4.Inside the mind of a master of procrastinater
0:11 So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers. Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this. So, you know --
0:24 (Laughter)
0:25 you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil.
0:33 (Laughter)
0:34 And I would want to do that like that. That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this.
0:45 (Laughter)
0:47 And that would happen every single paper.
0:50 But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on. And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option. It was way too big a project. So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this. This is how the year would go. So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase. How hard could it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right?
1:22 But then, the funniest thing happened. Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff. So we had an awesome new revised plan.
1:30 (Laughter)
1:31 And then --
1:32 (Laughter)
1:34 But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here. And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks. And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having
written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two
all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the deadline.
2:10 I thought that was the end of everything. But a week later I get a call, and it's the school. And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?" And I say, "Yeah." And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis." And I say, "OK." And they say, "It's the best one we've ever seen."
2:28 (Laughter)
2:31 (Applause)
2:35 That did not happen.
2:37 (Laughter)
2:39 It was a very, very bad thesis.
2:42 (Laughter)
2:44 I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, "This guy is amazing!"
2:50 (Laughter)
2:51 No, no, it was very, very bad. Anyway, today I'm a writer-blogger guy. I write the blog Wait But Why. And a couple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination. My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me, and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world what goes on in the heads of procrastinators, and why we are the way we are. Now, I had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people. And to test this, I found an MRI lab that actually let me scan both my brain and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator, so I could compare them. I actually brought them here to show you today. I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference. I know that if you're not a trained brain expert, it's not that obvious, but just take a look, OK? So here's the brain of a
non-procrastinator.
3:42 (Laughter)
3:45 Now ... here's my brain.
3:49 (Laughter)
3:54 There is a difference. Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them, but the procrastinator's brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey. Now, what does this mean for the procrastinator? Well, it means everything's fine until this happens.
4:08 [This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!]
4:11 So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision to do something productive, but the Monkey doesn't like that plan, so he actually takes the wheel, and he says, "Actually, let's read the entire Wikipedia page of the Nancy Kerrigan/ Tonya Harding scandal, because I just remembered that that happened.
4:27 (Laughter)
4:28 Then --
4:29 (Laughter)
4:30 Then we're going to go over to the fridge, to see if there's anything new in there since 10 minutes ago. After that, we're going to go on a YouTube spiral that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets and ends much, much later with us watching interviews with Justin Bieber's mom.
4:46 (Laughter)
4:48 "All of that's going to take a while, so we're not going to really have room on the schedule for any work today. Sorry!"
4:54 (Sigh)
4:57 Now, what is going on here? The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy you want behind the wheel. He lives entirely in the present moment. He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future, and he only cares about two things: easy and fun.
5:15 Now, in the animal world, that works fine. If you're a dog and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things, you're a huge success!
5:26 And to the Monkey, humans are just another animal species. You have to keep well-slept, well-fed and propagating into the next generation, which in tribal times might have worked OK. But, if you haven't noticed, now we're not in tribal times. We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is. Which is why we have another guy in our brain, the Rational Decision-Maker, who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do. We can visualize the future. We can see the big picture. We can make long-term plans. And he wants to take all of that into account. And he wants to just have us do whatever makes sense to be doing right now. Now, sometimes it makes sense to be doing things that are easy and fun, like when you're having dinner or going to bed or enjoying well-earned leisure time. That's why there's an overlap. Sometimes they agree. But other times, it makes much more sense to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant, for the sake of the big picture. And that's when we have a conflict. And for the procrastinator, that conflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle. I call it the Dark Playground.
6:41 (Laughter)
6:42 Now, the Dark Playground is a place that all of you procrastinators out there know very well. It's where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening. The fun you have in the Dark Playground isn't actually fun, because it's completely unearned, and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred -- all of those good procrastinator feelings. And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel, how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone, a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen?
7:16 Well, turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel, someone who's always looking down on him and watching over him in his darkest moments -- someone called the Panic Monster.
7:27 (Laughter)
7:33 Now, the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close or there's danger of public embarrassment, a career disaster or some other scary consequence. And importantly, he's the only thing the Monkey is terrified of. Now, he became very relevant in my life pretty recently, because the people of TED reached out to me about six months ago and invited me to do a TED Talk.
