關于時間的英文演講稿（精選10篇）
1. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇一
Nobody knows what time is like, for we cannot see it, nor can we touch it.Time is abstract, which we can only imagine in our mind.
But we do know that time passes very quickly. Some students, however, donot know the value of time, nor do they know how to make the best use of it, forthey waste it in going to films, playing games and doing other useless things.Why do we go to school early in the morning? Why do trains run so fast? Why domost people prefer taking buses instead of walking? The answer is very simple:we wish to save time because time is precious.
Today we are living in the twentieth century. We know that time is life.When a person dies, his time has ended. Since life is short, we must devote ourtime and energy to our studies so that we may be able to serve our country andthe people. But since time is invisible, we often neglect it. Lazinss. is thethief of time, for lasiness not only brings us a lot of harm, it also brings usfailure. If it is necessary for us to do some work today, let us do it today andnot leave it until tomorrow. Remember that time is more valuable than money.
2. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇二
If you ask me what is the most precious, I would say that it’s time. Timeis something once lost, you could never have again.
Sincc I entered college I have felt a great burden off my mind and I justwant to relax.I did too many meaningless things to kill my time, such as playingcomputer games, watching TV, or gossiping. When i do these things, the time haslong been unwittingly flowed away. I seldom work on my lessons unless there isan examination. Then i work under pressure. I know it is not good, but what Ilack is self control.I know it is a problem, and it is time i did somethingabout it.
In my opinion, the best way to make full use of time is planning your timerationally and sticking the plan firmly. Spending more time on somethingsignificant not only will make your life fulfilling, but also will give you asense of accomplishment. Instead, killing your time with meaningless thingswould bring you depression even despair. Remember that those who abandon timewill be also abandoned by time.
As youth, we are in the prime of our life. We should make good use of ourgolden time. The teachers take pains to teach us every day so that we canacquire more knowledge. We study in the university and spending money that ourparents work hard to earn 。Parents hope we can learn knowledge in theuniversity. We should not fail their expectations. I should not rest contentwith what I have done. Entering cnllege is just a step in the threshold of thepalace of knowledge. The road is long. The modern age needs the well educated.The future world is highly competitive. If we idle away our time while young woshall regret it in vain when we are did.
Therefore, we should cherish it and spend it in meaningful things.
Time waits for no one. If it flows away, it will never come to us again. Wecan't take charge of our time but we should know the importance of time andcherish time.
3. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇三
When the summer vacation comes, I will go back to my hometown and stay withmy grandma. My grandma loves me so much, every time when I go back to her, shewill cook me a lot of delicious food, she knows me so well. I am so happy tostay with her, I feel so peaceful, I love my grandma and I hope I can spend moretime with her.
當暑假到來的時候，我會回到家鄉，和外婆呆在一起。我的外婆很愛我，每次在我回到她身邊的時候，她會給我煮很多美味的食物，她很了解我。和她呆在一起我很開心，我感到很平靜，我愛我的外婆，我希望能有多點時間來陪陪她。
4. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇四
Men have only one chance to live in this world. Life is precious, so istime . The time you hold in your hand is so limited that you can’t afford towaste it. Once you let it slip away, you’ll never chase it back.
Since time is so precious, how can we make the most of it?In my point ofview, judgment and efficiency are the two key ingredients. It is vital to have asense of judgment. Whenever you are to make a decision, you should weigh thepros and cons. Therefore , it is much less possible to be regretful, thus avoidwasting time. And if you are sure you make the right decision, just jump on itand be decisive. Meanwhile, efficiency is also important. Being efficient meansyou are more productive than others. In this way, you are more competitive. Aslongs as you can entirely concentrate on the work you are doing, you willnaturally get your efficiency improved.
As the saying goes, ‘ Time and tide wait for no man’ . Always bear in heartthat time is precious but really limited. So it is wise of you to make carefularrangement of your time.
5. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇五
Goodmorning/afternoon,everybody!A famous American poet says , "Life is short, study is long." Everyone should work hard and study well. Never waste any time. Now we are young, we have so many things to do. Youth time is like a happy bird. If it flew away, it would never return. Nothing is more important than time.
