天天用英语：第五十一课 - the pros and cons of the time-travelling mind
We work in the dark to serve the light.
Mental time-travel sets us apart from other animals and brings us many advantages, but can new technology save us from its downsides?
1.
At will, we can think back to the past, reimagining our first day at college or eating a meal last week.
At will, we cam do....doing..., or doing...
随意，任意
翻译：
您可以随意点些吃的，一边听着我们的现场音乐，或者您也可以加入 我们的乐队给我们唱一首！
请在此处作答...............
2.
By recombining old memories, we are able to project ourselves forward in time, giving us endless combinations from which to select the most plausiblepossibilities.
By doing...we are able to..., doing ...
翻译：
通过分析我们不可胜数的错误，我们就能够做出更明智的决断，避免不必要的损失。
请在此处作答...............
3.
This allows us to shape the future to our own design and to seek opportunities and avoid threats before they emerge.
This allows us to do...., and to do....., and to do.....
翻译：
学习能让我们见到见不到的古人，听到没听过的声音心声，抓住男抓住的机会。
请在此处作答...............
4.
It is not until the age of three or four that they begin to be able to imagine a future where they might feel differently, where they can anticipate or fear events.
It is not until .... that they do sth. where ..., where .....
翻译：
直到五年前，我才意识到我们应该多么为祖国自豪，在这里，有最大的智慧；在这里，你永远不会觉得自己对一切都了如指掌。
请在此处作答...............
5.
The skill of mental time travel has on the whole served us well, but in the future might we evolve to avoid these mental health difficulties? Will depression always be with us? Suddendorf says he almost hopes so.
sth. has on the whole served sn. wel, but in the future might sth.....?
翻译;
他的生活到目前来说都很顺利，但是未来的生活会成为惊讶还是惊喜呢？
请在此处作答...............
参考：
At will, you can order something to eat, listening to our live music or even joining ouyr band to sing a song!
By analyzing our countless mistakes, we are able to makewiser decisions, avoiding unnecessary losses.
Learning allows us to meet the dead, and to hear the unborn, and seize the elusive oppotunities.
It is not until five years ago that I suddenly realized we should be pround of our country where there is the best wisdom, where you can never feel too familiar with her.
His life has on the whole been going well, but in the future might it turn to a surprise or seredipity?
对几个？
Anxiety is useful in that when we simulate future events we have an emotional reaction that makes us feel anxious.
英语很不可或缺，主要是因为，大部分最新的有影响力的论文都是用英文写的。
English is necessary in that most of the latrest influential essays are written in English.
That motivates us in the here and now to do something about that event – to run away or to prepare.
That makes us better able to cope with a future event.
Finishing this reading makesyou better able to sleep.