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Keeping your attention span pays dividends and gets harder to do as you get older, so you might want to start practicing early.

You Will Need
Healthy breakfast
Meditation
Reading material
Yoga
Self-hypnosis
Mantra

Step 1: Eat well（饮食健康）
Eat well in the morning to raise your supply of sugar, carbohydrates, and proteins, which sharpen focus and energy during the day. Make sure it’s healthy stuff.

Studies show that colorings, sweeteners, and preservatives compromise attention and concentration.

Step 2: Meditate regularly（定期沉思）
Meditate regularly to improve attention. Studies indicate that meditation improves the ability to retain and respond to stimuli.

Step 3: Read a lot（多读）
Read daily. Shut out noise and commotion and get interested in subjects that excite you. Keep to a weekly diet of reading.

Step 4: Do yoga（做瑜伽）
Do slow movement exercise, like yoga, to help focus and direct energy.

Step 5: Double your attention（集中注意力）
Double your attention span by self-hypnosis: Act as if you are capable and confident and your brain will prepare itself to record information.

Step 6: Reduce internet use（减少上网时间）
Cut down on your internet use. The repetitive and rapid-fire changing of subjects and stimuli conditions the brain to shorten the attention span.

Step 7: Program your unconcious（训练自己的潜意识）
Program your unconscious by repeating a mantra such as “I am making my attention span better every day” several times a day and before bed. Memorize it; believe it.

The average attention span is 15 to 20 minutes.

词汇讲解

【词汇讲解】

1.self-hypnosis n. 自我催眠
2.mantra 颂歌,咒语

如：If rapid development was once the mantra, heritage and identity are the buzzwords today.
如果说迅速发展曾经被当作口头禅的话，那么，传统和特性则成了今天的时髦口号。

From playgrounds to parties,the mantra resonates among tots and teens with each choice they make.
无论是在操场上，还是在聚会上，小家伙们每当要作出选择时，这句咒语般的话就会在耳边回响。

3.pay dividends 有好处, 产生效益

如：Before long this arrangement began to pay big dividends.
不久，这项安排就开始带来很大的好处。

Blue chips generally pay dividends and are favorably regarded by investors.
绩优股一般来说会分股利，受到投资者的欢迎。

4.Cut down on 减少，削减

如：Finally-- they have hired a new person. I hope this cut down on our work a little.
终于他们雇用新人了。希望我们的工作能减少一些。

He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.
他不得不减少吃肉。

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