Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to make any plans at all for their free time. Compare the benefits of planning free-time activities with the benefits of not making plans. Which do you prefer¬―planning or not planning for your leisure time? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your choice.
有些人喜欢在空闲时间非常仔细地计划活动。其他人选择在空闲时间不做任何计划。比较计划自由时间活动和不做计划的好处。你喜欢在闲暇时间计划还是不计划？用具体的理由和例子来解释你的选择。
I think that free time is a precious thing for most of us. When we’re working hard, it’s nice to imagine what we’ll do when the weekend comes. We juggle one idea with another, trying to decide what best suits our budget and the amount of time we have. After all, anticipating free time is part of the pleasure.
我认为空闲时间对我们大多数人来说都是宝贵的。当我们努力工作时，很高兴能想象到周末来临时我们会做什么。我们把一个想法和另一个相结合，试图决定什么最适合我们的预算和时间。毕竟，预计空闲时间是快乐的一部分。
It’s good to plan what we’re going to do with our free time. That way we won’t waste any of it trying to decide. It’s so easy to just sit around and think about this or that activity. Before we know it, half the day is gone. If we decide ahead of time, We can get started in plenty of time, and we can get the most benefit out of the time we have. For instance, if we’re going on a picnic, we can get all our supplies ready to go. Or if we’re going to a movie, we can find out the time and how long it’ll take us to get there. Also, if we plan what we’re going to do with our free time, we can invite others to join us. If we wait until the last minute, our friends may have other plans.
计划好我们的空闲时间要做什么是好的。这样我们就不会浪费任何时间去做决定了。坐在那里思考这个或那个活动是很容易的。不知不觉，半天过去了。如果我们提前做出决定，我们可以在充足的时间内开始，并且我们可以从现有的时间中获得最大的利益。例如，如果我们要去野餐，我们可以准备好所有的供应品。或者如果我们要去看电影，我们可以知道时间和需要多长时间才能到达那里。另外，如果我们计划利用空闲时间做些什么，我们可以邀请其他人加入我们。如果我们等到最后一分钟，我们的朋友可能会有其他的计划。
On the other hand, it’s also fun sometimes to do things without a plan. We can just leave the house and walk around and see what catches our attention. Often, this is how we discover places we never knew existed. We might end up doing something we never thought we’d try. We might just happen to find ourselves outside a new bookstore or a bowling alley and go in on a whim, because we have some free time.
另一方面，有时做没有计划的事情也很有趣。我们可以离开家，四处走走，看看什么吸引了我们的注意。通常，这就是我们如何发现我们从未知道的地方。我们可能会做一些我们从未想过会尝试的事情。我们可能只是碰巧发现自己在一家新书店或保龄球馆外面，心血来潮地进去了，因为我们有一些空闲时间。
It’s nice if we can have the best of both worlds. We can plan our free time activities for one day of the weekend, and let the other day plan itself. This way our free time also gives us the enjoyment of having it both ways.
如果我们能两全其美，那就太好了。我们可以为周末的一天安排我们的业余活动，让另一天自己安排。这样，我们的空闲时间也给了我们享受两者兼得的乐趣