Sample Answer 2:
示例回答2：
When I started my first job, I had trouble with procrastination. Even though I never missed a deadline, I found that procrastinating put me under unnecessary stress, and this hurt my enjoyment of the job. Fortunately, I realized the problem fairly quickly and did something about it.
当我开始我的第一份工作，我有拖延症。虽然我从来没有错过最后期限，我发现，拖延给了我不必要的压力，这让我无法享受工作。幸运的是，我很快意识到这个问题，并做了一些事情来克服它。
The first thing I did was to talk to my colleagues about how they managed their time effectively. I learned that many of them used project management software, which I also began to use. This type of program allowed me to set deadlines and benchmarks for the different tasks I had to do, and gave me reminders about how far along I should be on a given task. This helped with my planning and has made me more organized overall. Now, I use this type of planning for all of my major job tasks, and procrastination is no longer a problem for me. Other weaknesses and remedies:
第一件事是跟我的同事谈谈他们如何有效地管理自己的时间。我了解到，很多人使用项目管理软件，我也已经开始使用。这种类型的项目让我设定我工作的最后期限和必须要做的不同任务的基准，并给我提醒大约需要多长时间完成。这帮助了我的计划，并让我整体更有组织。现在，我用这个软件对所有我的主要工作任务进行规划，对我来说拖延已不再是一个问题。其他的弱点和补救措施：
* I sometimes lose patience when I attend long meetings. What I do now is I prepare myself mentally before each meeting to expect a certain amount of discussion. Setting that expectation in my mind helps me to be more patient and to be a better listener.
我有时会失去耐心，当我参加冗长的会议时。我现在做的是每次会议前调解精神状态准备自己期望的讨论。这一期望在我的脑海里让我更有耐心，并成为一个更好的倾听者。
* Sometimes when I’m working on a big project, I focus too much on the details. So now, I always spend a few minutes at the end of each day sitting back and thinking about the general scope of my work. It forces me to keep priorities straight and helps me keep the right mindset.
有时，我做一个大项目时过于注重细节。所以，现在，我总是在每一天结束的时候花几分钟的时间放松和回顾着我的工作的大致范围。它迫使我不断的把事情按优先级排序，帮助我保持正确的心态。
* I used to have some problems with organization. Now, I keep a schedule book with me at all times throughout the day and that keeps me on track.
我曾经有一些问题在组织方面。现在，我会整体带着我的计划书，这让我步入正轨。
GLOSSARY
词汇表
procrastination a tendency to delay doing things until the last minute; waiting until close to the deadline to complete something
拖延-倾向于推迟做某事，直到最后一分钟才做;等到接近限期才完成某事
* She’s always saying that shell start on that new project tomorrow. Her procrastination is really becoming a problem.
她总是说，她明天会开始新项目。她的拖延真的成为了一个问题。
stress worry about ones personal or professional problems
压力-担心自己的个人或专业的问题
* Be nice to Alison. She’s under a lot of stress at home because her mother is sick.
善待艾莉森。她在家里有很大的压力，因为她的母亲生病了。
to manage (ones) time to schedule ones activities so that one can finish everything that needs to be done
管理（一个人）的时间-安排自己的活动，让某人可以完成需要完成的一切事情
* If I learned to manage my time better, I wouldn’t have to study all night before an exam.
如果我学会了更好地管理自己的时间，我不会在考试前学习整夜。
benchmark a goal; a standard; the time or place when ones performance and progress can be measured and evaluated against what is expected
基准-一个目标;标准;一个人的绩效和进步，可以测量和评估对所预期的时间或地点
* The company tests all of its new employees and uses the results as a benchmark for their performance on the same test the next year.
本公司测试了所有新员工，并把结果视为基准在他们下一年进行同一个测试中的表现。
to lose patience to become frustrated and lose control because of a delay or because something is happening too slowly
失去耐心-变得沮丧，失去控制，因为事情延迟或发生得慢
* Damian isn’t a good teacher because he often loses patience when his students ask him to repeat an explanation.
达米安不是一个好老师，因为他有时会失去耐心，当他的学生叫他他重复解释时。
to set an expectation to establish the type of behavior or performance that is acceptable
设定一个期望-确立可以接受的行为或表现
* Their boss sets high expectations for all of the employees in the office and doesn’t accept any complaints about the work being too difficult.
他们的老板为所有办公室的员工设定了很高的期望，并且不接受任何关于工作太困难的投诉。
scope the full or large range of ideas and tasks involved in something
范围-涉及某事的全部或大范围的思想和任务
* The publisher and the photographer signed a detailed contract that described the full scope of the work they would be doing.
出版商和摄影师签署了详细合同，描述他们会做的工作的全部范围。
mindset a combination of attitudes and opinions about something
心态-有关某事的态度和观点
* The reason Derrick and I don’t get along is because he has a very traditional mindset, believing that women shouldn’t work outside of the home.
德里克和我合不来的原因是因为他是一个非常传统心态的人，他认为妇女应该呆家而不是外出工作。
organization the neat and logical arrangement of ideas or things; good arrangement of ideas so that they can be understood by others.
组织–对观念或事物的整洁和合逻辑的整理;对事物好的安排，使得别人能够很好的理解。
* Creating an outline helps many students improve the organization of their writing.
创建大纲帮助许多学生提高写作的组织能力。