Peak-The Power of Purposeful Practice 1/2

Accumulations:

1. deploy: to organize or movie soldiers, military equipment etc. so that they are in the right place and ready to be used

原文：No one has ever found the upper limits of long-term memory-- but it takes much longer to deploy.

造句：The government deploys troops to protect our homeland.

2. intrigue: if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it seems strange or mysterious

原文：that was exactly the sort of question that most intrigued me.

造句：What intrigues me is the mysterious deep learning knowledge.

3. dissertation: a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree

原文：For my dissertation I had honed a psychological research tool called “the think-aloud protocol” that was designed specifically to study such mental processes

造句：After I finished my dissertation, I graduated.

4. delve into: to try to find more information about someone or something

原文：But before we delve into the details of deliberate practice, it will be best if we spend a little time understanding some more basic types of practice.

造句：I would like to delve into the background information about the country's history.

Reviewing:

1. a handful of:几个

2. without a hitch:顺利无阻地；轻易地;

3. at the vantage point of:在有利位置 vantage point制高点

4. in collaboration with:合作

5. sloppy:粗心的 marred:损坏的

6. somersault: 翻跟头  audacity: 勇气  deem认为

Passage:

Tell a surprising experiment about an incredible rise in memory ability through deliberate practice.

THE RISE OF EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMERS:

More effective and more scientific deliberate practice brings the better performance in almost all of the fields.

THE USUAL APPROACH:

Don't be satisfied with your own "acceptable" performance and automaticity, and begin to practice purposefully, which is a step toward deliberate practice.

My thought:

文章看到这里，我印象最深的倒不是刻意练习，反而想起之前看过的一句话，“努力是一种天分，最可靠的天分”。获得成功或者成为一个领域的大师离不开刻意练习，而刻意练习离不开努力。真的，感觉自己最缺的就是坚持不懈的努力，如果去年的暑假我能努力练习自己的听力，不至于沦落到如今还在练听力。