Peak CH4

word and expression

take your place among the best in the world.

place

[sing.] ~ (in sth) the role or importance of sb / sth in a particular situation, usually in relation to others

• 身分；地位；资格:

»He is assured of his place in history.

他相信自己一定会在历史上占有一席之地。

take one's place

to take or accept the status in society that is correct or that you deserve

• 得到应有的社会地位；名副其实

仿：Exercise takes second place to diet.

As with the disparity between Renée and Steve, the key difference between Steve’s performance and that of the new generation of memory whizzes lies in the details of their training.

disparity

(formal) a difference, especially six connected with unfair treatment

• (尤指因不公正对待引起的)不同,不等,差异,悬殊:

仿：What makes the wide disparity between rich and poor ？

If you don’t know for sure what constitutes improvement, how can you develop methods to improve performance?

constitute

1. linking verb

• [V-N] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to be considered to be sth

• (被认为或看作)是；被算作:

»Does such an activity constitute a criminal offence?

难道这样的活动也算刑事犯罪吗？

2. linking verb

• [V-N] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to be the parts that together form sth

• 组成；构成

【SYN】 make up :

»Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force.

女性雇员占劳动力的多数。

First, there are always objective ways—such as the win/loss of a chess competition or a head-to-head race—or at least semiobjective ways—such as evaluation by expert judges—to measure performance.

head-to-head

adj. [only before noun]

• in which two people or groups face each other directly in order to decide the result of a disagreement or competition

• 正面交锋的；面对面的:

仿：They decided to have a head-to-head contest.

note补充：

对比traits，deliberate practice就是比purposeful practice多了达到一定水平的传授者和心理表征？核心就是，DP知道how to do that，别人（一定水平的传授者）know how，自己（通过心理表征）know how 。

deliberate practice有一个特点，同时也是缺陷，只适用于well-developed field，对水平有客观评价标准的技能，所以在其他不符合的领域里不能通过这种方法成为expert。

关于阅读和笔记，之前我都是读的时候会把任何不确定意思的单词和短语都查一下，今天为了抓紧时间读完，在解释violin如何练习的那节省略了很多不认识的乐器相关单词，因为它们对我理解全文完全没有影响，而且卡在一个单词上放慢了速度反而会打断我思考的连贯性。之前了解过透析英语，要求是5页查一个单词，查会影响你理解文章的单词，可以猜出来的或者无关痛痒的就放弃，我想之后我可以用这个方法。