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The Introduction of the Author: Richard Tomkins: Tomkins was born in Walsall, England, in 1952. His formal education ended at the age of seventeen. Before becoming a journalist, he was a casual laborer, a factory worker, a truck driver, a restaurant cashier, a civil servant, and an assistant private secretary to a government minister. The Introduction of the Author: He left government service in1978 to hitchhike around the world, and on returning to the U.K. in 1978, joined a local newspaper as a trainee reporter. He joined the Financial Times as a sub-editor four years later. In this selection, he discusses the time squeeze that many people are experiencing and offers a way of combating the problem. Part IV Language Points 1. on the go:  (infml) active or busy Examples: I’ve been on the go all week, preparing my thesis. Part IV Language Points 2. cope: deal successfully (with sb./ sth. difficult) Examples: Health psychologists study how people cope with stress. Part IV Language Points 3. set about：begin（a task）；start（doing sth.） set about sth./doing sth.; no passive） Example: The school authorities must set about finding solutions to the campus security problems. Part IV Language Points 5. eat into: gradually reduce the amount of (sth. Valuable); damage or destroy Examples: All these car expenses are eating into our savings. Part IV Language Points 8. multiply:  increase in number or quantity; add a number to itself a particular number of times Examples: the weeds just multiplied, and before long the garden was a jungle. Part IV Language Points 10. fraction:small part, bit, amount or Examples: Only a small fraction of the population lived in that remote area. Part IV Language Points 11. pour in:go into a place quickly and in large numbers Examples: many football fans poured into the stadium to have a look at their favorite football players. Part IV Language Points 12. a handful of: a small number of; the amount of sth. That you can hold on you