完形填空。Onedayanexpertintime-managementwasspeakingtoagroupofbusinessstudents.Tomakethepoint1heusedanillustration.Ashestoodinfrontofthegrouphesaid"Okaytimef

完形填空。 Onedayanexpertintime-managementwasspeakingtoagroupofbusinessstudents.Tomakethe

point 1 heusedanillustration.

Ashestoodinfrontofthegrouphesaid"Okaytimeforaquiz."Hethenpulledoutawide-mouth

jarandsetitonthetable.Thenhe 2 placedaboutadozenfist-sizedrocksonebyoneintothejar.

Whenthejarwasfilledtothe 3 andnomorerockswouldfitinsideheasked"Isthisjar 4 ?"

Everyoneintheclasssaid"Yes."

"Really?"Thenhe 5 underthetableandpulledoutabucketofgravel(沙砾石子)dumpedsome

inand 6 thejarcausingpiecesofgraveltoworkthemselvesdownintothespace 7 thebigrocks.

Thenheaskedthegroupthesamequestion."Probablynot."Oneofthemanswered."Good!"hereplied.

Hereachedunderthetableand 8 abucketofsand.Hestarteddumpingthesandinthejarandit

wentintoallthe 9 leftbetweentherocksandthegravel. 10 heaskedthequestion."No!"theclass

shouted."Good!"Thenhegrabbedacanofwaterandbegantopouritin 11 thejarwasfilledtothe

brim.

Thentheexpertintime-managementlookedattheclassandasked"Whatisthe 12 ofthis

illustration?"Itissuchaseeminglyeasyquestionthatone 13 studentraisedhishandandsaid"Itis

howeverfullyourscheduleisifyoutryreallyhardyoucanalways 14 somemorethingsinit."

"No"thespeakerreplied"Thetruthitteachesusisthatyouwill 15 gettheminatallifyoudon'tput

thebigrocksinfirst. 16 thebigrocksinyourlifearedothingsthaty