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23 Aug
學校或工作 Presentation 你習慣一個月前就開始準備或有 idea 後才晚一點開始進行 看到这个题目,我首先想到的是Procrastination拖延症= = 真的不知道临场发挥怎么翻译。。找了下是play spot ,求指正!)
单词从word里粘过来的,可能又会挤在一起了,我修正了下,有漏网之鱼请见谅 正文: [400+ words]
People tend to weigh the benefits between preparing the presentation early and preparing it until when we have ideas. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. Some people claim that preparing presentations until when we have ideas is the most efficient way to utilize ourtime. Others hold a view that we can prepare better over a longer time. I definitely agree with the former.
Admittedly,(一直想换了这个词,还没找到替代词) there is an adage that says, “No great thing is created suddenly,” the implication being that the earlier you begin to prepare, the better results will turn out to be. Suppose you do not review your textbooks until the night before final examinations. It is impossible for you to get a good grade. Moreover, presentations are usually teamwork. Finishing your part in the presentation as soon as possible will quicken the team’s steps, contributing to the success of the presentation.
Although we may not prepare well if we set about presentations late, playing spot(“临场发挥”不知道要如何翻译) can come with remarkable performance. For instance, Gettysburg Address is universally acknowledged. However,such a famous address was prepared in limited time and lasted only for two or three minutes. In just over two minutes, Lincoln reiterated the principles ofhuman equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the preservation of the Union sundered by thesecession crisis. Lincoln also redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union, but also for the principle of human equality. This address makes a deep influence on the following political lecturers. It is not difficult to conclude that preparing the presentations until we have ideas makes us perform better.
Further, the efficiency is ascending near the deadline. Considering the limited time, it is indispensable for us to balance between efficiency and quality. Take me as an example. In every semester, I have to participate in different activities held by a non-government organization called ENACTUS and in presentation competitions. Also, I need to prepare the TOEFL examination and final exams. If I prepare them at the same time, failing all these tasks is of high possibility. So I give priority to the one of which deadline tends to expire. Then I will move on after finishing one task. Thanks to this work style, I can deal with multi-tasks.
Preparing the presentation until we have ideas can not only make us perform better but also save a lot of time. For those reasons discussed above, we can safely make a conclusion that it is better for us to prepare the presentation until we have ideas than to prepare it early.
附录:从海棠君那粘来的林肯的演讲一篇Gettysburg Address Gettysburg Address Delivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men arecreated equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that Nation,or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on agreat battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that this Nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the People by the People and for the People shall not perish from the earth." |