8:06 Now, of course, I said yes. It's always been a dream of mine to have done a TED Talk in the past.
8:11 (Laughter)
8:15 (Applause) But in the middle of all this excitement, the Rational Decision-Maker seemed to have something else on his mind. He was saying, "Are we clear on what we just accepted? Do we get what's going to be now happening one day in the future? We need to sit down and work on this right now." And the Monkey said, "Totally agree, but let's just open Google Earth and zoom in to the bottom of India, like 200 feet above the ground, and scroll up for two and a half hours til we get to the top of the country, so we can get a better feel for India."
8:48 (Laughter)
8:54 So that's what we did that day.
8:55 (Laughter)
8:59 As six months turned into four and then two and then one, the people of TED decided to release the speakers. And I opened up the website, and there was my face staring right back at me. And guess who woke up?
9:12 (Laughter)
9:16 So the Panic Monster starts losing his mind, and a few seconds later, the whole system's in mayhem.
9:21 (Laughter)
9:26 And the Monkey -- remember, he's terrified of the Panic Monster -- boom, he's up the tree! And finally, finally, the Rational Decision-Maker can take the wheel and I can start working on the talk.
9:36 Now, the Panic Monster explains all kinds of pretty insane procrastinator behavior, like how someone like me could spend two weeks unable to start the opening sentence of a paper, and then miraculously find the unbelievable work ethic to stay up all night and write eight pages. And this entire situation, with the three characters -- this is the procrastinator's system. It's not pretty, but in the end, it works. This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago.
10:08 When I did, I was amazed by the response. Literally thousands of emails came in, from all different kinds of people from all over the world, doing all different kinds of things. These are people who were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers and lots and lots of PhD students.
10:23 (Laughter)
10:25 And they were all writing, saying the same thing: "I have this problem too." But what struck me was the contrast between the light tone of the post and the heaviness of these emails. These people were writing with intense frustration about what procrastination had done to their lives, about what this Monkey had done to them. And I thought about this, and I said, well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on? Why are all of these people in such a dark place?
10:54 Well, it turns out that there's two kinds of procrastination. Everything I've talked about today, the examples I've given, they all have deadlines. And when there's deadlines, the effects of procrastination are contained to the short term because the Panic Monster gets involved. But there's a second kind of procrastination that happens in situations when there is no deadline. So if you wanted a career where you're a self-starter -- something in the arts, something entrepreneurial -- there's no deadlines on those things at first, because nothing's happening, not until you've gone out and done the hard work to get momentum, get things going. There's also all kinds of important things outside of your career that don't involve any deadlines, like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health, working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isn't working.
11:38 Now if the procrastinator's only mechanism of doing these hard things is the Panic Monster, that's a problem, because in all of these non-deadline situations, the Panic Monster doesn't show up. He has nothing to wake up for, so the effects of procrastination, they're not contained; they just extend outward forever. And it's this long-term kind of procrastination that's much less visible and much less talked about than the funnier, short-term deadline-based kind. It's usually suffered quietly and privately. And it can be the source of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets. And I thought, that's why those people are emailing, and that's why they're in such a bad place. It's not that they're cramming for some project. It's that long-term procrastination has made them feel like a spectator, at times, in their own lives. The frustration is not that they couldn't achieve their dreams; it's that they weren't even able to start chasing them.
12:35 So I read these emails and I had a little bit of an epiphany -- that I don't think non-procrastinators exist. That's right -- I think all of you are procrastinators. Now, you might not all be a mess, like some of us,
12:52 (Laughter)
12:53 and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines, but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick is when the deadlines aren't there.
13:02 Now, I want to show you one last thing. I call this a Life Calendar. That's one box for every week of a 90-year life. That's not that many boxes, especially since we've already used a bunch of those. So I think we need to all take a long, hard look at that calendar. We need to think about what we're really procrastinating on, because everyone is procrastinating on something in life. We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey. That's a job for all of us. And because there's not that many boxes on there, it's a job that should probably start today.
13:44 Well, maybe not today, but ...
13:47 (Laughter)
13:48 You know. Sometime soon.
