1006G备考日记 by rodgood——生命因奋斗而绽放灿烂

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12.28号的comments作业



Useful words and expressions:


mob汇集


strike it rich 一夜暴富


frenzy疯狂，狂热


forge锻造，伪造


bureaucratisation官僚主义


satire讽刺，讥讽


gospel准则，信条


oversubscribed过多预定


anchor锚，停泊


stake赌注，奖金，木桩


by no means绝不，绝没有


guru领袖，专家


outcasts被遗弃（的）


roll-call点名


bagel面包圈


budding萌芽的 idea

tedious冗长的，乏味的


sworn被咒骂的 swear发誓，咒骂


holding company控股公司


crooks恶棍


dubious怀疑的，有问题的，靠不住的


unbundle解开，拆散


account for对……负有责任


High-flyers报复极高的人，有野心的人

in the midst of入…之中，在…的中途

standing up to勇敢地抵抗
think-tank智囊团

also-rans落选之马，败者，落选者

doing good as well as doing well 前者是有用处，有好处，后者是做得好


working hand in glove with big business and big government 与密切合作

in the intervening decades 在这几十年间


Reagan-Thatcher revolution撒切尔-里根革命


governments of almost every ideological stripe 这个比喻用得好啊

The lights may have gone out on Wall Street, but Silicon Valley continues to burn bright. High-flyers from around the world still flock to America’s universities and clamour吵闹，喧哗 to work for Google and Microsoft.这个比喻相当生动~~

This narrower definition of entrepreneurship has an impressive intellectual pedigree家谱，血统 going right back to Schumpeter.


Most entrepreneurs are just out of short trousers. 年轻人


pioneered no-frills discount flying

keep their people on their entrepreneurial toes 使有警觉

Such men belong firmly in the pantheon of entrepreneurs.

Provide start-ups with their bread and butter

The giants contract out innovation to smaller companies


My comments:

Despite the report focuses on prediction that the recent recession is more likely an opportunity rather than a block for entrepreneurs to start a new career, my concern is the characteristics an entrepreneur needs, most importantly, the act of innovation.

We can easily find something essential to be a successful entrepreneur from examples in the report. Firstly, entrepreneurship is a social activity which needs partnership and teamwork or social network. Secondly, investigation results showed that the number of founders over 50 was twice as much as that below 25, showing that abundant of life and career experience is necessary to get a start. Thirdly, starting from a start-up may provide a good opportunity to take advantage of market-breaking momentum. Thus, without shield from an established one, you can enjoy a broader space of development. Finally, possessing a sharp vision is of great importance. As the report says, the recession may be a fortune for entrepreneurs. But how well one makes use of it determines what he can get from it.

真是篇好文章啊~~~有背下来的冲动。
不过还是理智点点，把好的词句整理整理再背

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哈~~29号comments作业
如果能找到这本书就好咯……



Useful words and expressions:

is a far cry from与……大不相同

hunter-gatherer采集狩猎的人

primordial原始的，根本的

hideous丑陋的


sides with支持，同意


contested有质疑的
muddied使污浊

hymns

The advent of……的出现

priestly castes僧侣的社会等级

hidebound死板的，墨守成规的


Puritans清教徒


transcendental超越经验的

metaphysical 形而上学的

obsession困扰，痴迷


curb控制，抑制，勒马绳

elegant高雅的，优雅的

monotheism一神论


dissident唱反调的（人），意见不同的（人）

myriad无数（的），种种（的）

At times, the book stumbles. 有时，这本书也有失误。

Groups which practised religion effectively and enjoyed its benefits were likely to prevail over战胜 those which lacked these advantages.

Above all, by promoting moral rules and cementing cohesion, in a way that makes people ready to sacrifice themselves for the group and to deal ruthlessly with outsiders.

Mr Wade has a clear mind and limpid prose style平静的散文风格 which guides the reader almost effortlessly through 200 years of intellectual history.

All religion is concerned in varying degrees with metaphysical ideas, moral norms and mystical experience.


