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And just read a single poem. In his Oxford lectures, Seamus Heaney argued that a poem draws a picture of reality, a “glimpsed alternative” that sets up a contradiction with your own, in ways little and large. The negotiation, between you and it, is the heart of the matter. What does the poet see that you don’t? What does the difference mean? It could be one of the best conversations you ever have. Forget self-help books; reading is self-help in action.

再读一首诗就好。谢默斯·希尼在牛津的讲座中提出，一首诗描绘了一幅现实图景，即一种“瞥见的另一种可能”，它在大大小小的方面与你自己的现实形成矛盾。你与诗之间的协商才是问题的核心。诗人看到了什么你没看到的东西？这种差异意味着什么？这可能是你一生中最好的对话之一。忘掉那些自助类书籍吧；阅读本身就是付诸行动的自助。

Flo Health and the FTC settled the matter with a Consent Order requiring the company to get app users’ express affirmative consent before sharing their health information as well as to instruct the third parties to delete the data they had obtained.

Flo Health与联邦贸易委员会以一份同意令了结此事，该同意令要求该公司在共享应用用户的健康信息之前须获得用户明确的肯定同意，并指示第三方删除其已获取的数据。

It added: “We prefer to help people and organizations make the right choice rather than legislating on such matters.

政府还补充道：“我们更愿意帮助个人和组织作出正确的选择，而不是就此类事务立法。

The rise of home prices is a temporary matter.

房价上涨是暂时的。

Some people like small talk in a meeting before digging into important matters, while other are more straightforward.

有些人喜欢在会议中先闲聊几句再深入讨论重要事项，而另一些人则更加直截了当。

Younger children should feel like they're choosing their home — without actually getting a choice in the matter, said Adam Bailey, real estate attorney based in New York.

纽约的房地产律师亚当·贝利说，应该让年幼的孩子感觉是自己在选房子——但实际上并不让他们在这件事上做选择。

Sir John Reith said that it would end “isolation of the spirit” and rejoiced: “It does not matter how many thousands may be listening, there is always enough for others...the genius and the fool, the wealthy and the poor listen simultaneously.”

约翰·里思爵士说，它将终结“精神上的孤立”，并欣喜地表示：“无论有成千上万的人在收听，总还有足够的空间留给其他人……天才与傻瓜、富人与穷人都在同时收听。”

Modern (Sebastian Barry or Olga Tokarczuk), classic (Virginia Woolf or James Baldwin) or genre (Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Georges Simenon) — it doesn’t matter.

现代作品（塞巴斯蒂安·巴里或奥尔加·托卡尔丘克）、经典作品（弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫或詹姆斯·鲍德温）还是类型小说（斯蒂芬·金、玛格丽特·阿特伍德、乔治·西默农）——都无所谓。

This is why the recent severe delays caused by numerous maintenance works have thrown the rail industry into chaos at a time when most people head on holiday, which matters for business in a country where tourism accounts for 10 percent of GDP.

正因如此，近期大量维修工程造成的严重延误，在大多数人外出度假之际让铁路行业陷入混乱，而在一个旅游业占GDP 10%的国家，这对经济事关重大。

Again, the story an exhibit is trying to tell is what matters.

再说一遍，重要的是展览想要讲述的故事。

However, college admissions experts say that the quality of a college hopeful’s extracurricular activities matters more than the number of activities he or she participates in.

然而，大学招生专家表示，一名有志上大学者的课外活动质量比他或她参加的活动数量更重要。

What matters is that they will belong to a private monopoly which developed them using public resources.

重要的是，这些算法将归属于一个利用公共资源开发它们的私人垄断企业。

Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another.

由于我们大多数人相信精神与物质是分离的，我们便认为思想可以被隐藏起来，并使其失去作用；这使得我们可以想的是一套，做的却是另一套。

There is no gap between mind and matter.

精神与物质之间并没有鸿沟。

No matter how you “enhance” enclosures, they do not allow for freedom, a natural diet or adequate exercise.

无论你如何“改善”围栏，它们都无法给予动物自由、天然的饮食或充分的运动。

Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate.

那一天究竟何时到来尚存争议。

No matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact.

无论工作环境正式与否，你展现自己的方式都会产生影响。

(48) Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles, with kindness if they are in pain, and with unconditional love no matter who they are.

(48) 心理健康使我们在他人遇到麻烦时报以同情，在他人痛苦时报以善意，并且无论对方是谁，都报以无条件的爱。

No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone.

无论你感到多么孤立，情况多么严重，你都应该始终记住，你并不孤单。

Obesity is probably less a matter of weight than body fat.

肥胖与其说是体重问题，不如说是体脂问题。