One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 1 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 2 ．
“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 3 in front of him．He also 4 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 5 them, one at a time, into the jar．
When the jar was filled to the 6 and no more rocks would 7 inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes．”
The expert replied, “Really?” He 8 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 9 and then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”
By this time the class was on to him．“ 10 ” one of them answered carefully．
“Good!”he replied, and then brought out a bucket of sand．He started dumping(dropping)the sand in the jar and it 11 into all of the 12 left between the rocks and the small stones． 13 he asked the question, “Is this jar full?”“No!”the class shouted．
“Good．” Then he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?”
One 14 student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how 15 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 16 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”
“ 17 ．” the speaker replied．“That’s not the point．The 18 this illustration teaches us is：If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 19 ．”
What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 20 ?Then, put those in your jar first．
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 1 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 2 ．
“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 3 in front of him．He also 4 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 5 them, one at a time, into the jar．
When the jar was filled to the 6 and no more rocks would 7 inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes．”
The expert replied, “Really?” He 8 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 9 and then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”
By this time the class was on to him．“ 10 ” one of them answered carefully．
“Good!” he replied, and then brought out a bucket of sand．He started dumping(dropping)the sand in the jar and it 11 into all of the 12 left between the rocks and the small stones． 13 he asked the question, “Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted．
“Good．” Then he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?”
One 14 student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how 15 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 16 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”
“ 17 ．” the speaker replied．“That’s not the point．The 18 this illustration teaches us is：If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 19 ．”
What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 20 ?Then, put those in your jar first．
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 1 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 2 ．
“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 3 in front of him．He also 4 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 5 them, one at a time, into the jar．
When the jar was filled to the 6 and no more rocks would 7 inside, he asked,“Is this jar full?”Everyone in the class answered,“Yes．”
The expert replied,“Really?”He 8 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 9 and then asked the group once more,“Is the jar full?”
By this time the class was on to him．“ 10 ”one of them answered carefully．
“Good!”he replied, and then brought out a bucket of sand．He started dumping(dropping)the sand in the jar and it 11 into all of the 12 left between the rocks and the small stones． 13 he asked the question,“Is this jar full?”“No!”the class shouted．
“Good．”Then he looked at the class and asked,“What is the point of this illustration?”
One 14 student raised his hand and said,“The point is, no matter how 15 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 16 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”
“ 17 ．”the speaker replied．“That’s not the point．The 18 this illustration teaches us is：If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 19 ．”
What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 20 ?Then, put those in your jar first．
One day,an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 1 home,he used an illustration（演示）that students will never 2
“Okay,now watch carefully”,and then he pulled out a wide— mouth jar and set it on the 3 in front of him．He also 4 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 5 them,one at a time,into the jar．
When the jar was filled to the 6 and no more rocks would 7 inside,he asked,“Is this jar full?”Everyone in the class answered,“Yes．”
The expert replied,“Really?”He 8 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 9 and then asked the group once more,“Is the jar full?”
By this time the class wason to him．“ 10 ”one of them answered carfully．
“Good．”he replied,and then brought out a bucket of sand．He started dumping(droping)the sand in the jar and it 11 into all of the 12 left between the rocks and the small stones． 13 he asked the question,“Is this jar full?”“No!”the class shouted．
“Good．”Then he looked at the class and asked,“What is the point of this illustration?”
One 14 student raised his hand and said,“The point is,no matter how 15 your schedule（时间表）is,if you 16 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”
“ 17 ”the speaker replied．“That's not the point．The 18 this illustration teaches us is;If you don't put the big rocks in first,you'll never get them in 19 ．”
What are the‘big rocks’in your 20 ?Then,put those in your jar first．
Every winter, we children would build a snowman in our backyard．One 1 by packing a snowball, and then rolling it in the fresh snow．Like 2 up a balloon, the ball magically grows larger．We would 3 to see who could make theirs the largest, although an occasional snowball 4 would break out to divert(转移……的注意力)us from the competition．
The 5 snowball from the winner was used as our base(底座，基底)．After this competition, it was 6 teamwork．My twin brother Evan and I would balance the second largest on the base．It was a perfect torso(躯干)．My older brother Stephen would pack snow between the 7 , while my sister got water to strengthen the newly packed snow．The process was repeated using another 8 for the head．
Two branches were then stuck into the 9 for arms．Stones formed a smile, a row of buttons, and a pair of eyes．A carrot was used for the 10 ．Finally, we threw a bucket of water 11 our snowman, giving him an icy coating that shone in the light．A scarf and a pair of gloves introduced a(n) 12 touch to our cold friend．We would stand back and admire our collective efforts．
This snowman making process was a 13 throughout my childhood．One winter, however, we 14 ．We were growing up, and growing apart．And I hated it．
So last year, I wandered out into the snow 15 ．I built the base．and made a torso and a head．I stuck in the 16 , the stones, and the carrot．I threw a bucket of water over my creation．I gladly gave my gloves to it．It took a lot longer alone, than it 17 as a team．
By making that snowman on my own, I have voiced my worries about the growing 18 between us．The 19 is approaching again．Perhaps you'll find a snowman in our backyard this year．Hopefully, it will have been made by more 20 than one．