瞬间秒杀听力 第213期:开始做一件事情其实很简单

 Getting started is easy,

simple, and doable.

Yet procrastinating¹ is also easy to do.

Ironic² isn't it? But the truth is,

delaying what you've been dying to do

isn't going to benefit you.

开始行动其实很简单，也是可行的。

然而拖延也很容易做到的，你不觉得讽刺吗？

但是事实上，拖延你将做的事情对你并不利。

1 procrastinating   

拖延，耽搁( procrastinate的现在分词 )； 拖拉

参考例句：

• Begin while others are procrastinating. Save while others are wasting. 当别人拖延时你开始。当别人浪费时你节约。
• Before adjourning, councillors must stop procrastinating and revisit this controversial issue. 在休会之前，参议员必须停止拖延，重新讨论这个引起争议的问题。

2 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。