The 7 Habits of Highly Effective

Day 1

Part I  Words and phrases

1. After a few weeks, I fizzle.

Fizzle:(1) to gradually end, often in a disappointing or weak way 逐渐终止，有始无终

e.g. I always make a promise for losing weight, but I fizzle after persistence on a few days.

(2) when sth, especially sth that is burning, fizzles, it makes a sound like a long 's' (火等)发出嘶嘶声

e.g. The fire fizzle in the furnace.

2. I feel pressured and hassled all day.  Hassle: to annoy sb or cause them trouble, especially by asking them to do sth many times (不断)烦扰,麻烦

e.g. The supervisor requires us to revise our paper format again and again, I really feel hassled.

3. I’m eating my heart out.Eat one’s heart out: (1) to grieve bitterly                                      (2) to be jealous

我认为文章的中意思是第二种，前面提到看到亲朋好友取得成就或得到认可时，我表面上是微笑的衷心祝贺他们，但其实内心嫉妒不已，很不是滋味。

e.g. I have this kind of feeling that every time when my roommates do something better than me such as gaining the first class scholarship, I smile and congratulate them enthusiastically, but inside, I’m eating my heart out. Fortunately, I am aware it and try to overcome this shortcoming.

4. My marriage has gone flat.

这里的has gone flat用得很形象，把“我”的婚姻形同虚设，毫无意义都表现出来了。这让我想到我最近学到的一个短语，也是描述婚姻关系的，on the rocks,即a relationship or business that is on the rocks is having difficulties and is likely to fail soon。

e.g. His marriage is on the rocks.

5. He was doing poorly academically. 

这个句子我认为是写得漂亮地道的，当说一个人学习不好的时候，我可能只会想到He does not do well in study, or he gets a low grade.所以这个句子让我学习到新的更好的用法。

Part 2 Thoughs

看到这一段时，我自己也有切身的体会，我一直想改变现状，想多看几本书，练好口语，多去跑步锻炼身体等等，并且一直都有设定目标与计划。但我总会被这样或那样的事情所牵绊，坚持几天，就开始完成不了任务。我似乎对自己的承诺没有当做一定要履行的事情，没有完成就会懊恼一两天，然后不了了之。

今天看完part one，最大的感触就是，单词大部分都懂，可是就是不能很好的理解文章的内容，不能内化成自己的见解，我能明白文章大部分内容，但不深刻，也不透彻。我想应该多读几遍，好好体会，自己平时习惯阅读太快了，所以思维还跟不上翻书的速度，anyway, I will keep it up.

Part 3 Accumulating good sentence

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

要好好思考自己想要什么样的人生，是否是有意义的，正确的，能否给自己带来无限的兴趣与激情的，唯有这样，才能活出卓越吧。