Today some students spend too much time enjoying their lives such as eating, clothing, traveling and so on. Others spend too much time reading some useless books. A lot of time has been wasted. They have no idea that waste of time means wasting of one’s life.
While we are young and full of energy, let’s study hard.
My speech is over ! Thank you.
大家早上/下午好。美國一位著名的詩人說，"生命不息，學習不止。"每個人都應該努力工作，好好學習。不要浪費時間。現在我們正年輕，我們還有很多事情可以去做。青春是像一只快樂的小鳥。如果它飛走了，它就再也不會回來。沒有什么比時間更珍貴。
今天，一些學生花太多的時間享受他們的生活，如飲食，服裝，旅游等。而一些人讀了很多沒用的書。已經浪費了很多時間。他們不知道浪費時間就是浪費自己的生命。
我們年輕，充滿活力，讓我們努力學習。我的演講到此結束！謝謝！
6. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇六
hello! ladies and gentlemen, it is so nice to meet you !i am gladthat youcan spend this precious time having this class in thisafternoon.
now please allow me to introduce myself to you .my name is wangjia andimajored in traffic engineering .baoji is my hometown it is verybeautiful. andthe people are very friendly.
as we all knowen thingking is easy acting is difficult and to putone'sthoughts into actions is the most difficult thing in the world.
so if we want to learn english well ,we must practice readingenglisheveryday ,acturally practicing repeatly is the best way tosucceed.whenyou speak ,don't care how poorly or how well you speak just careaboutcatching the chance to speak ,enjoy losing face or just forget yourfacebecause the more you speak the better your english will become,neverafraidofmaking mistakes because the more mistakes you make the more progress you willmake.as a man living in the world ,we must try our best to makeeach day ourmasterpiece and don't let our parents down ,don't ever letour country down ,mostimportantly don't let ourself down.
yesterday is a memory tommorrow is a dream so live for todayjust do itright now.i believe if you can dream it you can make it ,ifyou do you will winif you don't you won't.believe in youself trustyouself try your best. don't giveup ,never give in, never lose hope ,never say impossible .the success is coming! thank you !
dear students, our way of life is always sunny, blue skies, which in theend the most dazzling ray of sunlight? it was said to be excellent academicperformance, it was said to be given to help others ... ... and i think that ourway of life of the most brilliant sunshine should be reported to belong to thetemple map, help us to grow thanks to everyone. yes, the institute ofthanksgiving is a feeling, the institute of thanksgiving, but also acharacter.
as teachers and our students, the most important gratitude is a school.schools to give us a big growth stage of life: bright and spacious classrooms,new desks and chairs, air-conditioned and well-being, as well as multi-mediafacilities, has provided us with an attractive learning environment. read onebook bright and clean rooms, provides us with knowledge of the marine tour; flatbeautiful big playground, provided us with a good place for the exercise, andpottery room, computer room, dance room, multi-purpose hall, and so on, noschool is not out of devotion to our selfless love!
however, in these beautiful places, often with some notes of discord. readbooks in one room, some students read the book, abandonment, i do not know theoriginal release, there is more tear, using the phenomenon of the book; when thered and green and white artificial big playground to open it selfless embrace,and some of the scenes of discord hurt our eyes: a wide range of confetti,colorful tang zhi, and scattered in all corners of the shell seeds, chewing gum,etc. the list goes on of these!
students, please put your hand on his chest ask ourselves: "i do athanksgiving school?(diyifanwen.com)
students, let us now work together, with their good health habits to schoolthanksgiving, thanksgiving, so that the flowers on campus and open morebeautiful.
The birds are feeding situation, sheep milk are kneeling grace. We, human,as masters of the universe, also there is gratitude, gratitude. Thanksgiving isthe source of power, love of the root, the courage of the. Let us learn toThanksgiving, harvested in different life.
First of all, we should be grateful for our parents. Because the love ofparents, we came to this world. We live to love, love is to carry out, let theworld be full of love, let the world is full of gratitude. Our parents, not onlybecause they brought us to this world, but because they are selfless love, hasraised us up, the education of our life, our responsibility, share the burden,happy with our happiness. Parents, is our life will always be the one, even ifwe always with gratitude.
