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TED演讲procastination英文文稿

TED演讲英文文稿Procrastination/pr?

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Soincollege,Iwasagovernmentmajor（主修行政管理专业的学生）,whichmeansIhadtowritealotofpapers.Now,whenanormalstudentwritesapaper,theymightspreadtheworkoutalittle（一点点地展开工作）likethis.So,youknow--

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yougetstarted（=start）maybealittleslowly,butyougetenoughdoneinthefirstweekthat,withsomeheavier（=busier）dayslateron（infml后来）,everythinggetsdone,thingsstaycivil/?

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AndIwouldwanttodothatlikethat.Thatwouldbetheplan.Iwouldhaveitallreadytogo,butthen,actually,thepaperwouldcomealong（出现）,andthenIwouldkindof（用于表示不确定，“有点，可以这么说”）dothis.

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45（Laughter）

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47Andthatwouldhappeneverysinglepaper.

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Butthencamemy90-pageseniorthesis（/?

θi:

s?

s/毕业论文）,apaperyou'resupposedtospendayearon.AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflow（工作流程）wasnotanoption（/?

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p?

n/选择）.Itwasway（usedwithpreporadv.非常）toobigaproject.SoIplannedthingsout（精心安排，筹划）,andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis.Thisishowtheyearwouldgo.SoI'dstartoff（开始）light（ad.轻松地）,andI'dbumpitup（toincreasesth.）inthemiddlemonths,andthenattheend,Iwouldkickitupintohighgear（/g?

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（r）/全力冲刺）justlikealittlestaircase.Howhardcoulditbetowalkupthestairs?

Nobigdeal（没什么大不了的）,right?

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Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.Thosefirstfewmonths?

Theycameandwent,andIcouldn'tquite（=really）dostuff/st?

f/.Sowehadanawesome（/?

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m/verygood）newrevised（/r?

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va?

z/改变，调整）plan.

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30（Laughter）

01:

31Andthen--

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Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,andIdidn'treallywritewords,andsowewerehere.Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,whichturnedintotwoweeks.AndonedayIwokeupwiththreedaysuntil（在…之前）thedeadline,stillnothavingwrittenaword,andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:

Iwrote90pagesover72hours,pullingnotonebuttwoall-nighters--humansarenotsupposedtopulltwoall-nighters（开两晚夜车）–sprinted（/spr?

nt/飞跑，冲刺）acrosscampus（/?

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mp?

s/校园）,dove（dive,扑向，冲向）inslowmotion（/?

m?

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n/移动，运动）,andgotitin（--managetodosth.）justatthedeadline.

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Ithoughtthatwastheendofeverything.ButaweeklaterIgetacall,andit'stheschool.Andtheysay,"IsthisTimUrban?

"AndIsay,"Yeah."Andtheysay,"Weneedtotalkaboutyourthesis（/?

θi:

s?

s/毕业论文）."AndIsay,"OK."Andtheysay,"It'sthebestonewe'veeverseen."

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28（Laughter）

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31（Applause/?

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02:

35Thatdidnothappen.

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39Itwasavery,verybadthesis.

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Ijustwantedtoenjoythatonemomentwhenallofyouthought,"Thisguyisamazing!

"

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No,no,itwasvery,verybad.Anyway（不管怎么说）,todayI'mawriter-bloggerguy.IwritetheblogWaitButWhy.Andacoupleofyearsago,Idecidedtowriteaboutprocrastination

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n/拖延症）.Mybehaviorhasalwaysperplexed（/p?

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pleks/使迷惑）thenon-procrastinators（/pro?

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/拖延者）aroundme,andIwantedtoexplaintothenon-procrastinatorsoftheworldwhatgoesonintheheadsofprocrastinators,andwhywearethewayweare.Now,Ihadahypothesis（/ha?

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p?

θ?

s?

s/假设）thatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferentthanthebrainsofotherpeople.Andtotestthis,IfoundanMRI（核磁共振成像）labthatactuallyletmescan（/sk?

n/扫描）bothmybrainandthebrainofaprovennon-procrastinator,soIcouldcomparethem.Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.Iwantyoutotakealookcarefullytoseeifyoucannoticeadifference.Iknowthatifyou'renotatrainedbrainexpert,it'snotthat（=so）obvious（/?

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bvi?

s/明显的）,butjusttakealook,OK?

Sohere'sthebrainofanon-procrastinator.

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45Now...here'smybrain.

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Thereisadifference.BothbrainshaveaRational（/?

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l/理智的）Decision-Makerinthem,buttheprocrastinator'sbrainalsohasanInstantGratification（/?

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ke?

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n/满足）Monkey.Now,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinator?

Well,itmeanseverything'sfineuntilthishappens.

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[Thisisaperfecttimetogetsomeworkdone.][Nope!

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SotheRationalDecision-Makerwillmaketherationaldecisiontodosomethingproductive（/pr?

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v/富有成效的）,buttheMonkeydoesn'tlikethatplan,soheactuallytakesthewheel（/wi:

l/方向盘）,andhesays,"Actually,let'sreadtheentire（/?

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ta?

