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Are you constantly finding yourself behind at work or school?
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Do you arrive at the end of the day and realize you've accomplished nothing on your to-do list?
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Well, odds are you're not very good at time management.
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And that is not doing your psychological health any favors.
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In fact, a study published in Work and Stress found
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that workers who didn't productively manage their time felt less in control of their lives.
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Here's the good news.
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You can get better.
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Paying attention to how you spend your time will help you manage it more effectively, and we're going to help you learn how to do just that.
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Today on Wellcast, we're going to get you in control of your day with our RAC method.
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Recording, analyzing, and changing.
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Three easy steps to great time management.
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Pause and print a copy of our handy Wellcast day planner.
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Finished printing?
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Let's dive in.
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Step one, recording.
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When you wake up tomorrow, note the time in your day planner.
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As the day progresses, write down everything that you do.
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Yes, we mean everything.
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The 10 minutes you spent getting dressed, the half day of productive work, the hours you spent between social networking sites, we mean it all.
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Keep this up from the time you wake up until you go to sleep.
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Step two, analyzing.
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At the end of the day, go through the schedule and highlight any chunks of time that you don't feel were used productively.
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Pick out your five biggest time wasters in your day.
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Be honest with yourself.
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You spent a half an hour by the coffee machine talking to your co-worker.
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You spent an hour on Facebook.
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And you stared into space for 20 minutes.
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Come on, you get the picture.
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Especially focus on the time wasters at work.
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Why?
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A study published by the British Medical Journal says that workplace stress is minimized by effective time management.
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It also says that workplace stress bleeds over into home life and undermines a relaxed life at home.
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Here's the ugly part.
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Add up all the time you wasted.
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How much productive time did you blow on activities that got you no results?
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Step three, changing.
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Now it's time to come up with a way to get that time back.
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Here are three ways to change your time-wasting habits and become a better time manager.
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Prioritize.
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To-do lists are a really effective way to manage your time and your priorities.
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Limit the number of tasks you have on this list to five and assign rankings to them in order of importance.
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Declutter.
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Not only is decluttering great for your health, but you won't waste time digging around piles of stuff to find that one piece of paper that you really need.
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Check out our well cast on clutter for some helpful tips on lightening your load.
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Schedule.
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Hey, we all try to kill two birds with one stone, but odds are multitasking will actually just stress you out and delay you even more.
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Instead, set aside blocks of time for individual activities.
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For each activity, set start and stop points.
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This way your day is cleanly segmented.
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Then stick to this schedule.
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Try going one week using these tips to reduce your wasted time.
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At the end of a week, go figure out where you've improved your time management skills and how much time you've saved.
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Let's recap.
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Today you learned how to manage your time better by using our well-cast RAC method.
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You recorded, analyzed, and hopefully changed how you use your time.
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And you did this by learning how to prioritize your most important tasks, declutter your workspace to save you time,
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and you learned how to build yourself an effective schedule to block out your day.
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Hey, how did Rack work for you?
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We want to hear how much time you were wasting and how much you're saving now.
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Tweet us at WatchWellCast, email us at watchwellcast at gmail.com, or leave a comment down below.
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We'll see you next time.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“How to Manage Your Time Better”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：manage, schedule, stress, spent, step。 這段影片共有 62 個句子、678 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 3:47。 說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 179 個詞，接近日常對話。 88% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| analyze 動詞 | /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ | 分析 |
| prioritize 動詞 | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | 優先考慮 /優先考慮 |
| workplace 名詞 | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | 工作場所 /工作場所, 職場 /職場 |
| clutter 名詞 | /ˈklʌtɚ/ | 雜亂 /雜亂 |
| multitasking 名詞 | 多工 /多工, 多工作業 /多工作業 | |
| chunk 名詞 | /t͡ʃʌŋk/ | 塊 /塊 |
| assign 動詞 | /əˈsaɪn/ | 分配, 分派 |
| bleed 動詞 | /ˈbliːd/ | 出血, 流血 |
| minimize 動詞 | /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/ | 最小化 |
| stare 動詞 | /stɛɚ/ | 凝視 /凝視, 瞪眼 |
| pause 名詞 | /pɔːz/ | 停頓 /停頓, 暫停 /暫停 |
| accomplish 動詞 | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ | 達到 /達到 |
| dive 動詞 | /daɪv/ | 潛水 /潛水 |
| pile 名詞 | /paɪl/ | 堆 |
| tweet 名詞 | /ˈtwiːt/ | 鳴叫 /鳴叫 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| wake up 動詞 | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | 醒, 醒來 /醒來 |
| check out 動詞 | 退房 | |
| come up with 動詞 | 想出, 提出 | |
| figure out 動詞 | 弄清楚 | |
| go through 動詞 | 通過 /通過 | |
| write down 動詞 | 寫下來 /寫下來, 寫下 /寫下 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 11 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you've, we're, you're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, workplace /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/, workspace /ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, planner /ˈplænɚ/, ranking /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 analyze, prioritize, workplace 這類單詞。
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。