时间观念
    01 how time flies!
    时间过得真快！
    学学这样说
    1. time flies away. 时间消逝。
    2. time crept on. 时间不知不觉地溜走。
    3. time and tide wait for no man. 时不待我。
    4. as time goes by, we gradually become old. 随着时间的流逝，我们渐渐变老了。
    5. three years have elapsed since we last met. 从我们上次相见至今已过了3年。
    6. there is no way to stop the flight of time. 时间的飞逝是无法阻挡的。
    补充短语
    creep on 不知不觉地过去
    应用对话
    steven: how time flies! why do i always feel i haven't enough time to work and study?
    john: yes, i also feel that. i'm always busy and have no time for rest. i don't know how to make full use of time.
    史蒂文：时间过得真快！为什么我总觉得没有足够的时间来工作和学习呢？
    约翰：是呀，我也一样，我总觉得很忙，没有时间休息，我真的不知道该如何充分利用时间。
    02 teach your child the concept of time by linking time with a certain routine.
    可以通过每天规律的生活起居来建立孩子的时间观念。
    常用单词
    concept ['k?nsept] n. 观念，概念
    time [ta?m] n. 时间，时刻
    routine [ru:'ti:n] n. 常规，例行程序
    学学这样说
    1. she has no sense of time. 她没有时间观念。
    2. he has a strong conception of time. 他是个时间观念很强的人。
    3. we managed to infect him with the concept of time. 我们成功地让他拥有了时间观念。
    4. a person with a strong conception of time is able to manage his time well.
    一个有很强时间观念的人能够把时间管理得很好。
    补充短语
    have no sense of... 没有……的概念
    have a strong conception of... 有很强的……观念
    03 don't idle away your time.
    不要虚度时光。
    解析 ▲ idle away是一个动词词组，意思是“浪费时间，虚度光阴”，后面一般跟表示时间的名词或名词词组。
    学学这样说
    1. a diligent person values his time. 勤奋者珍惜时间。
    2. don't loiter your time away. 不要虚度时光。
    3. there is no time like the present. 任何时间都不如当前。
    4. seize the present day. 抓住今天。
    5. to idle away one's time amounts to killing oneself. 虚度年华等于慢性自杀。
    补充短语
    loiter away 虚度
    amount to 等于，相当于
    04 why waste your time on self-pity, sloth and selfishness?
    为什么把时间浪费在自怜、懒散和自私上呢？
    常用单词
    sloth [sl??θ] n. 懒散，懒惰
    selfishness ['self??n?s] n. 自私，自我中心
    学学这样说
    1. take time while time is, for time will be away. 眼前时间好好过，莫让光阴空蹉跎。
    2. what is a greater crime than the loss of time?
    还有什么是比浪费时间更大的罪恶呢？
    3. work today, for you don't know what trouble you may come across tomorrow.
    今天就干吧，因为你不知道明天又会遇到什么样的麻烦。
    4. what may be done at any time will be done at no time.
    任何时间都可以做成的工作，往往什么时候都做不成。
    5. we will never achieve much in our journal of accomplishment if we always wait for the right time to do everything.
    如果我们无论干什么都等待时机，那么我们将永远一事无成。
    补充短语
    at any time 任何时候
    at no time 任何时候都不
    05 sometimes i would rather let people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
    有时我宁愿别人夺走我几年的时间，也不愿他们占据我某一短暂的时刻。
    解析 ▲ take away是动词词组，意思是“取走，拿走”。
    语法tips
    would rather...than...表示“宁愿……也不愿”，后面跟动词原形。
    学学这样说
    1. to save time is to lengthen life. 节约时间就等于延长生命。
    2. time is like the water in sponge; if you squeeze, you can always get some.
    时间就像海绵里的水，只要挤，总还是有的。
    3. don't waste your precious time for youth, once spent, will never come again.
    光阴勿虚度，青春不再来。
    4. those who go ahead of time can value their time best.
    走在时间前面的人最会珍惜时间。
    06 let's stop idling around and do something.
    咱们别再无所事事了，做些事情吧。
    解析 ▲ idle around的意思是“无所事事，闲逛”，是不及物动词词组，后面不跟宾语。
    学学这样说
    1. idle forks have the least leisure. 懒惰的人最没空。
    2. to choose time is to save time. 选择时间就是节省时间。
    3. treasure every moment you have. 珍惜你所拥有的每一刻。
    4. we must cherish the current study time to acquire knowledge and skills which might be a useful tool for our future life. 我们必须珍惜现在的学习时间学习知识和技能，这将会成为以后生活中的一个有利工具。
    应用对话
    steven: let's stop idling around and do something.
    john: yeah, time is money. we really need to make good use of it.
    史蒂文：咱们别再无所事事了，做些事情吧。
    约翰：嗯，时间就是金钱，我们真的需要好好利用它。
    07 time means life, speed and strength.
    时间就是生命、速度和力量。
    解析 ▲ time表示时间时，是不可数名词。表示次数时，是可数名词，如three times（三次）。
    常用单字
    strength [stre?θ] n. 力量，优点
    学学这样说
    1. time tests all things. 时间检验一切。
    2. time is generally the best medicine. 时间是最佳药物。
    3. time softens all grieves. 时间缓解一切哀痛。
    4. only time will tell if you are right. 只有时间才能证明你是否正确。
    5. he that gains time gains all things. 赢得时间的人便赢得了一切。
    08 the value of a man's life increases with the fact that he knows how to make full use of his time.
    真正懂得利用时间的人，他的生命价值也就随之增加。
    解析 ▲ make full use of是动词词组，意思是“充分利用”。其中的full也可以替换为good，即 make good use of，该词组也表示“充分利用，好好利用”。
    学学这样说
    1. sorrow calls no time that's gone. 悲伤唤不回逝去的光阴。
    2. every day of your life is a new leaf in your history.
    你生命的每一天都是崭新的一页。
    3. time cannot be lengthened by man's subjective will, but it can be shortened if he wastes it. 时间不因人的主观意志而延长，却可以因其浪费而缩短。