My comments:

This article mainly introduces a new book written by Nicholas Wade on evolutionary biology on religion as well as common views about this subject. In this book, Mr Wade presents his viewpoints such as religion’s irreplaceable effect on human history and history of monotheism.
For me, I agree with the opinion that religion has been playing an important role in human history, and I am always curious about things behind facts. Even today, religion is still influencing our life and even world situation. Apart from that still many countries are dominated by governments with a method called political and religious unity, a large number of conflicts and wars are brought about by religious problems. Religion is like a double-edged sword. On one hand, as mentioned in the article, it can prompt moral rules and cement cohesion, creating prosperity for human being, on the other hand, it can also lead to misunderstandings between nationalities with different belief. We can not imagine without religion what our world was and will be.

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今天只背了3个list的单词，比较懒散了。

回首过去的几个月，从决定考G，到下定决心，到进入角色，再到被拒绝打击，到现在的平静地努力，感觉经历了好多。呵呵，我是先决定考，再下决心好好干，有点与众不同。

距离自己的AW还有两个多月，压力渐渐大起来。经过前面的准备，心理状态已经发生了很大的变化。学习得越多，越感觉到自己的无知，倒是越前进越缺乏信心了……

前几天和KG同学讨论说，自己现在花在英语上的时间比花在专业上的时间还多，到底值不值得，怕的是到头来英语这边没考好，专业那边也没做出成绩。KG说，其实你还没有下定决心，还在摇摆。有这种想法，本身就消极了，很危险了。既然已经走上了这条路，既然终究会有一个结果，为什么不努力一把，得到一个满意一点的结果呢？时间，总是挤出来的，可能忙一点，比别人少玩一点，或者说，要比别人寂寞一点，但是总是有收获的。也就这半年，苦一点，熬过去就好了。

是啊，其实我本是没有退路的~~~就像现在回想一个月前，如果自己用心一点，现在的落寞的心情就会少一点；我希望，在三个月以后，六个月以后，不管结果怎样，回忆起这段时间，心里不会有任何悔恨。

2010年，我没有口号，只有新的准备。

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94# rodgood

同感！！现在临近期末考了，我有9门课，算起来每门课只剩下两天不到的时间。
但是我居然从今天才开始真正着手复习，英语的确放了很多时间！我也因此压抑了一段时间。。

没关系，能做得到的，只要相信！！
每天尽力Keep着Comment,开始冲刺期末，保GPA也是很重要的。

P.S.可能我的眼光短了一点，现在只看到期末，是因为我现在深受其压。。
每天挣扎在英语和专业之间。不知道你是不是再说期末？
不过既然选择了，就要继续奋斗，多苦多累都不怕！！

长远看来，英语必须得放时间。
既然GRE是必要条件，那为什么要害怕对它的投入会有所浪费？
专业在好，要想申美也还是要过这个坎；
过了这个坎，对专业的帮助也肯定是极大的（阅读能力、思考能力肯定有所提高）
工欲善其事。必先利其器。。英语是器。。

新年快乐！！一起加油！

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排海王
俺也是在专业和英语中纠结，大家都是吧~
新年意味着新的燃料！新年快乐，一起加油~~

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12.30 comments 作业

Useful words and expressions:

Marine Corps         海军陆战队

Accountability

Brief简要报告

Thwart

Al Qaeda基地组织

blow up爆炸

addressed reporters对记者讲话

pending attack

allude暗指

withering assessment

positioned himself as

aftermath of the attempted bombing

seek help doing sth.


Mr. Obama appeared to be trying to contain控制，抑制

took all appropriate actions

spared little in his sharp judgment about

contributed to

overhaul

in terms of

came to the attention of引起了……的注意

embassy

sought help

sent a cable to

with possible ties to=related to

overarching strategy支配性战略

nominee

play politics with 弄权

With Republicans on the attack against the administration as not taking terrorism seriously enough, Democrats returned fire by accusing the opposition of standing in the way of needed personnel and money while exploiting public fears.

At the same time, the decision to speak a second time after remaining out of sight for three days underscores the administration’s concern over being outflanked on national security.

I consider that totally unacceptable.

We need to learn from this episode and act quickly to fix the flaws in our system because our security is at stake and lives are at stake.

On Tuesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee sought to inject the bombing attempt into next year’s midterm races.

If从句的倒装：


The president was told during a private briefing on Tuesday morning while vacationing here in Hawaii that the government had a variety of information in its possession before the thwarted bombing that would have been a clear warning sign had it been shared among agencies.

But in retrospect it now appears clear that had it all been examined together it would have pointed to the pending attack.

