So it's great when, at last, I' ve got a clear day. The house is quiet. I' ve got eight hours. That should be plenty. But when there's so much time, it seems silly not to read this article in the paper. It's about a celebrity-he's got married. She is pretty. I might just look up what film she was in online.Hmm, interesting! Wonder what they' re saying over on this website. A volcano? In Indonesia?Whoa! Oh! Poor things. I'm peckish now.

It's hard to stop when there is nothing else to do. That's as nice. Some people say I should go out and take a break. Why not go for a walk? But you see I like to be near my work. If I'm too far, I get guilty. But if I'm too near, well ... The perfect distance for doing nothing is when you have the constant chance to do something. It's a bit frightening, to be honest.

Someone told me, an average life only has 600,000 hours in it. So many people around me are getting on, giving a start. But if you scare me too much to do all of these, I get sad. I lie down and think I am so hopeless. There is no point getting up. I am ashamed. I don't like myself very much,it seems like I'm lazy. That's what everyone would say, I know. But in truth, I do nothing, not because I'm lazy, but because I'm scared. I'm terrified (that) if I start, what I do will be horrible. I want things to be so amazing, and I know they can't be, so it seems best not even to begin.

Reference answers

1 clear; plenty; article

2 walk; guilty; chance

3 lazy; terrified; horrible; amazing

I sometimes put off what I should do. For example,I know I should start preparing for my project, but I just want to wait for a couple of days before I do some serious thinking. I think the reason is quite similar to what is described in this video clip. For one thing, I get distracted by all sorts of things. The most common source of distraction is the Internet and the endless information it provides, much of which I don't actually need. For another,I think I am scared that once I start doing something, I cannot do it well. The guilt makes me want to escape.

I seldom put off what I should do. I'm the type of person who cannot wait to finish what I am supposed to do. For example, once I was told the assignment for my history class was due at the last week of the semester, but I just felt I had to get it done as soon as possible. I ended up accomplishing the task in the middle of the semester. I think this part of me brings me a lot of advantage, because I never have to worry about not being able to meet the deadline. But on the other hand,I can be too hasty and sometimes I think I could have done a better job if I started a little bit later.

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