[00:00.00]Lesson  50  resolution
第50课  决心
[00:06.64]The New Year is a time for resolutions.
新年是下决心的时候。
[00:11.91]Sure enough his resolution began to stagger.
果然他的决心开始动摇了。
[00:17.82]However strong a man's resolution is,it costs him something to carry it out,now and then.
一个人的决心无论多大，要实现它，就得付出代价。
[00:28.18]mentally
内心里
[00:31.78]Mentally,at least,most of us could compile formidable lists of "dos'and 'don'ts.'
大多数人——在心里面，至少——会列一份‘要做什么’和‘不要做什么’的宏伟计划。
[00:40.35]Thus she mentally blamed her own foolishness.
她暗暗地责备自己的糊涂。
[00:45.24]Mira made a guess mentally.
弥拉在心里猜测了一番。
[00:50.11]compile
编制，编辑
[00:52.79]It is not known when the first volume was compiled.
第一卷编纂的时间现在还不知道。
[00:59.14]Bibliographies are lists of books compiled in many different forms.
书目是用许多不同形式编制的图书目录。
[01:06.35]formidable
难的，令人畏惧的
[01:09.49]There are formidable problems associated with practical utilization of solar energy.
有些难题和太阳能的实际应用有关。
[01:17.56]Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared.
考试总是令人生畏的——即使是对准备最好的人也不例外。
[01:24.29]recur
再次发生
[01:27.25]The same old favourites recur year in year our with monotonous regularity.
相的决心年复一年，周而复始地出现。
[01:35.61]It is clear the same difficulties will recur.
很清楚，同样的困难会再次出现。
[01:40.26]This is a recurring theme thrughout the book.
这是这本书的反复出现的问题。
[01:45.50]regularity
定时，规律
[01:48.82]He was praised for regularity of attendance.
他因为全勤获得了表扬。
[01:53.92]I always admire people who do their work with regularity,but somehow can't bring myself to that level.
我老是佩服那些工作有规律的人，可是不知怎么搞的自己就是做不到。
[02:05.93]accomplishment
成就
[02:08.55]Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
以往的经验告诉我们，有些事是根本办不到的。
[02:17.27]The nasty sharre-holder recited a list of his accomplishments for the company.
那个讨厌的股东把他为公司取得的业绩历数了一遍。
[02:24.55]No accomplishments have ever been made in this field.
这一领域至今还没有取得任何成就 。
[02:31.16]attainment
达到
[02:33.95]His plan may contribute to the attainment of objectives,but at high costs.
他的计划可能对达成目标作出贡献，但是代价太高。
[02:42.30]The attainment of these multiple purposes usually requires the concomitant use of three drugs.
为了同时达到多重目的，通常需要同时应用三种药物。
[02:53.10]inveterate
根深蒂固的
[02:56.26]If we remain inveterate smokers,it is only because we have so often experienced
如果我们烟瘾太大，戒不掉，
[03:04.52]the frustration results from failure.
那是因为屡戒屡败，失去了信心。
[03:09.26]He carried his hands in his pockets,
他的手一直插在裤兜里，
[03:13.16]and there was something in the way he did it that showed the habit was inveterate.
从那副架势来看，这个习惯不是一天两天了。
[03:20.58]Max is an inveterate epicurean.
麦克斯是个无可救药的享乐主义者。
[03:26.08]self-improvement
自我完善
[03:30.10]Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement
大多数人自我完善的努力都失败了。
[03:35.06]because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out.
这是因为目标定得过高，而且也根本没有时间运实行。
[03:42.31]Conan mapped out a practical scheme for his self-improvement.
柯南为自己的自我完善定了一份合理计划。
[03:47.92]The first intem in his self-improvement project is a trip across the Sahara Desert by bicycle.
他自我完善的计划的第一项就是骑车穿越撒哈拉沙漠。
[03:58.88]scheme
简单的计划，方案
[04:02.08]The congress proposed a new health insurance scheme.
大会提出新的健康保险方案。
[04:07.78]White 's scheme is to be a university graduate first.
怀特的计划就是先取得大学毕业资格。
[04:13.87]ambitious
宏大的，雄心勃勃的
[04:17.02]The first of his ambitious projects had dried up,one after another.
他那些雄心勃勃的计划一个接一个地胎死腹中。
[04:24.54]Our tutor advised up not to be too ambitous in the thesis.
导师告诉我们论文的题目不要太大。
[04:31.02]pitfall
意外地困难，易犯的错误
[04:34.27]Aware of these pitfalls,this year I attempted to keep my resolution to myself.
我深知这些问题，所以今年决定对自己的计划严加保密。
[04:42.08]It is hoped that the reader will be helped to avoid some of my pitfalls.
希望本书可以帮助读者避免在某些方面重蹈笔者的覆辙。
[04:49.44]Undoubtedly,it spared them the pitfalls of long and large meetings.
毫无疑问，这使他们免于陷入没完没了的会议。
[04:55.84]modest
要求不过分的
[04:58.95]I limited myself to two modest ambitions,
我只给自己规定了两项平实的任务，
[05:04.36]to do physical exercises every morning and to read moreof an evening.
每天早上锻炼身体，每天晚上多看点书。
[05:11.65]The boy leard to be modest in his demands.
男孩学会了不提过分要求。
[05:17.45]Would you be so kind as to grant a modest wish of mine?
