山东自考英语二 第十二课.docx

Unit12 Text A Importance重 要 性 Many important things that contribute to our overall objectives and give meaning to life dont tend to act upon us or press us． 很多重要事情有助于实现我们的总目标，使生活有意义，但是它们不作用于我们. Theyre not urgent，but they are the things that we must act upon． 它们并不紧迫，但它们却是我们必须做的事情。 In order to focus on the issues of urgency and importance more effectively， lets look at the Time Management Table below． 为了更有效地把精力集中在紧急和重要的事情上，我们来看下面的时间管理分类表。 As you can see it divides our activities into four parts． We spend time in one of these four ways： 该表将人的活动分为四部分，我们以其中任何一种方式度日。 Urgent紧迫 Not Urgent不紧迫 Important重要 I Crises危机 Pressing Problems紧急问题 Dealine-driven projects, meetings, preparations有最后期限的项目、会议和准备工作 II Preparation准备工作 Prevention预防工作 Values clarification价值分类 Planning计划 Relationship building确立人际关系 True-creation真正的再创造 　 Not Important不重要 III Interruptions, some phone calls小插曲，某些电话 Some mail, some reports某些信件、报告 Some meetings某些会议 Many proximate, pressing matters许多迫在眉睫的事情 Many popular activities许多大众活动 IV Trivia ,busywork Some phone calls某些电话 Time wasters消耗时间的事情 Escape activities“逃避现实”的活动 Irrelevant mail不相关的信件 　 Excessive TV过度看电视 Part I represents things that are both urgent and important ． 第1部分表示既紧迫又重要的事情。 Heres where we handle an angry client，meet a deadline，repair a broken-down machine，undergo a heart surgery，or help a crying child who has been hurt． 接待一位怒气冲冲的顾客、在截止期限内完成任务、抢修一台坏了的机器、接受心脏手术、帮助一位因受伤而号啕大哭的孩子，这些都归于此类。 We need to spend time in Part I．我们应该在这类事情上花一些时间。 If we ignore it， we become buried alive． 如果忽视这些事情，我们的生活就会乱做一团，终日忙碌地喘不过气来。 But we also need to realize that many important activities become urgent through delay，or because we dont do enough prevention and planning． 同时，应该意识到很多重要事情由于耽误、计划不周或者事前预防不力而变得紧迫。（注：今年4月汉译英刚刚考过这一句） Part 1I includes activities that are important，but not urgent．This is the Part of Quality． 第1I部分包括重要但不紧迫的事情，又被称为质量部分。 Heres where we do our long-range planning，anticipate and prevent problems，broaden our minds，and increase our