Reading Part @ Aug. 24, 2017

Chapter 9: Where Do We Go from Here?（243-259）

• The Promise of Deliberate Practice
• Homo Exercens

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Summary & Reflection:

本书的最后一章，讲的是刻意练习还能更好的应用于学习等教育领域。

有效学习的正确打开方式应该是：

First understand the question in the proper way, then figure out which concepts are applicable, and then reason from those concepts to an answer.

先以正确方式理解问题，然后找出适用的概念/知识，再根据概念推理思考出答案；相较于传统教育一味的“填鸭式” 被动知识传输，这种方式可以让我们在学习上更具主观能动性，通过不断试新试错，得到有效反馈修正，我们才能更有效的更新自己的心理表征，从而实现知识的融会贯通。

Deliberate practice is all about the skills. We pick up the necessary knowledge in order to develop the skills; knowledge should never be an end in itself.

刻意练习的最终目的是提高我们的技能。我们终其一生，时间与精力都很有限，这就提醒我们不能 “死读书”，书是读不完的，知识也是获取不尽的。正如老话说的，贪多嚼不烂，所以我们要懂得取舍，选择学习必要的知识，来更好的培育技能，从而更好的服务于我们的真正需求。

而知识本身，从来都不是学习的最终目的。正如读书，也从来都不是获取知识的唯一方式；但是娴熟且日臻完美的技能，却需要我们长期有效的刻意练习；如此，我们才有能力将我们的未来牢牢掌控在自己的手中。

Take our future into our own hands.

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Words and Expressions:

This glimpse came courtesy of three researchers associated with the University of british Columbia: ......

courtesy of, 表示 “经由....提供，蒙...好意”，If we say that something has been provided through the courtesy of or **(by) courtesy of **a person, organization, business, etc., we are politely saying that they paid for it, gave it, or let it be used...

例句：This program is brought to you courtesy of our sponsors. [=it has been paid for by our sponsors]

顺便记录几个 courtesy 作为形容词的常见表达：
courtesy call -- 礼节性拜访（done in order to be polite）
courtesy seat -- 爱心专座
courtesy bus/taxi/car -- 免费车（provided free to a customer by a company, such as from hotel to airport...）
courtesy phone -- 免费电话（provided for free）
courtesy ticket -- 免费票

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...... where the students would solve problems under the eye of a teaching assistant.

under the eye of somebody, 在某人的眼皮底下，也就是 “在....监视之下”，while being watched by someone who is making sure that you behaveproperly or do something right. 在eye前面通常会再加个形容词修饰，如：under the (watchful / vigilant / stern etc) eye of somebody.
例句：They act out roles and techniques under the watchful eye of their instructors.

和 eye 相关的几个有意思的短语：
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth -- 以眼还眼，以牙还牙

in a pig's eye -- 绝不可能（US slang：used to express strong disagreement）例句：You want me to apologize to him? In a pig's eye! [ =Never! ]

see eye to eye -- 看法一致（to have the same opinion : agree — usually used in negative statements）例句：They don't see eye to eye (with each other) on this issue.

the apple of someone's eye -- 掌上明珠（a person or thing that someone loves very much）例句：His daughter is the apple of his eye.

with your eyes shut/closed -- 轻而易举，闭着眼睛都能搞定（informal: with little or no effort : very easily）例句：She could run that company with her eyes shut.

your eyes are bigger than your stomach -- 眼睛大，肚子小；眼馋肚饱；眼高手低（You have taken more food than you can possibly eat）例句：I can't finish my meal—I guess my eyes were bigger than my stomach!

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It then turns out that the knowing part comes along for the ride.

come/go along for the ride, 常用在口语中，表示 “随之而来，跟随而至，凑热闹”，to join what other people are doing just for pleasure, not because you are seriously interested in it.
例句：He wasn't really interested in buying anything when we went to the store; he was just along for the ride.

注意区别 take somebody for a ride, 除了表示 “带某人兜风，搭顺风车”，在口语中还有一层意思，表示 “利用某人，欺骗某人”，to trick someone, often in order to get money from them.
例句：Some auto dealers are taking car buyers for a ride by charging inflated prices on extended warranties.

some useful expressions:

plug numbers into an equation -- 将数字代入到公式里
at an ever-increasing pace -- 不断增长的速度
people born in my generation -- 我这一代人（和我同时代出生的人们）
as for the children being born today -- 至于现在刚刚出生的孩子们
people coming into the work force today -- 今天刚加入职场的人们
take our future into our own hands -- 未来掌握在我们自己手中

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