Importance of Being Busy
Guidance for Reciting
Work banishes those three great evils：boredom，vice，and poverty.
Sometimes life becomes so busy that you feel as if you are the only person who is working harder than anyone else. Yes，the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener and fresher. However，the more things one has to do or one is into，the greater the involvement in a mental，physical or social way in these things.
Each thing that we do adds a new dimension to our personality. It shapes our thinking and makes us more organized，experienced，knowledgeable and creative. The time and sweat that we put in everyday into our tasks is the brick and mortar of our future. So friends，it is always better to be busy rather than idle. Now hasn't everyone heard that an idle mind is the devil's workshop？Behind every successful man is a devotedly followed busy schedule rather than a woman.
Notes
1.fence [fens] n. 围墙，剑术
2.dimension [di5menFEn] n. 尺寸，次元，容积，维度
3.mortar [5mC：tE] n. 臼，研钵，灰泥
忙碌的重要性
诵读导言
法国哲学家伏尔基泰说过，工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。
有时候生活变得如此繁忙，以至于你觉得仿佛你是惟一一个世界对你无情的人，而且你是世界上惟一一个比谁工作都辛苦的人。的确，隔岸风景好，邻家芳草绿。然而，一个人越有事情要做或正在做，他投入到这些事情中的精力、体力和社交就越多。
我们做的每件事都会提升我们的人格魅力。它塑造我们的思想，让我们更具组织性，更有经验，更渊博也更具创造力。我们每天为完成任务所花的时间和所流的汗水就是建筑我们未来的一砖一瓦。因此，朋友们，忙碌总比无所事事好。大家不是都听过“游手好闲的头脑就是魔鬼的作坊”这句话吗？每个成功男人的背后是张兢兢业业的繁忙的日程表，而不是一个女人。
口语点津
1.fence（围墙）这个词很有用。如 Mend the fence when the weather's better. 未雨绸缪。英语中“保持中立”有个形象的短语，叫做on the fence。
2.中国有句古话，叫“流水不腐，户枢不蠹”，也是劝诫人们要保持忙碌，那么用英语怎么表达呢？就是Rolling stone gathers no moss.
