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Lesson 50
New Year
resolutions
该做的事儿，不该做的事儿
年复一年
犯了一个根本性错误
新年决心
滑回到老习惯
保密，秘而不宣
全力以赴
抵挡住
奚落和嘲笑
打瞌睡
本课重点
词汇 resolution, formidable, self-discipline
句型 … with regularity
provide an excuse …
WORDS
New Year’s Resolutions
resolve to do
resolute a. 坚定的（determined)
resolution n.
After the divorce she resolved never to marry again.
resolve 下决心
resolve a dispute/conflict/problem
He was desperate for money to resolve his financial problems.
resolve 解决难题
High-definition television (HDTV) provides a resolution that is substantially higher than that of standard-definition television.
solve v. 解决
solute n. 溶质 solvent n. 溶剂
solvable a. 可解决的
soluble a. 可溶的
solv/solu 松
mentally:
connected with or happening in the mind
精神上；智力上；思想上；
Mentally, I began making a list of things I had to do .
我开始在脑子里盘算我该做哪些事情。
[opp] physically
Mentally and physically exhausted
produce (a list or book) by assembling information
编制；编纂
compile v.
我们在为一份交通事故报告汇集数据。
We’re compiling statistics for a report on traffic accidents.
警方已编制了嫌疑人名单。
The police have compiled a list of suspects.
More examples
very powerful or impressive, and often frightening
可怕的，令人敬畏的，难对付的
formidable
formidable
In debate he was a formidable opponent.
在辩论中他是位难应付的对手。
The task was a formidable one.
这任务非常艰巨。
The Three Gorges Dam is a formidable project.
occur again repeatedly
再发生，又出现
recur v.
如果症状反复，来见我。
If the symptom recurs, come and see me.
爱情是书中反复出现的主题.
Love is a recurring theme in the book.
More examples
When the same thing keeps happening often, esp with the same amount of time between each occasion when it happens
规律性
with monotonous regularity
反反复复，一次又一次（惹人厌烦）
regularity
New secretaries came and went with monotonous regularity.
秘书不停地更换，令人厌烦。
飞机一次又一次反复从头顶飞过。
Aircraft passed overhead with monotonous regularity.
with monotonous regularity
accomplish v.
To succeed in doing or completing sth
完成
It’s not a surprise to anyone
success in achieving sth
达到，获得
attainment targets
学业成绩目标
attain
Most of our students attained five “A”grades in their exams.
我们多数学生的考试成绩是5个优。
attainment
inveterate adj.
done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change
长期形成的，根深蒂固的；
an inveterate liar 积习难改的说谎者
根深蒂固的敌意
inveterate hostility
inveterate + 坏习惯
veteran + 职业
veteran journalist/actor/goalkeeper
inveterate liar/smoker/womanizer
词根：veter = old
veteran 老兵
Ryan Giggs is a Welsh veteran footballer. Born in 1973, he is still an important player in Manchester United.
the process of trying to become a better and happier person, for example by gaining new knowledge
自我完善
self-improvement
self-control
the ability to behave calmly and sensibly when you feel very excited, angry etc.
self-criticism
when you judge your own behaviour or character, especially when you have done something bad
self-deception
when you make yourself believe that something is true when it is not
self-help
the use of your own efforts to deal with your problems, instead of depending on other people
self-centred
paying so much attention to yourself that you do not notice what is happening to other people
the ability to make yourself do the things you know you ought to do, without someone making you do them
self-discipline
Self-fulfilling prophecy
The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come 'true'.
A plan or system for doing or organizing
计划；方案；体系
a training scheme
培训方案
a local scheme for recycling newspaper
当地的报纸回收计划
scheme
a problem or difficulty that is likely to happen in a particular job, course of action, or activity
危险，困难，（尤指）陷阱，隐患
pitfall 常用复数
pitfalls when renting an apartment
要求不过份的，适中的；谦虚的
modest adj.
not large in size or amount
a modest house
a modest ambition
assiduously
assiduous
frame
noun. 框架，支架；
To have a small/large frame
小/大的体型
苗条的体型
To have slender frame
betray vt.
