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  3. Being late is a habit—but no one can cure himself of it until he determines the cause of his tardiness. (1) Most people are cont

Being late is a habit—but no one can cure himself of it until he determines the cause of his tardiness. (1) Most people are cont

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问题     Being late is a habit—but no one can cure himself of it until he determines the cause of his tardiness. (1) Most people are continually attempting to crowd too many chores, amusements and social or business engagements into an inexorable number of hours and minutes. Some people have stopwatch minds: some are sundial beings to whom time is a fuzzy thing, particularly after dark.
    (2) There are others who are deliberately late, to make a dramatic entrance or to show an imagined superiority. In Hollywood, it’s been said, everyone important is usually late for everything but studio conferences. At a party, each star arrives late—in order of status. The top box-office attraction is allotted the final arrival.
    A psychiatrist tells me that sometimes tardiness is a form of subconscious sulking, an attempt to get even with another person. It is also a sign of immaturity. (3) People who are habitually late are in a sense still infants to whom time and the other person’s convenience mean nothing.
    Some unfortunates will always be incapable of being punctual. (4) A movie star noted for continually being late was invited to christen a destroyer, and pointedly informed that the Navy does things on time. She arrived promptly, then kept the admiral and his staff waiting while she spent almost an hour in the powder room. Subsequently she decided to undergo psychiatric treatment to correct her habitual lateness. But she had to give up the sessions. She was always too late for her appointments with the psychiatrist.
    (5) Fortunately, being punctual, like being late, is also a habit—easy to cultivate once you have decided what has made you so careless of time in the past. It is a most rewarding habit: after you have attained it you will find how greatly it simplifies living.
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答案 1．大多数人不断试图把太多的杂事、娱乐活动和社交或商务约会，塞进不容变更的分分秒秒中。 2．另一些故意迟到的人，是为了进场时引人注目，或为了表现一种自以为是的优越感。 3．在某种意义上，习惯于迟到的人们有点像婴儿一样，时间和别人的便利对他们都毫无意义可言。 4．一个因频频迟到而出名的电影明星，被邀为一艘驱逐舰举行命名仪式，并被直截了当地告知海军行动准时。 5．幸运的是，准时像迟到一样，也是一种习惯——一旦你确定过去是什么使你不珍惜时间，就容易养成准时的习惯。
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