1、I. proverbs about Procrastination : “Procrastination is the thief of time.” “Never put off tomorrow what may be done today.” 今日事，今日畢。 Putting things off is the waste of time. Just do what you should do as quickly as possible.,Unit Two The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 拖延的藝術(shù),II. Organization of the

2、Text,1. Introduction: It is evidenced that people do delay (Paragraphs 1 2) 2. Main body: people in every field delay and benefit from the delay. (Paragraphs 3 8) 3. Conclusion: As either purposeful or subconscious procrastination is justifiable, we should sometimes put off till tomorrow what we can

3、 do today. (Paragraph 9),III. Key Points of the Text,Paragraph 1 exhort（line1）: urge or advise strongly 規(guī)勸; 告戒 E.g.: The teacher exhorted her students to do their own research work. We are exhorted not to waste our time on the chatroom online.,Paragraph 1,Elegant(line2): having the qualities of grac

4、e, beauty, and fashion 文雅的，雅致的；講究的，精美的 E.g.: elegant manners 優(yōu)雅的風度 an elegant dress 漂亮雅致的女服 a set of books with elegant bindings 一套裝幀精美的書籍,The title of nobility: (Line 2),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,Paragraph

5、1,get / come around / round to(line2): find time for, especially after delay 抽出時間來做（或考慮） After a long delay he got round to writing the letter. Can you give me the time for one song? Let me get round to turn that hug tightly into forever. 能不能給我一首歌的時間，緊緊地把那擁抱變成永遠！,Paragraph 1,cool / kick ones heels(l

6、ine3): be forced to wait; be kept waiting E.g.: I had to kick my heels for nearly two hours before I could see my boss. Where is the sound of the piano coming from?Its hard to predict life and deathI will cool my heels for the whole life. 琴聲何來，生死難猜，用一生去等待。,Paragraph 3,incur(line15): become subject t

7、o (something unpleasant) as a result of ones own action 招致, 引起, 帶來; 遭受, 受到 E.g.: The company incurred a heavy loss due to mismanagement.,Paragraph 3,incur somebodys displeasure (envy) 招致某人的不悅 (妒忌) incur a protest 惹起抗議 incur great expense 招致巨額花費,Paragraph 4,nattering (line25)(natter v.): chattering;

8、閑談，瞎扯 E.g.: They nattered away for an hour about nothing. 他們空談了一個小時。,Paragraph 6,flourish(line39): develop rapidly. When speaking of a person, an animal, etc., it means “grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way”. E.g.：Flourishing like three thousand waters flowing east,I only take one ladle（長柄勺）

9、 of love to understandOnly loving the butterfly you incarnated into. 繁華如三千東流水，我只取一瓢愛了解，只戀你化身的蝶！,Paragraph 6,smother(line40):to cover thickly or heavily覆蓋，籠罩 They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket. 他們試圖用一條濕毯子去滅火。,Paragraph 6,stud(line44): a small piece of metal which is attached to a surface as a decoration 飾釘 be studded with: be covered with something like studs Singing your song on the roof,the most romantic night is studded with the stars 在屋頂唱著你的歌，讓星星點綴成最浪漫的夜晚。,Paragraph 7,agony (line49)：極度痛苦; 臨死的痛苦 They went through the ag