英语演讲稿拖延症 英语演讲稿拖延症 Oh,no!the assighment should be handed in tomorro!” These are all the performane of prorastination. h e suffer from prorastination? There are 4 simple reasons as follos: Firstl,the task seems too hard for us to do.seondl,our free time is unavailable until the eekend,thirdl,e are lak of knolegdes and skills.Besides,e don’t ant to make a mistake until e’re sure it’s right.At last,the fear everone ill kno e made a mistake ill also ause prorastination. Hoever,There are also 3 plex reasons for prorastination that e an’t ignore. The first reason is perfetionism.The person ho is a perfetionist,mabe think that if i an’t do it right. I don’t do it at all.The seond reason is the hostilit to assignments or leaders,if e are hostile to our essential task.e ill refuse to take our best efforts to finish the task out of spite.The last reason is lo self-evaluation,it ill minimize our abilities. 3.What is negative effets of prorastination. To m mind,missing deadline is the most serious onsequene of prorastination.And the qualit of our ork ma suffer,espeiall if it’s done at the last minite.At the same time ,it an add
Do you always not be able to get out of your bed? Do you always put off your important work https://www.doczj.com/doc/0a16911688.html,ter and later? Have you ever stayed up late to do your homework or prepared for tomorrow’s exams? If you often do such things like these,maybe you have had the procrastination. 1.What is procratination? 2.Reasons for procrastination 3.Negative effects of procrastination 4.How to overcome procrastination 1.Basically,procratination is the act of putting off essential tasks until a later time. And,it usually results from great stress and anxiety. Maybe everyone has experienced the following psychological changes At first,when we receive a essential task, a deadline is set,maybe there is one week until the assignment is handed in.Then,we will own the false sence of security that we have a plenty of time.But,as time gose by,we will talk to ourselves,for example,”I will get started soon or I only work well under pressure.” At last,panic and stress is really coming.And,at that time,maybe you will say:”Oh,no!the assighment should be handed in tomorrow!” These are all the performance of procrastination. 2.why we suffer from procrastination? There are 4 simple reasons as follows: Firstly,the task seems too hard for us to do.secondly,our free time is unavailable until the weekend,thirdly,we are lack of knowlegdes and skills.Besides,we don’t want to make a mistake until we’re sure it’s right.At last,the fear everyone will know we made a mistake will also cause procrastination. However,There are also 3 complex reasons for procrastination that we can’t ignore. The first reason is perfectionism.The person who is a perfectionist,maybe think that if i can’t do it right. I don’t do it at all.The second reason is the hostility to assignments or leaders,if we are hostile to our essential task.we will refuse to take our best efforts to finish the task out of spite.The last reason is low self-evaluation,it will minimize our abilities. 3.What is negative effects of procrastination. To my mind,missing deadline is the most serious consequence of procrastination.And the quality of our work may suffer,especially if it’s done at the last minite.At the same time ,it can add to our stress levels and affect our life outside work.,such as letting ourselves down ,not achieving our full potential and so on. 4.By the way, Do you know what percentage of people procrastinate? It’s a surprising number.95%.So,what can we do to overcome procrastination. There are some helpful tips:
4.Inside the mind of a master of procrastinater 0:11 So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers. Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this. So, you know -- 0:24 (Laughter) 0:25 you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil. 0:33 (Laughter) 0:34 And I would want to do that like that. That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this. 0:45 (Laughter) 0:47 And that would happen every single paper. 0:50 But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on. And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option. It was way too big a project. So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this. This is how the year would go. So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase. How hard could it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right? 1:22 But then, the funniest thing happened. Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff. So we had an awesome new revised plan. 1:30 (Laughter) 1:31 And then -- 1:32 (Laughter) 1:34 But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here. And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks. And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having
