Peak Chap.2 1/2

Chapter 2 Harnessing Adaptability 1/2

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Vocabulary

bodybuilder相关

lifting weights to add some muscle 举重
your muscle falter due to lactic acid buildup: flater 颤抖; lactic acid 乳酸
pushups 俯卧撑
pull-up 引体向上

erratic

And the erratic numbering system doesn't always tell you exactly where to find a particular address even when you've found the right street.
（动作、行为等）不规则的，不确定的，无计划的
e.g. The electricity supply here is quite erratic.
Imitation: She is very erratic; sometimes she is friendly and sometimes she is too aggressive.

fair game

Any landmark is fair game.
可批评的人（或事物）if a person or thing is said to be fair game, it is considered acceptable to play jokes on them, criticize them, etc.
e.g. Celebrities are fair game for the press.

weed

And the extensive testing they went through was nothing more than a weeding-out process that zeroed in on these prospective drivers who were naturally better equipped to be able to learn their way around the maze that is London
weed sb/sth out 清除；剔除；淘汰
zero in on sb/sth 把注意力全部集中于
Imitation:
Weak players are weeded out before the final competition.
At first, we should zero in on the main idea, and move to the details later.

flat out

Until the first decade of the twenty-first century, most scientists would have flat out denied that something like what Maguire has seen in the brains of London cabbies was even possible.
全力 in a way that is definite and directly; completely
Imitation: I'm not flat out to get this done.

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感想

今天讲了很多大脑的可塑性，没想到伦敦的出租车司机都是活地图，盲人和老花眼的例子也都在告诉我们不断地练习会让我们的大脑重塑自己的功能。有两个月没看英文书，这两天看起来也是觉得有些吃力，还是要继续练习，提升大脑对英语的敏感度。

昨天讲到希望今天能早些完成任务，今天没完成，睡觉之前一定会把summary放在评论里。