1、Lesson One: The Time MessageElwood N, Chapman新的学习任务开始之际，千头 万绪，最重要的是安排好 时间 ，做时间的主人。本文作者提出了 7 点具体建议，或许对你有所启迪。1 Time is tricky. It is difficult to control and easy to waste. When you look a head, you think you have more time than you need. For Example, at the beginning of a semester, you may feel that
2、you have plenty of time on your hands, but toward the end of the term you may suddenly find that time is running out. You dont have enough time to cover all your duties (duty), so you get worried. What is the answer? Control!译：时间真是不好对付，既难以控制好，又很容易浪费掉，当你向前看时，你觉得你的时间用不完。例如，在一个学期的开始，你或许觉得你有许多时间，但到学期快要结
3、束时，你会突然发现时间快用光了，你甚至找不出 时间把所有你必须干的事情干完，这样你就紧张了。答案是什么呢？控制。2 Time is dangerous. If you dont control it, it will control you. If you dont make it work for you, it will work against you. So you must become the master of time, not its servant. As a first-year college student, time management will be your
4、number one Problem.译：时间是危险的，如果你控制不了 时间， 时间就会控制你，如果你不能让时间为你服务，它就会起反作用。所以，你必须成为时间的主人，而不是它的奴仆，作为刚入学的大学生，妥善安排时间是你的头等大事。3 Time is valuable. Wasting time is a bad habit. It is like a drug. The more time you waste, the easier it is to go on wasting time. If seriously wish to get the most out of college, yo
5、u must put the time message into practice.译：时间是珍贵的，浪费时间是个坏 习惯， 这就像毒品一样 ，你越浪费时间，就越容易继续浪费下去，如果你真的想充分利用上大学的机会，你就应该把利用时间的要旨付诸实践。 Message1. Control time from the beginning. 4 Time is today, not tomorrow or next week. Start your plan at the Beginning of the term.译：抓紧时间就是抓紧当前的时间，不要把事情推到明天或是下周，在学期开始就开始计划。Me
6、ssage2. Get the notebook habit.5 Go and buy a notebook today, Use it to plan your study time each day. Once a weekly study plan is prepared, follow the same pattern every week with small changes. Sunday is a good day to make the Plan for the following week.译：要旨二、养成用笔记本的习惯 。马上去买个笔记本，用它来计 划你每一天的时间，一旦
7、订好下每周的学 习计划，每周就要这么做，但容许有些小的变动，星期日是制订下周计划的好时间 。Message3. Be realistic.6 Often you know from experience how long it takes you to write a short essay, to study for a quiz, or to review for a final exam. When you plan time for these things, be realistic. Allow for unexpected things. Otherwise you entire
8、 plan may be upset.译：要旨三、要现实些。你由经验可知道写一篇短文，准 备小考或为期术考试复习 需要多长的时间，当你 为这些事情计划时间时，要现实些，要留有余地，要预计发生意外的事情，否则你的整个计划就会被打乱。Message4. Plan at least one hour for each hour in class.7 How much study time you plan for each classroom hour depends on four things: (1) you ability, (2) the difficulty of the class,
9、(3) the grades you hope to achieve, and (4) how well you use your study time. One thing, however, is Certain; you should plan at least one hour of study for each classroom hour, in many cases, two or three hours will be required.译：要旨四、为每节课至少计划 1 小时。你为每节课安排多少学习时间，取决于 4 个因素：(1)你的能力；(2)该节课的难度；(3) 你希望取得
10、的分数；(4)怎样有效利用你的学习时间。有一件事是肯定的：你应该为每节课至少安排1 小时，在很多情况下会需要 2 到 3 小时Message5. Keep your plan flexible.8 It is important that you re-plan your time on a weekly basis so that you can make certain changes when necessary. For example, before mid-term or final exams, you will want to give more time to reviewi
11、ng. A good plan must be a little flexible so that special projects can be done well.译：要旨五、灵活安排计划。每周重新安排时间很重要，这样 才能在必要时对计划进行 调整。例如，在期中或期末考试前，你要给复习留下更多的时间。好的 计划必须是有一些灵活性，这样便可做好特别的项目。Message6. Study for sometime each class day.9 Some solid work each day is better than many study hours one day and nothi
12、ng the next. When you work out your schedule, try to include at least two study hours each day. This will not only keep the study habit alive but also keep you up to date on your class assignments.译：要旨六、有课的日子每天都要抽出一些 时间来学习。每天都踏踏实实地学习一会儿，比一天学 习很长时间，第二天什么也不学要好。当你制 订你的计划时，每天至少要安排出 2 个小时的学习时间， 这不仅 使你能保持
13、这一学习习惯，而且还能帮助你跟上课堂进度。Message7. Free on Saturday-study on Sunday.10 It is good to stop all study activities for one full day. Many students choose Saturday for sports or social activities. Sunday, one the other hand, seems to the best study day for many students. It is a good day to catch up on back
14、reading and other assignments. 译：要旨七、星期六休息，星期天学习。把所有的学习任务都停下来一整天是有益的，很多学生选择 星期六进行体育活动或社会活动。另一方面，对很多学生来说，星期天似乎定最好的学习时间，这个时间是用来补上拖欠的阅读任务和其他作业的好时机。word list （单词表）message n. 要旨，要点 tricky adj. (工作、问题等)微妙的，棘手的；（人）狡猾的 beginning n. 开始；起初semester n. （尤指美国大专院校的）学期 cover v. 处理duty n. 任务 management n. 管理number
15、one adj. 最重要的；头号的 seriously adv. 真心地，当真地；认真地， 严肃地 once conj. 一旦（就）weekly adj. 每周一次的follow v. 遵照；沿用 following adj. 紧接着的realistic adj. 现实 可行的 essay n. 作文；短文quiz n. 考查；测验 upset v. 打乱（计划等）；打翻ability n. 能力；才智grade n. （考试或作业的）分数 achieve v. 获得flexible adj. 灵活的re-plan v. 重新计划basis n. 基础；根据 project n. 课题；科研项
16、目 mid-term adj. 期中的 solid adj. 扎实的 schedule n. 计划表 alive adj. 起作用的；现存的；活着的assignment n. （指定的）作 业 activity n. 活动social adj. 社交的；交谊的seem v. 似乎；好像back adj. 以前的；过去的 proper names elwood n. chapman 埃尔伍德n查普曼（人名）Useful Expressions(常用短语)look ahead 看前面；考 虑未来at the beginning of 在的开始 plenty of 大量的 have time on
17、ones hands 有许 多时间 towards the end of 即将结束时work for 为效力 work against 对不利get the most out of sth. 充分利用的机会put into practice 付诸实践 allow for 考虑到 at least 至少 in case 在 情况下on a weekly /daily basis 每周/每天work out 制定出seem to be 看来，好像keep sth./sb. + adj. 使 保持某种状况run out (of ) (被)用完，将尽time is running out.i have
18、 run out of money. take some time to do 花 时间做 it will take us an hour to get there.depend on 取决于，随而定it depends on how many people are goingso that 以便（用来引出目的状语从句）tell me your telephone number so that i can call you when i have time.catch up on 赶上，补上 I have to catch up on my sleep. i didnt sleep much last night.
