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。

simple ways to increase your peace of mind:

能為你帶來平靜心情的簡單方法。

do your most daunting task first thing in the morning

將最艱巨的任務放在早晨。

it's tempting to start your day with easy tasks. don't.

人們總是傾向于用簡單的任務開始一天的工作，別這樣做。

pushing a daunting task back is like holding a glass of water in an outstretched arm. at first nothing happens, but if you do it for hours or even days, you will soon feel the stress.

將艱巨的任務拖到后面就像你伸開手臂舉著杯子，開始沒什么，但是隨著時間的推移，你會很快感覺到壓力。

do the most annoying task first thing in the morning, and enjoy increased productivity and peace of mind for the rest of the day。

將最艱巨的任務放在早晨，這樣你就能享受到效率提升及一天中剩下時間的平靜帶來的愜意。

【知識點講解】

productivity n.生產率，生產力； [經濟學] 生產率； [生態學]生產率；

例句：

The obverse of rising unemployment is continued gains in productivity.

失業率上升，相對應的是生產率進一步提高。

The result has been a giant leap in productivity.

其結果是生產力的大幅提高。

Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.

工資的漲幅高過了生產率增長的速度，從而消耗了利潤所得。

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