背诵为王 第 二 册 第 44 课

Lesson44 Joyce's Story of Time Management
Time management is the greatest challenge¹ for me in high school． I have tobalance my subjects， activities， social life， and rest． I often get intoarguments with my family members just because I didn't plan my time well．For instance²， I may yell³ at them for disturbing me when I'm working and Imay blame them when I miss deadlines， even though it's actually my faultfor cramming⁴ everything in at the last minute．There is one thing that I always make time for： watching TV． It's a wayfor me to relax． I think the best trick to deal with time management is theclassic “break it into bits．” It's really important for you to learn howto break a big project into small， manageable tasks． Then you can workprogressively and have a sense of achievement whenever you're done with asmall part．Another trick is to devise⁵ a timetable for yourself． It doesn't have to beone that you follow faithfully． It's just there to serve as a guide． Youcan compare your actual schedule with the planned one to see how well youactually use your time． A final tip is to always set deadlines for yourself．

yell  大叫
deadline 最后期限
progressively  日益增多的
devise 设计
faithfully  忠诚地，如实地

乔伊斯管理时间的故事
在高中管理时间对于我来说是最大的挑战。我必须平衡各门课程的学习、活动、社交和休息时间。我经常和家人发生争执，仅仅是因为我没有很好地计划时间。例如，当我忙着时，如果他们打扰，我就会向他们大声嚷嚷，当我误了最后期限，我就会责怪他们，即使这都是我的错，因为我把所有的事都拖到最后一刻来做。
有一件事总是占用我很多时间，那就是看电视。这是我放松的一个方法。我认为管理时间的最好诀窍就是经典的“分割时间”。学会如何将一个大项目分割成一些易处理的小任务是非常重要的。这样你就可以有条不紊地推进你的工作，而且每当你完成一小部分时，你都会有成就感。
另一个诀窍就是为自己设计一张时间表，你不必严格地遵照它，它只是一个指导，你可以把你实际的时间表和这个计划进行比较，看看实际上你是如何利用时间的。最后一个窍门就是为自己设定一个最终期限。

1 challenge   

n.挑战；v.向...挑战

参考例句：

• The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
• She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。

2 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

3 yell   

vi./n.号叫，叫喊

参考例句：

• This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
• When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。

4 cramming   

n.塞满，填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午，禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 devise   

vt.发明，策划，想出

参考例句：

• We will devise a way of escaping from this prison.我们要想个办法从这些监狱里逃出去。
• Let's devise how to finish the work.咱们来计划一下如何完成这项工作。