八年级下册冀教版英语第九课课后第四题
第一课：拒绝摆烂！定位可以这么精准！
To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep Work: Rules for Focud Success in a Distracted World, recommends building a habit of “deep work” — the ability to focus without distraction.
①There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work — be it lengthy retreats dedicated to a specific task; developing a daily ritual; or taking a “journalistic” approach to izing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day. ②Whichever approach, the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it.
①Newport also recommends “deep scheduling” to combat constant interruptions and get more done in less time.②“At any given point, I should have deep work scheduled for roughly the next month. ③Once on the calendar I protect this time like I would a doctor's appointment or important meeting”, he writes.
①Another approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you prioriti your day — in particular how we craft our to-do lists. ②Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advid to t out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail, day by day.
①While the rearchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students. ②Harford argues that inevitable distractions often render the daily to-do list ineffective, while leaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap the best results.
In order to make the most of our focus and energy, we also need to embrace downtime, or as Newport suggests, “be lazy.”
①“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the bra
in as vitamin D is to the body… ②[idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done,” he argues.
①Srini Pillay, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counterintuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate. ②When our brains switch between being focud and unfocud on a task, they tend to be more efficient.
“What people don't reali is that in order to complete the tasks they need to u both the focus and unfocus circuits in their brain,” says Pillay.
1. The key to mastering the art of deep work is to _______. [单选题] *
A] keep to your focus time(正确答案) |
B] list your immediate tasks |
C] make specific daily plans |
D] ize every minute to work |
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2. The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that ______. [单选题] *
A] distractions may actually increa efficiency |
B] daily schedules are indispensable to studying |
C] students are hardly motivated by monthly goals |
D] detailed plans many not be as fruitful as expected(正确答案) |
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3. According to Newport, idleness is ______. [单选题] *
[A] a desirable mental state for busy people |
[B] a major contributor to physical health |
[C] an effective way to save time and energy |
[D] an esntial factor in accomplishing any work.(正确答案) |
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4. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focud and unfocud _______. [单选题] *
A] can result in psychological well-being |
B] can bring about greater efficiency(正确答案) |
C] is aimed at a better balance in work |
D] is driven by task urgency |
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5. This text is mainly about _______. [单选题] *
A] ways to relieve the tension of busy life |
B] approaches to getting more done in less time(正确答案) |
C] the key to eliminating distractions |
D] the cau of the lack of focus time |
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