While the information did not include a name, officials said it would have been evident had it been compared with information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

Had this critical information been shared, it could have been compiled with other intelligence and a fuller, clearer picture of the suspect would have emerged


My comments:

I can even imagine Mr Obama's big mouth when he was saying "insist on accountabilities at every level". This is a report about responses to the attempting terrorist attack from government. It gradually turns out to be a debate focus on political strategy or even the midterm election year.

America may be a nation with the most developed facilities and intelligence system towards terrorism because of fears from 911, although Obama said the systems was out of date. Recent years, cooperation on counter-terrorism has created many common topics for America and other countries. Even China, who has various disagreements with America on different fields, is becoming an important partner for America. However, in my opinion, the key to prevent terrorism is not merely relying on the most developed weapons and security systems, but giving up hegemonism。America has always been regarding itself as the leader in the world and playing a arbitrary role which makes other countries’ disgust. So it becomes the aim of terroristic attacks is out of question. How to avoid this problem? Maybe China is a perfect model.

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1.1comments作业
https://bbs.gter.net/viewthread.php?tid=1047217&page=1&extra=

Useful words and expressions:

the national anthem国歌

quaint 离奇的

fishing fleet渔船队

cabin小屋，船舱

debilitate 使衰弱

cost overruns成本超支


Roam漫游

Outfit装备


in the sense of 从……意义上说

sea lane海上航线

delineations描述

Northwest Passage西北航线

sort out挑选出，分类，清理

belated迟来的

curb控制，操控，镶边石

tar sands沥青砂

thrown up推上

benign neglect善意的忽视

Now, the rush is on to discover the Far North

Canada paid little heed militarily to the Far North.

My comments

This report mainly tells us that without much attention on Far North for decades, Canada begins to carry out its plans to exploit it because the warming climate is making it more available to take advantage of it. As elaborated in the report, the plan involves fishery, scientific research, real estate, and even sea lanes. It is all understandable for that even if Canada does not launch these projects, other nations will do. Moreover, there are still pending problems over territory and territorial sea with others. As the saying goes, he who strikes first gains the advantage.

However, it is really ridiculous. On one hand, Canada is preparing for the development of Far North due to the essential reason of green-house gas emission. On the other hand, it does not control its green-house gas emission level. I can not imagine its emission level when it gets fossil-fuel exploration in Far North. It is not Canada, but also other countries such as US that are doing the same things, actually. With no agreement in Global Climate Submit last year, it will be more interesting to witness conflicts among nations towards the problem of Far North in UN.

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12.31comments 作业
https://bbs.gter.net/thread-1047217-1-2.html

bumping into无意中遇到

spent a long career deciphering研究，解码

thrill on 对……的兴奋

grasp 弄懂，理解

Simplicity, symmetry, elegance, and power

Biped两足动物（的）

gauge the speed of light

lay bare揭发，暴露，公开

puzzle out苦苦思索而弄清楚 formulas

to an astonishing degree

launch a satellite into orbit

bounce messages from continent to continent

no calculator is handy

in a pinch在紧要关头

a skyful of stars

radiance光辉

stunning极好的

stirs our hearts煽动我们心中的热情

shiver of breath through a flute

predilection偏爱

absurd荒谬的

myriad无数（的），种种（的）

remind sb of sth

kinship亲属关系，血缘关系

on this glorious planet, in this magnificent universe

The most incomprehensible thing about the universe, as Einstein said, is that it's comprehensible.

I stare at that screen through lenses that obey the laws of optics first worked out in detail by Isaac Newton.

By discerning patterns in the universe, Newton believed, he was tracing the hand of God. 鉴别，领悟

The universe is ruled everywhere by a coherent set of rules.

Midway up the slope, however, I staggered to a halt, gasping in the rarefied air, well before I reached the heights where the equations of Einstein and Dirac would have made sense.

I'm never more aware of the limitations of language than when I try to describe beauty.

Echoes of that event still linger in the form of background radiation, only a few degrees above absolute zero.

To measure background radiation, we need subtle instruments; to measure beauty, we need alert intelligence and our five keen senses.

Have we stumbled onto a deep congruence between the structure of our minds and the structure of the universe?


It restores our faith in the generosity of nature.

I find in that affinity密切关系，类同 a profound source of meaning and hope. A universe so prodigal of beauty may actually need us to notice and respond, may need our sharp eyes and brimming hearts and teeming minds, in order to close the circuit of Creation.


