山东自考英语二

山东自考英语二

Unit12 Text A Importance重要性

Many important things that contribute to our overall objectives and give meaning to life

don't 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. They're 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， let's 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

I II

Crises危机 Preparation准备工作

Important重要 Pressing Problems紧急问题Prevention预防工作

Values clarification价值分类

Planning计划 Dealine-driven projects,

meetings, preparations有最后Relationship building确立人际关

期限的项目、会议和准备工作系

True-creation真正的再创造

III IV

Interruptions, some phone callsTrivia ,busywork

小插曲，某些电话 Some phone calls某些电

Some mail, some reports某些信话

Not Important不重件、报告 Time wasters消耗时间要 Some meetings某些

会议的事情

"Escape" activities“逃避Many proximate, pressing

matters许多迫在眉睫的事情现实”的活动

Many popular activities许多大 Irrelevant mail不相关的

众活动信件

Excessive TV过度看电

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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。

Here's 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 don't 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。

Here's where we do our long-range planning，anticipate and prevent problems，broaden our minds，and increase our skills through reading and continuous professional development，我们进行长期计划、预见和防治问题、开阔视野、通过阅读和专业方面的不断发展提高工作技巧。

imagine how we're going to help a struggling Son or daughter，

想像我们去帮助奋斗中的儿女，

prepare for important meetings and presentations，

准备很重要的会议发言，

or invest in relationships through deep，honest listening(

或者通过深入、真诚地倾听别人讲话增进人际关系。

Increasing time spent in this part increases our ability to do(

增加花费在该部分的时间会提高我们做事的能力。

Ignoring this part feeds and enlarges Part I，creating stress and deeper crises for us(

忽视该部分就会扩大第1部分的范围，增加压力和深层危机。