第二步：精读重点段落

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[2] Once upon a time, a watch was a necessity, something men and women put on their wrists every morning and took off only at night before bed. It was a necessity, or else you wouldn't know the time of day and you'd be late for all of your meetings.

• Necessity n.  必要（性）；必需品
• Wrist n.  腕，手腕

[3] As cellphones and later smartphones started becoming more common, the watch suddenly seemed old-fashioned. Who needs a watch when you can just pull your phone out to check the time on a sleek digital display? Millennials probably never even got into the habit of wearing a watch, and for men, that's a shame.

• Smartphone n.  智能手机
• old-fashioned adj.  老式的，过时的
• sleek adj. 有光泽的; 时髦的
• digital display n. 电子显示屏
• Millennial adj. 千禧年的；n. 千禧世代
• Get into the habit of 形成...习惯
• Shame n.  羞愧; 羞辱

[4] A watch is the only accessory that a man can truly wear every day.  You can build a collection, swap them out for different outfits, change straps to suit the occasion, and find one that's perfectly suited to you and your lifestyle.

• Accessory n.  附件; （衣服的）配饰
• Collection n. 收藏品
• Swap vt. 用…替换 swap sth out 换掉
• Outfit n.  全套装备; 一套服装
• Strap n.  带子; 皮带

[5] It's your own signature piece — something that you wear so often that people end up identifying it with you. Even a smartwatch is better than no watch — though, depending on the model, it will send its own unique message. When you don't wear a watch, you're missing out on that opportunity.

• Signature n.  签名; 识别标志，鲜明特征
• End up doing sth 最终成为[变得]; 最后处于
• Identify vt.  识别，认出； 把…看成一样  identify sth with sb 把...与某人划等号
• Model n.  模型，型号
• Miss out on sth 错过

[9] A watch symbolizes time much more than a smartphone does. More to the point, it reminds you that time is constantly moving and slipping away — so you better get living and doing all those things you're planning. A smartphone just doesn't call this to mind in such an immediate or tangible way.

• Symbolize vt.  象征
• Constantly adv.  不断地
• Slip vi.  滑脱；（时间）不知不觉地过去
• Get doing sth 开始做某事
• Call sth to mind 让人想起
• Immediate adj.  立即的; 直接的

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Why every guy absolutely needs to wear a watch every single day

[1] A lamentable shift has happened in the last few decades: Watches have all but disappeared from men's wrists.

• Lamentable adj.  可悲的，令人惋惜的
• Shift n. 变迁，变化
• all but 几乎， 差不多

[2] Once upon a time, a watch was a necessity, something men and women put on their wrists every morning and took off only at night before bed. It was a necessity, or else you wouldn't know the time of day and you'd be late for all of your meetings.

• Necessity n.  必要（性）；必需品
• Wrist n.  腕，手腕

[3] As cellphones and later smartphones started becoming more common, the watch suddenly seemed old-fashioned. Who needs a watch when you can just pull your phone out to check the time on a sleek digital display? Millennials probably never even got into the habit of wearing a watch, and for men, that's a shame.

• Smartphone n.  智能手机
• old-fashioned adj.  老式的，过时的
• sleek adj. 有光泽的; 时髦的
• digital display n. 电子显示屏
• Millennial adj. 千禧年的；n. 千禧世代
• Get into the habit of 形成...习惯
• Shame n.  羞愧; 羞辱

[4] A watch is the only accessory that a man can truly wear every day.  You can build a collection, swap them out for different outfits, change straps to suit the occasion, and find one that's perfectly suited to you and your lifestyle.

• Accessory n.  附件; （衣服的）配饰
• Collection n. 收藏品
• Swap vt. 用…替换 swap sth out 换掉
• Outfit n.  全套装备; 一套服装
• Strap n.  带子; 皮带

[5] It's your own signature piece — something that you wear so often that people end up identifying it with you. Even a smartwatch is better than no watch — though, depending on the model, it will send its own unique message. When you don't wear a watch, you're missing out on that opportunity.

• Signature n.  签名; 识别标志，鲜明特征
• End up doing sth 最终成为[变得]; 最后处于
• Identify vt.  识别，认出； 把…看成一样  identify sth with sb 把...与某人划等号
• Model n.  模型，型号
• Miss out on sth 错过

[6] On days I forget my watch, my outfit feels incomplete, like it's missing something. A watch can really tie it all together.

• Incomplete adj.  不完全的; 未完成的
• Tie it all together 把...连成一个整体

[7] Now, I'm no technological skeptic — I love my iPhone 6, I'm addicted to Spotify, and for me, Snapchat is less a social network than a hobby.

• Skeptic n.  怀疑者; 怀疑论者
• Be addicted to sth 对...上瘾
• social network 社交网络

[8] Still, a watch on the wrist holds tangible benefits for the wearer that go beyond telling the time. In fact, I rarely find myself looking down at my watch to actually find out what time it is.

• Tangible adj.  可触知的; 确实的
• Go beyond doing sth 远不止...
• Tell the time 报时

[9] A watch symbolizes time much more than a smartphone does. More to the point, it reminds you that time is constantly moving and slipping away — so you better get living and doing all those things you're planning. A smartphone just doesn't call this to mind in such an immediate or tangible way.

• Symbolize vt.  象征
• Constantly adv.  不断地
• Slip vi.  滑脱；（时间）不知不觉地过去
• Get doing sth 开始做某事
• Call sth to mind 让人想起
• Immediate adj.  立即的; 直接的

[10] Those hour, minute, and second hands are not going to stop moving. Neither should you.

• Hand n. 指针