第一，迷你对话

A: I find everyone in the class is working hard.

我发现班上每个人学习都很努力。

B: If you don't fight the clock to enrich you, you will surely be lagged behind soon.

如果你不抓紧时间充实自己的话，你很快就会被甩在后面的。

第二，词海拾贝

fight the clock

exp. race against time（争分夺秒，抢时间，抓紧时间）

e.g. If we want to finish the project, we need to fight the clock.

要完成这个项目，我们可要争分夺秒了。

e.g. We'll have to fight the clock in order to finish this job on time.

为了按期完成这工作，我们非抓紧时间，分秒必争不可。

第三，语汇积累

lag behind：落后

e.g. If you do not make any effort, you are bound to lag behind.

若不努力，必将落后。

e.g. Modesty helps one to make progress, conceit makes one lag behind.

虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。

e.g. She is working hard for fear that she should lag behind others.

她很用功，唯恐落在别人后面。

work hard：努力学习

in the class：在班上