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1、中英對(duì)照翻譯Soincollege,Iwasagovernmentmajor,whichmeansIhadtowritealotofpapers.Now,whenanormalstudentwritesapaper,theymightspreadtheworkoutalittlelikethis.So,youknow--yougetstartedmaybealittleslowly,butyougetenoughdoneinthefirstweekthat,withsomeheavierdayslateron,ever
2、ythinggetsdone,thingsstaycivil.AndIwouldwanttodothatlikethat.Thatwouldbetheplan.Iwouldhaveitallreadytogo,butthen,actually,thepaperwouldcomealong,andthenIwouldkindofdothis.在大學(xué),我讀的是政府專業(yè)。也就是說(shuō),我需要寫(xiě)很多的論文。一般的學(xué)生寫(xiě)論文時(shí),他們可能會(huì)這樣安排:(看圖)你可能開(kāi)頭會(huì)慢一點(diǎn),但第一周有這些已經(jīng)足夠。后期再一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)的增加,最后任務(wù)完成,
3、非常的有條理。我也想這么做,所以一開(kāi)始也是這么計(jì)劃的。我做了完美的安排(看圖),但后來(lái),實(shí)際上論文任務(wù)一直出現(xiàn),我就只能這樣了(看圖)。Andthatwouldhappeneverysinglepaper.Butthencamemy90-pageseniorthesis,apaperyou'resupposedtospendayearon.AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflowwasnotanoption.Itwaswaytoobigaproject.SoIplannedt
4、hingsout,andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis.Thisishowtheyearwouldgo.SoI'dstartofflight,andI'dbumpitupinthemiddlemonths,andthenattheend,Iwouldkickitupintohighgearjustlikealittlestaircase.Howhardcoulditbetowalkupthestairs?Nobigdeal,right?我的每一篇論文都是這種情況,直到我長(zhǎng)
5、達(dá)90頁(yè)的畢業(yè)論文任務(wù),這篇論文理應(yīng)花一年的時(shí)間來(lái)做,我也知道這樣的工作,我先前的工作方式是行不通的,這個(gè)項(xiàng)目太大,所以我制定了計(jì)劃。決定按照這樣的方式工作,這樣來(lái)安排我這一年。(看圖)開(kāi)頭我會(huì)輕松一點(diǎn),中期任務(wù)逐漸增加,到最后,我再全力沖刺一下。整體是這種階梯式安排,一層一層走樓梯有多難?所以沒(méi)什么大不了的,是吧?Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.Thosefirstfewmonths?Theycameandwent,andIcouldn'tquitedostuff.Sowehadan
6、awesomenewrevisedplan.Andthen--Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,andIdidn'treallywritewords,andsowewerehere.Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,whichturnedintotwoweeks.但后來(lái),好笑的事情出現(xiàn)了,頭幾個(gè)月時(shí)光匆匆而逝,我還沒(méi)有來(lái)得及動(dòng)工,所以我們明智的調(diào)整了計(jì)劃。然后,中間的幾個(gè)月也過(guò)去了,我還是一個(gè)字也沒(méi)有動(dòng),眨眼就到了這里,然后兩個(gè)月變成了一個(gè)
7、月,再變成了2周。AndonedayIwokeupwiththreedaysuntilthedeadline,stillnothavingwrittenaword,andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:Iwrote90pagesover72hours,pullingnotonebuttwoall-nighters--humansarenotsupposedtopulltwoall-nighters--sprintedacrosscampus,doveinslowmotion,andgotitinjus
8、tatthedeadline.一天我醒來(lái),發(fā)現(xiàn)離交稿日期只剩3天了,但我還一個(gè)字都沒(méi)寫(xiě)。我別無(wú)選擇,只能在接下來(lái)的72小時(shí)里,連續(xù)通宵兩個(gè)晚上趕論文——一般人不應(yīng)連續(xù)通宵兩個(gè)晚上。90頁(yè)趕出來(lái)后,我飛速?zèng)_過(guò)校園,像電影中的特寫(xiě)慢鏡頭一樣,恰好在截止日期前的最后一刻交上。Ithoughtthatwastheendofeverythi