每日口說挑戰該認真工作卻總是分心？讓影片教你如何專注、不受干擾！（How To Stay Focused At Work (AND AVOID DISTRACTIONS)

“By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” - Christopher Columbus

Hello Voicetube world! Welcome to the Pronunciation Challenge! My name is Hugh and I’m back for another episode! In today’s episode, we have something interesting and also something I’m sure a lot of you listeners can relate to! Today’s episode is about distractions! Phones, social media and YouTube are all taking up all our mental energy in this day and age. To be honest, I think the majority of people these days are addicted to their phones, including myself. I have to turn my phone to silent mode in order to work, otherwise, I’ll get nothing done! We don’t want to admit it and say we have it under control, but most of us don’t. It’s really tough to give it up altogether but perhaps there are ways we can keep it under some control. Let’s get to the featured sentence first before we find out how we can overcome all these distractions!

Today’s featured sentence:
By doing that, you can really analyze what is it that you have to do, and you can start planning in advance for things accordingly and dropping it into your specific day for your to-do list.

I’ll say that again.

By doing that, you can really analyze what is it that you have to do, and you can start planning in advance for things accordingly and dropping it into your specific day for your to-do list.

Ok, now time for the Pronunciation Tips.


For the first word, we have
analyze
Three syllables.
The first syllable, “A” has a short A sound, “A”. “Na” has a short U sound, “Nu” and “lyze” actually has a long i sound, “lize”.


Next up, we have

accordingly
Four syllables
The first syllable, “a” has a short U sound, “uh”. “Ccor” has a short O sound, “Kor”. “Ding” has your typical “ing” sound, “ding”. “Ly”, sounds like the Lee from Bruce Lee. “Lee”. Accordingly.

Lastly, we have,

specific
Three syllables
“Spe”, has a short U sound, “spuh”. “Ci” has a short i sound with an S sound in front, “si”. “Fic”, has a short i sound, “fick”. Specific.

Moving onto Vocabulary!

The first word is:


1. analyze
Definition
to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it
Used in a sentence you could say,
“We had to properly analyze the situation before we went any further.”

Next word,

2. In advance
Definition
before a particular time, or before doing a particular thing
Used in a sentence, you could say:
“I made sure to give my landlord 2 months of rent in advance before my long trip.”

And lastly,

3. accordingly
Definition:
in a way that is suitable or right for the situation
Used in a sentence, you could say:
“We have to follow the user manual accordingly so we won’t make any mistakes building this table.”

OUTRO

Fighting off distractions has been a struggle for me for the longest time. It’s actually quite funny how I came across this video because I’ve been following the same steps in this video to overcome all the distractions of life. I’ll give you a quick run-down of my morning routine. (Yes, you should have a morning routine) If you start work at, let's say, 9am, then I would suggest you go to bed earlier (that’s already hard enough, I know) so that you can wake up an hour or two earlier. People are usually sleeping at this time so they can’t distract you. If you’re working in both North America and Asia, then I suggest you don’t even look at your phone when you wake up. The next step would be to fold your blanket and take a cold shower! This trains your willpower and discipline. Then write a check-list of things you have to do for the day. I could go on and on but starting your day right is so important! These are just some of the steps that were covered in the video (I added folding your blanket and taking a cold shower). I'm finding these really helpful for my productivity so I hope it works for you as well! Good luck! I know you can do this!

Alright, that about does it for today’s episode. Get those recordings in if you haven’t done so already. Hit me up on Instagram if you want to keep up with what I'm doing outside of the Pronunciation Challenge @hughtran_. Until the next episode, see ya!

☺By doing that, you can really analyze what is it that you have to do, and you can start planning in advance for things accordingly and dropping it into your specific day for your to-do list.
透過這個做法，你可以真正地分析自己必須做的事有哪些，然後開始預作規劃，把這些事加入待辦清單的特定日期裡。

慢速 中速 快速

寵物溝通師說
我家飛失的小綠綠
跟一群鳥在一起 很開心
分不清楚方向就是跟著飛飛飛
有問他要不要回家 他聽不懂
反問我要不要去樹上玩
有很多好吃的嫩芽和蟲蟲
吃很飽
牠覺得現在這樣很好
(´･ω･`)

是在唱rap嗎

To write it down would make a difference.

By doing that, you can really analyze what is it that you have to do, and you can start planning in advance for things accordingly and dropping it into your specific day for your to-do list.

By doing that, you can really analyze what is it that you have to do, and you can start planning in advance for things accordingly and dropping it into your specific day for your to-do list.

透過這個做法，你可以真正分析什麼是你必須做的，以及開始提早規劃相應的事物和安排特定日期的待辦清單。