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Insteadof helping them with their study, the laptops are a waste of money and time.

他们用电脑不是用来学习，电脑对于他们来说是一种浪费金钱和时间。

Insteadof interacting with English speakers, do the next best thing:interact with English-language books, radio programmes andfilms.

如果不能喝英语使用者直接交流，那么久退而求其次，好好利用英语书籍、音频节目和电影吧！

Insteadof these types of over-the-top tactics, try the following ones, which made positive impressions on the executives we surveyed.

与其使用这些夸张的做法，不如参考以下建议，根据我们的调查，这能够给雇主留下积极而深刻的印象。