succeed-第01课

大家都知道减肥要少吃多运动，但是为啥就做不到呢？

大家都知道抽烟有害健康，但是为啥就是戒不掉呢？

是因为我们缺乏自控力吗？

如果你这么认为，就错了。

在这一课中，乐乐老师会带你一起了解名人们的自控力困境。

金句和单词

金句一：

And by “willpower,” I mean some innate quality of inner strength that allows those who have it to successfully avoid temptation. 

allow 允许

allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事

avoid 避免

avoid sth/doing sth 避免做某事

金句二：

Most people believe that it’s fundamentally a character issue. Some people have willpower (the thin, nonsmokers—and we admire them for it). Others don’t, and we judge them accordingly. ”

a character issue 性格问题

admire 钦佩

judge 批评；指责

金句三：

Willpower is not what you think it is.

willpower 意志力

金句四：

Self-control is the ability to guide your actions in pursuit of a goal—to persevere and stay on course, despite temptations, distractions, and the demands of competing goals. 

guide 引导

persevere 坚持

金句五：

Everyone knows that eating less and exercising more will help you lose weight. But knowing is one thing, and actually doing it is another thing entirely.

exercise 锻炼

lose weight 减肥

金句六：

His meteoric rise from community organizer to Harvard Law Review president, state senator, U.S. senator, and finally president of the United States would be worthy of admiration were he the son of well-connected, New England blue bloods. 

meteoric rise 迅速上升

blue blood 贵族

金句七：

But he isn’t—he’s the mixed-race child of a broken home and a family of average means, with no particular advantages other than his clearly extraordinary intelligence and determination.

average means 家境寻常 （means 金钱财富）

intelligence 智力

determination 决心

本课单词

动词们

allow 允许

avoid 避免

admire 钦佩

judge 批评 指责

guide 引导

persevere 坚持

exercise 锻炼

lose weight 减肥

名词们

a character issue 性格问题

willpower 意志力

meteoric rise 迅速上升

blue blood 贵族

average means 家境寻常 （means 金钱 财富）

intelligence 智力

determination 决心