Anti-Procrastination **This passage is actually translated from Chinese. I'd like your feedback so as to better my translation ability. So nitpick it your hardest. Original story is located here: http://www.douban.com/note/252618174/** The first time I saw him was that afternoon. I was passing my last ten minutes in the consultation room, getting a rock ready to smash my feet. Then he pushed open the door and came in. My rock was held up in the air, but I had no choice but to return it to the drawer. He looked on edge, his eyes darting uncontrollably, making me first diagnose him as a manic-depressive. I immediately pulled out the script from drawer #4 and adopted the corresponding posture and bearing. I leaned my upper half slightly forward, most importantly placing my elbows in a T-shape. This posture is said to be fastest at getting manic-depressive patients to share their troubles. I strictly adhered to these standards, and said “Hello” with the standard tone of voice. I’m not well, he said. I’m really not well. I’m here for of an important matter, an important matter relating to my personal fate. It’s almost too late. I needed to find you. You must save me. “Hm?” I hesitatingly deciphered his quickly-spoken words for a series of external symptoms but had no way of judging just what it was. This matter started with each morning three years ago. You can’t imagine how difficult mornings are for me, yet they’re incredibly simple for you all. Getting out of bed. I’m talking about getting out of bed. Just getting out of bed. For me, this is incomparably harder than Einstein discovering the Pauli Exclusion Principle… “It wasn’t Einstein.” Sorry, what did you say? “It wasn’t Einstein. It was Pauli.” You mean…? “The Pauli Exclusion Principle wasn’t discovered by Einstein. It was Pauli. Look, you already said it, sir.” Okay. But that’s of no importance. I became aware of two mistakes I made. One was cutting off the patient’s narrative, the second was carelessly calling them “sir.” This wasn’t a fine start. It could make diagnosis and treatment incredibly bothersome. But that’s how things were, so let’s hear what he has to say for the moment. ... **There's more to the story, but it's too long to put it all here.**

新闻翻译练习：28 March 2014 – UK current account deficit near record high at £22.4bn 28 March 2014 – UK current account deficit near record high at £22.4bn 2014年3月28日——联合王国的账户缺乏接近打破记录的两百二十四亿欧元 The UK's current account deficit was larger than expected in the final quarter of last year, official figures have shown. 官方数据表示联合王国目前的账户缺乏在第四节比预料的还要大。 The deficit in the three months to December was £22.4bn, only marginally lower than the all-time high of £22.8bn recorded in the previous quarter. 在12月份的前三个月里缺乏是两百二十四亿欧元，只稍微低于上一节记录的空前高端——两百二十八亿欧元。 Economists had expected the UK's deficit to narrow to about £14bn in the final three months of the year. 经济专家曾预料联合王国的缺乏在去年的最后三个月里缩小到一百四十亿欧元左右。 One analyst described the deficit as "worryingly large". 一位分析师描述缺乏为“焦虑地大”。 The current account deficit for the year was £71.1bn, equal to 4.4% of UK GDP and slightly lower than the highest current account deficit of 4.6% of GDP recorded in 1989, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. 国家统计局表示，这一年的目前账户缺乏是七百十一亿欧元，等于联合王国的国内生产总值的百分之四点四，也微微低于1989年纪录的国内生产总值的最高账户缺乏的百分之四点六。 The UK's trade deficit with the rest of the world - the difference between the value of goods and services the country imports versus what it exports - narrowed to £5.7bn in the fourth quarter from £10bn three months earlier, the ONS said. 联合王国与世界的贸易逆差——国家进出口品的价值的差别——从三个月前的一百亿欧元缩小到第四节的五十七亿欧元。 The fall in the trade deficit was partly attributed to Britain's dominant service sector - which accounts for nearly 80% of UK economic growth - which recorded a surplus in the quarter of £1.4bn. 贸易逆差的降低部分归因于英国占优势的服务行业。服务行业占英国经济增长的百分之八十，也在节里记录了十四亿欧元的顺差。 The UK's trade deficit in goods also narrowed by £3bn. But this was the result of falling imports rather than any increase in exports. 而且，联合王国的产品逆差也缩小了三十亿欧元，但这是归因于进口品的降低，不归因于出口品的增加。 ------------------------------------- 后来查到： Current account deficit = 经常账(户)赤字 上面的好多句子算是直译的，大概写得也不够官方、正式，请吹毛求疵修改！^_^