美文賞析充分了解時(shí)間的寶貴及合理利用時(shí)間

1、本文來自網(wǎng)絡(luò)，十分感謝作者的慷慨分享雙語(yǔ)散文：時(shí)間的價(jià)值To realize the value of one year:要想知道年的價(jià)值A(chǔ)sk a student who has failed a final exam.就去問期末考試不及格的同學(xué)To realize the value of one month:要想知道一個(gè)月的價(jià)值A(chǔ)sk a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.就去問生那早產(chǎn)兒的母親To realize the value of one week:要想知道一周的價(jià)值A(chǔ)sk an editor of a weekly

2、newspaper .就去問問周報(bào)的編輯要想知道一小時(shí)的價(jià)值To realize the value of one hour:Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.就去問等待相會(huì)的戀人To realize the value of one minute:要想知道一分鐘的價(jià)值A(chǔ)sk a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.那就去問問誤了 火車汽車或飛機(jī)的人To realize the value of one second:要想知道一秒的價(jià)值A(chǔ)sk a person who has survived

3、an accident.就去問大難不死的人To realaize the value of one millisecond:要想知道一毫秒的價(jià)值A(chǔ)sk the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.就去問問奧運(yùn)會(huì)獲得銀牌的人Time waits for no one.時(shí)間不等人Treasure every moment you have.你擁有的每一分每一秒都要珍惜受益無窮：用好一天中最重要的 40分鐘The Forty Most Important Minutes Each Day: Are You Using Them Well

4、?人一天最重要的40分鐘，你用好了嗎?Recently I had a conversation in Beijing with an adult Chinese friend who was complaining how difficult it is to study English. No surprises there. It is a difficult language to master , just like Chinese 。最近我在北京聽一位中國(guó)朋友吐槽英語(yǔ)難學(xué)。這并不奇怪，英語(yǔ)跟中文一樣，都不好學(xué)。.He was a Jesuit priest, aI made a f

5、ew suggestions based on my own experience. One involved a very valuable fact which I learned from my high school Latin and Greek teacher gifted linguist, and had an amazing ability to memorize things, like poetry, essays, speeches, etc 。根據(jù)親身經(jīng)歷，我有幾點(diǎn)建議，其中也包括我高中拉丁語(yǔ)和希臘語(yǔ)老師的真?zhèn)?。這位老師是名耶穌會(huì)的牧師，很有語(yǔ)言天分，對(duì)詩(shī)歌、論文、演

6、講等記憶力超群。His advice to us students was that for memorization purposes, there are forty minutes each day in which our memory is vastly more receptive than it is during the other 23 hours and 20 minutes. This 40-minute “super memory period is divided into two parts: the 20 minutes before we sleep, and

7、the 20 minutes after we first awake 。他告訴我們這些學(xué)生，人在一天之中有40分鐘記憶力最強(qiáng)，接收能力超過其余23小時(shí) 20分。而這“記憶超強(qiáng)”的 40分鐘又可以分為兩段：臨睡前的 20分鐘和醒來后的20分鐘。The theory supporting this is pretty simple. First, the last information you input into your brain before a good nights sleep has a better chance of taking root than information

8、acquired during the hustle bustle of normal daily routine; and, second, your mind is free of distraction when you first awake in the morning - so more receptive to inputs, like a blank slate 。要證明這一理論十分簡(jiǎn)單。 首先，在進(jìn)入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)前把信息植入腦海比在白天亂哄哄的情景 卜更容易扎根；其次，早晨醒來精力不容易分散，就像空白的頁(yè)巖，吸收能力更強(qiáng)。I took the advice to heart and

9、it served me well in my school years. In my university days, our Chinese teacher would assign us 200 new vocabulary words each day, on which we would be quizzed the following day. Without the“ magic forty minute technique,theres no way I would have passed those daily quizzes。我牢記他的教誨，上學(xué)期間身體力行，受益良多。大學(xué)

10、期間，我的中文老師每天都會(huì)教200個(gè)新單詞，次日還要搞小測(cè)驗(yàn)。幸虧有這“魔力40分鐘”秘笈，否則我早就“掛科了”。The technique really works, but like many things, it takes practice and discipline to hone and perfect it 。這個(gè)辦法真的很管用，但和其他很多事一樣，也需要練習(xí)和自律才能日臻完美。As far as language study goes, its not only useful for memorizing vocabulary. Its also a very useful

11、window of time in which to listen to the language youre studying, even as background noise, and even if its at a level you find difficult to comprehend. It might be audio language study aids, or just radio, TV or whatever 。隨著語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)的深入，這個(gè)方法不僅對(duì)背單詞有幫助，也可以成為鍛煉聽力的最佳時(shí)段,而且不論收聽的是背景音、晦澀的內(nèi)容、外語(yǔ)聽力材料、廣播、電視、還是其他什么。

12、Beyond our years of formal education, memory skills are hugely important in any career 。記憶力除了上學(xué)必需外，在各行各業(yè)中也很重要。How many times have you heard a speaker read their speech from a prepared text, or read the word-by-word content of a powerpoint presentation as they present each slide?你聽過幾個(gè)演講人會(huì)照本宣科，又見過幾個(gè)人在

13、做演示時(shí)會(huì)逐字逐句地朗讀每張幻燈片 的文字？These are annoying, distracting, boring, and ineffective ways of communicating. They are almost guaranteed to lose the audiences close attention and interest, let alone persuade or inspire anyone to do anything. And yet lots of people still make this mistake。這樣的溝通方式令人厭煩、精力渙散、枯燥

