1·They can attend to several things at once in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill in this era of multitasking.
他们可以在大脑的“工作记忆”区同时处理几件事，这是这个多任务时代的一项基本技能。
2·You know what the summer antidote to multitasking is?
你知道夏天多任务的解毒剂是什么吗？
3·But to enjoy features such as multitasking and hardware abstraction, nearly everybody USES an OS of some kind to run their programs.
但是要使用多任务和硬件抽象等特性，几乎所有人都会使用某种类型的操作系统来运行他们的程序。
4·I often tell executives to stop multitasking.
我经常告诉高管们停止多任务。
5·Programs produce sets of equations - describing the role of rainfall on a desert plateau, or air pollution in triggering asthma, or multitasking on cognitive function.
各种程序生成了不同的方程组——描述沙漠高原降雨量的作用，或触发哮喘的空气污染，或认知功能的多任务处理。
1·A waiter's job, for example, that requires multitasking, teamwork, and decision making could be just as stimulating as any high-level office work.
例如，侍者的工作需要多任务处理、团队合作和决策，这可能和任何高级办公室的工作一样刺激。
2·Also, the OS supports multitasking, but it is not clear if background applications will run normally or they will be paused until brought to the foreground.
该操作系统还会支持多任务处理，但是我们还不清楚，后台应用是否会正常运行，或者它们会暂停直到转移到前台。
3·One thing parents should worry about, Gentile said, is the way electronic devices encourage multitasking.
珍特尔说父母们真正应该担心的是电子设备鼓励的多任务处理的方式。
4·For instance, the first iPhones didn't support multitasking for third-party apps.
比如说，第一代iPhone不支持第三方应用的多任务处理。
5·The downsides of denying multitasking to all apps are considerable.
多任务处理并非适用于全部应用程序，这带来的不便是相当大的。