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例题一 围绕“思维意识是编织大师，它创造了我们内在性格与外部环境”这一主题，詹姆斯•爱伦《思考的人》一书深入地探索了自助类读物的真谛。 【参考译文】 With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing. 例题二 爱伦的贡献在于，他拿出“我们并不是机器人，所以能控制自己的思想”这一公认的假设，并揭示了其错误所在。 【参考译文】 Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share-that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts-and reveal its erroneous nature. 因为我们大都相信意识是独立于物质存在的，所以我们认为能够将思想隐藏、并使之失去效力;这使得我们能够这样想却那样做。 【参考译文】 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.    　　例题四 但爱伦认为，潜意识和意识产生的作用一样大。 【参考译文】 However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind. 例题五 而且，尽管我们或许可以单凭意识来维系“控制”这种错觉，现实中我们还是不断要面对一个问题：“我为什么不能让自己做这个或实现那个?” 【参考译文】 And while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a