▸ 有yǒu一本yī běn书shū叫jiào《深度shēn dù工作gōng zuò》，作者zuò zhě是shì一位yī wèi美国měi guó作家zuò jiā。

There is a book called "Deep Work," written by an American author.

▸ 这zhè本běn书shū说shuō，世界上shì jiè shàng有yǒu两liǎng种zhǒng工作gōng zuò。

The book says there are two kinds of work in the world.

▸ 第dì一种yī zhǒng是shì浅qiǎn的de工作gōng zuò：回huí消息xiāo xi、发fā邮件yóu jiàn、开会kāi huì。

The first kind is shallow work: replying to messages, sending emails, sitting in meetings.

▸ 这种zhè zhǒng工作gōng zuò很hěn容易róng yì，人人rén rén都dōu会huì做zuò。

This kind of work is easy — anyone can do it.

▸ 第二dì èr种zhǒng是shì深shēn的de工作gōng zuò：把bǎ全部quán bù注意力zhù yì lì放在fàng zài一件yī jiàn难nán事shì上shàng。

The second kind is deep work: putting all your attention on one hard thing.

▸ 这种zhè zhǒng工作gōng zuò很难hěn nán，也yě越来越yuè lái yuè少见shǎo jiàn。

This kind of work is hard, and it is becoming rarer and rarer.

▸ 为什么wèi shén me少见shǎo jiàn？因为yīn wèi手机shǒu jī总是zǒng shì在zài叫jiào我们wǒ men。

Why is it rare? Because our phones are always calling us.

▸ 作家zuò jiā说shuō：能néng专心zhuān xīn的de人rén，会huì赢得yíng dé未来wèi lái。

The author says: the people who can still focus will win the future.

▸ 我们wǒ men来lái看kàn两个liǎng gè设计师shè jì shī的de故事gù shì。

Let's look at the story of two designers.

▸ 小马xiǎo mǎ和hé小林xiǎo lín在zài同一tóng yī家jiā公司gōng sī工作gōng zuò。

Xiao Ma and Xiao Lin work at the same company.

▸ 那个nà ge月yuè，他们tā men接到jiē dào了le同样tóng yàng的de任务rèn wu，时间shí jiān是shì两个liǎng gè星期xīng qī。

That month they were given the same task, with two weeks to finish.

▸ 小马xiǎo mǎ想xiǎng让ràng每个人měi ge rén都dōu觉得jué de他tā很快hěn kuài。

Xiao Ma wanted everyone to think he was fast.

▸ 每měi一条yī tiáo消息xiāo xi，他tā都dōu马上mǎ shàng回huí。

He answered every single message instantly.

▸ 他的tā de一天yī tiān被bèi切成qiē chéng了le几jǐ十shí块kuài，每měi一块yī kuài都dōu很hěn小xiǎo。

His day was cut into dozens of pieces, each one tiny.

▸ 白天bái tiān没méi做完zuò wán的de事shì，只好zhǐ hǎo晚上wǎn shang做zuò。

Whatever he didn't finish by day, he had to do at night.

▸ 两个liǎng gè星期xīng qī以后yǐ hòu，他tā很hěn累lèi，做zuò出来chū lái的de东西dōng xi也yě很hěn一般yī bān。

Two weeks later he was exhausted, and what he produced was mediocre.

▸ 小林xiǎo lín的de做法zuò fǎ完全wán quán不同bù tóng。

Xiao Lin's approach was completely different.

▸ 他tā跟gēn大家dà jiā说shuō：“这zhè三天sān tiān的de上午shàng wǔ，请qǐng不要bù yào找zhǎo我wǒ。”

He told everyone, "For the next three mornings, please don't come looking for me."

▸ 每天měi tiān早上zǎo shang，他tā关掉guān diào手机shǒu jī，一个人yī gè rén安安静静ān ān jìng jìng地de工作gōng zuò三个sān gè小时xiǎo shí。

Every morning he turned off his phone and worked quietly alone for three hours.

▸ 下午xià wǔ，他tā才cái回huí消息xiāo xi、开会kāi huì。

Only in the afternoon did he answer messages and attend meetings.

▸ 三个sān gè早上zǎo shang以后yǐ hòu，他的tā de设计shè jì做zuò完了wán le，又yòu新xīn又yòu好hǎo。

After three mornings, his design was finished — fresh and excellent.

▸ 老板lǎo bǎn看了kàn le两liǎng个人gè rén的de东西dōng xi，只zhǐ说shuō了le一句话yī jù huà：

The boss looked at both of their work and said only one sentence:

▸ “这zhè就是jiù shì专心zhuān xīn和hé不bù专心zhuān xīn的de差别chā bié。”

"This is the difference between focus and no focus."

▸ 会huì回huí消息xiāo xi的de人rén很多hěn duō，能néng专心zhuān xīn的de人rén很少hěn shǎo。

Many people can answer messages; few people can focus.

▸ 少见shǎo jiàn的de能力néng lì，才是cái shì最zuì值钱zhí qián的de能力néng lì。

The rare skill is the one that is worth the most.

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