练习材料：

L50-3: New Year resolutions

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. However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. Little by little the 11 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 for reading when I got home from 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, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen. 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!

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

unsettle v.使不安

fend off 避开

taunt n.嘲弄，讥笑

jibe n.嘲讽

good-humouredly adj.友好的

wane v.逐渐减少

diminish v.减少

hypnotize v.沉迷于

glue v.粘合

undoing n.是某人蒙羞（失败）的原因（祸根）be sb's undoing,to cause someone's shame,failure etc

doz off 打瞌睡

my eyes glued to a book眼睛盯着书

练习感悟：

Never leave the things until tomorrow you can do today.