一 words and expressions
1. —that the same people who did so well in the beginning will continue to breeze through later on.
breeze through：to achieve something very easily轻松完成; 轻松通过
造句：We breezed through the test.
2. that character will be seated at a chessboard and will checkmate his or her opponent with the proper savoir faire.
checkmate：the position of the KING(=most important piece) in CHESS at the end of the game, when it is being directly attacked and cannot escape〔国际象棋中的〕将死
savoir faire：the ability to do and say the right things in social situations机敏处事的才干，随机应变的能力
造句：We all want to possess great savoir-faire.
3. and that is the danger of the self-fulfilling prophecy.
self-fulfilling:if a statement or belief about what will happen in the future is self-fulfilling, it becomes true because you expect it to be true and so behave in a way that will make it happen〔预言或信念〕自我实现的，自我应验的
prophecy:a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone with religious or magic powers预言
4. No. What happens is that there is a cutoff for playing youth hockey in Canada
cutoff:a point or limit when you stop sth 截止点；界限
例句：March 31 is the cutoff date for applications to be accepted.
5. all they can see is who is doing better and thus, by inference, who appears to be more talented.
by inference：推断，推论，推理
造句：You seemed to know about this book, and by inference I thought you had read it.
6. The advantage among hockey players does seem to taper off somewhat once the players make it into the major leagues
taper off：to decrease gradually逐渐变少，逐渐减弱
造句：Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off.
7. and this advantage propagates through the school years. Since there are a number of careers
propagate:to spread an idea, belief etc to many people传播，散播，宣传〔观点、信仰等〕
造句：Chinese citizens enjoy the freedom to believe in religion and the freedom not to believe in it and to propagate atheism.
8. It can beget a tendency to assume that some people have a talent for something and others don’t and that you can tell the difference early on.
beget：to cause something or make it happen招致，引发
造句：Violence begets more violence.
9. There is usually nothing nefarious going on here
nefarious：evil or criminal恶毒的，邪恶的; 罪恶的
例句：The director of the company seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.
二 summary＆thoughts
今天的内容一开始通过一些实验说明：EQ高人的只会在开始学习的阶段更容易，但随着年龄的增长，进入成年期，EQ对成才所起的作用很小。从而说明刻意练习的重要性
今天令我有感触的是最后一部分：相信天生才华的危险
人们觉得那个孩子是音盲，那他绝不会去学习演奏乐器或者学唱歌；
人们觉得那个孩子不擅长数学，那他就不会对数学感兴趣。
等他们长大以后，他们也就相信了自己的确学不好。人们先入为主的判断，会影响人的行为，以至于这人判断最后真的实现。
当然，当孩子从老师、父母那时得到了更多的支持和鼓励时，能够增强孩子学习的信心，能够更快的提升他们的能力，这是积极的自我实现。
过度相信天生才华，往往使人们假设有些人生来就具有某方面的天赋，而另一些则不具备。
在我看来，拥有这样的想法，危害大致可以分为两个方面：助长“有天赋”的那些人的惰性，打击“没有天赋”的那些人的信心。