To tell sb or make them ware of a piece of info, a feeling etc. usually without meaning to
(无意中）泄露，流露情感
SYN=give away
She was terrified of saying something that would make her betray herself. (show her feeling or who she was)
她害怕说话时泄了自己的底。
他的声音（泄露了他隐藏的担忧）掩盖不了内心的担忧。
His voice betrayed the worry he was trying to hide.
troop iv.
(used with a plural subject)
To walk somewhere together as a group
成群结队而行，列队行进
After lunch we all trooped down to the beach.
午餐后我们都成群结队走向海滩。
if something unsettles you, it makes you feel slightly nervous and unable to relax or concentrate completely
使不安
unsettling
unsettled
unsettle v.
如果父母离婚，小孩会感到不安。
If their parents divorce, children will feel unsettled.
父母的离婚对小孩来说是令人不安的经历。
Parents’ divorce is an unsettling experience for children.
to become or make something become smaller or less
v. 减少，缩小，降低
di-使 min- 小
diminish
~sb
The other kids continually taunted him about his size.
其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头。
n.
Black player often had to endure racist taunts
黑人运动员经常得忍受种族歧视性得奚落。
taunt v.
v. ~ at sth.
嘲讽，嘲弄，挖苦
他一而再再而三地嘲弄他们所犯得错误。
He jibed repeatedly at the errors they had made.
n.
He made several cheap jibes at his opponent during the interview.
在采访中他好几次粗俗地嘲讽对手。
jibe
good humored – ill humored
A cheerful mood
愉快的心情，好脾气
Everyone admired her patience and unfailing good humor.
人人都佩服她的耐心和永不衰减的好脾气。
good-humoredly
To become gradually weaker or less important
衰落，衰败，减弱
她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly.
她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
wane
v. syn= decrease
To diminish sth means to become or to make sth become smaller, weaker etc.
减少，（使）降低
世界资源正在减少。
The world’s resources are rapidly diminishing.
diminish
hypnotize v.
~sb: produce a state of hypnosis
对（某人）实施催眠术，使某人昏昏欲睡
She agreed to be hypnotized to try to remember what had happened.
她同意接受催眠以尝试去回想发生过什么事情。
undoing：
the cause of someone’s failure, or of their loss of power or money
失败（或垮台、破产）的原因
Greed has been the undoing of many a businessman.
贪婪是很多商人破产的原因
screen
screenshot
WORD
DRILL
recur v.
accomplishment n.
scheme n.
regularity n.
veteran
attainment n.
compile v.
assiduously adv.
ambitious adj.
betray v.
troop v.
jibe n.
hypnotize v.
screen n.
modest
diminish
self-deception
pitfalls
formidable
resolution
LISTENING
TEXT
The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'.
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New Year’s Resolutions
mentally:
connected with or happening in the mind
精神上；智力上；思想上；
Mentally, I began making a list of things I had to do .
我开始在脑子里盘算我该做哪些事情。
≠ physically
Mentally and physically exhausted
produce (a list or book) by assembling information
编制；编纂
compile v.
我们在为一份交通事故报告汇集数据。
We’re compiling statistics for a report on traffic accidents.
警方已编制了嫌疑人名单。
The police have compiled a list of suspects.
More examples
very powerful or impressive, and often frightening
可怕的，令人敬畏的，难对付的
formidable
formidable
In debate he was a formidable opponent.
在辩论中他是位难应付的对手。
The task was a formidable one.
这任务非常艰巨。
The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'.
The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'do's' and 'don'ts'.
The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
occur again repeatedly
再发生，又出现
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如果症状反复，来见我。
If the symptom recurs, come and see me.
爱情是书中反复出现的主题.
Love is a recurring theme in the book.
More examples
The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
year in year out: every year
Many birds return to the same spot year in year out.
The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
regularity 经常性；规律性
with ... regularity 重复，反复
China football team keeps losing with monotonous regularity.
一次又一次地反复失利。
He gets drunk with monotonous regularity.
The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don't like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day.
