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Procrastination

:“Procrastinationisthethiefoftime.”“Neverputofftomorrowwhatmaybedonetoday.”今日事，今日畢。Puttingthingsoffisthewasteoftime.Justdowhatyoushoulddoasquicklyaspossible.UnitTwo

TheFineArtofPuttingThingsOff拖延藝術(shù)1/15II.OrganizationoftheText1.Introduction:Itisevidencedthatpeopledodelay

(Paragraphs1–2)2.Mainbody:

peopleineveryfielddelayandbenefitfromthedelay.

(Paragraphs3–8)3.Conclusion:Aseitherpurposefulorsubconsciousprocrastinationisjustifiable,weshouldsometimesputofftilltomorrowwhatwecandotoday.

(Paragraph9)2/15III.KeyPointsoftheTextParagraph1exhort（line1）:urgeoradvisestrongly勸戒;告戒E.g.:Theteacherexhortedherstudentstodotheirownresearchwork.Weareexhortednottowasteourtimeonthechatroomonline.3/15Paragraph1Elegant(line2):havingthequalitiesofgrace,beauty,andfashion文雅，雅致；考究，精美E.g.:elegantmanners優(yōu)雅風(fēng)度anelegantdress漂亮雅致女服asetofbookswithelegantbindings一套裝幀精美書籍4/15Thetitleofnobility:(Line2)

duke公爵,duchess公爵夫人marquis侯爵,marchioness侯爵夫人earl伯爵,countess伯爵夫人viscount子爵viscountess子爵夫人baron男爵,baroness男爵夫人5/15Paragraph1get/comearound/roundto(line2):findtimefor,especiallyafterdelay抽出時(shí)間來(lái)做（或考慮）Afteralongdelayhegotroundtowritingtheletter.

Canyougivemethetimeforonesong?

Letmegetroundtoturnthathugtightlyintoforever.能不能給我一首歌時(shí)間，緊緊地把那擁抱變成永遠(yuǎn)！6/15Paragraph1cool/kickone’sheels(line3):beforcedtowait;bekeptwaitingE.g.:IhadtokickmyheelsfornearlytwohoursbeforeIcouldseemyboss.Whereisthesoundofthepianocomingfrom?

It'shardtopredictlifeanddeath

Iwillcoolmyheelsforthewholelife.琴聲何來(lái)，生死難猜，用一生去等候。7/15Paragraph3incur(line15):becomesubjectto(somethingunpleasant)asaresultofone’sownaction招致,引發(fā),帶來(lái);遭受,受到E.g.:Thecompanyincurredaheavylossduetomismanagement.8/15Paragraph3

incursomebody’sdispleasure(envy)招致某人不悅(妒忌)

incuraprotest惹起抗議

incurgreatexpense招致巨額花費(fèi)9/15Paragraph4nattering(line25)(natterv.):chattering;閑談，瞎扯E.g.:Theynatteredawayforanhouraboutnothing.他們空談了一個(gè)小時(shí)。10/15Paragraph6flourish(line39):developrapidly.Whenspeakingofaperson,ananimal,etc.,itmeans“growordevelopinahealthyorvigorousway”.E.g.：Flourishinglikethreethousandwatersflowingeast,Ionlytakeoneladle（長(zhǎng)柄勺）oflovetounderstand

Onlylovingthebutterflyyouincarnatedinto.繁榮如三千東流水，我只取一瓢愛(ài)了解，只戀你化身蝶！11/15Paragraph6smother(line40):tocoverthicklyorheavily覆蓋，籠罩Theytriedtosmothertheflameswithadampblanket.他們?cè)噲D用一條濕毯子去滅火。12/15Paragraph6stud(line44):asmallpieceofmetalwhichisattachedtoasurfaceasadecoration飾釘bestuddedwith:becoveredwithsomethinglikestudsSingingyoursongontheroof,themostromanticnightisstuddedwiththestars在屋頂唱著你歌，讓星星點(diǎn)綴成最浪漫夜晚。13/15Paragraph7agony

(line49)：極度痛苦;臨死痛苦Theywentthroughtheagoniesofwaran