现象 在现实生活中，这样的事屡见不鲜，①堆成小山的脏衣服想洗却一直没动手; ④明知马上要交作业，却还在玩游戏、晒照片、在各大论坛看帖子，直到最后一刻才不得不开始工作;⑤期末考试临近，却不愿碰专业书本或文献一下，甚至哪怕deadline就在几天之后，这样的人有一个共同的名字——“拖延症患者” In our daily life, such things are common. A pile of dirty clothes to be washed have been not started. Knowing immediately to hand in papers, still playing the game, uploading photos, seeing posts in various forums, not until the last minute will you get started to work. Final exams are approaching, but you d o not want to touch the professional literature about the book or even just a few days comes the d eadline even. Such peopl e have a common name - delaying disease patients, or we can call them patients with procrastination 定义 拖延症（Procrastination）指的是非必要、后果有害的推迟行为。取意“将之前的事情放置明天”。目前这个词并不是一个严格的心理学或医学术语，但拖延现象现已成为管理学家和心理学家研究的一个重要课题 Procrastination refers to a non necessary to postpone the consequences of harmful behavior, which is Intend ed to take "put the things off till tomorrow." Currently the word is not a strictly psychol ogical or medical terminol ogy. However, d elays have become to be an important research topic in the management and psychol ogy 问题存在 中国青年报的一项网上心理调查结果显示，2250名被访者中，有72.8%的人坦言自己患上了拖延症。其中14.0%的人觉得自己的额拖延症“非常明显”，41.5%的人觉得“比较明显”，仅7.3%的人觉得自己没有拖延症 美国和加拿大的统计数据表明，70%的大学生存在学业拖延的状况，普通人中也有20%的人每天出现拖延行为。按照这个数据推算，全球有近10亿人患有拖延症。 The results of an online survey of psychol ogical mad e by China Youth Daily, Show that 2250 respond ents, 72.8% of peopl e admitted that they are suffering from procrastination. Of which 14.0% feel that their amount procrastination "very cl ear", 41.5% of peopl e think "obvious", only 7.3% of peopl e feel that they d o not hav e d elay disease. The U.S. and Canada statistics show 70% o f coll ege acad emic procrastination condition exists, also 20% ordinary peopl e have daily d elays behavior. According to this data, nearly 1 billion peopl e worl dwide suffer from procrastination. 拖延症的特点 1.没有自信。因为每次完成任务都达不到自己最高的能力，对自我能力的评估会越来越低。 2.我太忙。我一直拖着没做是因为我一直很忙。 3.顽固。你催我也没有用，我准备好了自然会开始做。 4.操控别人。他们着急也没用，一切都要等我到了才能开始。 5.对抗压力。因为每天压力很大，所以要做的事情一直被拖下来。 1 lack of confid ence. Because each task is not up to the highest ability, the ability
good morning, ladies and gentlemen. today, our topic is about procrastination. well, what is procrastination? generally speaking, procrastination is an act of putting of an essential task until a later time. and there is no doubt that procrastination will do harm to our study and health. maybe everybody have procrastination to some degree. but how do to deal with it? let’s see some measures. first, realize its no need to procrastinate and then, take action right now. if you want to finish your homework, if you want to get a high score for tem4, if you want to do reading, if you want to keep fit, or if you want to show your love to your relatives or a special person. don’t procrastinate any more. what make you the most happy is be able to do what you want to do. that’s all. thank you.篇二：有关拖延症的英语演讲稿 do you always not be able to get out of your bed? have you ever stayed up late to do your homework or prepared for tomorrow’s exams? if you often do such things like these,maybe you have had the procrastination. 1.what is procratination? 2.reasons for procrastination 3.negative effects of procrastination 1.basically,procratination is the act of putting off essential tasks until a later time. and,it usually results from great stress and anxiety. maybe everyone has experienced the following psychological changes 2.why we suffer from procrastination? there are 4 simple reasons as follows: firstly,the task seems too hard for us to do.secondly,our free time is unavailable until the weekend,thirdly,we are lack of knowlegdes and skills.besides,we don’t want to make a mistake until we’re sure it’s right.at last,the fear everyone will know we made a mistake will also cause procrastination. 3.what is negative effects of procrastination. to my mind,missing deadline is the most serious consequence of procrastination.and the quality of our work may suffer,especially if it’s done at the last minite.at the same time ,it can add to our stress levels and affect our life outside work.,such as letting ourselves down ,not achieving our full potential and so on. 4.by the way, do you know what percentage of people procrastinate? write down our tasks in visible place with their due dates. make the tasks look easy in our mind. break the task in several parts. tell your family or friends about your goal.they will motivate you along the way. reward for yourself for a job well done. that’s all,thank you for your listening篇三：英语演讲 --拖延症 现象 在现实生活中，这样的事屡见不鲜，①堆成小山的脏衣服想洗却一直没动手;④明知马上 要交作业，却还在玩游戏、晒照片、在各大论坛看帖子，直到最后一刻才不得不开始工作;
