Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies (适用) to all fields, not just the work-related (与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, bee a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year. That's a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could e into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
1. I really don't have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database (数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon..
2. I really don't have the time...
Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has bee popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
【小题1】What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？A．Watching TV. B．Listening to MP3.C．Surfing the internet.D．Reading helpful books.【小题2】If you’d like to improve your work, you should according to the writer.A．read work-related booksB．bee more energeticC．improve your studyD．improve your relations【小题3】Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day？A．It will open up your mind.B．You will have about 260 hours a year to read.C．You will read lots of books and get much useful advice. D．It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life.【小题4】What should you do if you really don't have the money to read? A．To buy some books from amazon..B．To download MP3 free.C．To visit the public library.D．To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.【小题5】 What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks? A．They are more useful.B．Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.C．It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding.D．Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.D
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(答案→)D
解析：文章倡导我们每天拿出一小时的时间来看书，这样就会有很长的时间用来充实自己，改变自己。
【小题1】D 细节题。根据第一段2,3行Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.说明要把看电视的时间花在读书上，故D正确。
【小题2】A 推理题。根据文章第三段可知这样的做法适应于所有的领域。故如果你想提高自己的工作，你要读与工作有关的书，故A正确。
【小题3】B 细节题。文章在第四段But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year.可知并不是我们每年只有260小时的时间来看书，故B的说法不正确。
【小题4】C 细节题。根据Visit your public library or search the database如果我们没有钱，可以去图书馆里看书，故C正确。
【小题5】D 细节题。根据文章倒数第三行Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work.说明电子书是一个对于那些时间不够的人的好方法。