PART1 Words and Expressions
1.deploy
verb. ① (technical术语) to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action 部署,调度(军队或武器)
例:At least 5000 missiles wre deployed along the border. 沿边境至少部署了5000枚导弹。
②(formal正式) to use something for a particular purpose, especially ideas, arguments 利用,调动(尤指想法、论据等)
例:to deploy arguments 利用论据
原文:Long-term memory doesn't have the same limitations---in fact, no one has ever found the upper limits of long-term memory--- but it takes much longer to deploy.
仿写练习:You can deploy your idea to deal with this problem.
2.hone
verb.① to develop and improve sth,especially a skill,over a period of time 磨炼,训练(尤指技艺)
例:She honed her debating skills at college. 她在大学时便练就了辩论技巧。
② to make a blade sharp or sharper 磨(刀);把(刀)磨快
原文:For my dissertation I had honed a psychological research tool called "the think-aloud protocol" that was designed specifically to study such mental processes.
仿写练习:I run every day to hone my stamina.
3.audacity
/ɔ:'dæsəti/ noun. brave but rude or shocking behaviour 鲁莽;大胆无礼
例:He had the audacity to say I was too fat. 他竟敢说我太肥胖。
原文:That someone would have had the imagination and the audacity to suggest it in the first place.
仿写练习:He had the audacity to hit me.
4.sloppy
adj.① not done carefully or thoroughly 马虎的,不仔细的,草率的
例:sloppy thinking 不认真思考
② sloppy clothes are loose-fitting, untidy,or dirty (衣服)宽松的,不整洁的,邋遢的
例: Ann was dressed in a sloppy brown sweater. 安穿了一件邋遢的棕色毛衣。
③ expressing feelings of love too strongly and in a silly way 痴情得可笑的,肉麻的
例:The film is a sloppy romance. 这是一部肉麻的爱情片。
④ not solid enough 不够结实的,软塌塌的
例:sloppy jelly 软塌塌的果冻
原文:Today teachers offer those same performances--sloppy and marred by missed notes.
仿写练习:Your work is sloppy.
5.harness
noun.① a set of leather bands used to control a horse or to attach it to a vehicle it is pulling (马 的)挽具,马具
② a set of bands used to hold someone in a place or to stop them from falling (把人固定在一处或防止其坠落的)系带
例: a safety harness 安全带
【IDM】in harness ( 尤指休息或假期结束后)做正常工作
例:I felt glad to be back in harness. 我很高兴又回来正常工作了。
verb.① to put a harness on a horse or other animal; to attach a horse or other animal to sth with a harness 给(马等)上挽具;用挽具把....套到....上
② to control and use the natural force or power of something 控制(利用)自然力等
例:We must harness the skill and creativity of our workforce. 我们必须尽量发挥全体职工的技能和创造力。
原文:The answer is that the most effective and most powerful types of practice in any field work by harnessing the adaptability of the human body and brain to create,step by step, the ability to do things that were previouslly not possible.
仿写练习:We attempt to harness the sun's rays as a source of energy.
PART2 Thoughts
今天第一次尝试读全英文的书,但是读的不是特别明白,我自己还是不能更清楚的了解框架,读着读着就跑到细节上了,好在这本书是在讲述例子。
我对今天的理解就是有两点:第一,就是要坚持,只有持续练习才能有突破。第二,就是要有大量的练习。这也是在阐述一个由量变到质变的过程吧。其他的没有读太懂,有空再回看看。
不过今天在书中学到的了很多关于网球类的词汇:
tennis outfits 网球套衣 racket 球拍
court shoes 网球鞋 serve (动词)发球
sweatband 防汗带 stroke 击(球),打法 backhand strokes 学习基本的反手击球法