刻意练习 PEAK(四)

八月英文原版书阅读计划  图/Eric

Part 1: Summary

When you are pushed out of your comfort zone, the body responded by getting strong enough to establish a new comfort zone.A new homeostasis have been reestablished.But if you push too far outside your comfort zone, you risk injuring yourself and actually setting yourself back.The most effective forms of practice increase your ability to play rather than help you learn to play a certain instrument.Regular training leads to changes in the parts of the brain that are challenged by the training. We still have chance to improve ourselves though we think that we are "good enough".

Part 2: My thoughts 

没有什么是不可能的?

通过第一和第二章节的阅读学习,对传统的训练方式和有目的的实践,还有刻意练习的思想有了一定的了解。书中提到好多观念对我的冲击不小：其中说到人脑的能力并不是fixed的，我把这里的fixed理解为局限的，也就是说，人的潜力是无穷的。

文中提到利用刻意练习的方法，不断跳出舒适区，在人的自适应性作用下，你会通过达到一个个更高能力的平衡状态或者是一种和谐的共同繁荣，从而提高自身的水平。现在的问题是，你很难有一个标准去界定你的能力上限在哪里：你不敢去想，否定自己，自然你也就没有做这件事情的信心和行动力。

就和文章中提及的背电话号码一样，在一般人的眼中，这件事情的上限就是7-9位数字。而通过训练的方法，成功将这个数字提高到41位。很多时候，你也不知道你的能力上限在哪里，你不敢逃离出这个一般人眼中的上限——也就是一种舒适区。逃离这个舒适区所花费的代价也许不值得你这么做，自然就没有人尝试，也就是说缺乏行动力！当自身判断收获小于付出的时候，你也很难通过这种练习，来获得提高，或者说你也无法坚持下去。

当然，作者为我们提供了一个很好的视角：发现不足，通过行动去弥补、提高自己。没有突破自己的舒适区的勇气，你也很难体会到“会当凌绝顶，一览众山小”的乐趣！

Actions speak louder than words.

Part 3: Words and Expressions

Recipe

He was like the pianist playing the same songs the same way for thirty years. That is a recipe for stagnation, not improvement.

be a recipe for something中的recipe原意是“食谱” “配方”，在这里表示“原因”

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表意递进

What is not natural is a true dead-stop obstacle, one that is impossible to get around, over, or through.

这里的get around, over, or through: get around, get over和get through都有“克服困难”的意思。作者连用三个get有关的短语来强调不同的困难程度。

E.g.：Don't just think about it! Think over it! Think through it. 

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One way or another

The sorts of practice that most people have already experienced in one way or another.

One way or another的意思是“用这样或那样的方式”，也就是“无论如何”，例如我们想表达“不择手段”的时候就可以用到这个词

E.g.: Some people archive their ambitions in one way or another.

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Obscure

The idea for the study had come from an obscure paper I had discovered while searching through old scientific studies

obscure这个词主要有两个意思，一个是“晦涩难懂的”，一个是“鲜为人知的“，在这里取第二个意思。英国作家哈代写过一本书叫《无名的裘德》，英文名字就是Jude the Obscure。

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表才华能力的同义词

exceptional, extraordinary; 

gift, talent, facility.

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How far you travel along that path is up to you. Fighting!