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1、新概念英语第三册新概念英语第三册 5050Lesson 50 New Year resolutions 新年的决心一、 【Text】课文The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of dos and donts. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up earlier each morn
2、ing, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we dont like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smoke
3、rs, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. 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. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everyb
4、ody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself. I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercise every morning and to read more of an evening. An all-night party on New Ye
5、ars 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.The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up
6、. The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found me out. After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions
7、, I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition. It was this that betrayed me. The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance. 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.
8、 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. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning, I would keep my mind fresh f
9、or reading when I got home form work Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. 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, f
10、or I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen. I still havent 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 havent had time to read it!二、 【New wo
11、rds and expressions】 生词和短语resolution n. 决心 mentally adv. 内心里 compile v. 编辑，编制formidable adj. 令人畏惧的 recur v. 再发生，又出现regularity n. 规律性 accomplishment n. 成就attainment n. 达到 inveterate adj. 根深蒂固的self-improvement n. 自我完善 scheme n. 简单的计划，方案ambitious adj. 雄心勃勃的 pitfall n. 意外的困难，易犯的错误modest adj. 要求不过分的 assi
12、duously adv. 刻苦地self-discipline n. 自我约束 frame n. 躯体betray v. 暴露，显露 troop v. 成群结队地走动unsettle v. 使不安 taunt n. 嘲笑，奚落人的话jibe n. 嘲弄，挖苦 good-humouredly adv. 和气地，心情好地wane v. 逐渐变小，变弱 diminish v. 减少，缩小hypnotize v. 使欲睡，使蒙胧undoing n. 祸根，毁灭的原因 screen n. 电视机屏幕resolution n. 决心 resolution 1. the quality of being r
13、esolute / formal decision 决心，决议take resolution to do sth. / make up ones mind to do sth.be determined to do sth. / decide to do sth.resolve / resolve to do sth.resolve sb. on sth. 使某人做某事Eg: Before we came here, we resolved to learn English hard.I resolved him on English study.Nobody resolved him on
14、this decision. 没有人使他做这样的决定。resolute adj. 坚决的，果断的resolution / resolve / resoluteEg: We must be true in word and resolute in deed. 我们必须是言必信，行必果。mentally adv. 内心里 compile v. 编辑，编制compile compile / edit vt.editorcompile: collect information and arrange in a book (great book / dictionary )edit: collect i
15、nformation and arrange in newspaper or magazineEg: The editor is busing editing the newspaper.formidable adj. 令人畏惧的 recur v. 再发生，又出现recur v. occor: happenoccur to A good idea occurred to me. / It occurred to him that he should open the door.recur: occur againincur: vt. 导致，招致，造成 （ lead to / result in
16、 / give rise to / cause）Eg: Air pollution incurs some terrible dissease.regularity n. 规律性 accomplishment n. 成就attainment n. 达到 accomplish 成功地达到目的accomplish ones purpose / goal / dream / aim /work / taskHe accomplished his journey.attain:得到，获得（经过艰苦努力）attain ones ambitionget sccess / attain successachieve : 达到一定目的时的表现及努力Eg: This is what he achieved after ten years of hard work.treasure / cherish / volue / prize 珍惜Eg: We always cherish what we have