Then, we want to live a life of gratitude. Because of life, let us grow. Inthis process, we may experience more failure, but because of a failure again andagain, so that we will become more splendid
success, so we should appreciate, thank you for these teaches us how tohave better life failed, thanks to these make our life more
brilliant success. Thanks to life, let us experience again the story fresh,let us experience more rich. Thanks to life, let us know
Thanksgiving is valuable. Because Thanksgiving, we grow up happily. Then,we want to thank friends. What is a friend? Friend is who grows with us, is themost loving thing and the people you share. Friends are those in your fly highvery fast when, not screaming for you, not about how you badly, but to worry youwon't fall down, then you do to prepare the people. Because of this friend, wecan only be reckless to break through, to fight, as we know, our friends will bebehind the strong fortress. Therefore, we should be friends. To friends, andfriends happy growth.
Furthermore, to thank those who have let you grow, make you strong, youonce they snub sb. Because of them, only let you have after
unwilling person idea. They will think of you for a scathing attack, is theso-called criticism will have progress. Therefore, we often criticized in thegrowth, make progress, be happy. Indifference of the people, thank you ever lookdown on me, so I do not bow, live more wonderful.
Finally, we want to thank your. Only you really know what they want, can dowhat, has been holding on to something. May be many people misunderstood,misunderstood. At that time, only their most wronged, and only know best.Therefore, their Thanksgiving, thank your patience, insist, your success.
In the growth of the road, let us have a thankful heart, happyThanksgiving, Thanksgiving society, the world to live a life of gratitude, thankyou my he! Thank you.
7. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇七
honorable judges, fellow students: good afternoon!
recently, ther is a heated debate in our society. the college students arethe beneficiaries of a rare privilege, who receive exceptional education atextraordinary places. but will we be able to face the challenge and supportourselves against all odds? will we be able to better the lives of others? willwe be able to accept the responsibility of building the future of ourcountry?
the cynics say the college students are the pampered lost generation, whichwould cringe at the slightest discomfort. but the cynics are wrong. the collegestudents i see are eagerly learning about how to live independently. we helpeach other clean the dormitory, go shopping and bargain together, and take parttime jobs to supplement our pocket money.
the cynics say we care for nothing other than grades; and we neglect theneed for character cultivation. but again, the cynics are wrong. we care deeplyfor each other, we cherish freedom, we treasure justice, and we seek truth. lastweek, thousands of my fellow students had their blood type tested in order tomake a contribution for the children who suffer from blood cancer.
as college students, we are adolescents at the critical turning point inour lives. we all face a fundamental choice: cynicism or faith, each willprofoundly impact our future, or even the future of our country. i believe inall my fellow classmates. though we are still inexperienced and even a littlebit childish. i believe that we have the courage and faith to meet any challengeand take on our responsibilities. we are preparing to assume newresponsibilities and tasks, and to use the education we have received to makeour world a better place. i believein our future.
Today I am very glad to be here to share with you my ideas of success. Whatis success? It is what everyone is longing for.Sometimes success would be rathersimple. Winning a game is success; getting a high grade in the exam is success;making a new friend is success; even now I am
standing here giving my speech is somehow also success.
However, as a person’s whole life is concerned, success becomes very
complicated. Is fortune success? Is fame success? Is high social statussuccess? No, I don’t think so. I believe success is the realization ofpeople’
s hopes and ideals.Nowadays, in the modern society there are manypeople
who are regarded as the successful. And the most obvious characteristics ofhem are money, high position and luxurious life. So most people believe that ssuccess and all that they do is for this purpose. But the problem is wether itis real success. We all know there are always more money, higher position andbetter condition in front of us. If we keep chasing them, where is the end? Whatwill satisfy us at last? Therefore, we can see, to get the real Success we mustneed something inside, which is the realization of
people’ hopes and ideals.
Different people have different ideas about success; cause people’s hopesand ideas vary from one another. But I am sure every success is dear toeverybody, cause it is not easy to come by, cause in the process of our strivingfor success, we got both our body and soul tempted, meanwhile we are enlightenedby the most valuable qualities of human beings: love, patient, courage and senseof responsibility. These are the best treasures. So now I am very proud that Ihave this opportunity to stand here speaking to all of you. It is my success,cause I raise up to challenge my hope.