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（r）/整个，全部）Wikipedia（维基百科）pageoftheNancyKerrigan/TonyaHardingscandal（/?

sk?

ndl/丑闻）,becauseIjustrememberedthatthathappened.

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27（Laughter）

04:

28Then--

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Thenwe'regoingtogoovertothefridge（/fr?

d?

/冰箱）,toseeifthere'sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago.Afterthat,we'regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral（/?

spa?

r?

l/）thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets（/?

m?

gn?

t/磁铁）andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviewswithJustinBieber'smom.

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"Allofthat'sgoingtotakeawhile,sowe'renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktoday.Sorry!

"

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54（Sigh/sa?

/叹气）

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Now,whatisgoingonhere?

TheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguyyouwantbehindthewheel.Helivesentirely（=completely）inthepresentmoment.Hehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,andheonlycaresabouttwothings:

easyandfun.

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15

Now,intheanimalworld,thatworksfine.Ifyou'readogandyouspendyourwholelifedoingnothingotherthan（除了）easyandfunthings,you'reahugesuccess!

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AndtotheMonkey,humansarejustanotheranimalspecies（/?

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z/物种）.Youhavetokeepwell-slept,well-fedandpropagating（/?

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p?

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t/繁衍）intothenextgeneration,whichintribal（/?

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bl/部落的）times（时代）mighthaveworkedOK.But,ifyouhaven'tnoticed,nowwe'renotintribaltimes.We'reinanadvancedcivilization（/?

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v?

la?

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ze?

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n/文明）,andtheMonkeydoesnotknowwhatthatis.Whichiswhywehaveanotherguyinourbrain,theRationalDecision-Maker,whogivesustheabilitytodothingsnootheranimalcando.Wecanvisualize（/?

v?

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la?

z/设想）thefuture.Wecanseethebigpicture.Wecanmakelong-termplans.Andhewantstotakeallofthatintoaccount/?

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nt/（把…考虑在内）.Andhewantstojusthaveusdowhatevermakessense（有意义，合理）tobedoingrightnow.Now,sometimesitmakessensetobedoingthingsthatareeasyandfun,likewhenyou'rehavingdinnerorgoingtobedorenjoyingwell-earnedleisure（/?

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（r）/闲暇）time.That'swhythere'san

overlap（/?

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p/重叠）.Sometimestheyagree（一致）.Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,forthesakeof（为了,因为）thebigpicture.Andthat'swhenwehaveaconflict.Andfortheprocrastinator,thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone（/z?

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n/区域）,aneasyandfunplacethat'sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircle.IcallittheDarkPlayground.

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Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplacethatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.It'swhereleisure（/?

le?

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（r）/）activities（休闲活动）happenattimes（=sometimes）whenleisureactivitiesarenotsupposedtobehappening.ThefunyouhaveintheDarkPlaygroundisn'tactuallyfun,becauseit'scompletelyunearned（不应得的）,andtheairisfilledwithguilt,dread（/dred/忧虑,恐惧）,anxiety（/?

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ti/焦虑）,self-hatred（/?

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d/自我憎恨）--allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelings.Andthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen?

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Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardian（/?

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n/）angel（守护天使）,someonewho'salwayslookingdownon（俯瞰）himandwatchingover（照看）himinhisdarkestmoments--someonecalledthePanic（/?

p?

n?

k/恐慌）Monster（怪物）.

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Now,thePanicMonsterisdormant（/?

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nt/蛰伏的）mostofthetime,buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstoocloseorthere'sdangerofpublicembarrassment（/?

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sm?

nt/难堪）,acareerdisasterorsomeotherscary（/?

ske?

ri/使人恐慌的）consequence（/?

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kw?

ns/结果）.Andimportantly,he'stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrified（/?

ter?

fa?

d/）of（非常害怕）.Now,hebecameveryrelevant（/?

rel?

v?

nt/密切相关的）inmylifepretty（=quite）recently,becausethepeopleofTEDreachedouttome（=contact联系到我）aboutsixmonthsagoandinvitedmetodoaTEDTalk.

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Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.It'salwaysbeenadreamofminetohavedoneaTEDTalkinthepast.

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（Applause）Butinthemiddleofallthisexcitement,theRationalDecision-Makerseemedtohavesomethingelseonhismind.Hewassaying,"Areweclearonwhatwejustaccepted?

Dowegetwhat'sgoingtobenowhappeningonedayinthefuture?

Weneedtositdownandworkonthisrightnow."AndtheMonkeysaid,"Totallyagree,butlet'sjustopenGoogleEarthandzoomin（拉近镜头）tothebottomofIndia,like200feetabovetheground,andscroll（/skr?

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l/）up（向上）fortwoandahalfhourstillwegettothetopofthecountry,sowecangetabetterfeel（总体印象）forIndia."

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48（Laughter）

08:

54Sothat'swhatwedidthatday.

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Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,thepeopleofTEDdecidedtorelease（/r?

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li:

s/公布）thespeakers.AndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyfacestaringrightbackatme.Andguesswhowokeup?

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SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind（发疯,抓狂）,andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem'sinmayhem（/?

me?

hem/混乱）.

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AndtheMonkey--remember,he'sterrifiedofthePanicMo