1、1.Howto Prepare for Guests Guests are people whom we welcome sincerely and we should make sure they feel comfortable like they are in their home. Sometimes we get enough time to make preparation for guests, but sometimes we dont. This article will be useful for both thesekinds ofpeople. B1 Get a bed
2、room for your guests. It doesnt have to be difficult. Change bed covers, clean the bathroom and you can even add a nice scented( ) candle to spice things up. These are simple things you can do even if you are a very busy person. C2 . Know what your guests favorite foods are so that you can make for
3、them and serve. Dont forget to note down if they are allergic to any certain kind of food to save the embarrassment. If you are among one of those people who can hardly manage the timeto cook for your guests then take them to the restaurants so that they can taste new foods orenjoy their favoriteone
4、s. Plan activities to have a good time with your guests. F3 . If they come over the weekends then plan for some indoor activities to have fun. Its also a good way to relax. D4 It can happen that you may not be able to be with your guests for a certain amount oftimewhile they arestaying in your home.
5、 In that case you must tell it tothem and may havesomeoneelse tobewith them whileyou areabsent. When your guests say goodbye, give them something as a token ( ) of love to remember the days they stayedwith you. E5A. Make your guests feel even more welcome by including them in activities such as outi
6、ngs,ormovies. B.Here are some ways tohelp you toputaway things well in ashort amount oftime C.Just bear in mind everythingfresh andclean willdofine D. Explain your absence E. It can be just a photo in a beautiful frame that will make them remember beautiful momentsthat they spent with you F. If they
7、 come during the vacation then you can plan for outdooractivities G. Allowthem tocome and go as they please 2. What you doeach morning affects your entire day. The choices that we repeatedly makedecide the life we live. G1 Manage your energy, not your time. If you think about it, youll probably real
8、ize that you are better at doing certain tasks at certain times. For example, my creative energy is the highest in the morning, so thats when Idomywriting each day. However, Ispend myafternoon onphonecalls and emails, which dont need my creative energy to be high. D2 What task is that energy best su
9、ited for? Prepare the night before. It is really necessary to spend a few minutes each night organizing your to-do list for tomorrow. When Ido it, Ill plan the article Im going to write next day and developashort listofthe most importantitemsfor metodo. F3 A4 Sounds simple, yet nobodydoes it. It too
10、k me awhile to get over the urge to open my inbox, but finally I realized that everything can wait a few hours. Nobody is going to email you about a true emergency(a death in the family, etc.), so leave your email alone for the first few hours ofeach day. Turnyour phoneoff. This reduces the urge to
11、check text messages. This simple method reduces the possibilitythat you waste time onmeaningless tasks. Youve got 25,000mornings. B5 A. Dont open email until noon. B.What will you dowith each one? C.Leave your phonein another room. D. What typeofenergy doyou have in themorning ? E.Try your best tofi
12、nish your work in themorning. F. It takes 10minutes atnight and saves3hours nextday. G. Here arethe methods that Ivefound toget themost outofmymorning. 3. Here are four principle( ) I live by. Whenever I follow these rules, I am atmyverybest,feelingproductive andhappy. Plan time. No matter how gifte
13、d we may be, its wrong to think we can do it all. B 1The value of our achievements is greatly decided by what we spend our time on. We need to realize that every day we should spend the time on what matters and have the couragetolet theunimportantthings go. Focusyour attention. Very often it seems t
14、hat we cant focus our attention, even though we know what we should be doing, right? Resistance ( ) makes us get distractions. D2 Developing aplan for overcoming resistance is important for high productivity. A3 We need tomake abalance between work and play, between creation and pleasure. F4 Even if
15、 we feel energetic to work long hours, the most effective long-term way is tohold ourselves back when we feel crazy and follow aproperpace instead . Keep moving on. More important than setting big goals is to just keep going. I know this goes against most of the “ set great goals for yourself“ advic
16、e, but its what works for me. G5 And it always made me more worried than it helped. Now, what does work for meis tothink about how toimprovemylife and takesmall stepstomake ithappen. A. Develop aproper pace. B.Actually, we can dosomething, butnoteverything. C.Takeaone-minuteself-judgement atthe endo
17、fthe day. D. These are difficulties even for themost strong-willed people. E.Its in each step that you learn and change your direction. F. We shouldtakeourleisure time as seriously as ourwork time.G. Goingafter a“bigaim“ was something that made mefeel uncomfortable . 4. It seems that there is never
18、enough time in the day. But since we all get the same 24hours, why is it that some people achieve much morethan others? 1C Keep ato-do list. You should have a reminder system to tell you when you need to do what. E 2 Carry a pen and paper wherever you go and write down the things you need to do, inc
19、ludingdates and deadlines. Set goals. Set yourself exact goals, and make sure that they are realistic. To do this, you first need to examine your present situation and assess ( which goals are importantto you. Have asecondary route toyour goals in case you have tochange your plans. Break downtasks.
20、Break goals down into different parts so that you can complete them one step at a time. G3 Try tocomplete onetaskbefore you go ontothenext. Organizeyour time. F4 Agood way to dothis is record everything you dofor aweek in detail and then examine your recordtosee how you use orwaste your time. B5 Kee
21、p your work space tidy so that you can work efficiently - its hard to work ifthings you need to find are buried under apile ofpaper! Work accordingto schedule so that you can meet deadlines in good time-dont leave everythinguntil the lastminute. A. Make adetailed plan. B.Develop aregular work order. C.Theanswer lies in good time management. D. The best time todosomething is usually NOW. E.Dont try toremember everythingin your head. F. Identify areas ofyour life where you are wasting time andtry toreduce them. G. Write thesestepsdown, andtry tobeas detailed as you can when you dothis.
