五招挽留住你逝去的时间

 　　Recognize Where the Waste Is

　　了解时间浪费在哪里

　　In order to begin a time management program, you need to pinpoint¹ 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. Slacking² off here or there won't help you. Be rigid³.

　　要开始进行时间管理程序，就要非常精确的找出自己在什么地方浪费了大把时间。很多方面的时间管理你可能都需要改进。审视这些，开始每天在这些事务上用心。不要懈怠任何事情，那样对你是没好处。必须严格要求自己。

　　Get Some Tools

　　使用节约时间的工具

　　Getting your life organized will help your time management because you won't have to think about what is coming up next on your schedule. You can also look up directions if you have a meeting, what restaurants are nearby, and a million other handy⁴ things to save yourself some time. Some people use their iPhone for these functions and some still use the Palm⁵ Pilot system. Whatever you use, make sure you can surf the net and plug⁶ in your daily schedule at ease⁷.

　　井井有条的生活有益于进行时间管理，因为这样你就不必去想接下来要做的事。你也可以查看自己的安排，是否有会议要参加，要去附近的哪个餐馆，还要做无数其他琐碎的事情，这样能节省时间。一些人用手机，也有一些人用掌上电脑，用什么工具，只要保证能随意上网添加日常安排就行。

　　Multi-Task While Eating

　　吃饭时多做点事

　　Eating while just staring at the wall is a great time waster. Which is not a good thing. At least check your e-mail or read over a project you have to work on in the afternoon while you are munching⁸ 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.

　　吃饭时仅仅盯着墙面是对时间的巨大浪费。这是很不好的事。在你大口吞食金枪鱼三明治的时候，至少应该查看邮件，或者看看下午的待办事项。平时你用业余的时间看书，但是你如果在吃饭的时候看书的话，原本用于看书的时间就节省下来了。

　　Plan Ahead

　　提前计划

　　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 accordingly⁹. Set your alarm to wake up earlier. Plan your route¹⁰ to avoid as much of the morning traffic rush as possible. It will only take a couple of minutes to refer to your schedule, but will save you tons of time the next day.

　　每天晚上花点时间想想明天要做什么。如果要在八点半到达某地，就调节好自己的计划。把闹钟的时间设置得提前一点，计划好路线，尽可能避免早高峰。虽然这会花掉你几分钟时间，但会为明天节约大量时间。

　　Priorities¹¹

　　知道孰轻孰重

　　Making sure you are attacking a task in the order is also key to managing your time. Alphabetizing your record collection instead of doing your taxes is probably not a smart move. Make a list of things you need to do -- no matter how small -- and put them in order. You can then attack projects and tasks as they move up the list instead of trying to do pieces of projects at the same time. That just keeps you unfocused and wasting time.

　　还有个合理安排时间的关键，就是确保计划井井有条。不去处理税务事宜，反而去整理音乐磁盘，这么做很不明智。把要做的事情，不论多小，都按顺序列在单子上。然后你就可以开始排时间表了，有些事要先做，这样你就不会把时间都浪费在一些琐碎的事情上了。这种做法能避免你分散精力、浪费时间。

1 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

2 slacking   

偷懒( slack的现在分词 )； 减速； 放松

参考例句：

• The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
• He had never let a foreman see him slacking. 他从未在哪个工头面前表现出丝毫懈怠。

3 rigid   

adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的

参考例句：

• She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。

4 handy   

adj.方便的；手边的，近便的；手巧的

参考例句：

• A few more traveler's checks may come in handy on holiday.多带几张旅行支票，度假时会有用的。
• She is a handy girl who can turn her hand to anything.她是个心灵手巧的姑娘。

5 palm   

n.手掌，棕榈，胜利；vt.与…握手，藏…于掌中

参考例句：

• That woman had her husband in the palm of her hand.那女人牢牢地控制住她丈夫。
• Palm trees grow all around the island.岛上到处长着棕榈树。

6 plug   

n.塞子，消防栓，电插头；vt.插入，塞住，接插头；vi.被塞住

参考例句：

• The girl let her mother plug in the TV set.女孩叫母亲插上电视机的插头。
• They used electricity from a plug in the garage.他们通过车库插座取电。

7 ease   

n. 安乐,安逸,悠闲; v. 使...安乐,使...安心,减轻,放松

参考例句：

• His mind was at ease and he felt confident in the future. 他心情舒畅,对前途很有信心。
• You should ease up on the child and stop scolding her. 你应该对那个孩子宽松些,不要再骂她了。

8 munching   

v.用力咀嚼（某物），大嚼( munch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果，但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句

9 accordingly   

adv.相应地，照着办，按照；于是，因此

参考例句：

• Please inform us of your decision and we will act accordingly.请把你们的决定通知我们，我们会照着去办的。
• He was told to speak briefly;accordingly he cut short his remarks.人家叫他说话简短，于是他就长话短说了。

10 route   

n.路径，途径，路线；vt.确定路线，按规定路线发送

参考例句：

• On the way home, we took an indirect route.回家的路上，我们绕了一个大圈。
• The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞。

11 priorities   

n.先( priority的名词复数 )；优先；优先权；优先考虑的事

参考例句：

• The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 这份文件使人看出政府的轻重缓急是怎样安排的。
• We must work together to fund only our most important priorities. 我们必须共同努力，只为最重要的项目提供资金。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件