Decisions can be made quickly, or they can be made after careful thought. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The decisions that people make quickly are always wrong. Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.
I disagree with the statement that the decisions people make quickly are always wrong. However, I think those decisions probably turn out to be wrong more often than carefully made decisions do. Usually, fast decisions are based on what we call our “gut reactions,” or feelings we have about a situation. Sometimes these gut reactions are based on good sense backed by experience, but sometimes they're based on nonsense or poor reasoning.
我不同意人们快速做出的决定总是错误的说法。然而，我认为这些决定可能比谨慎做出的决定更经常地被证明是错误的。通常，快速的决定是基于我们所谓的“直觉反应”或对某一情况的感觉。有时，这些直觉反应是建立在经验支持的良好判断力基础上的，但有时，它们是建立在胡说八道或糟糕的推理基础上的。
Let's say you're at work and the boss calls you to his office and tells you there's a big project that needs to be done. He thinks you're the best person for the job, but he needs an answer from you on the spot. He hasn't told you what the project is, but you make the quick decision to accept. This is the right quick decision, because you're basing it on a lot of factors that will occur to you later. One is that it wouldn't make sense for the boss to ask you to do something he didn't think you could handle. That would only hurt his business. Plus, doing a good job on this project might help your career. You realize it's good to reach higher, if you want to get ahead.
让我们假设你在工作，老板打电话给你，告诉你有一个大项目需要完成。他认为你是这项工作的最佳人选，但他需要你当场答复。他还没有告诉你这个项目是什么，但你很快决定接受。这是一个正确的快速决策，因为您是基于许多稍后会发生的因素做出的。一是老板让你做他认为你做不到的事是没有道理的。那只会损害他的生意。另外，做好这个项目可能有助于你的事业。如果你想走在前面，你会意识到爬得更高是件好事。
But let's say you're on a deserted highway late at night and your car breaks down. Along comes a car driven by someone who doesn't seem quite right to you. He offers you a ride to the nearest gas station. You make the quick decision to accept the ride because it's late, you're cold and tired and you don't want to sit there waiting for the highway patrol to arrive. This is a case where a quick decision is a wrong decision. You shouldn't trade your personal safety for physical comfort, and if you thought about it, you wouldn't.
但是让我们假设你深夜在一条荒芜的高速公路上，你的车抛锚了。随之而来的是一辆由一个看起来不太适合你的人驾驶的汽车。他送你去最近的加油站。你很快就决定接受这趟车，因为时间太晚了，你又冷又累，你不想坐在那里等高速公路巡逻队的到来。39。在这种情况下，快速的决定是错误的决定。你不应该用你的人身安全来换取身体上的舒适，如果你考虑过了，你会很快做出决定的，你怎么知道？你必须能猜出可能的好处和可能的危险。如果这是一个小决定，比如去哪里吃午饭，谁在乎呢？然而，如果我的未来岌岌可危，我会尽可能多地想一想
How do you know when it's okay to make a quick decision? You have to be able to guess at the possible benefits versus the possible dangers. If it's a small decision like where to go to lunch, who cares? However, if my whole future were at stake, I'd want as much time as I could get to think about it.