My comments

Like the title of it, the article is so beautiful. I admire writer's use of verbs in it, considering what should I do and how long it will cost for me to get to this level of governing English.

It reminds me of that "all problems of science could be summed up to problems of philosophy", which may be the reason why Doctor Degree is called Philosophy Degree, or Ph.D. As the writer says, the universe is full of beauty and needs our attention with alert intelligence and keen senses. However, in our increasingly fast daily life, people are so anxious to pursue reputation and profit that they always forget to take a stop to feel beauty and felicity along the way. One philosopher once said what life lacks is not beauty but eyes to detect beauty. We are artists of our own life. Only when we feel it, enjoy it, can we make it better.

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1.2comments作业
https://bbs.gter.net/viewthread.php?tid=1047481&extra=&page=1

Useful words and expressions:

move with great facility and agility

proprietor业主

ferociously野蛮地，残忍地

fast-forward to快进到

rig装备

obsessively着迷地，obsession困扰，痴迷

people broke into enthusiastic applause

in your seat

jumping-off point出发点

For starters首先(可以和firstly或first of all 替换)

pre-visualization to final credits演职员名单

techno-fetishists技术恋物癖者

bleeding-edge digital camera尖端科技的数字摄像机

moviegoer常看电影的人

the visible evidence of this changeover

threadbare磨破的

a spate of一系列的，大量的

staple主要产品

be disappearing into

traditional theatrical experience传统的影院感受

by extension

hand-held devices

You fall under its sway.

get lost in a movie, melt into its world.

Perched between film and digital

The 24-Hour Movie now streams instead of unspools上映, filling our screens with images that, more and more, have been created algorithmically rather than photographically.

The New York Times ran an article with the exciting if cryptic headline “Edison’s Latest Triumph.”

Bluntly put, something is happening before our eyes.坦率地说，不客气地说

I love the luxurious look and warmth of film, and I fervently hope it never disappears.

But the genie was already out of the bottle.事实已经开始

Film captures moments in time, preserving them spatially in images we can root around in, get lost in. 心神俱入，心醉神迷。


My comments:

While we are enjoying magnificent images in a movie, falling into exciting plot of it, and losing ourselves, few of us are aware that we are gradually getting used to, as the writer of this article says, images that have been created algorithmically rather than photographically. The writer, as a cinephile, expresses his helplessness and pity to this trend that maybe never get back.

People are always complaining that movies in recent years are released with more visional images but worse plots. Moreover, delicate pictures in movies are disappeared into mendacious ones that make some audiences uncomfortable. I think it has its own deep-seated reasons. For starters, with increasing demand of movies in market, movie industry has become much more developed than ever before, leading to a result of streamline production of movies, which makes the emphasis mainly on quantity rather than quality. In such a fast process of production, of course, it is much easier to make fascinating pictures with computers than to figure out attractive plots. Furthermore, it also reflects impetuosity of society. People's life is becoming much faster. Everything, including movie, is like snack that needs being taken away and finished immediately without retrospection.

It is said that James Cameron’s “Avatar” has been brewed for 14 years. If back to 14 years ago, without such technologies for images, will the movie be so concerned? Maybe, or maybe not.

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最近做comments作业，对写作中的block深有感触。于是把这篇文章又翻出来看，相信会更有体会，有所提高。

【Fundamental Course of Writtng】基础写作每日一讲（3）Writer's Block
https://bbs.gter.net/thread-931466-1-1.html


Symptoms and Cures for Writer's Block  对于神经性写作便秘的症状介绍及治疗建议

Because writers have various ways of writing, a variety of things can cause a writer to experience anxiety, and sometimes this anxiety leads to writer's block. Often a solution can be found by speaking with your instructor (if you are in school), or a writing tutor. There are some common causes of writer's block, however, and when you are blocked, consider these causes and try the strategies that sound most promising:
Symptom
You have attempted to begin a paper without doing any preliminary work such as brainstorming or outlining...
Possible Cures
·
Use invention strategies suggested by a tutor or teacher
·
Write down all the primary ideas you'd like to express and then fill in each with the smaller ideas that make up each primary idea. This can easily be converted into an outline


每次看完文章都有很多想法，提起笔就开始写，并没有列什么提纲。写到后面就不晓得自己是什么想法了。特别是英语卡住的时候更是写些什么东西都忘了。看来明天也列个outline试试。


