英语学习快速法.doc

2011/1/31 [键入文档副标题] | Administrator  Today Topic： Lost in the Big Apple迷失纽约 Today Vocabulary: travel agency 旅行社 Host：Jeffrey Adey (People’s Square Center, Shanghai) ? Tourist: ?Excuse me， I’m a little lost (adj.迷失的) right now. 游客：不好意思，我现在有点迷路了。 ? Policeman：Where are you trying to go? 警察：你准备去哪里？ ? Tourist：I’m trying to find the Statue of Liberty（n.自由女神像）, can you help me? 游客：我想找自由女神像。你能帮我吗？ ? Policeman: Of course you can take the number 4 train until you hit Bleecker St(n.街道的简写). 警察：当然你能搭乘4号地铁到布里克街下。 ? Tourist ：I think I might get even more lost on the subway(n.地铁). 游客：我想我可能在地铁里更容易迷路。 ? Policeman：If you would like, you can cross (v.穿过) the street, go into the travel agency（旅行社）, and they will have tours going there daily. 警察：你可以穿过街，走进旅行社，他们每天都有去那里的旅游线。 ? Tourist：Thank you so much for all your help 游客: 很感谢你的帮助。 ? Policeman：No problem.? Enjoy your stay. 警察：没事，祝你旅行愉快。 ? Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！ Big Apple: 美国纽约的别称。 the Statue of Liberty 自由女神像 ? ? 上海韦博人民广场中心地址： 上海市福州路655号黄浦区图书馆9楼  【智慧】恨不得早点明白的9个道理 9 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School ? 1. The 80/20 rule. This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time. The 80/20 rule – also known as The Pareto Principle – basically says that 80 percent of the value you will receive will come from 20 percent of your activities. So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think. You can just drop – or vastly decrease the time you spend on – a whole bunch of things. And if you do that you will have more time and energy to spend on those things that really brings your value, happiness, fulfilment andso on. ? 2. Parkinson’s Law. You can do things quicker than you think. This law says that a task will expand in time and seeming complexity depending on the time you set aside for it. For instance, if you say to yourself that you’ll come up with a solution within a week then the problem will seem to grow more difficult and you’ll spend more and more time t