你可不可满足我一个小小的愿望？
[05:24.24]assiduously
刻苦地，孜孜不倦地
[05:27.21]An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out
除夕夜的通宵晚会使我理直气壮地在新年头一天
[05:37.26]either of these resolutions on the first day of the year,
免去了这两项任务，
[05:43.30]but on the second,I applied myself assiduously to the task.
不过，第二天史勤勉地开始用功了。
[05:49.65]After working assiduously for two whole hours,I felt justified to indulge myself a little bit.
辛辛苦苦地干了两个小时，我觉得理所当然地应当放纵一下自己。
[06:01.10]The group fulfilled their duties assiduously.
小组勤勉地完成了他们的任务。
[06:05.99]self-discipline
自律，自我约束
[06:09.27]The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable.
这需要卓绝的自制力——我得比平是早11分钟把自己从床上拽出来。
[06:21.11]The thing which rocks her friends is her extraordinary self-discipline.
最让她的朋友震动的一点是她非同寻常的自制力。
[06:28.17]Then his self-discipline reasserted itself.
后来他的自我约束力再度显现出来。
[06:33.36]frame
躯体
[06:36.51]After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions,
我在地毯上跳过来跳过去，扭动身子，摆出各种别扭的姿势，
[06:44.76]I sat down at the braekfast table in an exhausted position.
结果弄得吃早饭的时候一副精疲力尽的样子
[06:51.11]Luke shook his slight frame with a violence that threatened the dislocation of some of the bones.
卢克拼命地摇撼着他那瘦弱的身子，把他的骨头都摇散了。
[06:59.75]Her whole frame is quivering with terror.
她吓得全身发抖。
[07:04.61]betray
暴露，显露
[07:07.11]It was this that betrayed me.
正是这副模样泄露了我的秘密。
[07:11.90]His disguise was clever but his voice betrayed him.
他的化装很巧妙，但他的声音暴露了他的身份。
[07:17.56]A bribe in hand betrays mischief at heart.
手里的贿赂暴露了内心的险恶。
[07:23.48]troop
成群结队地走动
[07:26.47]The text morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance.
第二天早上全家人排着队来看我表演。
[07:32.73]The staff trooped through the gaily decorated court.
全体工作人同结队走过张灯结彩的院子。
[07:37.73]The soldiers trooped into the meeting.
士兵结队地走进会场。
[07:42.17]unsettle
使不安
[07:45.16]That was really unsettling,but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humoredly
这可真够受的，不过还是我心平气和地顶住了全家的讽刺挖苦。
[07:55.67]and soon everybody got used to the idea.
不久他们对我的锻炼也就习以为常了。
[08:00.93]What unsettled him the most was the public opinion.
最让他不安的是公众舆论。
[08:06.07]The sudden change in the operation plan made the patient unsettled.
手术计划的突然变更使病人心绪不宁。
[08:12.32]taunt
嘲笑
[08:15.12]The taunts of her playmates cut the girl to the heart.
小伙伴的嘲笑深深地伤了小女孩的心。
[08:20.48]jibe
嘲弄，挖苦
[08:23.03]I am sure he is seeking for some jibes.
我敢肯定他在想挖空心思苦的话。
[08:27.78]She concluded the speech with a jibe at her own expense.
她以自嘲结束了讲话。
[08:33.53]good-humoredly
和气地，好脾气的
[08:36.37]We all expected him to lose temper at this,but he merely smiled good-gumoredly.
我们都有以为他听到这话会发脾气，没想到他只是好脾气地笑了笑。
[08:47.03]The cat purs good-humoredly when it is rubbed.
有人抚摸的时候猫总是愉快地发出呜呜声。
[08:52.48]wane
变弱，变小
[08:55.38]However,my enthusiasm waned.
可是，我的热情却减退了。
[09:00.02]His judgment seems to have waned.
他的判断力似乎衰退了。
[09:03.92]The moon waxes and wanes every month.
月亮每个月都有盈有缺。
[09:09.43]diminish
减少，缩小
[09:12.53]The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.
我花在锻炼止的时间逐渐减少。
[09:19.05]As the weight of the atom increases,the frequencies of the vibrations diminish.
原子的重量增加时，震动的频率减小。
[09:27.50]His illness diminished his strength.
疾病削弱了他的力量。
[09:31.19]hypnotize
对...施催眠术；使沉醉
[09:34.05]Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television,
有几个晚上，我极力抗拒着电视的诱惑，
[09:38.99]I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book.
坐在自己的房间里，眼睛放在书上。
[09:45.49]All the meetings are hypnotizing.
所有的会议都有催眠功效。
[09:51.16]The audience were hypnotized by the heavenly singing.
观众被美妙的歌声陶醉了。
[09:57.11]undoing
祸根，毁灭的原因
[10:00.56]That proved to be my undoing,for I soon got back to my old had habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
这下全完了，我不一会儿就恢复了以前的坏毛病，在屏幕前打起瞌睡来。
[10:11.75]A careless remark proved to be the undoing of many a man.
很多人都是被一句无心的话毁掉的。
[10:17.86]In the end his ambition turned out to be his undoing.
到头来是野心害了他。
[10:24.06]screen
电视机屏幕
[10:26.97]This talk show will be back on your screen again this time next month.
这档脱口秀节目将于下月同一时间再次交您见面。
[10:33.61]Don't sit too close to the screen.
别坐得离屏幕太近。