托福阅读背景材料之如何珍惜时间

 　　If the real work that needs doing is offline， disable the internet for an hour at a time.

　　如果这件事情不需要上网就可以完成，把网断掉。

　　Turn email checks into an hourly habit， not an “as the box gets mail” habit.

　　延长查看电子邮件的周期。

　　Don’t answer your cell phone when working on something important. Call back later.

　　如果手头的工作很重要，工作期间不要接电话，回头再打过去就是了。

　　If you can’t work at work， negotiate finding a new place to get things done.

　　如果你的工作环境让你不能工作，换个没人打扰的地方。

　　Television means： “I don’t need this time and it doesn’t matter to me.” (Almost always. Really.)

　　看电视意味着“这段时间我浪费了也无所谓”。

　　Budget your entertainment time vs. production time. Never cheat the other.

　　平衡你的娱乐和工作时间。

　　Examine every opportunity along the lines of time vs. projects already underway.

　　时时检查你的时间安排和现在已经进行中的项目。

　　Try working part of your day in “off-hour” times， to get more done with fewer people around.

　　以小时为单位划分你的工作时间，用更少的人做更多的事情。

　　专心的窍门

　　Write your goals clearly. Post them in eyeball view of where you work most.

　　清楚的写下你的目标。放在你的眼皮底下。

　　Spend time with focused people. Meet and befriend those who are where you want to be.

　　多和专心工作的人在一起。

　　Consume as much material about your prime focus as you can budget.

　　尽量把资源用在主要目标上，把时间花在刀刃上。

　　Analyze¹ your past experiences. Be clear. List your successes. Examine your failures.

　　回顾总结以往的成功和失败经验。

　　Stay true to a particular vision of what you want to do.

　　清楚明白你想要得到的是什么。

　　Don’t give up too early.

　　不要太容易放弃。

　　Envision your success. Write about it. Then read that daily or weekly.

　　想象一下成功后的样子，写下来，每天读读。

　　Learn how to “chunk.” Hit each milestone² and move to the next. Be methodical.

　　学会把大事划分为几个阶段，完成一个阶段，再进入下一个。

　　Develop habits around success and drive.

　　养成好习惯。

　　Recharge your batteries with good sleep and food.

　　吃好睡足。

　　Develop your relationship with your family. It nourishes the other goals.

　　维持家庭关系。这是你完成其它工作的保障。

1 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

2 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。