14、乏味、效率低下，保證會(huì)讓聽眾興趣索然, 味同嚼蠟，根本就無法說服或激勵(lì)聽眾采取行動(dòng)。但仍有很多人會(huì)犯這樣的錯(cuò)誤。If you use the “forty minute technique, you may not succeed in memorizing your presentation contents on a 100% word-by-word basis, but youll be familiar enough that you can spend much more time making eye contact with your audience. You will en

15、gage them in the process, while glancing at your text instead of staring at it. This will also free up your hands and arms to add some emphasis through gesture 。運(yùn)用“40分鐘”技巧，也許你并不能一字不落地背誦演示稿，卻可以充分掌握內(nèi)容， 從而留出更多與聽眾進(jìn)行眼神交流。你可以讓觀眾參與其中，抽空兒再掃一眼屏幕，不用緊盯不放。你還可以解放胳膊和雙手，增加一些動(dòng)作，以示強(qiáng)調(diào)。Memory is of course a big challe

16、nge for any language learner , especially as we grow older. Possibly an even bigger challenge, which starts around the pre-teen years for most people and gets progressively worse, is the fear of looking or sounding stupid。不管學(xué)習(xí)哪國(guó)外語(yǔ)， 記憶都是個(gè)難題，特別是隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)。 另外一個(gè)更大的難題可能是大多數(shù)人從年少時(shí)起就害怕出丑，而且越老越怕。Younger childr

17、en are generally uninhibited by this kind of self-consciousness when among their peers, and thats one reason they learn language so quickly.They are notafraid to mimic, even if they get it wrong. Mimicry and imitation are core elements of the natural process of language learning 。小孩子因?yàn)檫€沒有形成在群體中的自我意識(shí)

18、，所以學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言會(huì)更快。他們不怕有樣學(xué)樣，就算犯錯(cuò)也無所謂。重復(fù)和模仿是語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)過程中的核心要素。So, for young adults learning English or any second language, my advice would be threefold: 1 ) seize the forty-minute learning window; 2 ) slay the dragon of self-consciousness associated with mis-pronunciation or sounding funny; and 3) find waysto us

19、e the language outside of the classroom, as regularly and frequently as possible。所以，我對(duì)學(xué)英語(yǔ)的年輕人有三點(diǎn)建議：一要抓住四十分鐘的時(shí)間窗，二要克服擔(dān)心念錯(cuò)或發(fā)音搞笑的心魔，三要在課余時(shí)間盡量找機(jī)會(huì)多用。One fundamental rule of language learning is: Use it, or lose it 。語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)的根本法則就是“用進(jìn)廢退”。The paybacks of success are enormous and life-long 。成功的回饋十分巨大，終生受用。Likew

20、ise, the cost of failure is high. It includes all the money spent on tuition and associated expenses, plus a huge amount of time poorly spent. Not necessarily wasted, but poorly spent because the results could have been so much better 。同樣，失敗的代價(jià)也很慘重。不僅是學(xué)費(fèi)和相關(guān)支出打了水漂，付出的時(shí)間成本也不可估量。雖然說不上是浪費(fèi)，但與取得的成果相比就得不償失

21、了。五招挽留住你逝去的時(shí)間Recognize Where the Waste Is了解時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在哪里In order to begin a time management program, you need to pinpoint exactly where you are wasting the most time. Likely, there will be many areas where you need better time management. Look at those areas and start working on them every day. Slacking o

22、ff here or there wont help you. Be rigid.要開始進(jìn)行時(shí)間管理程序，就要非常精確的找出自己在什么地方浪費(fèi)了大把時(shí)間。很多方面的時(shí)間管理你可能都需要改進(jìn)。審視這些，開始每天在這些事務(wù)上用心。 不要懈怠任何事情,那樣對(duì)你是沒好處。必須嚴(yán)格要求自己。Get Some Tools使用節(jié)約時(shí)間的工具Getting your life organized will help your time management because you wont have to think about what is coming up next on your schedule.

23、 You can also look up directions if you have a meeting, what restaurants are nearby, and a million other handy things to save yourself some time. Some people use their iPhone for these functions and some still use the Palm Pilot system. Whatever you use, make sure you can surf the net and plug in yo

24、ur daily schedule at ease.井井有條的生活有益于進(jìn)行時(shí)間管理，因?yàn)檫@樣你就不必去想接下來要做的事。你也可以 查看自己的安排，是否有會(huì)議要參加，要去附近的哪個(gè)餐館，還要做無數(shù)其他瑣碎的事情，這 樣能節(jié)省時(shí)間。一些人用手機(jī)，也有一些人用掌上電腦，用什么工具，只要保證能隨意上網(wǎng)添 加日常安排就行。Multi-Task While Eating吃飯時(shí)多做點(diǎn)事.Which is not a good thing. AtEating while just staring at the wall is a great time waster least check your e-ma

25、il or read over a project you have to work on in the afternoon while you are munching your way through that tuna sandwich. If you read in your free time, do it during lunch to give you some extra time later when you are usually reading.吃飯時(shí)僅僅盯著墻面是對(duì)時(shí)間的巨大浪費(fèi)。這是很不好的事。在你大口吞食金槍魚三明治 的時(shí)候，至少應(yīng)該查看郵件，或者看看下午的待辦事項(xiàng)。平時(shí)你用業(yè)余的時(shí)間看書，但是你如 果在吃飯的時(shí)候看書的話，原本用于看書的時(shí)間就節(jié)省下來了。Plan Ahead提前計(jì)劃Each night, there needs to be a moment where you review what will be happening the next day. If you have somewhere to be at 8:30am, plan accordingly. Set your alarm to wake up earlier. Plan