Symptom

You have chosen or been assigned a topic which bores you....
Possible Cures
·
Choose a particular aspect of the topic you are interested in (if the writing situation will allow it...i.e. if the goal of your writing can be adjusted and is not given to you specifically, or if the teacher or project coordinator will allow it)
·
Talk to a tutor about how you can personalize a topic to make it more interesting


的确，有时候看文章都快看睡着了，更不好说看完有什么thinking了。于是就打开网页查资料，看新闻，然后thinking就来了~~~

Symptom
You don't want to spend time writing or don't understand the assignment...
Possible Cures
·
Resign yourself to the fact that you have to write
·
Find out what is expected of you (consult a teacher, textbook, student, tutor, or project coordinator)
·
Look at some of the strategies for writing anxiety listed below


呵呵，这倒不至于。该写的时候肯定有决心写，主要是有时候写不出……


Symptom
You are anxious about writing the paper...
Possible Cures
·
Focus your energy by rehearsing the task in your head.
·
Consciously stop the non-productive comments running through your head by replacing them with productive ones.
·
If you have some "rituals" for writing success (chewing gum, listening to jazz etc.), use them.


看完文章，总感觉心里有好多东西要写，但是真正一开始，又不晓得从哪些开始着手了。还是要回到outline上面来了，先缕一缕，哪些该写的排个序，加点小材料，应该效果会好很多。


Symptom
You are so stressed out you can't seem to put a word on the page...
Possible Cures
·
Stretch! If you can't stand up, stretch as many muscle groups as possible while staying seated.
·
Try tensing and releasing various muscle groups. Starting from your toes, tense up for perhaps five to ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then go on to another muscle group.
·
Breathe deeply. Close your eyes; then, fill your chest cavity slowly by taking four of five short deep breaths. Hold each breath until it hurts, and then let it out slowly.
·
Use a calming word or mental image to focus on while relaxing. If you choose a word, be careful not to use an imperative. Don't command yourself to "Calm down!" or "Relax!"


嘿，现在写comments还不至于紧张，但是上考场就不晓得了。应该不会吧，都考十几年试了。不过还是要记下来以防万一。伸懒腰，深呼吸，用语言和图像暗示自己……


Symptom
You're self-conscious about your writing, you may have trouble getting started. So, if you're preoccupied with the idea that you have to write about a subject and feel you probably won't express yourself well...
Possible Cures
·
Talk over the subject with a friend or tutor.
·
assure yourself that the first draft doesn't have to be a work of genius, it is something to work with.
·
Force yourself to write down something, however poorly worded, that approximates your thought (you can revise this later) and go on with the next idea.
·
Break the task up into steps. Meet the general purpose first, and then flesh out the more specific aspects later.
·
Try one of the strategies on the next page of this resource.


所谓万事开头难，一种是不知道写什么，一种是有想法不知道如何下手。第三点不错，强迫自己开始写，慢慢有感觉了在返回来修改。第四点分成几步，也就是列下outline啦~~

Other Strategies for Getting Over Writer's BlockIf you have tried the other strategies and are still having problems, try some of these general techniques for getting over writer's block. These strategies will prove more helpful when you're drafting your writing.
Begin in the MiddleStart writing at whatever point you like. If you want to begin in the middle, fine. Leave the introduction or first section until later. The reader will never know that you wrote the paper "backwards." Besides, some writers routinely save the introduction until later when they have a clearer idea of what the main idea and purpose of the piece will be.

嗯，从中间开始写，是个好办法。自己往往就是有东西想表达，却不知道怎么开头，好不容易起好开头，想写的东西却想不起来了。从中间开始，写完了再去开头，这样更有目标。好办法。


Talk Out the PaperTalking feels less artificial than writing to some people. Talk about what you want to write someone—your teacher, a friend, a roommate, or a tutor. Just pick someone who's willing to give you fifteen to thirty minutes to talk about the topic and whose main aim is to help you start writing. Have the person take notes while you talk or tape your conversation. Talking will be helpful because you'll probably be more natural and spontaneous in speech than in writing. Your listener can ask questions and guide you as you speak, and you'll be more likely to relax and say something unpredictable than if that you were sitting and forcing yourself to write.

