A.2 hours. | B.2 hours 10 minutes. |
C.2 hours 20 minutes. | D.2 hours 25 minutes. |
1.描述图表内容;
2.分析所反映的问题;
3.提出你的看法。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.信的开头和落款已为你写出,不计入总词数
Dear Mr. Johnson.
Recently volunteers have conducted a survey about how the students spend their weekends.
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Yours,
Li Hua
3 . Ways to Schedule Downtime
To further improve your productivity and keep a better balance between work and life, you should be aware of how important downtime (休息) is. It always enables you to achieve the most ideal work efficiency.
Making the time
For those who are not used to taking time off work and having a rest, the best way is to set a schedule for downtime.
Treating your downtime strictly
Take using computer as an example.
Optimizing (优化) your downtime
How long did your last week’s breaks last? Is the duration longer or shorter than the scheduled time? Was your work efficiency affected because you lost control and spent a bit too much time enjoying your breaks? Or did you lack sufficient downtime? Modify your plans based on your situation. Once you find the problem lies in carrying out the plan rather than the plan itself, you’d better open a book on self-discipline.
A.Pay attention to the rules. |
B.Have your downtime attached to rules. |
C.Below are some tips for planning these breaks. |
D.Highlight the needed time in black and white. |
E.You can measure whether it is necessary in your downtime. |
F.You’d better close it after you use it. |
G.Following your plan could be difficult at the beginning. |
4 . Time and money are life’s most valuable resources. One of the great laws of economics is that time equals money. The phrase “time is money” is usually credited to Benjamin Franklin, who used it in an essay(Advice to a Young Tradesman,1748).
The value of time varies from person to person. Time is relatively scarce (缺乏的) for people with higher incomes, partly because their time is more valuable. So, to have lots of time, rich people hire other people to do their housework.
Time cannot be stored. One of the reasons we give little thought about how we use our limited resources is that we can’t save time.
In sum, time is anything but free. As a non-renewable resource, time is quite expensive.
A.Time is our most scarce resource. |
B.It means time is a valuable resource. |
C.Time moves on whether we choose to spend it or not. |
D.There has been a change in the way we spend our time. |
E.Actually, time and money are greatly different from each other. |
F.However, a non-working person may spend more time on housework. |
G.Knowing that time is limited encourages us to ask how we are using our time. |
5 . Success in 18 minutes
I believe that routines are the
In his book “18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done”, Peter Bregman outlines an 18-minute daily routine that will help us to reflect on where we are going, and to
The routine Morning — 5 minutes
Taking 5 minutes in the morning to plan your day is
Each hour — 1 minute × 8
Set an alarm for each hour. When your alarm goes off, take one minute to reflect. Take a deep breath. Reflect on the last hour — did you do what you wanted to get done? Did you
Evening — 5 minutes
Take 5 minutes at the end of your work day to reflect on how the day went. Bregman suggests asking yourself the following questions:
One: How did the day go? What success did I experience? What challenges did I endure? Is there any better way to
Two: What did I learn today? What do I plan to do — differently or the same — tomorrow?
Three: Did I interact with others? Is there anyone I need to thank, or ask a question, or
Again, the point is to reflect and ensure you’re on the right path, as well as setting you up for a productive day tomorrow.
Taking time to plan and reflect on your days is important. A simple, 18-minute routine is all you need to achieve this.
A.meaning | B.benefit | C.key | D.definition |
A.action | B.method | C.atmosphere | D.direction |
A.contrary to | B.in addition to | C.instead of | D.rather than |
A.struggle | B.progress | C.reflection | D.preparation |
A.objected | B.adapted | C.admitted | D.dedicated |
A.predict | B.ensure | C.maintain | D.request |
A.dramatic | B.complex | C.beneficial | D.affordable |
A.eventually | B.extremely | C.seriously | D.annually |
A.allows | B.recommends | C.requires | D.points |
A.joyful | B.appropriate | C.productive | D.alarming |
A.reflect on | B.depend on | C.focus on | D.apply for |
A.overcome | B.overlook | C.destroy | D.spot |
A.exchange | B.produce | C.provide | D.suggest |
A.If | B.Unless | C.Since | D.While |
A.Otherwise | B.Therefore | C.However | D.Besides |
1.你近期所做的一个决定;
2.做出这个决定的原因;
3.你是如何执行的。
注意:1.词数100字左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
How is everything going?
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All the best!
Yours,
Li Hua
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The time we have is usual limited. However, even an hour is of much valuable. We should make full use of your time to do useful things. As students, we mustn’t study hard so as to serve for our society and our nation in the future. But it is pity that there are a lot of people who didn’t know the importance of time. They spend their valuable time smoke and drinking. They don’t realize that wasting time is the same as wasting a part of their life. Remember, don’t put off which you can do today until tomorrow.
However wealthy we may be, we can never find enough hours in the day to do everything we want. Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost, which simply refers to whether someone’s time or money could be better spent on something else.
Every hour of our time has a value. For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily be doing another, or be sleeping or watching a film. Each of these options has a different opportunity cost—namely, what they cost us in missed opportunities.
Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium. Why not, you might reason, watch the game from home and use
For economists, every decision is made by knowledge of what one must forgo—in terms of money and enjoyment—in order to take it up. By knowing precisely what you are receiving and what you are missing out on, you ought to be able to make better-informed, more reasonable decisions. Consider that most famous economic rule of all: there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Even if someone offers to take you out to lunch for free, the time you will spend in the restaurant still costs you something in terms of forgone opportunities.
Some people find the idea of opportunity cost extremely discouraging: imagine spending your entire life calculating whether your time would be better spent elsewhere doing something more profitable or enjoyable. Yet, in a sense it’s human nature to do precisely that we assess the advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time.
In the business world, a popular phrase is “value for money.” People want their cash to go as far as possible. However, another is fast obtaining an advantage: “value for time.” The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something, so we look to maximize the return we get on our investment of time. By reading this passage you are giving over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities, such as sleeping and eating. In return, however, this passage will help you to think like an economist, closely considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions.
1. According to the passage, the concept of “opportunity cost” is applied to ________.
A.weighing the choice of opportunities |
B.reducing missed opportunities |
C.making more money |
D.taking more opportunities |
A.taken to have dinner with friends |
B.spared for watching the match at home |
C.saved from not going to watch the match |
D.spent on the way to and from the match |
A.Opportunities you make up for. |
B.Opportunities you forget in decision-making. |
C.Opportunities you give up for better ones. |
D.Opportunities you miss accidentally. |
A.Indifferent | B.Negative |
C.Subjective | D.Objective |