What is success? Everyone has his own interpretation as I do. But I amsure
every success leads to an ever-brighter future. So ladies and gentlemen,believe in our hopes, believe in ourselves, we, every one of us, can make a
successful life! Wish you all good success!
when the breeze gently hold when liuxu savoury, when the sun put it goldenglorious quietly around the cherry blossom trees on appered handsome; when thebeautiful petals in the air to reach several commonly roll long, then gentlylanded, we are enjoying a brilliant happineof campus life.
early morning, happy bird singing, accompany us go strollw floral path andwatched the we walked into the campus, eye is full of happiness. sunshine shopin writing has "e, nanjing normal university affiliated yangzi dickers" e, thebronze medal and put downy light reflection to our body, we cheerfully acceptedthis light, vigorous entered in campus. on the way to the classroom, and everyday that we can all see beautiful fountain and pool, and forceful huaihe booksand rather ?
the most successful person may not be the smartest ones.according to asurvey conducted among a group of people who were in the same university tenyears ago , those whose grade-point average was in the middle fifty percent ,all become rich or managers of different fields , while not a single young manof the upper ten percent becomes an executive or boss. why the smartest kids inthe classwill not end up the richest? why those who are not excellent in studiestend to be managers or own their own enterprise in their later life? and whatfactors lead to succein career and life if brains are not the only answer?according to my observation , academic brightneis only part of the story , theother factors are very important. one ingredient , among other things , is goodinterpersonal skills. there is stong evidence that friendship can help to tideyou over a period of difficulty. with a wide circle of friends who can betrusted yo provide information and resources, your chances of succeare muchhigher. on the contrary , if you are competent in profession , but havedifficulty in getting along with your colleagues and even your boss, you canhardly survive the corporation. another component is the ability to expreoneself. in today s world , what really counts is the ability to expreoneself ratherthan technical competence or professional knowledge . the larger the orgnizationof which you are an employee , and th fiercer the competition , the moreimportant it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts and convinceothers of your ideas. personality is also an important factor. whateverdifficulty or situation , those who appear relaxed and confident are nearer tosuccess. obviously , among the ingredients for succe, intelligence counts forthe half , the rest depends on your personality , and other abilities.
8. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇八
my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sisters bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. this, he said, is not a slip. this is lingerie. he discarded the tissue and handed me the slip.
it was exquisite, silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. the price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached.
jan bought this the first time we went to new york, at least 8 or 9 years ago. she never wore it. she was saving it for a special occasion.
well, i guess this is the occasion.
he took the slip from me and put it on the bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. his hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me, dont ever save anything for a special occasion. every day you re alive is a special occasion.
9. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇九
When people find out I write about time management, they assume two things.One is that I'm always on time, and I'm not. I have four small children, and Iwould like to blame them for my occasional tardiness, but sometimes it's justnot their fault. I was once late to my own speech on time management.
當人們發現我寫關于時間管理的文章時，他們都會假設兩件事：第一，我永遠都準時，但我并不是。我有四個小孩，我偶爾將遲到歸咎于他們，不過有時候真的不是因為他們。我有一次在去我的一個關于時間管理的演講時遲到了。
We all had to just take a moment together and savor that irony.
我們都需要一點時間去好好地體味一下這有多么諷刺。
The second thing they assume is that I have lots of tips and tricks forsaving bits of time here and there.Sometimes I'll hear from magazines that aredoing a story along these lines, generally on how to help their readers find anextra hour in the day. And the idea is that we'll shave bits of time offeveryday activities, add it up, and we'll have time for the good stuff.
第二，人們總是假設我有很多關于如何節省時間的貼士和技巧。有時候我聽說一些雜志在寫這方面的故事，通常都是關于教讀者如何在一天中獲得額外一個小時。基本思路就是從日常的每個活動中擠出一點時間，加起來，然后我們就有時間去做更有意思的事情了。
I question the entire premise of this piece, but I'm always interested inhearing what they've come up with before they call me. Some of myfavorites:doing errands where you only have to make right-hand turns.
我對這個說法持保留意見，不過我還是愿意聽聽他們在找我之前有什么想法。我最喜歡的幾個是：只完成那些只需要右轉的事;
Being extremely judicious in microwave usage: it says three tothree-and-a-half minutes on the package, we're totally getting in on the bottomside of that. And my personal favorite, which makes sense on some level, is toDVR your favorite shows so you can fast-forward through the commercials.
