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Anyway, the idea is we'll save bits of time ______________, add it up, we will finally get to everything we want to do. But after studying how successful people______________their time and looking at their ______________ hour by hour, I think this idea has it______________ ______________. We don't build the lives we want by saving time. We build the lives we want, and then time _________________________. Here's what I mean. I______________did a time diary project looking at 1,001 days in the lives of ______________busy women. They had______________________, sometimes their own businesses, kids to care for, maybe parents to care for, community ______________--busy, busy people. I had them______________________their time for a week so I could add up how much they worked and slept, and I interviewed them about their ______________, for my book. One of the women whose time______________I studied goes out on a Wednesday night for something. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there is now water all over her______________. If you've ever had anything like this happen to you, you know it is a hugely ______________, frightening,_______________________. So she's dealing with the____________________________ that night, next day she's got______________coming in, day after that, professional cleaning______________dealing with the ruined carpet. All this is being ______________on her time log. Winds up taking seven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an ______________________in the day.
Anyway, the idea is we'll save bits of time here and there, add it up, we will finally get to everything we want to do. But after studying how successful people spend their time and looking at their schedules hour by hour, I think this idea has it completely backward. We don't build the lives we want by saving time. We build the lives we want, and then time saves itself.
总之，就是要在各处都省点时间，加起来就有时间做我们想做的事了。但在我了解成功的人如何分配时间，并看过了他们的时间表后，我觉得这个想法是完全本末倒置的。我们不是通过节省时间来打造我们想过的生活。我们应该先建立我们想要的生活，时间就会自然而然节省出来。
here and there: 各处,到处; schedules /ˈʃedjuːlz/n. 时间表；v. 安排；(schedule 的三单形式) backward /ˈbækwəd/adj. 向后的；adv. 向后地
Here's what I mean. I recently did a time diary project looking at 1,001 days in the lives of extremely busy women. They had demanding jobs, sometimes their own businesses, kids to care for, maybe parents to care for, community commitments --busy, busy people. I had them keep track of their time for a week so I could add up how much they worked and slept, and I interviewed them about their strategies, for my book.
我来解释一下。我最近有个时间日记项目，观察最忙碌的女士生命中的1001天。她们工作繁忙，有时候是自己的生意，有时候要照顾自己的孩子，或者是照顾父母，还有服务社区等等——都是一些很忙的人。我让她们记录了一星期的行程，计算她们工作和睡觉的时间，为了我的书，我还采访了解了她们的常用策略。
extremely /ɪkˈstriːmli/adv. 非常，极其；极端地 demanding /dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/adj. 要求高的；v."demand" 的现在分词 commitments /kəˈmɪtmənts/n. 承诺，保证；委托；承担义务；献身 keep track of /kiːp træk əv/ 记录；与… 保持联系 strategies /ˈstrætədʒiz/n. 策略，战略 (strategy 的复数形式)
One of the women whose time log I studied goes out on a Wednesday night for something. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there is now water all over her basement. If you've ever had anything like this happen to you, you know it is a hugely damaging, frightening, sopping mess.
其中一个被我研究过时间表的女士，在一个周三晚上出去了一趟，回家发现她的热水器坏了，地下室都被水淹了。如果你也遇到过这种事儿的话，你会知道眼前的景象多么令人崩溃和沮丧。
log /lɒɡ/ 原木，日志 basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/n. 地下室；地窖 damaging /ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/adj. 造成破坏的；v."damage" 的现在分词 frightening /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/adj. 令人恐惧的；引起突然惊恐的 sopping /ˈsɒpɪŋ/adj. 浑身湿透的；v. 非常湿地（sop 的现在分词)
So she's dealing with the immediate aftermath that night, next day she's got plumbers coming in, day after that, professional cleaning crew dealing with the ruined carpet. All this is being recorded on her time log. Winds up taking seven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an extra hour in the day.
于是那个晚上她立刻着手处理，第二天她找了一个水管工，第三天找了专业的清理人员来处理损坏的地毯。所有这些都算在了她的时间表内。总共花了她一周中的七个小时。七个小时。这就等于一周七天每天都要挤出一个小时。