找人估计困难，我自言自语，自己记。


Tape the PaperTalk into a tape recorder, imagining your audience sitting in front of you. Then, transcribe the tape-recorded material. You'll at least have some ideas written down to work with and move around.
Change the AudiencePretend that you're writing to a child, to a close friend, to a parent, to a person who sharply disagrees with you, or to someone who's new to the subject and needs to have you explain your paper's topic slowly and clearly. Changing the audience can clarify your purpose and can also make you feel more comfortable and help you write more easily.

对朋友说想说的话，真佩服想得出这种办法。自己设想一个倾诉的对象比找个真正的人好办。就像今天的关于movie的文章，自己和作者深有同感啊！如果设想自己和作者在讨论问题，那估计就好办多了。


Play a RolePretend you are someone else writing the paper. For instance, if you have been asked to write about sexist advertising, assume you are the president of the National Organization of Women. Or, pretend you are the president of a major oil company asked to defend the high price of oil. Consider being someone in another time period, or someone with a wildly different perspective from your own. Pulling yourself out of your usual perspective can help you see things that are otherwise invisible or difficult to articulate, and your writing will be stronger for it.

其实自己的最大的问题还是存在于英语的表达上，常常有种茶壶里煮饺子倒不出来的感觉。而且往往注意力一旦放在英语表达上，就会忘记自己叙述的思路。这也是自己block的主要来源。
要解决问题，自己要做好以下几点：
1.
平时多看多积累多使用好词好句，增加自己的英语表达能力；
2.
开始写作之前一定要列提纲，不用太详细，能引导自己的表达就好；
3.
写作的时候联想自己在和好兄弟聊天，讨论，或者抱怨。
4.
不用强迫自己一定要用深奥偏僻的词语，尽量用新学的东西就行。

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【Fundamental Course of Writtng】基础写作每日一讲（1）20 Questions for Writers

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做comments作业再回来看文法，更有心得，哈哈~~~

Coping with Writing Anxiety

Many situations or activities, such as writing, taking tests, competing in sports, or speaking before a large audience, may make us anxious or apprehensive. It's important to remember that a moderate level of anxiety is helpful and productive. That flow of adrenaline is a natural response that helps get us ready for action. Without it, we might not perform as well.

适当的紧张时有好处的。每天看了文章写东西时就是紧张不起来，写得也磨磨蹭蹭，质量也不敢保证，是不是跟不紧张有关呢？嗯嗯，看到个生词adrenaline, once again, adrenaline.

If we let our anxiety overwhelm us, it can cause problems. If we control that anxiety, however, we can make it work for us. One way to do that is to use some of the coping strategies listed below.

Coping Strategies:

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Focus your energy by rehearsing the task in your head.
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Consciously stop the non-productive comments（没用的思路） running through your head by replacing them with productive ones.
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If you have some "rituals（仪式）" for writing success, use them.

Examples:

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-Follow a protocol you may have for organizing your time. Use a favorite pen if you have one.
（回忆模板，摸摸自己的幸运物）
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-Spend a few minutes doing some relaxation exercises. （做运动）
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-Take a break: physically walk away from the situation for a few minutes if you can. （溜达溜达）


哈，出去溜达我最喜欢。有时候实在写不出来，吹吹风，看看风景，回来坐下就有感觉了。

Relaxation Strategies

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Stretch伸展! If you can't stand up, stretch as many muscle groups as possible while staying seated. （不要吓到邻座...）
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Try tensing and releasing various muscle groups. Starting from your toes, tense up for perhaps five to ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then go on to another muscle group.
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Breathe deeply. Close your eyes; then, fill your chest cavity slowly by taking four of five short deep breaths. Hold each breath until it hurts, and then let it out slowly.
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Use a calming word or mental image to focus on while relaxing. If you choose a word, be careful not to use an imperative. Don't command yourself to "Calm down!" or "Relax!"


这个writing anxiety和writing block的解决方法有很多相似的地方，比如伸懒腰，深呼吸，用语言图像暗示自己等等，他们都是相通的，如果都不紧张了，block也就减轻很多了。

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文中使用了很多省略句：


A virtuous man is concerned with righteousness while a mean man, with gain.

That’s why we often find ourselves in a tense interpersonal relationship whether Mr. Righteousness is commanding or Mr. Gain, controlling.


"Righteousness" stands for an ethical philosophy of life, and "gain," a utilitarian one.

It' s a pain not to possess your heart' s desire, and a tedium, to have possessed it.