在用微波爐時，要極度審慎：當食物包裝上面寫了3到3.5分鐘時，我們要挑時間最短的那個。我個人最喜歡的是，錄下你最喜歡看的電視劇，然后你就可以跳過廣告了。其實在某個程度上，還是挺有道理的。
That way, you save eight minutes every half hour, so in the course of twohours of watching TV, you find 32 minutes to exercise.
這樣，你每半個小時就可以擠出八分鐘。那么你蔥用來看電視的兩個小時中，可以擠出32分鐘鍛煉的時間。
Which is true. You know another way to find 32 minutes to exercise? Don'twatch two hours of TV a day, right?
倒的確是這么回事兒。你還知道其他可以找到32分鐘鍛煉時間的方法嗎?不要每天都看兩個小時電視就行了，對吧? (笑聲)
Anyway, the idea is we'll save bits of time here and there, add it up, wewill finally get to everything we want to do. But after studying how successfulpeople spend their time and looking at their schedules hour by hour, I thinkthis idea has it completely backward.
總之，就是要在各處都省點時間，加起來就有時間做我們想做的事了。但在我了解成功的人如何分配時間，并看過了他們的時間表后，我覺得這個想法是完全本末倒置的。
We don't build the lives we want by saving time. We build the lives wewant, and then time saves itself.
我們不是通過節省時間來打造我們想過的生活。我們應該先建立我們想要的生活，時間就會自然而然節省出來。
Here's what I mean. I recently did a time diary project looking at 1,001days in the lives of extremely busy women. They had demanding jobs, sometimestheir own businesses, kids to care for, maybe parents to care for, communitycommitments -- busy, busy people.
我來解釋一下。我最近有個時間日記項目，觀察最忙碌的女士生命中的1001天。她們工作繁忙，有時候是自己的生意，有時候要照顧自己的孩子，或者是照顧父母，還有服務社區等等——都是一些很忙的人。
I had them keep track of their time for a week so I could add up how muchthey worked and slept, and I interviewed them about their strategies, for mybook.
我讓她們記錄了一星期的行程，計算她們工作和睡覺的時間，為了我的書，我還采訪 了解了她們的常用策略。
One of the women whose time log I studied goes out on a Wednesday night forsomething. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there isnow water all over her basement. If you've ever had anything like this happen toyou, you know it is a hugely damaging, frightening, sopping mess.
其中一個被我研究過時間表的女士，在一個周三晚上出去了一趟，回家發現她的熱水器壞了，地下室都被水淹了。如果你也遇到過這種事兒的話，你會知道眼前的景象多么令人崩潰和沮喪。
So she's dealing with the immediate aftermath that night, next day she'sgot plumbers coming in, day after that, professional cleaning crew dealing withthe ruined carpet. All this is being recorded on her time log. Winds up takingseven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an extra hour in theday.
于是那個晚上她立刻著手處理，第二天她找了一個水管工，第三天找了專業的清理人員來處理損壞的地毯。所有這些都算在了她的時間表內�？偣不怂恢苤械钠邆�小時。七個小時。這就等于一周七天每天都要擠出一個小時。
But I'm sure if you had asked her at the start of the week, "Could you findseven hours to train for a triathlon?" "Could you find seven hours to mentorseven 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 sevenhours because there is water all over her basement, she found seven hours.
但是假如你在這一周剛開始時就問她，“你能在這周抽出七個小時來參加鐵人三項嗎?”，“你能在這周抽出七個小時指導七個有潛力的人嗎?“我確定她會像大多數人一樣， 說，”怎么可能，你看不出我有多忙嗎?“ 但是她最后不得不抽出七個小時，因為她的地下室都被水淹了， 她擠出了這七個小時。
And what this shows us is that time is highly elastic. We cannot make moretime, but time will stretch to accommodate what we choose to put into it.
這件事告訴我們：時間是有彈性的。我們不能創造更多時間，但是時間會自己調整去適應我們選擇去做的事情。
And so the key to time management is treating our priorities as theequivalent of that broken water heater. To get at this, I like to use languagefrom one of the busiest people I ever interviewed. By busy, I mean she wasrunning a small business with 12 people on the payroll, she had six children inher spare time.
