Words and expressions

1. In harmony with the natural laws of growth, they provide an incremental, sequential, highly integrated approach to the development of personal and interpersonal effectiveness.

Incremental 增加的;递增的 Incremental is used to describe something that increases in value or worth, often by a regular amount.

E.g. We are seeking continuous, incremental improvements, not great breakthroughs.

我们在寻求持续的、渐进的改善,而不是重大的突破。

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2. Our growth form infancy to adulthood is in accordance with natural law.

in accordance with sth

according to a rule or the way that sb says that sth should be done  •依照；依据:

e.g. in accordance with legal requirements 根据法律要求

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3. Emotionally, I would be validated from within.

Validate: to prove that sth is true 证实；确认；确证:

e.g. to validate a theory 证实理论

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4. If I am emotionally interdependent, I derive a great sense of worth within myself, but I also recognize the need for love, for giving, and for receiving love from others.

derive : to get sth from sth

•(从…中)得到,获得:

e.g. He derived great pleasure from painting.

他从绘画中得到极大的乐趣。

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5. Phenomenal:非凡的；不寻常的；惊人的Something that is phenomenal is so great or good that it is very unusual indeed.

E.g. Exports of Australian wine are growing at a phenomenal rate...

澳大利亚葡萄酒出口正在以惊人的速度增长。

对这个单词其实印象蛮深刻的，今天看美剧的时候男主夸女主今晚很惊艳就用了这个单词：You are phenomenal!

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Personal reflection:

Interdependence is the paradigm of we- we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and creat something greater together.

我觉得互赖性在一定程度上体现了团队合作原则。明明你一个人可以做好的工作，你却选择和同等优秀的人一起完成，那原因是什么呢？为了实现效益最大化。Individualism是美国精神中最显著的特点，而collectivism是中国精神的象征，但实际上美国人在贯彻Individualism下也包含了collectivism，在我看来，也就是interdependence。

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Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits.“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,”

许许多多习惯的养成塑造了我们的性格。任何习惯的养成都不是一蹴而就的，需要漫长的积累和坚持。可坚持谈何容易？Eric说只有经历过才有资格评价，你没有试过早起五点半学英语你哪知道我们收获而又成长了多少？只有把任何想法付诸于实践，才能真正地使之变为现实。Walk the walk is better than talk the talk, 通俗点可以翻为扯破嗓子不如撸起袖子，脚踏实地总是比泛泛而谈来的实在。我加入这个阅读群的目的也是和大多数人一样，想利用读原版书解决自己英语学习中的问题，喜欢听力口语而惧怕阅读和写作。那怎么做呢？开始几天确实很焦虑，不习惯做笔记的方式，自己做笔记的方式不被他人所接受或者说他人不理解，小伙伴们做的笔记又十分优秀，那该怎么办呢？Eric说按需学习，所以我就按照自己的思维方式来，借鉴他人笔记中的优点，形成自己的笔记体系，感觉也慢慢走上正轨了。那坚持下去的desire呢？我想desire这个东西也不是一下就有的，毕竟要在尝到甜头之后，明白 “哦，原来我需要这个" 的Aha moment 。