佚名/Anonymous
One day, an expert in time-management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.
As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over achievers, he said,“Okay, time for a quiz.”He then pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth masonry jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked,“Is this jar full?”Everyone in the class said,“Yes.”
Then he said,“Really?”He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel.
Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rock. Then he asked the group once more,“Is this jar full?”By this time the class was on to him.“Probably not,”one of them answered.“Good!”he replied.
He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question,“Is this jar full?”“No!”the class shouted. Once again, he said,“Good!”Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time-management looked at the class and asked,“What is the point of this illustration?”O(jiān)ne eager beaver raised his hand and said,“The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it.”
“No,”the speaker replied,“that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is this: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the big rocks in your life? Your children? Your spouse? Your loved ones? Your friendships? Your education? Your dreams. A worthy cause? Teaching or mentoring others? Doing things that you love? Time for yourself? Your health? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first, or you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (i.e. gravel, the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things, you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks). So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the“big rocks”in my life? Then put those in your jar first.
一天，一位時間管理專家給一群商務學員做講座，為了清晰地闡述他的觀點，使學生銘記在心，他進行了演示。
他站在這群渴望成功的學員面前，說：“我們來做個小實驗。”他在面前的桌子上，放了一個可盛一加侖東西的大口瓦罐，然后他把一些拳頭大小的石塊，小心地放進瓦罐里。
瓦罐里再也放不進石塊了。這時，他問道：“滿了嗎？”班上每個人都回答道：“滿了。”
然后，專家說：“真的嗎？”他把手伸進桌子下面，拿出一桶砂礫。
他把一些砂礫倒進瓦罐，然后搖了搖，這些砂礫便滲進石塊的縫隙中。這時，他又問這些學員：“滿了嗎？”此時，班級里的學員傾向了他這一邊。“可能還沒有。”一位學員回答道。“是的。”他應聲道。
專家再次從桌子下面拿出一桶細沙倒進瓦罐，細沙滲進石塊與砂礫的縫隙中，他再次問道。“滿了嗎？”“沒有！”班級里的人異口同聲地叫道。他又說：“回答得好！”然后，他拎起一壺水，注滿了瓦罐。
這時，這位時間管理專家看了看班上的學員，問道：“這個演示說明了什么？”一位學員迫不及待地舉手回答：“這說明，不管你的時間表排得多滿，只要用心，就可以擠出時間來做其他事。”
“不對。”這位專家回答道：“這不是我的目的。這個演示告訴我們：假如你不把石塊先放進去，其他東西也不可能放進去。”那么，一生中你的大石塊是什么呢？你的孩子？你的愛人？你所愛的人？你的朋友？你的學業(yè)？你的夢想？一切值得你去做的事業(yè)？教育指導別人？做你喜歡做的事？你自己？你的健康？記住，先把大石塊放進去，否則，它們永遠也不可能被放進去。如果你忙碌于一些小事（像砂礫、細砂之類的），那么你的世界里都是這些小事，你就沒有寶貴的時間來做大事、要事（如大石塊）。所以，早上或晚上，當你想起這個故事時，請問自己這樣一個問題：我生命中的大石塊是什么？然后把它們先放進瓦罐里去。
記憶填空
1.He____________pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth masonry jar and set it on the____________in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized____________and carefully placed them, one by one, into the____________.
2.He reached under the table and____________out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went____________all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the____________.“Is this jar full?”“No!”the class shouted. Once a ain, he said,“Good!”Then he grabbed a pitcher of____________and began to pour it in until the jar was____________to the brim.
佳句翻譯
1.他把一些砂礫倒進瓦罐，然后搖了搖，這些砂礫便滲進石塊的縫隙中。
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2.不管你的時間表排得多滿，只要用心，就可以擠出時間來做其他事。
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3.記住，先把大石塊放進去，否則，它們永遠也不可能被放進去。
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短語應用
1.As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over achievers...
in front of：在……面前
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2.Then he asked the group once more.
once more：再一次；又一次
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