be of no account不重要的。试比较on account of“因为，由于”后是不适合加从句的。例如，He was granted special admission on account of his effort.由于他自己的努力，他被破格录取。On account of his more elevated position，the general had the enemy at vantage.因为处于较高的位置，那位将军占了敌人的上风。
A Little at a Time 循序渐进
Track 007.MP3
朗读指数：★★★★☆
背诵指数：★★★☆☆
难度指数：★★☆☆☆
总词汇量：0317词汇
每个好故事都有灵魂！
今日关键语导读 Today's Key Points
时间是短暂的。当我们长大了，时间就不会大段大段地来了。无论什么时候，只要有可能，就利用几分钟时间进行练习；我们要争分夺秒，即使是很短的时间加起来，也会成为我们所需要的有用的几个小时。
文中障碍词抢先攻克！
障碍词先听为快 Words and Expressions
精彩文字，耳听心受！
好英文娓娓动听 Words and Expressions
I must have been about 14 then，and I dismissed the incident with the easy carelessness of youth.But the words Carl Walter spoke that day came back to me years later，and ever since have been of inestimable value to me.
Carl Walter was my piano teacher.During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing.I said three or four hours a day.
"Do you practice in long stretches，an hour at a time？"
"I try to."
"Well，don't."he exclaimed."When you grow up，time won't come in long stretches.Practice in minutes，whenever you can find them-five or ten before school，after lunch，between chores.Spread the practice through the day，and piano-playing will become a part of your life."
When I was teaching at Columbia，I wanted to write，but recitations，theme-reading and committee meetings filled my days and evenings.For two years I got practically nothing down on paper，and my excuse was that Carl Walter had said.
During the next week I conducted an experiment.Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied，I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so.To my astonishment，I had a sizabIe manu ready for revision at the end of the week.Later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeaI method.[A]Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever，every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use.I even took up piano-playing again，finding that the small intervaIs of the day provided suf fl cient time for both writing and piano practice.
There is an important trick in this time-using formula：You must get into your work quickly.If you have but five minutes for writing.you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil.[B]You must make your mental preparations beforehand，and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes.Fortunately，rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.
I confess I have never learned how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes.But life can be counted on to supply interruptions.Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life.To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all the useful hours I need，if I plunge in without delay.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever，every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use.
尽管我的教学任务越来越繁重，但是每天总能挤出一点空闲时间加以利用。
put to use 使用；利用。例如，To put to use or service.投入使用或服务于。Henry decided to put his dictionary to use.亨利决定利用他的字典。
B You must make your mental preparations beforehand，and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes.
你必须事先做好心理准备，一有时间就马上投入工作。
concentrate on专心于，把思想集中于。例如，Many firms are concentrating on increasing their markets overseas.许多公司正在集中精力开拓它们的海外市场。
Success Is Easy，But So Is Neglect 成功容易，但疏忽也容易
Track 007.MP3
朗读指数：★★★★☆
背诵指数：★★★☆☆
难度指数：★★☆☆☆
总词汇量：0432词汇
每个好故事都有灵魂！
今日关键语导读 Today's Key Points
成功的秘诀是什么？就是从点滴的、容易的小事做起，而我们大多数人却疏忽了这一点。只要做好自己身边的、容易做的日常小事，我们才能充满自信，具有活跃的创造力，我们的生活就会变得更加多彩，最终取得成功。
文中障碍词抢先攻克！
障碍词先听为快 Words and Expressions
精彩文字，耳听心受！
好英文娓娓动听 Words and Expressions
People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not.The answer is simple：The things I found to be easy to do，they found to be easy not to do.I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life.They found it easy not to.I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas.They found that easy not to.I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars，and to get around other successful people.They said it probably really wouldn't matter.
[A]Six years later，I'm a millionaire and they are all still bIaming the economy，the government，and company policies，yet they neglected to do the basic，easy things.In fact，the primary reason，most people are not doing as well as they could and should，can be summed up in a single word：neglect.
It is not the lack of money-banks are full of money.It is not the lack of opportunity-America and much of the free World continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history.It is not the lack of books-libraries are full of books-and they are free！It is not the schools-the classrooms are full of good teachers.We have plenty of ministers，leaders，counselors and advisors.
Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach.[B]The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply neglect.Neglect is like an infection.Left unchecked，it will spread throughout our entire system of discipIines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-昀 lled and prosperous human life.
Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence.As our self-confidence diminishes，so does the level of our activity.And as our activity diminishes，our results inevitably decline.And as our results suffer，our attitude begins to weaken.And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative，our self-confidence diminishes even more……and on and on it goes.
So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of"easy to"and"easy not to"that you do not neglect to do the simple，basic，"easy"，but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines.
难点重点，一目了然！