所以時間管理的關鍵，就是對待最重要的事情應該像對待那個壞了的熱水器一樣。要做到這一點，我要借用我采訪過最忙的人的話。她經營著一個小企業，請了十二名員工，空余時間她還要照顧六個孩子。
I was getting in touch with her to set up an interview on how she "had itall" -- that phrase. I remember it was a Thursday morning, and she was notavailable to speak with me. Of course, right?
我聯系上了她，想要采訪她關于她是怎么做到“無所不能”的。我記得那是一個星期四的早晨，她沒時間和我說話。當然了，她很忙。
But the reason she was unavailable to speak with me is that she was out fora hike, because it was a beautiful spring morning, and she wanted to go for ahike. So of course this makes me even more intrigued, and when I finally docatch up with her, she explains it like this. She says, "Listen Laura,everything I do, every minute I spend, is my choice."
但是她沒時間和我說話的原因是，她去遠足了。因為那是春季一個美麗的清晨，所以她去遠足了。這樣的她讓我變得更感興趣了，當我最終聯系上她時，她說：“聽我說，勞拉，我做的所有的事情，我花的每分每秒，都是我的選擇。
And rather than say, "I don't have time to do x, y or z," she'd say, "Idon't do x, y or z because it's not a priority." "I don't have time," oftenmeans "It's not a priority."
”所以與其說， ”我沒有時間做這個，這個，或者那個�！� 她會說：”我不做這些事情因為這些不是我的首要任務�！啊拔覜]有時間”的意思通常是”那不是我的首要任務”。
If you think about it, that's really more accurate language. I could tellyou I don't have time to dust my blinds, but that's not true. If you offered topay me $100,000 to dust my blinds, I would get to it pretty quickly.
其實你想想， 那的確是更準確的說法。我可能會告訴你我沒有時間清理百葉窗，但那不是真的。假如你愿意付我10萬美金讓我給百葉窗除塵，我會馬上就去做。(笑聲)
Since that is not going to happen, I can acknowledge this is not a matterof lacking time; it's that I don't want to do it. Using this language reminds usthat time is a choice. And granted, there may be horrible consequences formaking different choices, I will give you that.
既然那不可能發生，我可以說不是因為時間不夠，而是我不想做。這么說提醒了我們，時間是一種選擇。我會告訴你，當然，不同的選擇有時候會帶來可怕的后果。
But we are smart people, and certainly over the long run, we have the powerto fill our lives with the things that deserve to be there.
但是我們都是聰明人，從長遠來看，我們有能力去選擇一些值得做的事，來填補我們生命中的時間。那么我們應該怎么做呢?
So how do we do that? How do we treat our priorities as the equivalent ofthat broken water heater?
我們要如何像對待那個壞了的熱水器一樣對待我們的首要任務?首先，我們需要找出哪些事最重要。
Well, first we need to figure out what they are. I want to give you twostrategies for thinking about this.The first, on the professional side: I'm suremany people coming up to the end of the year are giving or getting annualperformance reviews. You look back over your successes over the year, your"opportunities for growth." And this serves its purpose, but I find it's moreeffective to do this looking forward.
我想給你們分享兩個技巧。第一個，從職業的角度來說：我相信許多人在年底的時候，會發出或者收到年度績效審查。你回頭看看這一年的成功和“成長的機會”。這的確起到了它的作用，但是我發現往前看會更有效。
So I want you to pretend it's the end of next year. You're giving yourselfa performance review,and it has been an absolutely amazing year for youprofessionally. What three to five things did you do that made it so amazing? Soyou can write next year's performance review now.
我想讓你們把這當做下一年的年底。你在給自己做年度績效審查，在專業方面，這一年的表現非常出眾。是哪三到五件事使這一年變得如此出眾?你現在就可以寫明年的績效審查。
And you can do this for your personal life, too. I'm sure many of you, likeme, come December, get cards that contain these folded up sheets of coloredpaper, on which is written what is known as the family holiday letter.
