雅思口语Part3素材：浪费时间

本期Part3素材深圳新航道小编主讲浪费时间这类，内容可用于补充ideas、提升词汇、整理答题思路/逻辑结构、强化雅思语法能力展示意识。

学习方法建议：读题——读例答——看译文——复述——记词汇——复述/练说自己的答案。结合文后“组长补充”完善备考策略。

粗体为固定表达，下划线为话题词汇。

1.How can we avoid wasting our time?

The best way to avoid wasting our time is to plan things ahead of time and set priorities. When we plan or list down the things that we need to do for the next day, we will be aware and guided on what we need to fulfill the following day. For instance, journaling your priorities with a timetable like at 7AM you have to eat breakfast; at 9AM you have to do the laundry; at 10AM you run errands. When we are specific on what we have to do in the morning, afternoon, and evening, we will not tempt ourselves to waste time like scrolling on our social media accounts. If we regularly take time planning ahead, it does change our lives meaningfully.

译文：避免浪费时间的方式就是提前做计划并确定优先次序。当我们把第二天要做的事计划好或列出来，我们就会意识到要完成什么。比如，把要做的事情记下来做个时间表，例如早上7点吃早餐，早上9点洗衣服，10点出门办事。 当我们具体确定了上午、下午和晚上要做的事情时，就不会浪费时间在刷微博之类的事情上。如果我们有规律地提前计划时间，就会改变我们的生活。

解析：当想不到很多ideas，不妨就说你认为的那一种，像上述回答一样用The best way to ... is...来应题。然后给出具体的例子来进行解释。下划线话题词汇值得背记。

2.Do you think time management is important?

Definitely! Most prominent and successful people in the world teach us the importance of giving value to time management, since time is the most precious resource we all have. As Warren Buffet said, he could buy all the material things that the world had offered but he could never buy time. That line alone is full of wisdom – it does teach us to value time as much as we value our lives because once time is gone, we cannot get it back. Well, I am not saying that we should always busy ourselves doing many things, what I mean by that is we have to make sure to cultivate a habit of time management so we will not waste this precious resource and by doing that, we can surely live a more productive and meaningful life.

译文：必须的!世界上最杰出和成功的人士教会我们重视时间管理的重要性，因为时间是每个人都有的最宝贵的资源。正如沃伦·巴菲特所说，他可以购买世界上所有物品却永远买不到时间。 这充满了智慧，它教会我们像珍惜生命一样珍惜时间，因为时间一去不复返。好吧，我并不是说我们应该总是忙这忙那，我的意思是我们必须养成时间管理的习惯，这样就不会浪费这一宝贵资源，并且这样做可以过着更富有成效和有意义的生活。

3.How can parents help their children learn to manage time?

That’s a hard question! I’m not a parent yet so I do not have any idea about teaching children the importance of time management. Besides, my parents did not teach me anything about time management when I was a child. Also, I believe children could care less about managing time since they are more interested in playing. However, I suppose parents can simply educate their children about the importance of valuing time, like making them finish their homework first before allowing them to play. I am not sure if that is effective but that is the only way I can think of right now.

译文：这是一个很难的问题!我还不是父母，所以不知道教孩子时间管理的重要性。此外，我小时候父母没有教我任何有关时间安排的知识。另外，我相信孩子们对打发时间的关心会减少，因为他们对玩耍更感兴趣。但是，我想父母可以简单地教育他们的孩子珍惜时间，例如让他们先完成功课再允许他们玩耍。我不确定这是否有效，但这是我现在可以想到的方法。

解析：粗体部分是很实用的固定表达，用来争取思考时间和总结。语法方面这一段的第三句刻意使用了一般过去时，第四句使用了比较级less和more. 注意用I believe和I suppose替换最常用的I think.

4.When does relaxing become a waste of time?

First of all, to relax is not a waste of time, it is the ultimate way to give our mind or our body a rest and we all deserve that. However, I think relaxation becomes a waste of time if it is done too much to the point that your work or your goal is already sacrificed. For example, instead of relaxing for an hour by surfing the net, you end up spending two or more hours on the internet which puts off your work that you are supposed to finish during the day. In that case, relaxation becomes bad and I believe we can avoid that when we draw the line between relaxation and wasting time.

译文：首先，放松并不是浪费时间，它是使我们的心灵或身体得到休息的办法。但是，我认为如果放松太多，以至于牺牲了工作或目标，就会浪费时间。例如，你在上网不止一个小时而是两个或两个以上小时，推迟了本应在白天完成的工作。在那种情况下，放松会变得很糟糕，我觉得如果在放松和浪费时间之间划清界限，就可以避免这种情况。