【正确答案】The drawing depicts a man, standing on his little boat on the sea and looking into the distance through his telescope. However, he fails to detect the approaching big shark that may pose immediate threat to his life.
It is revealed by the drawing that we should pay appropriate attention to our surroundings, where opportunities may coexist with threats. Neither short-sightedness nor long- sightedness does us good. We had better have sharp eyes and keen ears-be observant and alert.
Certainly, we should set a long-term goal for our future, but we also should bear in mind that the goal is approached by quite a few short-term plans. We may be confronted with a number of urgent things—unpredictable and worth prompt handling. Thus, necessary adjustments are ought to be made for the short-term plans. It would be of great important for us to manage the relationship between urgent things and important ones.
In my opinion, the key to success is, to a large extent, determined by the effective management of two classes of things: urgent but not important; important but not urgent. Those are the root of most of our headaches and dilemmas.
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