Chinese 101: Talk about a bad habit of procrastinate
Grammar: “还没” as emphasize
Language Tips:Why Procrastinators Procrastinate & How to deal with it
Story of the Day:Fix the root cause 对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào
Dialogue:
A:我们去逛街吧!
wǒ men qù guàng jiē ba !
Let’s go shopping!
B:不行,我论文还没有写完。
bú xíng,wǒ lùn wén hái méi yǒu xiě wán。
I can’t, I haven’t finish my paper.
A:你论文还没写完?后天就是截止日期了啊。
nǐ lùnwén háiméi xiě wán?hòu tiān jiùshì jiézhǐ rìqī le ā。
You still haven't finished your paper? The day after tomorrow is the deadline.
B:没办法,我习惯拖延了,不到最后一刻不会动笔。
méi bàn fǎ ,wǒ xí guàn tuō yán le ,bú dào zuì hòu yī kè bú huì dòng bǐ。
No way to help, I’m used to procrastinate, I can never write anything until the last minute.
A:好吧,抓紧时间。
hǎo ba,zhuā jǐn shí jiān。
Okay, seize your time.
Words & expressions:
【逛街】guàng jiē:shopping
【论文】lùn wén: essay, paper
【后天】hòu tiān: the day after tomorrow
【截止】jié zhǐ: end; closure; close, deadline
【日期】rì qī: date
【没办法】méi bàn fǎ: no way out, no way to help
【习惯】xí guàn: habit; custom; convention
【拖延】tuō yán: delay; procrastinate; put off
【最后一刻】zuì hòu yī kè: last minute
【动笔】dòng bǐ: take up the pen; start writing
【抓紧】zhuā jǐn: firmly grasp
