
早睡早起有助成功
Tina and Kyle are talking about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
蒂娜和凱爾正在聊亞馬遜總裁,傑佛瑞.貝佐斯。
Tina: Hey Kyle, do you know what the expression “early to bed, early to rise” means?
蒂娜:嘿,凱爾,你知道俚語「早睡早起」的意思嗎?
expression(n.)詞、詞語、措辭mean(v.)意思是、意味著
Kyle: Yes, it means that going to bed early and getting up early too will make you happy and healthy.
凱爾:知道啊,它意思是早點上床睡覺也早點起床會使你變得快樂健康。
healthy(adj.)健康的
Tina: That’s right. It’s also a rule that lots of big company bosses always follow — bosses like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Let’s take a look at his daily routine.
蒂娜:沒錯!那也是許多大公司的老闆總是遵循的一個規則,這些老闆像是亞馬遜的執行長傑佛瑞.貝佐斯。我們一起來看看他每天的日常吧!
rule(n.)規則、法則company(n.)公司boss(n.)老闆、上司follow(v.)遵循、遵從like(prep.)像take(n.)(意思視名詞而定)daily(adj.)每日的routine(n.)慣例、常規
Kyle: Sure thing. Bezos thinks that it’s very important to get up early, and so do other CEOs. Did you know that Apple’s Tim Cook wakes up at 3:45am?
凱爾:當然好。貝佐斯認為早起非常重要,其他執行長們也這麼認為。妳知道蘋果的提姆.庫克凌晨3:45就醒了嗎?
sure thing當然、沒問題so(adv.)同樣、像這樣
Tina: No I didn’t. I do know though that Bezos likes to take some time for himself in the morning. He always makes breakfast, washes the dishes, and eats with his children — he calls it “puttering”.
蒂娜:我不知道耶!但我的確知道貝佐斯喜歡在早晨為自己花點時間。他總是會做早餐、洗碗並且和他的孩子們一起用餐,他稱之為「輕鬆做事」。
though(adv.)雖然、儘管take(v.)花費himself(pron.)他自己dish(n.)碟子、盤子call(v.)稱為、叫做putter(v.)慢條斯理地做事、輕鬆做事
Kyle: Right. Then he goes to work. According to CNBC, he has all his most important meetings at 10am, because it’s better to make decisions at the start of the day.
凱爾:接著他去上班。根據CNBC,他所有最重要的會議都安排在上午十點,因為在一天之始做決定比較好。
according to根據meeting(n.)會議make(v.)做出…的舉動decision(n.)決定start(n.)開始、開端
Tina: That’s also why he finishes work as soon as he’s tired. He leaves anything he hasn’t done yet for the next day.
蒂娜:那也是他一感到疲倦就會結束工作的原因了。他會將任何未完成的事情留到隔天。
as soon as一…就…leave(v.)等一段時間再做anything(pron.)任何事物yet(adv.)還、尚
Kyle: Lastly, he makes sure he goes to bed nice and early. Jeff Bezos always tries to sleep eight hours a night. He says that when he sleeps well, he thinks better, has more energy, and a better mood.
凱爾:最後,他會確保他好好並早早就寢;貝佐斯總會試著一晚睡八個小時;他說當他睡得好時,他便能好好思考、有更多活力和更好的情緒。
lastly(adv.)最後地make sure確保nice and…很好地when(conj.)當energy(n.)經歷、活力mood(n.)情緒、心情
Tina: It just goes to show that when you treat your body well, success follows.
蒂娜:這正好證明了當你好好對待身體,成功也會隨之而來。
just(adv.)正好、恰恰是show(v.)顯示、說明、證明treat(v.)對待success(n.)成功follow(v.)跟隨