可可電臺，每期節目一話題，讓英語磨練耳朵的同時學到更多有益的小知識，豐富知識的同時受益于生活。

Effective Prioritizing

有效排列事物的優先次序

This world is complicated. We are pulled in multiple directions every day, willingly, or not.

世界是錯綜復雜的。無論我們愿不愿意， 我們每天都會受到到多種方向力量的影響。

Smart people have a strict list of priorities, with interpersonal relationships at the top.

聰明的人有精確的事情優先級列表，頂端是人際關系。

There is a difference between having a priority listand living one's life according to the list.

有優先級列表和按照優先級列表生活是有區別的。

High-value people are excellent time, emotion, and energy managers who carefully allot their personal resources according to their priority list.

高價值的人能很好地管理時間、情感和能量，能根據優先級列表仔細分配個人資源。

If a time-consuming objective of low value arises,it is eliminated. The majority of time, emotional, and energy resources are given to nurture and sustain important relationships.

耗時而價值低的事情就會從中去掉。大部分的時間、情感上和能量上的資源用來培養并維持重要的人際關系。

The high-value person understands that quality relationships with people are all uniquely temporary and thus invaluable。

高價值的人知道和人之間關系的好壞都是暫時性的，因而是無價的。

【知識點津】

priority 優先權

例句：

Things should be taken up in order of priority.

辦事應有個先后次序。

interpersonal adj.人與人之間的； 人際的

例句：

A more telling criticism is that he reduces ethics to interpersonal relationships.

一個更有力的批評是他把道德規范簡化為人際關系。

allot 分配

例句：

The government is ready to allot houses in that area.

政府準備在那個地區分配住房。

eliminate 排除，消除

例句：

Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?

我們有朝一日能消除世上的貧困嗎？

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