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We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don't like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day.
a thousand and one: 强调多
“...the whole series of events after its disappearance which have provoked a thousand-and-one questions, controversies, confusion and conspiracy theories and most important of all, to send out a clear and unmistakable message, both nationally and internationally, that Malaysia has nothing to hide and to restore national and international confidence in the transparency, good governance and reputation of the nation badly afflicted by the MH370 disaster,” said Lim.
Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
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Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
复习beyond
The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt.
Lesson 35
“正义”这个词同法庭联系在一起的。当某人被证据确凿地证明无罪或有罪的时候，我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。
The car was damaged
beyond repair.
More people are choosing to work beyond retirement age.
beyond prep. 超过
expensive luxuries that are beyond the reach of ordinary people
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.
Ernest Hemingway
Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
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过去的经验教给我，戒烟是不可能的。
Past experience has taught me that quitting smoking is beyond attainment.
仿写
If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
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Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out.
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Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out.
too ambitious/over-ambitious
我们大多数人学英语失败，是因为我们的计划过于宏大，而又没有意志去执行。
Most of us fail in our efforts at learning English because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have the will to carry them out.
仿写
We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
：relating to most basic and important part of something
基本的，根本的，十分重要的；
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fundamental
We have a fundamental difference in our opinion.
我们的看法有根本上的不同。
fundamental human rights
基本人权
Water is fundamental for human to survive.
水是人类生存的必要条件。
We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
mistake：泛指粗心、疏忽导致的错误
error: 一般指技术性错误，违反某种标准，常见于电脑，网络，设备等（程度更强，较为正式）
We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
announce sth to sb 向某人公布某事
向媒体公布婚讯
announce their engagement to the media
We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
slip: 强调渐进，gradually
slip (back) into sth.
陷入，进入（困难货不快的处境）；回落
The share price was once peaked and is beginning to slip back.
春节一到，我又倒退回以前(大吃大喝的) 饮食习惯了。
Spring Festival came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits.
We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
结果状语从句：
so that 以至于，如此一来，所以….
仿写：
我们就不应该告诉别人自己的新年决心，这样当我们成功的时候，能给人带来惊喜。
We should not announce our resolutions to anyone, so that we can surprise them when we succeed.
Chances are that house prices will slip back a bit soon.
The project has slipped behind schedule.
12 Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.
(Because I was) aware …
Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.
将….秘而不宣，保密
keep sth to oneself
你要是不把这消息传出去，我会不胜感激的。
I’d be grateful if you kept this information to yourself.
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I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening.
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I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening.
limit 人/物 to 范围
人/物 be limited to 范围
我限制自己每天只喝两杯咖啡。
I limit myself to two cups of coffee a day.
这本书限量500本（copy）。
The book is limited to 500 copies.
An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
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provide sb with sth. 给…提供，供给
We are here to provide the public with a service.
我们来这里是为公众服务的。
excuse n. 借口
What’s your excuse for being late this time
I need an excuse to call her.
excuse + for sth./to do
An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
生病给了我一个不去上班的借口。
Illness provided me with a good excuse for not going to work.
仿写
堵车给了我一个误了飞机的借口。
The traffic jam provided me with a good excuse for missing the plane.
仿写
An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
carry out a promise/ a threat/a plan/an order
把…付诸行动
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An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
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apply oneself/sth to sth/doing sth
勤奋努力做某事，全力以赴地干…
We applied our minds to finding a solution to our problem.
我们绞尽脑汁寻求解决问题的办法。
assiduous adj.
working very hard and taking great care that everything is done as well as it can be
兢兢业业的，勤勤恳恳的
≈ diligent
An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.
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It’s hard. We’re taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side, to be optimistic. Not in this case. In this case, look on the dark side. Assume rejection first. Assume you’re the rule, not the exception. It’s intoxicatingly liberating. But we also know it’s not an easy concept.
Because this is what we do: We go out with someone, we get excited about them, and then they do something that mildly disappoints us. Then they keep doing a lot more things that disappoint us. Then we go into hyper-excuse mode for weeks or possibly months, because the last thing we want to think is that this great man that we are so excited about is in the process of turning into a creep.
The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up.
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The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up.
propose to do= intend to do (formal)
What do you propose to do now
现在你打算做什么？
How do you propose getting home
你打算怎么回家？
suggest/propose + doing/that…
put forward a proposal/idea…
suggest: 一般
propose: （开会）正式
提议
这个党派提出新的方案，为了减少市中心车的数量。
The party has put forward new proposals to reduce the number of cars in the town centre.
