【The New York Times】Life Is Short. What Are You Going to Do About That? (Published 2021)

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Life Is Short. What Are You Going to Do About That? (Published 2021)
In “Four Thousand Weeks,” a self-help book skeptical of self-help, Oliver Burkeman offers perspective on how we might sp...

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How would you spend a week if you knew it were your last? Questions don’t get more personal than that.

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賃貸引き払って持ち物処分してどこかのホテルで読書しながら終われれば最高。

Besides,

意味 [情報追加](話し手にとって重要な理由や意見を付け加えて) さらに, その上, ほかにも (文頭に用いる場合は後にコンマを打つ. (書) では moreover が好まれる)

Besides, getting more done is just a way of inviting … more to do.

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これ系の単語あやふやなままだからそらTOEICダメダメですわ。

provoke

意味 〈物· 事が〉〈議論· 反感など〉を引き起こす, 誘発する (しばしば好ましくない反応について用いる)

“Every time you reply to an email, there’s a good chance of provoking a reply to that email, which itself may require another reply, and so on and so on, until the heat death of the universe.”

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neglect

意味 〈人が〉〈義務· 仕事など〉を怠る, なおざりにする

(“The real measure of any time management technique is whether or not it helps you neglect the right things.”)

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necessity

意味  必要 (性)

Nature and necessity provided a rhythm for days and tasks, and they simply followed that rhythm.

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prompt A to do

意味 A〈人〉に…するよう促す

Burkeman wants to “prompt us to question the very idea that time is something you use in the first place.” (He enjoys italics.)

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