雅思口语Part 1 Making a list

　　雅思口语Part 1 Making a list，这个话题总体难度不大，大家在表达的时候可以围绕列个清单，列个任务清单，定个日计划表/周计划表，定个时间表，然后阐述一下为啥要列个任务清单，比如提升效率啊、让自己有条理啊、让事情可控啊！下面分享一些素材供大家参考！

　　be more productive, boost one’s productivity, improve one’s productivity 这几个都可以用来表示提升效率

　　be well-organised 有条理的

　　make things more manageable 让事情可控、在掌握之中

　　要再深挖一点，那就是：每天/每周我们可能有太多事情要做，列个清单的话可以督促自己按照能按照既定的时间去完成各个任务。再者，可能有的人记性不太好，需要列个清单来提醒自己都要做哪些事。

　　It seems that we have a million things to do, and most of the time, we don’t know if we can get it all done or we don’t know how to get it all doneefficiently.

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　　get it all done 全部完成

　　Well, I have to sad admit I have a poor memory / have a mind like a sieve so it’s easy for me to forget what needs to be done.

　　have a poor memory 记忆力差

　　have a mind like a sieve 【习语】记性不好

　　当然了，有的时候，为了避免太忙而忘记某些还未做的事情，我们也会列个清单或者在手机备忘录上记下这些东西。

　　Sometimes when we get too busy / too occupied, we’re likely to lose track of some loose ends. That’s why many of us tend to jot down the tasks on a memo pad or on a smartphone memo app.

　　occupied = busy

　　lose track of some some loose ends 忘记一些还未完成的任务

　　jot down 记下，匆匆记下

　　a memo pad 便笺条

　　memo app 备忘录应用

　　除此之外，还有的人特别享受做完一件事，就在清单上划掉一件事的那种感觉：感觉自己在进步，每一个时间段都有所“成就”。

　　Some people quite enjoy crossing items off the to-do list cos’ it gives them a sense of progress and makes them feel that they actually accomplishsomething within the set period.

　　quite 十分，尤其

　　accomplish 完成

　　set 事先安排的，既定的

　　尽管“列清单”好像可以让我们变得有条理，效率更高，但有的人却不喜欢列清单。一是他们觉得这么做没什么意义（即使列了时间表，自己也不一定能坚持，或者总会有“突发”情况打乱他们的计划），二是有的人他就是崇尚自由啊，不喜欢有被“to-do list”束缚的感觉。如果按to-do list一件一件去完成任务，就觉得自己成了个没有感情的机器，“工具人”实锤哦！

　　Some people find to-do list useless / meaningless / worthless / pointless.

　　meaningless 无意义的

　　worthless 无价值，无用处的

　　pointless 无意义的

　　或者也可以说There's no point (in) doing sth. / I see no point (in) doing sth.

　　Even if they make a plan, they cannot stick to it because they know they’re lack of perseverance and self-discipline. And there’re thousands of things that may come to disrupt or interrupt them. Then what’s the point of making a to-do list?

　　stick to sth. 坚持

　　be lack of 缺乏（或者直接说lack sth.; 千万别说they’re lack self-discipline哦！）

　　perseverance 毅力，恒心

　　self-discipline 自律

　　disrupt 弄乱，扰乱

　　interrupt 打搅，中断

　　Still, many are reluctant to plan things or and set a schedule. It’s mainly because they enjoy freedom and can't bear to be constrained by any kind of to-do list. They feel like a robot or a machine that knows nothing but to finish the set tasks one after another, day in day out.

　　be reluctant to do 不情愿，不愿意做……

　　bear 忍受

　　be constrained by ... 被……束缚

　　day in day out 天天，日以继夜