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Text 课文 The Spring Festival is a time for gathering. A time for Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'. Mentally : at heart --We become illogical when we decide what can be eaten and what can not be eaten. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. Favorites : resolution Recur : happen / take place Year in year out : one year after another / year by year day in day out : one day after another / day by day We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don't' like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. resolve to 下定决心 Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. --It is hard for us to attain some certain attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. Inveterate : deep rooted --Because we have too often experience the frustration, it means nothing to me. Frustration : disappointment in one’s mind or the feeling that you get from you failure Result from 由……产生的 Result in : lead to / cause --Failure will result in frustration. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. Carry out : carry off Fail in our efforts / attempt --We accumulate clutter in an attempt to avoid waste. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Error : mistake --Even beans have got their black. --If you often make some common mistake, you will get the frustration. slip back into : return to the normal way Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself. --Keep my resolution to myself : keep my resolution secret --We arrived at our destination exhausted. Exhausted, we arrived at our destination. --Aware of the importance, I attempt to carry it out. I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercise every morning and to read more of an evening. Limit oneself to limit 限定到点 / restrict 限定到范围 Ambitions : New Year resolution --A good beginning is half success. An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task. Apply oneself to / apply one’s time to / apply one’s mind / energy to / be devoted / dedicated to --In 2002, I shall apply myself to learning English. The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up. Propose to do / proposal --I propose to do / I decided to do. The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Required 与 The self-discipline 是动宾关系 --The self-discipline required to study English hard is considerable as well. Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found me out. Nevertheless : however After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions, I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition. in an exhausted condition : exhausted It was this that betrayed me. It……that……句型 --It was exhausted condition that betrayed my secret. The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance. Troop in : went / came into the room in group That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea. Unsettle : upset Fend off : defeat However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero. By January 10th, I was back to where I had started from. Wane : diminish step by step I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning, I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work. Argue : got a good excuse Keep one’s mind fresh for doing sth. Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to book. The temptation to do One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read. That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen. Slip back into our bad old ways / I was back to where I had started from / got back to my old bad habit Dozing off : half sleep --I soon got back to my old bad habit of nodding. I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just bought a book entitled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute. Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just haven't had time to read it! a book entitled : a book which is entitled Special difficulties 难点 Mentally 本质上，内心里 at heart / in the mind Formidable : causing fear Recur year in year out : occur again, appear year after year beyond attainment : can not be attained / accomplished / achieved Inveterate : deep rooted Frustration : disappointment in one’s mind or the feeling that you get from you failure Carry out = put into practice Multiple choice questions 多项选择 1…正确答案：C --I choose the job which I think is within my scope. 2…正确答案：A 3…正确答案：D one’s effort to do sth. 干什么事所做出的努力 句型结构题和词汇题是每课的关键 4…正确答案：D 5…正确答案：B 6…正确答案：C 7…正确答案：B 8…正确答案：A Private 强调私人所有的 / solitary 宁静的、孤独的 he is leading a solitary life. Intimate 亲密的 9…正确答案：C meanwhile = at the same time little by little = step by step by all means 通过各种方式 just the same = in spite of this = still 10…正确答案：C gather around 聚集在...周围 march 行军而过 a flock of sheep 一群羊 11...正确答案：B fade 褪色、凋零 The flower has already began to fade. The color of the dress faded. Run out 用完、用光 We run out of petrol. Evaporate 蒸发、消失，渐渐化为乌有 12…正确答案：B | 
