He kept calling to me to ask me to do a task that I could not do.
逼命似不断给我打电话，可这事我办不了。
Watching someone take 10 minutes to do a task that should take 2 minutes.
看一个人用10分钟去做本来两分钟就可以搞定的事。
For example, suppose an estimated value of the time it will take to do a task is 3 months.
例如，假设完成一个任务所花费的估计时间值是3个月。
Delegate. If you have subordinates or coworkers who can do a task or project, try to delegate it.
指派任务如果你有下属或者合作者，那么你可以尝试去指派任务。
They find the fastest way to do a task and finish it quickly so they can continue in their lazy pursuits.
他们能找到完成任务的最快方法，并且能快速完成任务，从而保持休闲的生活。
A general rule-of-thumb is that if you can do a task using the string module, that is the right way to do it.
一般经验法则告诉我们，如果可以使用string模块完成任务，那么那就是正确的方法。
If you can do a task once instead of spreading it through the day, it will be much more efficient since you won't be disturbed while doing it.
如果你可以一次完成任务而不是分散任务到全天，一次完成会更有效率，因为你不会在工作中被打扰。
Some people may go to sleep early, wake up, do a task, then go back to bed—and Grandner says that's totally normal and possibly beneficial.
有些人的睡眠习惯可能迥异于常人，他们可以早早入睡，早早起床，做些工作，然后再上床睡觉。而且格兰德纳表示，这种睡眠模式也是完全正常的，而且可能是有益的。
For example, if you teach a monkey to do a task and consistently reward it every time the task is done, the monkey quickly learns to associate a specific outcome with the efforts.
比如，如果你教猴子完成任务，只要任务完成了就给它回报，猴子很快就明白了只要努力做事就有回报。
Getting someone else, someone who is perhaps better, more efficient or better equipped to do a task, frees you up to do other things that are a better fit for you in that moment.
把一些任务让给那些更优秀的，更有效率的，或者更适合的人去做，那你就有时间去做更适合你做到事情了。
This can be interpreted as the concept of never expecting anyone to do a task you would not willingly do yourself, whether that be excessive overtime or dealing with difficult people.
也可以说成是，不要期望任何人去做连你自己也不愿意做的工作，不管是过度加班还是对付难缠的人物。
Yes, it takes some programming, but a little investment in developing your skills can save you lots of time down the road. The more frequently you do a task, the greater the time savings.
虽然需要些程序，但是这样简单的发明可以帮助你提高你的技能，节省你的时间以及降低工作强度。
The central bank's task is to unscramble price signals distorted by panic, not to protect the markets from a signal that they do not like.
中央银行的任务就是解读被恐慌扭曲的价格信号，而不是保护市场不受他们不喜欢的信号的影响。
The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund raising.
董事会最终选择了布鲁斯·本森，一位69岁的科罗拉多商人，同时也是一位政治活动家，他很可能执行现代大学校长的主要任务：筹资，并且做得很好。
Carrot, a to-do-list app, is a task manager with a personality. When you succeed in finishing your tasks, for example, Carrot praises you with a message such as "Way to go".
待办事项列表应用Carrot是一款颇具个性的任务管理软件。例如，当你成功完成任务时，Carrot 会给你一句赞美的话：“干得好！”
Now whenever I hear of a friend who's lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, "If there's anything I can do…" Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that man's need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel, or house sitting during the funeral.
现在，每当我听到朋友失去亲人，我不再打电话礼貌地提出“如果有什么我能做的……”相反，我试图想出一个特定的适合那人需要的任务，如带狗去寄宿养犬处，或在葬礼时看房子。
Task 2: Create a PHP code module to do the necessary business logic and the DB calls.
任务2：创建一个PHP代码模块来执行必需的业务逻辑和数据库调用。
This time 41 participants were given a very boring computer-based task to do.
这一次，41名参与者有一项非常无趣的基于计算机的任务要完成。
How do you extract individual action statistics from a task that consists of several identical actions?
那么，如何从包含几个相同操作的任务中提取出个别操作的统计数据呢？
"Will do; if a task was protracted and difficult, the praise should be more lengthy and descriptive."
就行了；如果一项任务冗长而困难，那么表扬的话应该更长、更具体。
And it's not even desirable to do a huge task list - you're just spinning your wheels.
甚至列出一个庞大的任务清单也是不可取的——你只是在白费力气。
Some people fear failure; they won’t be able to do the task to a good enough standard so they delay in getting started.
一些人害怕失败；他们没有良好的完成任务的能力，因此他们推迟行动。
It makes sense to do this type of task in a background thread using Web workers.
因而使用Webworker在后台线程中完成这类任务是很有意义的。
Login into the BPC Explorer as user order1 to see if the task shows up as a To-Do task.
作为用户order1登录到BPCExplorer，来查看是否将该任务显示为待处理任务。
All you need to do is activate the task with a click to focus the Eclipse UI on that task.
您只需通过一次单击激活任务，就可以使EclipseUI聚焦于那个任务。
By creating what I call a "story goal," you are actually giving yourself a task — something to do.
通过创建我所说的“行动目标，”实际上是给你自己定的一项任务——做点什么。
You can create an activity by breaking the entire project task into a set of to-do lists.
通过将整个项目任务分解成一组任务列表，您可以创建一个活动。
When invoked, the service notifies an individual of a task to do and passes the input data in an appropriate form.
该服务被调用时，将通知承担任务的个人进行相关工作，并将输入数据以恰当的形式传递给此人。
Do it: With your next task, set a timer for 30 minutes and see how far you can get!
这么做：从你的下一个目标开始，设置30分钟的倒计时，看看你能坚持多久。
Do it: With your next task, set a timer for 30 minutes and see how far you can get!
这么做：从你的下一个目标开始，设置30分钟的倒计时，看看你能坚持多久。
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