在大家的面前放了一个瓶子，石块、水还有水，大伙会把桌子上的哪样东西先放入瓶子里呢？试想一下哦。
下面，大家就来看看这个实验是如何做的吧~~
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.
一天，时间管理专家为一群学生讲课。他现场做了演示，给学生们留下了一生都很难磨灭的印象。
As he stood in front of the group of overachievers he said, "OK, time for a quiz." He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the TOP and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"
站在那些高IQ高学历的学生前面，他说：“大家来做个小测验”，拿出一个一加仑的广口瓶放在他面前的桌上。随后，他取出一堆拳头大小的石块，仔细地一块放进玻璃瓶。直到石块高出瓶口，再也放不下了，他问道：“瓶子满了？”
Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is this jar full?"
所有学生应道：“满了！”。时间管理专家反问：“真的？”他伸手从桌下拿出一桶砾石，倒了一些进来，并敲击玻璃瓶壁使砾石填满下面石块的间隙。“目前瓶子满了吗？”他第二次问道。
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"
但这一次学生有的了解了，“可能还没”，一位学生应道。“非常不错！”专家说。他伸手从桌下拿出一桶沙子，开始慢慢倒进玻璃瓶。沙子填满了石块和砾石的所有间隙。他又一次问学生：“瓶子满了吗？”
No!" the class shouted. once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"
“没满！”学生们大声说。他再一次说：“非常不错！”然后他拿过一壶水倒进玻璃瓶直到水面与瓶口平。抬头看着学生，问道：“这个例子说明什么？”一个心急的学生举手发言：“无论你的时间多少，假如你确实努力，你可以做更多的事情！”
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you'll never get them in at all."
“不！”时间管理专家说，“那不是它真的的意思，这个例子告诉大家：假如你不是先放大石块，那你就再也不可以把它放进瓶子了。那样，什么是你生命中的大石头呢？或许是你的道德感、你的梦想？还有你的---切切记得先去处置这类大石块，不然，一辈子你都不可以做！”
词语：
management [ˈmænɪdʒmənt] （企业等的）管理，经营；主管
illustration [ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən] 插图；图形解析；说明
overachievers ['əuvərə'tʃi:və] 成绩超越预料的学生
between [bɪˈtwiːn] 在中间
mentoring 顾问指导
虽然这是一个像乌鸦喝水的故事，但里面的内容却不能不叫人深思：大家学习也是一样，不只得一点一点地将常识装进大脑，还要精益求精。