你也可以在個人生活方面這么做。我相信你們許多人，包括我，在十二月，都會收到這種夾著彩色紙的卡片。上面寫著“家庭假日信件”。
Bit of a wretched genre of literature, really, going on about how amazingeveryone in the household is,or even more scintillating, how busy everyone inthe household is. But these letters serve a purpose,which is that they tell yourfriends and family what you did in your personal life that mattered to you overthe year.
聽起來像是一個挺悲慘的文學題材，談論家里每個人有多了不起，或者更精彩點，家里每個人有多忙。但是這些信有它們的用處，它們告訴你的朋友和家人你這一年里做了什么對個人生活有意義的事。
So this year's kind of done, but I want you to pretend it's the end of nextyear, and it has been an absolutely amazing year for you and the people you careabout. What three to five things did you do that made it so amazing? So you canwrite next year's family holiday letter now. Don't send it.
那么今年快要結束了，我想讓你假裝這是明年的年底，對你和你在乎的人來說，這都是無與倫比的一年。哪三到五件事讓你這一年表現如此出色?其實你現在就可以寫明年的家庭假日信件了。先不要發出去。
Please, don't send it. But you can write it. And now, between theperformance review and the family holiday letter, we have a list of six to tengoals we can work on in the next year.
真的，不要發出去。但是你可以寫�，F在，有了績效評估和寫給家人的信，我們就有了六到十個明年可以努力的目標。我們需要先把他們分成可行的階段性任務。
And now we need to break these down into doable steps. So maybe you want towrite a family history.First, you can read some other family histories, get asense for the style. Then maybe think about the questions you want to ask yourrelatives, set up appointments to interview them. Or maybe you want to run a 5K.So you need to find a race and sign up, figure out a training plan, and digthose shoes out of the back of the closet.
或許你要寫一個家族傳記。首先嗎，你可以讀讀別人的家族歷史，了解一下大概的風格然后可以想象你要問親戚的問題，約定和他們見面談話的時間�；蛘吣阆胍獏⒓右粋�五千米的短程馬拉松。你需要先找一個競賽報名，再做一個培訓計劃，從衣柜底下翻出你的運動鞋。
And then -- this is key -- we treat our priorities as the equivalent ofthat broken water heater, by putting them into our schedules first. We do thisby thinking through our weeks before we are in them.
然后——這是關鍵——我們將我們的首要事件視為那個壞掉的熱水器，將它們優先放入我們的日程表里。我們要在事情發生的幾周前就先想好。
I find a really good time to do this is Friday afternoons. Friday afternoonis what an economist might calla "low opportunity cost" time. Most of us are notsitting there on Friday afternoons saying, "I am excited to make progress towardmy personal and professional priorities right now."
我發現周五的下午最適合處理這事兒。周五的下午是被經濟學家稱為“低機會成本”時間。我們大部分人不會在周五下午想著，“我要朝我的個人和職業生涯的首要事件邁進了，所以很興奮�！�
But we are willing to think about what those should be. So take a littlebit of time Friday afternoon, make yourself a three-category priority list:career, relationships, self. Making a three-category list reminds usthat thereshould be something in all three categories.
但是我們愿意去想那些事是什么。所以在周五下午花一點時間，為自己做一個分成三類的首要事件的列表：事業、人際關系、個人。這樣的三項分類列表提醒了我們每一個類別都應該有一些事。
Career, we think about; relationships, self -- not so much. But anyway,just a short list, two to three items in each. Then look out over the whole ofthe next week, and see where you can plan them in.
事業，我們經�？紤];人際關系，個人——很少會想。無論如何，只要一個短短的列表，每個都包含兩到三件事。它們會幫助我們看清下周，如何在下周計劃這些事情。你可以決定如何計劃。
Where you plan them in is up to you. I know this is going to be morecomplicated for some people than others. I mean, some people's lives are justharder than others. It is not going to be easy to find time to take that poetryclass if you are caring for multiple children on your own. I get that. And Idon't want to minimize anyone's struggle. But I do think that the numbers I amabout to tell you are empowering.
這可能對一些人來說會比較困難一點。我的意思是，有些人的人生就是比較復雜。如果你自己有好幾個要照顧的小孩，想要找時間去參加詩歌班一定不容易。我懂。我不想輕視任何人的困難。但是我覺得我接下來要說的數字，是會改變你的想法的。
There are 168 hours in a week. Twenty-four times seven is 168 hours. Thatis a lot of time. If you are working a full-time job, so 40 hours a week,sleeping eight hours a night, so 56 hours a week -- that leaves 72 hours forother things. That is a lot of time.
