Day 19 Week 4 小结

Words

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1. trailblazer

先驱(者);创始人 A trailblazer is a person who is the leader in a particular field, especially who does a particular thing before anyone else does.

Trailblazer 其实是有 blaze the trail 转变过来的，类似的意思还有 groundbreaker

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2. Piggyback

利用；借助 If you piggyback on something that someone else has thought of or done, you use it to your advantage.

e.g. I was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea...

我只是借用了斯托克斯的想法。

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3. You could phone her.

在这句话中，phone 作为动词，类似的用法还有 holiday，如：

He holidays in Yunnan now.

这样会比 takes a holiday 更佳简洁

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4. eyesore

碍眼的东西（如建筑物等） You describe a building or place as an eyesore when it is extremely ugly and you dislike it or disapprove of it.

可以做 眼中钉 解释

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5. Discipline

(尤指大学里的)学科，科目 A discipline is a particular area of study, especially a subject of study in a college or university.

这个词在写作中可以用来代替 subject

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Personal Reflection

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I finished the whole book this week which, to some extent, was a great accompllishment for me. From the first day till now, I’ve formed a great number of habits that definitely laid a firm foundation for my future development. For me, reading a book is just like digging a tunnel. At first I had no idea what I would get and when will I see the light. I work, toil, sweat, and then suddendly, I saw a chink of light.

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Summary

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The author, from my point of view, is a skilled storyteller and a talent writer. By combining everyday-cases and abstract concepts, he unveils a picture of the 7 Habits of Highly effective People in a simple and colorful way, so we readers are able to understand these ideas more clear without delving into a dead end. Start with a introduction of the whole book, we are given the concepts of paradigms and principles with some quotes and personal mission statements, and the inside-out approch first makes its appearance.Then the book moves into the overview of the seven habits, from which the paradigm of interdependance is introduced. Then the author gives a detailed explaination of the 7 habits by citing instances, pointing out flaws and making necessary comparison and contrast with the reality. After finishing the 7 habits, the author comes back to the inside-approach again, which proves how importanct it is through the whole book.

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中文感悟

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前几个星期写总结和感悟总喜欢先写中文，后来写英文时就不知道该怎么写了，是逐句翻译还是另辟角度呢？百思不得其解。今天第一次尝试直接写英文，把脑海里的源语言特地的转化为英文，换个角度。虽然写的还是不怎么好，但还是会坚持下去。

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things...

I am tempted to think, there are no little things

记得劝学中有句话：不积跬步，无以至千里；不积小流，无以成江河。再小再微不足道的事，只要你持之以恒，总能对你的生活产生巨大的影响。每天进步一点点，坚持带来大改变。就像作者在文中所举的锻炼身体的例子，每天30分钟就能改善身体状况。一个高效的人，会从 physical，mental，spiritual以及social这四个方面不断提升自己，持续更新。