政府提出建一个体育场的方案。
The government has proposed building a stadium.
The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable.
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The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable.
(which was) required …
Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living-room for two days before anyone found me out.
creep: to move slowly, quietly and carefully, because you do not want to be seen or heard
悄悄地缓慢行进，蹑手蹑脚地移动
creep + adv./prep
I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents.
为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼
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After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions, I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition. It was this that betrayed me.
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This betrayed me.
It was this that betrayed me.
This is what betrayed me.
强调
The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance.
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That was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
if something unsettles you, it makes you feel slightly nervous and unable to relax or concentrate completely
使不安
unsettling
unsettled
unsettle v.
如果父母离婚，小孩会感到不安。
If their parents divorce, children will feel unsettled.
父母的离婚对小孩来说是令人不安的经历。
Parents’ divorce is an unsettling experience for children.
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That was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
抵御，挡住，避开
She uses her secretary to fend off unwanted phone calls.
他在回避世界媒体问题的时候，显得气定神闲（relaxed and determined)
He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world’s Press.
fend off
挡泥板
fender
fend=strike
defend
offend
fence
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That was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
taunt 奚落
jibe 嘲笑
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That was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
他心平气和地接受了分手这件事。
He accepted the break up good-humouredly.
她很好脾气地承认了自己的失败。
She admitted defeat good-humouredly.
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That was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea.
However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.
wane: to become gradually weaker or less important
减弱，衰落
她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡下来。
Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly.
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Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero. By January 10th, I was back to where I had started from. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work.
exhaust v.
exhaust oneself doing sth.
你不必筋疲力尽地收拾，我们会做的。
There’s no need to exhaust yourself clearing up——we’ll do it.
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Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book, one night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
resist
resist doing sth/ resist sth
I finished the cake. I couldn’t resist it.
我忍不住把整块蛋糕都吃了。
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Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
复习：resist
When a thief was caught on the premises of large jewellery store on morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right.‘
Lesson 35
一天上午，当一个小偷在一家大型珠宝店里被抓住的时候，店员一定会忍不住说，“他罪有应得”
Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
be glued to sth.
To give all your attention to sth, to stay very close to sth
全神灌注看着某物，离某物很近
glue v. & n. 胶水
We are glued to our chairs, listening to every word carefully.
我们端坐在椅子上，认真听着每一个字。
只要有足球赛，他就离不开电视。
He is glued to the TV whenever there is a football match.
Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read.
复习with + 独立主格
单项选择题
The living room is clean and tidy，with a dining table already ________ for a meal to be cooked.
A. laid B. laying
C. to lay D. being laid
A
单项选择题
Now that we've discussed our problem，are people happy with the decisions ________
A. taking B. take
C. taken D. to take
C
单项选择题
—Come on，please give me some ideas about the project.
—Sorry. With so much work ________ my mind, I almost break down.
A. filled B. filling
C. to fill D. being filled
B
That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
Prove to be
结果是，证明是
结果证明我是对的。
I proved to be right.
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That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
be one’s undoing: ≈downfall
是某人失败/蒙羞的原因
That one mistake was his undoing.
一失足成千古恨。
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That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
doze off v. 打瞌睡；打盹儿
I closed my eyes for a minute and I must have dozed off.
我闭了会儿眼，后来一定是睡着了。
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I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just bought a book entitled 'How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute'. Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just haven't had time to read it!
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SUMMARY
WRITING
The writer exercised early in the morning for two days before anyone found out. When he sat at breakfast the second day, his condition betrayed him. His enthusiasm wanted so that by January 10th, things were back to normal. However, he decide to keep his mind fresh for reading. He read on his own until one evening he went down and sat in front of the television, but he dozed off. He has now bought a book on speed reading!
参考答案
该做的事儿，不该做的事儿
年复一年
犯了一个根本性错误
新年决心
滑回到老习惯
保密，秘而不宣
全力以赴
抵挡住
奚落和嘲笑
打瞌睡

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