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But I'm sure if you had asked her at the start of the week, "Could you find seven hours to train for a ______________?" "Could you find seven hours to______________ seven worthy people?" I'm sure she would've said what most of us would've said, which is, "No -- can't you see how______I am?" Yet when she had to find seven hours because there is water all over her ______________, she found seven hours. And what this shows us is that time is highly ______________. We cannot make more time, but time will____________________________what we choose to put into it. And so the key to time management is treating our priorities as______________that broken water heater. To get at this, I like to use language from one of the busiest people I ever______________. By busy, I mean she was running a small business with 12 people on the______________, she had six children in her ______________. I was getting in touch with her to setup an interview on how she "had it all" -- that______________. I remember it was a Thursday morning, and she was not available to speak with me. Of course, right? But the reason she was______________to speak with me is that she was out for a hike, because it was a beautiful spring morning, and she wanted to go for a ______________. So of course this makes me even more ______________, and when I finally do ____________________________ her, she explains it like this. She says, "Listen Laura, everything I do, every minute I spend, is my choice." And_______________________ say, "I don't have time to do x, y or z," she'd say, "I don't do x, y or z because it's not a ______________." "I don't have time," often means"_______________________________." If you think about it, that's really more accurate language. I could tell you I don't have time to dust my______________, but that's not true. If you offered to pay me $100,000 to dust my blinds, I would get to it ______________quickly.
But I'm sure if you had asked her at the start of the week, "Could you find seven hours to train for a triathlon?" "Could you find seven hours to mentor seven worthy people?" I'm sure she would've said what most of us would've said, which is, "No -- can't you see how busy I am?" Yet when she had to find seven hours because there is water all over her basement, she found seven hours. And what this shows us is that time is highly elastic. We cannot make more time, but time will stretch to accommodate what we choose to put into it.
但是假如你在这一周刚开始时就问她，“你能在这周抽出七个小时来参加铁人三项吗？”“你能在这周抽出七个小时指导七个有潜力的人吗？“我确定她会像大多数人一样，说，“怎么可能，你看不出我有多忙吗？“但是她最后不得不抽出七个小时，因为她的地下室都被水淹了，她挤出了这七个小时。这件事告诉我们：时间是有弹性的。我们不能创造更多时间，但是时间会自己调整去适应我们选择去做的事情。
triathlon /traɪˈæθlən/n. 三项全能运动 mentor /ˈmentɔː(r)/n. 指导者，良师益友；vt. 指导 worthy /ˈwɜːði/adj. 值得的；n. 杰出人物 basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/n. 地下室；地窖 elastic /ɪˈlæstɪk/adj. 有弹性的；n. 松紧带 stretch /stretʃ/v. 伸展；n. 伸展；adj. 有弹力的 accommodate /əˈkɒmədeɪt/vt. 容纳；使适应；供应；调解
And so the key to time management is treating our priorities as the equivalent of that broken water heater. To get at this, I like to use language from one of the busiest people I ever interviewed. By busy, I mean she was running a small business with 12 people on the payroll, she had six children in her spare time. I was getting in touch with her to setup an interview on how she "had it all" -- that phrase. I remember it was a Thursday morning, and she was not available to speak with me. Of course, right?
所以时间管理的关键就是对待最重要的事情应该像对待那个坏了的热水器一样。要做到这一点，我要借用我采访过最忙的人的话。她经营着一个小企业，请了十二名员工，空余时间她还要照顾六个孩子。我联系上了她，想要采访她关于她是怎么做到“无所不能”的。我记得那是一个星期四的早晨，她没时间和我说话。当然了，她很忙。
priorities /praɪˈɒrətiz/ 优先顺序 equivalent /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/adj. 等价的，相等的；n. 等价物，相等物 water heater /ˈwɔːtə ˈhiːtə(r)/ 热水器 payroll /ˈpeɪrəʊl/n. 工资单 phrase /freɪz/n. 短语，习语，措辞，乐句；vt. 措词
But the reason she was unavailable to speak with me is that she was out for a hike, because it was a beautiful spring morning, and she wanted to go for a hike. So of course this makes me even more intrigued, and when I finally do catch up with her, she explains it like this. She says, "Listen Laura, everything I do, every minute I spend, is my choice." And rather than say, "I don't have time to do x, y or z," she'd say, "I don't do x, y or z because it's not a priority."
但是她没时间和我说话的原因是，她去远足了。因为那是春季一个美丽的清晨，所以她去远足了。这样的她让我变得更感兴趣了，当我最终联系上她时，她说：“听我说，劳拉，我做的所有的事情，我花的每分每秒，都是我的选择。”所以与其说“我没有时间做这个，这个，或者那个。”她会说：“我不做这些事情因为这些不是我的首要任务。
intrigued /ɪnˈtriːɡd/adj. 好奇的；v. 引起… 的兴趣；(intrigue 的过去分词) catch up with /kætʃ ʌp wɪð/ 赶上，追上；逮捕；处罚 rather than /ˈrɑːðə ðæn/ 而不是；宁可… 也不愿 priority /praɪˈɔːrəti/n. 优先
"I don't have time," often means"It's not a priority." If you think about it, that's really more accurate language. I could tell you I don't have time to dust my blinds, but that's not true. If you offered to pay me $100,000 to dust my blinds, I would get to it pretty quickly.
“我没有时间”的意思通常是“那不是我的首要任务”。其实你想想，那的确是更准确的说法。我可能会告诉你我没有时间清理百叶窗，但那不是真的。假如你愿意付我10万美金让我给百叶窗除尘，我会马上就去做。
accurate /ˈækjərət/adj. 精确的 blinds /blaɪndz/n.[建] 百叶窗