Useful words and expressions:

nosedive暴跌

vogue流行的

mock at嘲笑

nostalgic怀旧的， nostalgia思乡之情

redeem弥补，救赎 , salvage

poles apart两极分化，大不相同

fulfill obligations

are yoked by 被……束缚

giving or possessing

the emotional gratification满足 you obtain through the exertion of your essential power

is more than crystal clear

focuses on, highlights

at ease

the leisure of traditional Chinese scholar-officials, the complacency自满自得 of conservative peasants

prolific多产的.

quandary of life生活的困境

a deep ponder over it has brought home to me that

stranded in a double dosage tragedy of life

I have no intention to

Pedants believed in whatever passed for冒充，假扮 righteousness.

The social trend has taken on a dramatic change unawares.

What I mean by "disposition" is an aesthetical philosophy of life, which advocates taking your disposition as the operational guidance for your life, whereby(=with which) everyone is allowed to keep his true "self".

A man of disposition seeks nothing but the communication of feelings while in company, and the cultivation of taste while possessing something.

If he dreams of being enshrined, an immortal short poem is enough.

With it I couldn’t agree more.

Life can never be free from pains.

There is a life more worth living than the one haunted by righteousness and gain.

This belief will help me sail through the unpredictable waters of my future life.


My comments:

Mr Zhou in this essay describes his deep thinking on our real "self" while pursuing reputation and material possession. Between giving and possessing, he highlights creating, which, he refers, actively unfolds our true disposition. If possible, in our real life, enjoying process of doing something could be of more significance than just been concerned with righteousness or gain.

It brings to me something about atmosphere of science research in China. Nowadays, future of a Chinese scholarship is mostly determined by papers he delivers. Even among graduates, one of the most frequent topics is about paper. Paper has become the only method to justify what progress one has achieved and how well he has done. Thus all attentions focus on paper. Professors that should be speculating problems of Big Bang are detracted by worries that the title would be deprived of without paper next year. Graduates are doing experiments with anxious about academic degree without paper. Even teamwork disappears since the owner of unborn paper will be uncertain. Ridiculous, but true.

We are getting lost in our way to the truth, or, in Mr Zhou's words, we are not our true "self". The importance and essentials of research are neglected. Our human beings, like a child looking up to skyful of stars, are supposed to enjoy the process of thinking rather than any gains it brings. It is a question not only in system, but also in attitudes, which should provoke deep thought in our society.

错字：
ture disposion 抄都抄错了，汗~~ true disposition
significence
significance
delievers
delivers
guaduates
graduates
anxieous
anxious
disapears
disappears
Rediculous
ridiculous

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今天开始看Argument的题库咯，要跟上大部队的脚步。结果看了个十几道题就觉得恶心了。前段时间评改30到A的习作，已经养成了拿道题就开始分析思路写提纲的习惯。虽然草木斑竹交代了要过得快，但还是习惯性得慢下来，直接导致恶心下去，速度也没提上来。

明天继续狂看，加快速度~~

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请问All who live by reason agree that God is eternal.这里的by reason 是什么意思呢？谢谢

Useful words and expressions:

insofar as we can在我们所能范围内

abide in忍受

seize on抓住

be tantamount to同等于

be meted out被给予

In this way, our hopes and our prayers are not at all in vain (=without effect).

Lift up your mind in virtue .



My comments:

I am not sure I have appreciated every detail this essay has expressed, yet I think I have caught the main idea of it. It looks a little mentalistic, with some of which I do not agree, but, after all, it makes sense that it educates people to avoid wickedness and pursue the good.

Before stating that everything and every process can not escape God's simplest knowledge, the writer, for starters, gives God a sublime status that nothing could be eternal to God and for God, everything has its past and future. God knows every part of one thing. What it consists of, how it becomes itself, where does it goes, are all in God's eyes. That because God has the simplest knowledge that can help him grasp thing's essence and make providence about it. This reminds me one saying, "the simplest, the best." So does our increasingly complex life.

According to the essay, for God, all things that happened are because of necessity. Some of them necessarily are, some may not, but there is still something else necessarily to make them happen. It seems that there is a contradiction between the necessity and freedom of things. Not at all, actually. "If you look at them from the point of view of reason, they are universal," the writer says.

Therefore, the writer advocate doing the good and avoiding wickedness since we are all live in the constant sight of a judge who sees all things. Keep in mind that all things happened have their own reasons.