Day 1

Part I? Words and phrases

1. After a few weeks, I fizzle.

Fizzle:(1) to gradually end, often in a disappointing or weak way 逐漸終止，有始無終

e.g. I always make a promise for losing weight, but I fizzle after persistence on a few days.

(2) when sth, especially sth that is burning, fizzles, it makes a sound like a long 's' (火等)發(fā)出嘶嘶聲

e.g. The fire fizzle in the furnace.

2. I feel pressured and hassled all day.? Hassle: to annoy sb or cause them trouble, especially by asking them to do sth many times (不斷)煩擾,麻煩

e.g. The supervisor requires us to revise our paper format again and again, I really feel hassled.

3. I’m eating my heart out.Eat one’s heart out: (1) to grieve bitterly? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (2) to be jealous

我認(rèn)為文章的中意思是第二種，前面提到看到親朋好友取得成就或得到認(rèn)可時，我表面上是微笑的衷心祝賀他們，但其實內(nèi)心嫉妒不已，很不是滋味。

e.g. I have this kind of feeling that every time when my roommates do something better than me such as gaining the first class scholarship, I smile and congratulate them enthusiastically, but inside, I’m eating my heart out. Fortunately, I am aware it and try to overcome this shortcoming.

4. My marriage has gone flat.

這里的has gone flat用得很形象，把“我”的婚姻形同虛設(shè)，毫無意義都表現(xiàn)出來了。這讓我想到我最近學(xué)到的一個短語，也是描述婚姻關(guān)系的，on the rocks,即a relationship or business that is on the rocks is having difficulties and is likely to fail soon。

e.g. His marriage is on the rocks.

5. He was doing poorly academically.?

這個句子我認(rèn)為是寫得漂亮地道的，當(dāng)說一個人學(xué)習(xí)不好的時候，我可能只會想到He does not do well in study, or he gets a low grade.所以這個句子讓我學(xué)習(xí)到新的更好的用法。

Part 2 Thoughs

看到這一段時，我自己也有切身的體會，我一直想改變現(xiàn)狀，想多看幾本書，練好口語，多去跑步鍛煉身體等等，并且一直都有設(shè)定目標(biāo)與計劃。但我總會被這樣或那樣的事情所牽絆，堅持幾天，就開始完成不了任務(wù)。我似乎對自己的承諾沒有當(dāng)做一定要履行的事情，沒有完成就會懊惱一兩天，然后不了了之。

今天看完part one，最大的感觸就是，單詞大部分都懂，可是就是不能很好的理解文章的內(nèi)容，不能內(nèi)化成自己的見解，我能明白文章大部分內(nèi)容，但不深刻，也不透徹。我想應(yīng)該多讀幾遍，好好體會，自己平時習(xí)慣閱讀太快了，所以思維還跟不上翻書的速度，anyway, I will keep it up.

Part 3 Accumulating good sentence

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

要好好思考自己想要什么樣的人生，是否是有意義的，正確的，能否給自己帶來無限的興趣與激情的，唯有這樣，才能活出卓越吧。