我們每周都有168個小時，24乘以7是168個小時。這是一段很長時間。假如你有一個全職的工作，一周是40個小時，每晚睡八個小時，一周是56個小時，我們有剩下72個小時來做其他事情。這是一段很長的時間。
You say you're working 50 hours a week, maybe a main job and a side hustle.Well, that leaves 62 hours for other things. You say you're working 60 hours.Well, that leaves 52 hours for other things. You say you're working more than 60hours. Well, are you sure?
假如你說你每周工作50個小時，比如一份全職和一份兼職。這樣你還是有60小時去做其他的事情。假如你說你每周工作60個小時，你還是有52個小時去做其他的事情。你說你每周工作超過60個小時，你確定嗎?
There was once a study comparing people's estimated work weeks with timediaries. They found that people claiming 75-plus-hour work weeks were off byabout 25 hours.
曾經有一個研究對比了人們估計的工作時間，和實際的工作日記。他們發現那些表示工作超過75小時的人，有25小時的誤差。
You can guess in which direction, right? Anyway, in 168 hours a week, Ithink we can find time for what matters to you.
你可以猜到這個誤差是多了還是少了吧?無論如何，在一周的168個小時里，我覺得我們總可以找到時間做我們想做的事。
If you want to spend more time with your kids, you want to study more for atest you're taking, you want to exercise for three hours and volunteer for two,you can. And that's even if you're working way more than full-time hours.
如果你想花時間陪陪你的孩子，或者準備你即將到來的考試，你想鍛煉兩三個小時或者 做兩個小時志愿者，你都可以的。即便你的工作時間遠超過法定時間。
So we have plenty of time, which is great, because guess what? We don'teven need that much time to do amazing things. But when most of us have bits oftime, what do we do? Pull out the phone, right?Start deleting emails. Otherwise,we're puttering around the house or watching TV.
所以我們有很多時間，這很好。但是你知道嗎?我們根本不需要那么多時間去完成一個大目標。但當我們有一點空閑時間的時候，我們會做什么?拿出手機，是吧?開始刪除郵件。或者在家里閑逛，看電視。
But small moments can have great power. You can use your bits of time forbits of joy. Maybe it's choosing to read something wonderful on the bus on theway to work.
但是每個不起眼的時刻都潛力無限。你可以用零星的時間，來獲得零星的快樂。比如說在去上班的公車上讀一些精彩的東西。
I know when I had a job that required two bus rides and a subway ride everymorning, I used to go to the library on weekends to get stuff to read. It madethe whole experience almost, almost, enjoyable. Breaks at work can be used formeditating or praying. If family dinner is out because of your crazy workschedule, maybe family breakfast could be a good substitute.
當我以前的工作需要我每天早上乘兩趟公車和一趟地鐵的時候，我周末會去圖書館找東西來讀。這幾乎，幾乎讓我的生活更豐富了。工作間隙的休息時間可以用來冥想或者禱告。如果你因為工作忙而不能吃家庭晚餐，試一下家庭早餐。
It's about looking at the whole of one's time and seeing where the goodstuff can go. I truly believe this.There is time. Even if we are busy, we havetime for what matters. And when we focus on what matters, we can build the liveswe want in the time we've got.
這就是看著一個人所有的時間，然后找到什么時候可以做想做的事。我真的相信，我們都有充分的時間。就算我們很忙，我們仍然有時間去做重要的事。當我們關注在重要的事上時，我們可以用所擁有的時間創造我們想要的生活。
Thank you.
謝謝。
10. 關于時間的英文演講稿 篇十
We often hear the saying"Time is money."But I think time is much moreprecious than money.Because If we lost time, we can't find it.But We can try towoke harder to get more money.No matter whatever you do ,you can not get losttime back.
"Time flies.time and tides wait for no men".You can see how important timeis.Lunxun had said"I spent the time on my work while others are havig coffee."Wemust make good use of our time,especially for our students,we shouldn't wastetime in playing games and the like.