors should we close in order to allow the right windows of opportunity and happiness to open? (Para. 14)
Meaning beyond words: Closing doors in order to open windows of opportunity or keeping all the doors open remains an important question to everyone. If you are a door closer, the next question is what doors you should close in order to allow for the right windows of opportunity and happiness to open. Note: The expression windows of opportunity is a high-frequency collocation meaning “an opportunity to do sth. that will only be available to you for a short time”, which implies individuals must be decisive before the windows close. The text indicates that closing the doors of irrelevant options is to open the windows of opportunity for success and happiness, but leaving too many doors open results in the windows of opportunity being closed.
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