告别拖延症-把事情分成更容易达成的几部分(3)

Say goodbye to procrastination¹.

 

告别拖延症。

 

Break Projects Down into More Manageable Segments

 

把事情分成更容易达成的几部分

 

When you are faced with a big project, you mightfeel daunted², intimidated³, or even hopeless when you look at the sheer amountof work involved.

 

面对一项大工程，看到庞大的工作量，你很可能会感到忧心忡忡，觉得被逼迫着，甚至会绝望无助。

 

At this point, break them down into a series ofsteps. Once you have created a list detailing the process you need to gothrough in order to accomplish the task, you can start working on individual"baby steps."

 

这时候，你应该把它分成几个步骤来完成，一旦你制定了计划，细化完成这个任务所需的几个步骤，你就可以以自己的方式慢慢做起来。

 

1 procrastination   

n.拖延，耽搁

参考例句：

• Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
• Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。

2 daunted   

使（某人）气馁，威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead. 她是一个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。
• He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected. 他被他们对工作的高品质的要求吓倒了。

3 intimidated   

v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的

参考例句：

• We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
• The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》