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ledn

Jan. 27, 2022

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Luck

I once read an article, which described an experiment on luck. Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them. Hidden among the pages, there was a title saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$" ( I don't remember the exact number ). People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it. The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.
The chicken soup above shows a few possible factors related to luck. However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck. Take the college entrance examination for example, it may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out in hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).
And though whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck hit the unprepared sooner or later. As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.
(Notes: My first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

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Luck

I once read an article, which described an experiment oin luck.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Hidden among the pages, there was a title saying "Tell us if you see this and get xx$" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it.

The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people are more acttentive and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on twhe destinationre they want to be.

The chicken soup experiment above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

Take the college entrance examination for example, it may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamongst hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

And though whether opportunity favors the prepared mindose who are receptive remains uncertain, but I'm 100% sure that bad luck hit the unprepared sooner or later.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

(Notes: My first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

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Well expressed

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ledn

Jan. 28, 2022

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Thank you for correcting the journal! (。•ᴗ-)

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I once read an article, which described an experiment onregarding luck.

Experimenting on luck doesn't seem like the right phrasing.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Hidden among the pages, there was a title saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it more often.



The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people who consider themselves lucky are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people withho consider themselves to have poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.

The chicken soup above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

Take the college entrance examinations for example, i: It may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamongst hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2one of the top 2 universities requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

And thoughwhile whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck will hit the unprepared sooner or later.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

Not sure what you mean by the materialist world part.

(Notes: MThis is my first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

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Nicely done and interesting post.

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ledn

Jan. 29, 2022

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As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

Not sure what you mean by the materialist world part.

I had trouble expressing it clearly. I wanted to say that rituals won't work actually but can give you positive psychological cues.

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ledn

Jan. 29, 2022

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I once read an article, which described an experiment onregarding luck.

Experimenting on luck doesn't seem like the right phrasing.

Thanks, that feels more natural now.

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res

Jan. 30, 2022

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I think maybe the word you're looking for is placebo, then. The placebo effect is where there is no actual benefit, but you *think* there will be a benefit and some positive change occurs as a result.

Luck

I once read an article, which described an experiment on luck.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Hidden among the pages, there was a titlline saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$x" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

Dollar amounts are typically written dollar sign first. You could also say "get x dollars" and that would be more natural.

People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it.

The experiment (, according to the author ), showed that lucky people are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.

The chicken soupexample above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

Take the college entrance examination, for example, i. It may be possible to be admitccepted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamong hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to the Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

And tThough whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck will hit the unprepared sooner or later.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals, (such as eating food shaped like a 100 for breakfast), which turned out to be useless in a materialist world.

(Notes: My first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

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Really good for your first piece of writing in English! I know you said you had trouble letting your ideas flow, but I felt like I could pick up on what you were trying to say, so you're definitely on the right track.

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ledn

Jan. 28, 2022

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Hidden among the pages, there was a titlline saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$x" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

Dollar amounts are typically written dollar sign first. You could also say "get x dollars" and that would be more natural.

Thanks! Got it!

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ledn

Jan. 28, 2022

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Thank you for your correction and encouragement! •ᴗ•
The response and correction in such a short time really shocked me.

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her_royal_majessty

Jan. 28, 2022

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You're very welcome!

Luck

I once read an article, which described an experiment on luck.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Hidden among the pages, there was a title saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it.

The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.

The chicken soup above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

Chicken soup?

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

Take the college entrance examination for example, it may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamong hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ; excluding geniuses).

And though whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck hits the unprepared sooner or later.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

(Notes: My first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

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ledn

Jan. 28, 2022

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The chicken soup above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

Chicken soup?

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" for short. I wanted to express "inspirational (and a bit nonsense) articles" in English, so I looked it up through bing and used this phrase.

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ledn

Jan. 28, 2022

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Thank you Thomasfy94! I'll pay attention to grammar next time. (ˊᗜˋ*)

Luck

I once read an article, which described an experiment on luck.

I once read an article, which described an experiment on luck.

I once read an article, which described an experiment oin luck.

I once read an article, which described an experiment onregarding luck.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Scientists had volunteers flip through magazines and report the number of pictures to them.

Hidden among the pages, there was a title saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

Hidden among the pages, there was a titlline saying "Tell us you see this and get xx$x" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

Hidden among the pages, there was a title saying "Tell us if you see this and get xx$" ( I don't remember the exact number ).

People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it.

People who considered themselves to be lucky tended to notice it more often.

The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.

The experiment (, according to the author ), showed that lucky people are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.

The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people are more acttentive and aware of the surroundings, while people with poor luck focus all their attention on twhe destinationre they want to be.

The experiment ( according to the author ) showed that lucky people who consider themselves lucky are more active and aware of the surroundings, while people withho consider themselves to have poor luck focus all their attention on the destination.

The chicken soup above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

The chicken soup above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

The chicken soupexample above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

The chicken soup experiment above shows a few possible factors related to luck.

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

However, in some extreme cases, luck seems to be completely "random" or "uncertain", meaning that personal ability or traits no longer contributes to better luck.

Take the college entrance examination for example, it may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out in hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

Take the college entrance examination for example, it may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamong hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ; excluding geniuses).

Take the college entrance examination, for example, i. It may be possible to be admitccepted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamong hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to the Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

Take the college entrance examination for example, it may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamongst hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2 requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

Take the college entrance examinations for example, i: It may be possible to be admitted into good universities through hard work, but to stand out inamongst hundreds of thousands of students and gain admission to Top 2one of the top 2 universities requires a bit of luck (for most of the population ; geniuses excluded ).

And though whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck hit the unprepared sooner or later.

And though whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck hits the unprepared sooner or later.

And tThough whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck will hit the unprepared sooner or later.

And though whether opportunity favors the prepared mindose who are receptive remains uncertain, but I'm 100% sure that bad luck hit the unprepared sooner or later.

And thoughwhile whether opportunity favors the prepared mind remains uncertain, I'm 100% sure that bad luck will hit the unprepared sooner or later.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals, (such as eating food shaped like a 100 for breakfast), which turned out to be useless in a materialist world.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

As a student who often ignores the significance of reviewing before exams, I once wished for "luck" before a mathematics exam and performed several confusing rituals (such as eat food shaped like 100 for breakfast), which turned out useless in a materialist world.

(Notes: My first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

(Notes: MThis is my first piece of writing...I just have more difficulty letting ideas flow out in English...)

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