六級閱讀訓(xùn)練09

　　I have worked with so many people over the years that have made me wonder how on earth they can work at their desk when everything that was in their drawers and in their filing cabinets has ended up in piles on top of their keyboard. One co-worker of mine couldn't remember what clour the top of his desk was! J had to say something. but when J did, he told me that he knew where everything was and needed all that paperwork for different projects he was working on.

　　Some study suggests that about 15% of our time is wasted on looking for misplaced files and paperwork at the office. People gel really defensive when you tell them that their desk is a mess. They say that they don't have time to clean up. as they are too busy. And if they would file certain items they would forger co work on it and would therefore miss the deadline.

　　Hence. first things first. get yourself some folders and a black marker. Take every piece of paper on your desk one by one and file them. Make sure that everything you need to do with these papers is written down on a "to-do" list or even better in your computer organiser. For example. if you have to work on your budget next Monday, write down "work on budget" in your computer organiser so that when Monday comes, your computer will send you a reminder that you need co work on your budget today. Then file that paper in a folder named "budget". Put that folder away-not on your desk!! But in your filing cabinet. Proceed this way with every bit of information that clutters your desk. Do not get distracted by a form that reminds you that you need to do something. Instead. jot it down on your "to-do" list or in your organiser. You won't forget it as it has been written down. File it and move on. Keep focused. Only do one thing at a time for the moment and that is to organise and clean your desk.

　　【參考譯文】

　　[1]多年來，我與很多人共事過。這些人常常讓我百思不解：當(dāng)原來在抽屜及文件柜里的東西最終在他們的鍵盤上堆積成山時，他們何以還能安坐在桌旁工作?我的一位同事甚至都記不起自己的桌面是什么顏色。[2]我不得不說他幾句。但我說完后，他告訴我，他知道所有東西都擺放在哪里，而且他需要所有這些書面材料來完成手頭不同的項目。

　　一項研究顯示，我們在辦公室浪費了大約l5%的上班時問來尋找放錯地方的文件和書面材料。當(dāng)你告訴別人他們的桌子亂七八糟時，他們一定會據(jù)理力爭。他們說自己太忙沒時間整理。[3]如果把某些東西存檔的話，就會忘了處理，從而誤了期限。

　　那么,先從最重要的事情開始，給自己準(zhǔn)備一些文件夾和一支黑色的記號筆。將桌上的紙張逐一收好，進行歸檔。[4]一定要將這些書面材料需要處理的一切事宜都記錄在“任務(wù)”單上，或者最好記錄在計算機整理器中。比如，你下星期一得做預(yù)算報告，在計算機整理中寫下“做預(yù)算報告”，這樣到了星期一，計算機就會提醒你，今天該做預(yù)算報告了。[4]接下來將這張紙歸檔到名為“預(yù)算”的文件夾里，將文件夾移走——不要放在桌上!!放到文件柜里。用這種方法繼續(xù)處理你桌上堆得滿滿的所有信息。不要因為某張表格讓你想起還有事情要做而心煩意亂。將要做的事情簡單記錄在“任務(wù)”單上或計算機整理器中。因為已經(jīng)記錄下要做的事情，你不必?fù)?dān)心會忘記。將它歸檔后再繼續(xù)。[5]集中注意力，現(xiàn)在只做一件事，尋孓是收拾、整理你的桌子。

　　【測試題】

　　1. By mentioning his co-worker couldn’t remember the color of the desk top, the author implies that_____________.

　　A) the color of the desk top was too trivial to remember

　　B) people were always kept too busy with office work

　　C) people always misplaced their stationery

　　D) disorganized office was hard to tolerate

　　2. What did the author most probably say to his co-worker'?

　　A) The author told him to put away the unnecessary paperwork.

　　B) The author asked him for the paperwork he was working on.

　　C) The author advised him to remember where everything was.

　　D) The author suggested he deal with the projects one by one.

　　3. Some people regarded the files left on the desk top as _________.

　　A) functionally a computer B) side products of a project

　　C) reminders of the work to do D) evidence for their busy work

　　4. A“budget" folder is used for__________.

　　A) keeping the "to-do"list

　　B) recording what has been done

　　C} registering the company's budget

　　D) filing the papers useful for future tasks

　　5. According to the author, the most important thing right now is to ________.

　　A) sort out the priority of the office work

　　B) clean the desk by filing the paperwork

　　C) be concentrated on what is being done

　　D) stop piling everything on the desk top

　　【選項翻譯與答案詳解】

　　1.作者提到他的同事不記得桌面的顏色，他是想要暗示_______________。

　　A) 桌面的顏色這樣的事情太瑣碎，很難記得住

　　B) 人們總是忙于辦公室工作

　　C) 人們總是亂放文具

　　D) 雜亂無章的辦公室讓人無法忍受

　　[C]題干是首段第2句的內(nèi)容，是針對該段首句“抽屜及文件柜里的東西最終在他們的鍵盤上堆積成山”的進一步形象說明，可見作者以此暗示“人們總是胡亂堆放文具”，因此C為本題答案。

　　2. 作者最可能跟同事說什么?

　　A) 作者告訴他要將不必要的文書工作擺在一邊。

　　B) 作者讓他把正在做的文書工作紿自己。

　　C)作者建議他要記得東西擺放的地方。

　　D) 作者建議他做事情要一件一件地來。

　　[A]根據(jù)首段末句那位同事的回答可以推斷作者對他說的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該是：整理辦公桌，把不必要的文件文具清理干凈，由此可見，本題應(yīng)選A。本段主要針對“亂七八糟的辦公桌”這個話題，B、D都與此主題無關(guān)，不能選;C與主題關(guān)系不密切，也不能選。

　　3. 有些人認(rèn)為留在桌面上的文件_____________。

　　A) 有電腦的作用 B) 是一個項目的副產(chǎn)品

　　C) 提醒自己還有什么工作要做 D) 證明了他們的工作有多么忙

　　[C]第2段末句中的if...they would forget表明有些人把文件堆放在桌面上以防忘記要做的事，因此本題應(yīng)選C。A.B均無原文依據(jù);D中的busy一詞在第2段倒數(shù)第2句提及，但這一句與下一句沒有邏輯上的因果關(guān)系，故不能選。

　　4. 一個“預(yù)算”文件夾是用來___________。

　　A) 保存“待做事情”清單的

　　B) 記錄已經(jīng)做了的事情的

　　C) 記錄公司的預(yù)算

　　D)保存對未來的工作任務(wù)有用的東西

　　[D]末段提到了整理桌面文件的步驟，還舉了具體的例子，如要做預(yù)算報告，先將任務(wù)記錄在計算機整理器中，然后將資料歸人“budget"檔案，以備今后使用，因此，budget收藏的是在將來可能有用的資料，即D項所述。

　　5. 作者認(rèn)為，眼下最重要的事情是_________________。

　　A) 分類辦公室工作的優(yōu)先順序

　　B) 將文書工作歸檔來整理辦公桌面

　　C) 把注意力敢在正在做的事情上面

　　D) 不要再把所有東西都堆在桌面上

　　[B]末段末句的Only do one thing... and that is... 表明該句提到的就是現(xiàn)在所要做的最重要的事，B的內(nèi)容與that is后的內(nèi)容相同，因此選B。