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我们为什么会把今天的事情拖到明天做?接下来英语网与大家一起讨论人们为什么面对应该做的事情总是拖延，比如准备高考复习、储备养老金等等。那我们应该如何避免拖延的诱惑呢? 课文内容 词汇: Procrastination 拖延 Do you ever have a task you need to complete but however urgent it may be, you just don't get on and do it? From doing the housework to writing an assignment, there's always something I can put off until tomorrow. Being a procrastinator is quite easy. There are so many other more interesting distractionssuch as watching funny cat videos on the internet or catching up with friends on social media! But Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, once wisely said that: 'You may delay, but time will not', in other words, the time we waste now is gone forever – so maybe I should pull my socks up and get on with what I should be doing. The reason why many of us delay doing something is that we live for the present not the future. We are reluctant to engage in tasks that relate to the future – sorting something out now that will benefit us in the future doesn't seem like a priority. Daphna Oyserman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Southern California, says that "many things that are quite important about the future require that we start doing things now rather than waiting for later to happen ... waiting till later means that we won't have much time." So get on with it now rather than have a last-minute panic later! | 
