夏说英语新闻晨读 第261期:拖延症治疗新方法

 本期内容：
Close your eyes. Imagine yourself finishing that tedious months-long project you have been dreading¹. Think about the papers you are preparing on your desk, documents you need to print, the conversations you will need to have to finish the project and even what you will wear on presentation day or how it will feel to finally ace² the project – the more vivid the picture is in your mind, the better. The exercise seems simple, but some recent research suggests that visualizing³ yourself in the future could be a novel way to beat procrastination⁴. The theory goes like this: most of us are not particularly good at picturing how our immediate⁵ actions will affect us long-term. But if we are constantly picturing ourselves at a later point in life, and how our daily decisions affect this future person, it can help us make better immediate decisions because it is easier to imagine the long-term consequences.

Tedious:乏味的
Dread:恐惧
Ace:搞定
Visualize:视觉化
Procrastination:拖延症
Consequence:结果

1 dreading   

v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
• This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。

2 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

3 visualizing   

肉眼观察

参考例句：

• Nevertheless, the Bohr model is still useful for visualizing the structure of an atom. 然而，玻尔模型仍有利于使原子结构形象化。
• Try to strengthen this energy field by visualizing the ball growing stronger. 通过想象能量球变得更强壮设法加强这能量场。

4 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。

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。