阅读理解

　　No one has enough, but everyone has all there is．We each have just twenty-four hours in a day．Time is not our problems, but what we do with the limited time we have is the issue．Many people spend their days on dozens of activities, but achieve very little because they aren't concentrating on right things．The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80：20 Rule shows us that typically eighty per cent of unfocused effort generates only twenty percent of the results．The remaining eighty per cent of the results are achieved with only twenty percent of the effort．To effectively manage your time, you need to change where you are spending your time．We all have the same amount of time every day．How you spend your time is how you spend your life．Here are time management strategies, which may be helpful．

　　Learn to say no

　　Politely say no should become a habit．Saying no frees up time for the things that are most important．

　　Make a “to-do” list

　　List the tasks that need to be done in order of their importance．Save other less important things for when you have time．

　　Minimize interruption

　　Plan ahead．Think through projects．Look for ways to “block” interruptions．For example, close your door, don't answer the phone or work in a different space．

　　Combine several activities

　　Try to do several activities at one time．While going to school，listen to taped notes．This allows up to an hour or two a day of good study review．While showering，make a mental list of the things．Above all，be creative，and let it work for you．

阅读理解

　　The host poured the tea into the cup and placed it on the small table in front of his guests, who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink．Apparently thinking of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the thermos on the table．His two guests heard a chest of drawers opening and a rustling．

　　They remained sitting in the parlor, the ten-year-old daughter looking at the flowers outside the window, the father just about to take his cup, when the crash came, right there in the parlor．Something was hopelessly broken．

　　It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor．The girl looked over her shoulder abruptly, startled, staring．It was mysterious．Neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit．True, it hadn’t stood steadily when their host placed it on the table, but it hadn’t fallen then．

　　The crash of the thermos caused the host, with a box of sugar cubes in his hand, to rush back from the inner room．He gawked at the steaming floor and blurted out,“It doesn’t matter!It doesn’t matter!”

　　The father started to say something．Then he muttered,“Sorry, I touched it and it fell．”

　　“It doesn’t matter,”the host said．

　　Later, when they left the house, the daughter said,“Daddy, did you touch it?”

　　“No．But it stood so close to me．”

　　“But you didn’t touch it．I saw your reflection in the windowpane．You were sitting perfectly still．”

　　The father laughed．“What then would you give as the cause of its fall?”

　The thermos fell by itself．The floor is uneven．It wasn’t steady when Mr．Li put it there．Daddy, why did you say that you…?

　　“That won’t do, girl．It sounds more acceptable when I say I knocked it down．There are things which people accept less, the more you defend them．The truer the story you tell, the less true it sounds．”

　　The daughter was lost in silence for a while．Then she said,“Can you explain it only this way?”

　　“Only this way,”her father said．