Before I start my topic，I want to show you a picture，which show us a common phenomenon，or a problem that everyone sit here may have. Look，the picture is here，about efficiency and time. This is the work efficiency and this is time line. This point stand for the day you got your assignment or work. The truth is，only at the day before DDL，can you achieve the highest efficiency. And we always call that “procrastination”，which means “willingly” deferring something even though you expect the delay to make you worse. In my word，it is although you have known you have do it now，but still，you don’t move on until last time. So，as you see，today my topic is How to solve “procrastination”，I divide my topic into 3 parts. First，disadvantages of procrastination. Second，reasons of procrastination. Last，methods to solve this problem. In this part I will bring you an interesting practice about time control and some suggestions，believe me，it is very practical. Now ，the disadvantages of procrastination. First，you cannot achieve your goal . For example：Girls always say：“ oh I’m on diet，I want to put out my weight” But one problem is that few people can do this fitness plan，for
do you always not be able to get out of your bed? do you always put off your important work https://www.doczj.com/doc/0a16911688.html,ter and later? have you ever stayed up late to do your homework or prepared for tomorrow’s exams? if you often do such things like these,maybe you have had the procrastination. 1.what is procratination? 2.reasons for procrastination 3.negative effects of procrastination 1.basically,procratination is the act of putting off essential tasks until a later time. and,it usually results from great stress and anxiety. maybe everyone has experienced the following psychological changes 2.why we suffer from procrastination? there are 4 simple reasons as follows: firstly,the task seems too hard for us to do.secondly,our free time is unavailable until the weekend,thirdly,we are lack of knowlegdes and skills.besides,we don’t want to make a mistake until we’re sure it’s right.at last,the fear everyone will know we made a mistake will also cause procrastination. 3.what is negative effects of procrastination. to my mind,missing deadline is the most serious consequence of procrastination.and the quality of our work may suffer,especially if it’s done at the last minite.at the same time ,it can add to our stress levels and affect our life outside work.,such as letting ourselves down ,not achieving our full potential and so on. 4.by the way, do you know what percentage of people procrastinate? write down our tasks in visible place with their due dates. make the tasks look easy in our mind. break the task in several parts. tell your family or friends about your goal.they will motivate you along the way. reward for yourself for a job well done. that’s all,thank you for your listening篇二：英语课前演讲稿procrastination 拖延症 good morning, ladies and gentlemen. today, our topic is about procrastination. well, what is procrastination? generally speaking, procrastination is an act of putting of an essential task until a later time. and there is no doubt that procrastination will do harm to our study and health. maybe everybody have procrastination to some degree. but how do to deal with it? let’s see some measures. first, realize its no need to procrastinate and then, take action right now. if you want to finish your homework, if you want to get a high score for tem4, if you want to do reading, if you want to keep fit, or if you want to show your love to your relatives or a special person. don’t procrastinate any more. what make you the most happy is be able to do what you want to do. that’s all. thank you.篇三：英语演讲 --拖延症 现象
