1) The way to handle odd moments varies from person to person.(主题句)Just look at the picture. Some passengers take advantage of the riding time, reading books and newspapers, To them it seems that no subway ride is so short that they can't turn it to some good use. But others are just killing time by looking at whatever is on the ceiling or the wall. To them the little odds and ends are not sufficient enough to make anything meaningful.(通过图片的具体描写,说明图片要传递的意思:每个人对待零碎时间的态度各不相同)

2) Everyone has his/her own odd moment each day.(主题句)Ten minutes before one is served in a restaurant or in a barbershop, the odd half an hour one has to spend waiting for his train or his airplane, or his turn to see a doctor. Scarcely a day passes that one cannot find such odd moments in their lives.(用例子说明每个人每天都有零碎时间)

3) How to use them, in some important sense, makes the difference between a great man and a man of average performance.(主题句) The persons who have achieved great success are, with no exception, the persons who have utilized their odd moments wisely. Edison, for example, worked out many inventions between messages when he was a telegraph-operator. Mrs. Stower, a mother of six children, wrote her famous Uncle Tome's Cabin while she was cooking. Benjiamin Franklin in his story of his life shows an endless number of such effort. They all managed, in a hundred different ways, to make the normally wasted hours useful and productive.(用三个事例说明成功者是能利用零碎时间的人)

4) What a man does in his odd moments is not only apt to bring him profit: but also to make his life longer and more meaningful. (主题句)Everyone desires longevity and opportunity. But who knows that every minute saved by making it useful is so much added to his life. On the other hand every minute lost is neglected opportunity - once gone, you will never get it back (进一步说明利用零碎时间的意义)

5) Among the aimless, unsuccessful, or worthless, you often hear talk about "killing time. " The person who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life, while the person who is destined for success is the person who makes time live by making it useful.(归纳提升意义)

闪光点:

1. 具体事例:Edison, for example,.., Mrs. Stower, ..., Benjiamin Franklin in his story ...

2. 词汇表达:vary from person to person, take advantage of, is destined for success

3. 句式丰富:no subway ride is so short that they can't turn it to some good use, Scarcely a day passes that one cannot find such odd moments in their lives.

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