BBC 6分钟英语学习 为什么我们拖延

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Hello. This is Minutes English from BBC Learning English.

I'm samm and I'm Neil. Come on, neil,

let's make a start. I've got a

deadline to meet today, and I haven't finished my work yet.

Let me guess it's because you delayed

and delayed and

put your work off until the last minute.

As usual. You're a real procrastinator, sam, someone who keeps delaying things that need to be done.

What can I say? I work better when a deadline is approaching.

I see. But did you know that people who procrastinate have higher levels of stress and lower well being?

Procrastination is the linked with lower and career success, so theres a lot of reasons not to do it.

In this program, we're discussing procrastination, the act of delaying things that must be done until later, often because they're difficult, boring or unpleasant.

And as usual, will be learning some new vocabulary along the way.

So without wasting any more time, I have a question for you Sam.

The fact that procrastinating or putting things on is bad for us doesn't stop people doing it.

According to recent research by Deport University in Chicago, what percentage of people procrastinate so much that it interferes with their day to day life?

Is it a 10 %? B 20 %, or see 30 %?

I'll guess that around 10% of people have a serious procrastination problem.

OK, sam, we'll find out the answer later in the program.

Sam is certainly not alone in putting things off.

And saw the last minute. Here's Ella Al Shammahi, presenter of BBC Radio Force.

Why do we do that? Talking to comedian ishan Akbar about his procrastination habit.

Would you say that you're a procrastinator?

I am a serial procrastinator without a shadow of a doubt.

Why? Why do you think you procrastinate?

Over the years, I've told myself that I procrastinate because I work better under pressure.

That's what I've told Ishan thinks that he is a procrastinator without a shadow of a doubt, a phrase which is used to emphasize that you are completely certain of something.

Eshan also says that, like Sam, he works better under pressure, when he feels stressed or anxious because of having too much to do.

But maybe also, like sam Ishan, has a problem organizing his workload and managing his hang on.

Neil. My time management skills are okay.

Thank you. With me, it's more of an emotional response.

I see a mountain of work, feel threatened, and think, how on Earth will I finish all that?

What Sam says is supported by a theory of human evolution, which explains how putting things off is an emotional response.

Back when we were living in caves, life was dangerous and short, and our ancestors were impulsive.

They acted suddenly on instinct, without thinking about the consequences of what they were doing.

Back then, being impulsive was a good thing.

But in modern life, with work goals and deadlines, when we are impulsive and get distracted, we procrastinate.

So rather than being a problem with time management, sam should blame her caveman ancestors who acted on impulse.

Let's listen again to comedian ishan Akbar talking about how he feels when he procrastinates.

A lot of stuff you read about procrastination focuses on the time management element of I probably got a better sense that.

For me, it seems very squarely around the emotional aspect of it.

Perhaps I get more emotional gratification from doing it last minute.

And I need to understand why, why I prefer that over the calm serenity of getting things done with oodles of time in my hands.

In the same way that our ancestors felt good living on impulse.

Ishan thinks he gets gratification, a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction, from doing things at the last minute.

What he doesn't understand is why he prefers to work under pressure, instead of finishing calmly with oodles or lots of time.

And like Ethan, I'd rather finish my work feeling relaxed, but there never seems to be enough time.

Well, breaking down the task into smaller stages also breaks down the level of threat you feel from your work.

Also, forgiving yourself for procrastinating in the past seems helpful in avoiding procrastinating in the future.

So forgive yourself and start making changes, sam, before you end up like the time wastes in.

My question What percentage of people procrastinate so much that it interferes with day to day?

Hmm. Well, I guessed it was 10 %, which was the wrong answer, I'm afraid.

In fact, around 20

of us have a procrastination habit so strong it makes life difficult.

OK, let's recapt the vocabulary we've learned from this program on procrastination, delaying or putting off doing

things until later, often because they're difficult, unpleasant, all boring.

The phrase without a shadow of a doubt is used to emphasize that you are a completely certain of something.

If your under pressure, you feel stressed or anxious because of having too much to do, impulsive behavior is sudden and spontaneous, done without thinking about the consequences.

Gratification means a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction.

And finally, when you have oodles of something, you have a very large amount of something pleasanter like time, which once again, we've run out of.

I'm rushing off to finish my work meal, but remember to make time to join us again soon here.

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