Willpower Day 18

1.captivating              ADJ

taking all your attention; very attractive and interesting 迷人的;有魅力的;有吸引力的

仿She is a captivating lady.

原They knew it was wrong—they knew they shouldn’t be thinking about it. But it was just so damn captivating.


2.eliminate                  VERB

to remove or get rid of sth/sb 排除;清除;消除

eliminate    sth/sb

eliminate     sth/sb   from sth

eliminate sb (from sth) to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc. (比賽中)淘汰

eliminate  sb               to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent 消滅,殺死(尤指敵人或對手)

仿His team was eliminated in the second round.

原Why does trying to eliminate a thought or emotion trigger a rebound?


3.tax                     VERB

tax sb/sth                to put a tax on sb/sth;to make sb pay tax對…徵稅;課稅;使納稅

tax  sth                   to pay tax on a vehicle so that you may use it on the roads 繳納車輛牌照稅

tax sb/sth                    to need a great amount of physical or mental effort 使負重擔;使受壓力;使大傷腦筋

仿The problem tax me.

原But if your mental resources are taxed—whether by distractions, fatigue, stress, alcohol, illness, or other mental drains—the operator cannot do its job.


4.compelling                     ADJ

that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting 引人入勝的;扣人心弦的

so strong that you must do sth about it 非常強烈的;不可抗拒的

3that makes you think it is true 令人信服的

仿She found this story so compelling that she had forgotten to do laundry .

原Whatever fear or desire you try to push away will become more convincing and compelling.


5.intrusive                 ADJ

too noticeable, direct, etc. in a way that is disturbing or annoying 侵入的;闖入的;侵擾的;煩擾的

添加的;插入的

仿She asked me some intrusive questions.

原For example, people who try not to think about a painful medical procedure end up feeling more anxious and have more intrusive thoughts about the pain.


6.Sentences

The person who most wants to keep a secret finds herself compelled to spill the beans. The waiter who tries the hardest to not tip his tray is most likely to end up with marinara sauce on his shirt.

spill the beans泄露秘密

生活中经常会这样,我们越不想做某事,就越可能去做某事。

So as soon as you pass the snack aisle in the grocery store, the monitor will remember the goal not to buy cookies, and fill your mind with Cookies cookies cookies! Without the operator’s full strength to balance the monitor, it’s like a Shakespearean tragedy in your very own brain.

这个例子很生动形象,最有意思的是it’s like a Shakespearean tragedy in your very own brain.把得不到想要的东西时那种心烦不开心描述的很好玩。


7.Summary

In life, we often throw away some negative thoughts in our minds. However, these ideas did not leave our mind and strikes again. This is the ironic rebound.In today's reading, the author tells us that the solution to the ironic rebound is to calm the mind instead of try to throw them out. I think" Ten Minutes" can help us achieve this goal. For example, we  want to eat some snacks during reading  books. If we  tell ourselves not to eat some snacks, the idea will be even stronger. Instead, we went to read our books at least ten minutes. After ten minutes,we probably didn't want to eat anything .

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