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TED演讲procastination英文文稿
TED演讲英文文稿Procrastination/prkrst'nen/（拖延症）
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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/svl/（文明的）.
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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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Butthencamemy90-pageseniorthesis（/θi:
ss/毕业论文）,apaperyou'resupposedtospendayearon.AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflow（工作流程）wasnotanoption（/pn/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（r）/全力冲刺）justlikealittlestaircase.HowhardcoulditbetowalkupthestairsNobigdeal（没什么大不了的）,right
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Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.ThosefirstfewmonthsTheycameandwent,andIcouldn'tquite（=really）dostuff/stf/.Sowehadanawesome（/sm/verygood）newrevised（/rvaz/改变，调整）plan.
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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（/sprnt/飞跑，冲刺）acrosscampus（/kmps/校园）,dove（dive,扑向，冲向）inslowmotion（/mn/移动，运动）,andgotitin（--managetodosth.）justatthedeadline.
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Ithoughtthatwastheendofeverything.ButaweeklaterIgetacall,andit'stheschool.Andtheysay,"IsthisTimUrban"AndIsay,"Yeah."Andtheysay,"Weneedtotalkaboutyourthesis（/θi:
ss/毕业论文）."AndIsay,"OK."Andtheysay,"It'sthebestonewe'veeverseen."
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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
（/prkrst'nen/拖延症）.Mybehaviorhasalwaysperplexed（/ppleks/使迷惑）thenon-procrastinators（/prokr.ne.t/拖延者）aroundme,andIwantedtoexplaintothenon-procrastinatorsoftheworldwhatgoesonintheheadsofprocrastinators,andwhywearethewayweare.Now,Ihadahypothesis（/hapθss/假设）thatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferentthanthebrainsofotherpeople.Andtotestthis,IfoundanMRI（核磁共振成像）labthatactuallyletmescan（/skn/扫描）bothmybrainandthebrainofaprovennon-procrastinator,soIcouldcomparethem.Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.Iwantyoutotakealookcarefullytoseeifyoucannoticeadifference.Iknowthatifyou'renotatrainedbrainexpert,it'snotthat（=so）obvious（/bvis/明显的）,butjusttakealook,OKSohere'sthebrainofanon-procrastinator.
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Thereisadifference.BothbrainshaveaRational（/rnl/理智的）Decision-Makerinthem,buttheprocrastinator'sbrainalsohasanInstantGratification（/grtfken/满足）Monkey.Now,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinatorWell,itmeanseverything'sfineuntilthishappens.
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[Thisisaperfecttimetogetsomeworkdone.][Nope!
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SotheRationalDecision-Makerwillmaketherationaldecisiontodosomethingproductive（/prdktv/富有成效的）,buttheMonkeydoesn'tlikethatplan,soheactuallytakesthewheel（/wi:
l/方向盘）,andhesays,"Actually,let'sreadtheentire（/nta（r）/整个，全部）Wikipedia（维基百科）pageoftheNancyKerrigan/TonyaHardingscandal（/skndl/丑闻）,becauseIjustrememberedthatthathappened.
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Thenwe'regoingtogoovertothefridge（/frd/冰箱）,toseeifthere'sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago.Afterthat,we'regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral（/sparl/）thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets（/mgnt/磁铁）andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviewswithJustinBieber'smom.
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"Allofthat'sgoingtotakeawhile,sowe'renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktoday.Sorry!
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Now,whatisgoingonhereTheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguyyouwantbehindthewheel.Helivesentirely（=completely）inthepresentmoment.Hehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,andheonlycaresabouttwothings:
easyandfun.
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Now,intheanimalworld,thatworksfine.Ifyou'readogandyouspendyourwholelifedoingnothingotherthan（除了）easyandfunthings,you'reahugesuccess!
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AndtotheMonkey,humansarejustanotheranimalspecies（/spi:
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overlap（/vlp/重叠）.Sometimestheyagree（一致）.Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,forthesakeof（为了,因为）thebigpicture.Andthat'swhenwehaveaconflict.Andfortheprocrastinator,thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone（/zn/区域）,aneasyandfunplacethat'sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircle.IcallittheDarkPlayground.
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Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplacethatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.It'swhereleisure（/le（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（/zati/焦虑）,self-hatred（/hetrd/自我憎恨）--allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelings.Andthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen
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Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardian（/gɑ:
din/）angel（守护天使）,someonewho'salwayslookingdownon（俯瞰）himandwatchingover（照看）himinhisdarkestmoments--someonecalledthePanic（/pnk/恐慌）Monster（怪物）.
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Now,thePanicMonsterisdormant（/d:
mnt/蛰伏的）mostofthetime,buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstoocloseorthere'sdangerofpublicembarrassment（/mbrsmnt/难堪）,acareerdisasterorsomeotherscary（/skeri/使人恐慌的）consequence（/knskwns/结果）.Andimportantly,he'stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrified（/terfad/）of（非常害怕）.Now,hebecameveryrelevant（/relvnt/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,"AreweclearonwhatwejustacceptedDowegetwhat'sgoingtobenowhappeningonedayinthefutureWeneedtositdownandworkonthisrightnow."AndtheMonkeysaid,"Totallyagree,butlet'sjustopenGoogleEarthandzoomin（拉近镜头）tothebottomofIndia,like200feetabovetheground,andscroll（/skrl/）up（向上）fortwoandahalfhourstillwegettothetopofthecountry,sowecangetabetterfeel（总体印象）forIndia."
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Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,thepeopleofTEDdecidedtorelease（/rli:
s/公布）thespeakers.AndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyfacestaringrightbackatme.Andguesswhowokeup
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SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind（发疯,抓狂）,andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem'sinmayhem（/mehem/混乱）.
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AndtheMonkey--remember,he'sterrifiedofthePanicMonster–boom（吼叫）,he'supthetree!
Andfinally,finally,theRationalDecision-MakercantakethewheelandIcanstartworkingonthetalk.
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Now,thePanicMonsterexplainsal
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