Day 7 Begin with the end

Words

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Impinge

影响;冲击 Something that impinges on you affects you to some extent.

E.g....the cuts in defence spending that have impinged on two of the region's largest employers.

已经冲击到该地区两个最大就业制造者的防御开支削减

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Chanel into

to use your energy, ability, feelings, or ideas for a particular purpose

channel something into something: She channelled all her energies into her career.

Thesaurus: to use something, or to be usedsynonym

看到这个词想到了Verb+ prep.的用法,会使句子显得特别简洁有力

之前看过一个句子：

Trains propelled the country into the modern age, breaking social boundaries, spreading culture and make the population more mobile.

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Omniscient

全知全能的；无所不知的；博闻广识的 If you describe someone as omniscient, you mean they know or seem to know everything.

最先接触这个词是在文学课上，分析小说的视角是有限的第三人称还是全知的第三人称的，全知的第三人称当时用的就是这个词。

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个人感悟

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今天阅读的这个部分主要讲了以principal center来进行人生各种事情的选择。文章说了许多center， 比如说money-centered, family-centered等等。文中举了一个父亲的例子让我印象特别深刻，在工作和家庭选择中，他选择了陪伴孩子，他说了这样一句话：

The work will come again, but childhood won’t

接着作者给出了一个做决定的方法，也就是principal- centered,因为别的都会改变，就像文中所说，前一秒还是高高在上，下一秒结局又将可能秒转，但是正确的原则是根深蒂固而不会改变的，我们可以依赖它。

As a person fluctuates form one center to another, the resulting relativism is like roller coasting through life.

As a principle- centered person, you see things differently. And because you see things differently, you think differently, you act differently. Because you have a high degree of security, guidance, wisdom, and power that flows from a solid, unchanging core, you have the foundation of a highly proactive and highly effective life.