拖延症,也就是俗话说的“明日复明日”,它致使你无法完成一件事,甚至无法开始做一件事。例如,一个暑假快过去了,我还是没有学英语。
但可怕的不是拖延症,可怕的是也许你根本意识不到自己在拖延。由Mixed-media艺术家Johnny Kelly创作的短片《Procrastination(拖延症)》,从犀利的角度讲述了40个98%的人察觉不到的拖延症表现。有多少人无意间中了拖延症的圈套,你能幸免吗?
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Procrastination.
拖延症。
拖延症是逃避做一些事情。
Procrastination is not being able to get started.
拖延症是无法开始做事。
It's reading a book.
拖延,是读一本书;
It's color-coordinating your shelves.
是按照(书的)颜色去排列你的书架;
It's sharpening your pencil.
是削铅笔。
Procrastionation is spending 30 minutes looking for the right pen.
拖延症是花30分钟去找一支合适的笔;
It's spending 10 minutes getting the right pen to work!
是再花10分钟将这支笔修好!
Procrastination is making a cup of tea.
拖延症是泡一杯茶。
Procrastination is finding the most difficult way of doing something.
拖延症是找出最难的那种方法去做一件事;
It's jumping from one idea to another, to another.
是从一个方案跳到另一个方案,再到另一个。
It's checking your emails,
拖延是查看你的邮件;
writing your emails...
是写邮件;
Procrastination is... thesaurusising words in your emails.
拖延症是……对你的邮件反复遣词造句。
Procrastination is staring at the window.
拖延症是盯着窗外;
It's watching the neighbors;
是看看邻居在干嘛;
It's watching television.
是看电视;
It's being unable to stop watching television!
是无法停止看电视!
It's smoking a cigarette.
是抽一根烟。
拖延症是整理你的桌子;
是制定一个,一个火灾逃生计划。
拖延症是重新摆放家具;
It's playing computer games.
是玩电脑游戏;
拖延症是……做白日梦。
Procrastination... is petting something.
拖延症是……照顾宠物;
It's watering a plant.
是浇花;
It's doodling.
是乱涂乱画;
It's doing eight things at once and not getting one done.
是同时做八件事但一件都做不完。
Procrastination is taking a nap.
拖延症是打个小盹儿。
Procrastination... is getting drunk.
拖延症是……买醉。
It's scratching yourselves.
是挠挠自己;
It's picking your nose!
是挖你的鼻子!
Procrastination is writing lists.
拖延症是列清单;
It's not being able to decide what way to do something.
是无法决定用什么方法去做一件事;
是将事情复杂化;
It's being able to finish something.
是害怕完成一件事;
It's not knowing when to finish something.
是不知道什么时候该结束一件事;
It's not knowing how to finish... something.
是不知道如何完成……这件事。
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