Hello and welcome to another video. By the end of this video, you will learn how to stop procrastinating once for all. If you are watching this video there was something else, you are supposed to do but then you decided to spend five minutes on Facebook or YouTube and somehow you ended up watching this video.It has been probably an hour or two since you have decided to spend only five minutes. 欢迎你来看这个视频，看完这个视频，你将学会如何一劳永逸的解决拖延的毛病。假设你正在看这个视频，但同时有些其他应该要处理的事情，但你还是决定花五分钟刷下微博或者B 站，然后不知怎么的，当你停下来一看时间发现从你决定要花那五分钟开始，到现在一两个小时已经过去了。 I wonder what kind of five minutes are there. Of course you are not planning to waste two hours of your time, but then you wanted to know who liked a recent picture on Instagram or Facebook or may be you wanted to know if I have uploaded a new video and that is how it all started. 说好的只看五分钟呢。。。当然，你并没有打算浪费两个小时，只是突然想知道谁给你的朋友圈或在你的微博上发的东西点了赞，或可能你想看看T君有没有发新的推送。就这样，你开始了拖延。紧接着我会教你怎样用实际行动解决拖延的毛病。 In fact, it always starts like that and then you end up wasting your whole day doing nothing. In short, we just procrastinate in this video. We will see how procrastination works and I will show you a practical way to defeat that please for God's sake don’t procrastination on watching this video till the end, otherwise I won't be able to help you. 事实上，拖延都是像这样开始的，接着你就无所事事的浪费了一整天。简单说，从决定看这个视频的时候拖延就开始了。让我们来看看这是怎么样发生的, 紧接着我会教你怎样用实际行动解决拖延的毛病。然后看在老天的份上，拜托你千万不要在看完这个视频前干别的事情，不然我也帮不了你。 Just be patient for the next few minutes and I promise you that this is the only video you will ever need to watch about how to end procrastination because you will find what ever you are looking for. Before we move on, don’t forget to hit the subscribe button andthe bell besides it to never miss another video. let's first understand how procrastination works in the first place. 只要接下来的几分钟保持耐心，我向你保证，看完这个视频你就会发现它真的能够帮助你解决拖延的问题，因为你可以在视频中找到答案。在视频开始前，赶快关注我吧！ 02 Let's first understand how procrastination works in the first place.Look, your brain always wants to relax. It tried to avoid anything that will force him to work by promising you that will get a better opportunity in the future,for example if someone would give you ahundred bucks now or two hundred bucksafter a year. What a truth. Of course, a hundred bucks now because your brain starts telling you?
Good morning, everyone, I’m XX. My topic today is Procrastination. Firstly, let’s consider the following questions. 1、Have you always been reluctant to go to bed in the evening, while reluctant to wake up in the morning? 2、Have you ever stayed up late to finish your homework? Someone may say:”I sent today’s ppt to teacher just at the last minute before deadline last evening” 3、Do you often put off your important work later and later? If you answer is yes, congratulations！ You have had the procrastination! You are already a procrastinator！ So What is Procrastination？ Basically, procrastination is the act of putting off essential tasks until a later time. Also, it is too lazy to do what you should do. According to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily in 2011 found that about 73% people
中英对照翻译 So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers. Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this. So, you know --you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil.And I would want to do that like that. That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this. 在大学，我读的是政府专业。也就是说，我需要写很多的论文。一般的学生写论文时，他们可能会这样安排：(看图)你可能开头会慢一点，但第一周有这些已经足够。后期再一点点的增加，最后任务完成，非常的有条理。我也想这么做，所以一开始也是这么计划的。我做了完美的安排(看图)，但后来，实际上论文任务一直出现，我就只能这样了(看图)。 And that would happen every single paper. But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on. And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option. It was way too big a project. So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this. This is how the year would go. So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase. How hard could it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right? 我的每一篇论文都是这种情况，直到我长达90页的毕业论文任务，这篇论文理应花一年的时间来做，我也知道这样的工作，我先前的工作方式是行不通的，这个项目太大，所以我制定了计划。决定按照这样的方式工作，这样来安排我这一年。(看图)开头我会轻松一点，中期任务逐渐增加，到最后，我再全力冲刺一下。整体是这种阶梯式安排，一层一层走楼梯有多难?所以没什么大不了的，是吧? But then, the funniest thing happened. Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff. So we had an awesome new revised plan. And then --But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here.And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks. 但后来，好笑的事情出现了，头几个月时光匆匆而逝，我还没有来得及动工，所以我们明智的调整了计划。然后，中间的几个月也过去了，我还是一个字也没有动，眨眼就到了这里，然后两个月变成了一个月，再变成了2周。 And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the deadline. 一天我醒来，发现离交稿日期只剩3天了，但我还一个字都没写。我别无选择，只能在接下来的72小时里，连续通宵两个晚上赶论文——一般人不应连续通宵两个晚上。90页赶出来后，我飞速冲过校园，像电影中的特写慢镜头一样，恰好在截止日期前的最后一刻交上。 I thought that was the end of everything. But a week later I get a call, and it's the school. And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?" And I say, "Yeah." And they say, "We need to