听力挖空练习
Bit of a wretched genre of______________, really, going on about how amazing everyone in the household is, or even more scintillating, how busy everyone in the______________ is. But these letters _________________________, which is that they tell your friends and family what you did in your personal life that ______________ to you over the year. So this year's kind of done, but I want you to ______________it's the end of next year, and it has been an ______________ amazing year for you and the people you care about. What three to five things did you do that made it so amazing? So you can write next year's family holiday letter now. Don't send it. Please, don't send it. But you can write it. And now, between the _______________________ and the family holiday letter, we have a list of six to ten goals we can ______________ in the next year. And now we need to break these down into________________________. So maybe you want to write a family history. First, you can read some other family histories, get a sense for the style. Then maybe think about the questions you want to ask your______________, set up ______________ to interview them. Or maybe you want to run a 5K. So you need to find a race and sign up, figure out a______________, and dig those shoes out of the back of the closet. And then -- this is key -- we treat our priorities as the ______________ of that broken water heater, by putting them into our ______________________. We do this by thinking through our weeks before we are in them.
Bit of a wretched genre of literature, really, going on about how amazing everyone in the household is, or even more scintillating, how busy everyone in the household is. But these letters serve a purpose, which is that they tell your friends and family what you did in your personal life that mattered to you over the year. So this year's kind of done, but I want you to pretend it's the end of next year, and it has been an absolutely amazing year for you and the people you care about.
听起来像是一个挺悲惨的文学题材，谈论家里每个人有多了不起，或者更精彩点，家里每个人有多忙。但是这些信有它们的用处，它们告诉你的朋友和家人你这一年里做了什么对个人生活有意义的事。那么今年快要结束了，我想让你假装这是明年的年底，对你和你在乎的人来说，这都是无与伦比的一年。
wretched /ˈretʃɪd/adj. 可怜的；卑鄙的；令人苦恼或难受的 genre /ˈʒɒnrə/n. 类型；adj. 风俗画的（作形容词的用法相对较少见） literature /ˈlɪtrətʃə(r)/n. 文学；文献；文艺；著作 household /ˈhaʊshəʊld/n. 家庭；adj. 家庭的 scintillating /ˈsɪntɪleɪtɪŋ/adj. 闪烁的；v. 闪耀 (scintillate 的 ing 形式) mattered /ˈmætəd/adj. 重要的，要紧的
What three to five things did you do that made it so amazing? So you can write next year's family holiday letter now. Don't send it. Please, don't send it. But you can write it. And now, between the performance review and the family holiday letter, we have a list of six to ten goals we can work on in the next year.
哪三到五件事让你这一年表现如此出色？其实你现在就可以写明年的家庭假日信件了。先不要发出去。真的，不要发出去。但是你可以写。现在，有了绩效评估和写给家人的信，我们就有了六到十个明年可以努力的目标。
performance review 绩效评估 work on 努力
And now we need to break these down into doable steps. So maybe you want to write a family history. First, you can read some other family histories, get a sense for the style. Then maybe think about the questions you want to ask your relatives, set up appointments to interview them.
我们需要先把他们分成可行的阶段性任务。或许你要写一个家族传记。首先，你可以读读别人的家族历史，了解一下大概的风格。然后可以想象你要问亲戚的问题，约定和他们见面谈话的时间。
Or maybe you want to run a 5K. So you need to find a race and sign up, figure out a training plan, and dig those shoes out of the back of the closet. And then -- this is key -- we treat our priorities as the equivalent of that broken water heater, by putting them into our schedules first. We do this by thinking through our weeks before we are in them.
或者你想要参加一个五千米的短程马拉松。你需要先找一个竞赛报名，再制定一个培训计划，从衣柜底下翻出你的运动鞋。然后——这是关键—— 我们将我们的首要事件视为那个坏掉的热水器，将它们优先放入我们的日程表里。我们要在事情发生的几周前就先想好。
sign up 报名；签约 figure out a training plan 制定培训计划 priorities /praɪˈɒrətiz/ 优先顺序 equivalent /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/adj. 等价的，相等的；n. 等价物，相等 putting them into our schedules first 把它们优先加入我们的日程