解放军文职招聘考试To live in the present

 To live in the present

 What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover, the more influence that incident has on your actions, and the less able you are to perform to your personal best. In a nutshell, the longer it takes you to recover, the weaker you are and the poorer your performance.

   You are well aware that you need to exercise to keep the body fit and, no doubt, accept that a reasonable measure of health is the speed in which your heart and respiratory system recovers after exercise. Likewise the faster you let go of an issue that upsets you, the faster you return to an equilibrium, the healthier you will be. The best example of this behavior is found with professional sportspeople. They know that the faster they can forget an incident or missed opportunity and get on with the game, the better their performance. In fact, most measure the time it takes them to overcome and forget an incident in a game and most reckon a recovery rate of 30 seconds is too long!

　 Imagine yourself to be an actor in a play on the stage. Your aim is to play your part to the best of your ability. You have been given a script and at the end of each sentence is a full stop. Each time you get to the end of the sentence you start a new one and although the next sentence is related to the last it is not affected by it. Your job is to deliver each sentence to the best of your ability.

　 Don’t live your life in the past! Learn to live in the present, to overcome the past. Stop the past from influencing your daily life. Don’t allow thoughts of the past to reduce your personal best. Stop the past from interfering with your life. Learn to recover quickly.

   Live in the present. Not in the precedent.
一、生词注解

1.nutshell ['nʌtˌʃel] 简言之；一言以蔽之

2. respiratory [risˈpaiərətri] a.呼吸的

3.equilibrium  [ˌi:kwiˈlibriəm] n.平衡

4.reckon vt.认为，估计；(on)指望；测算

5.interfering [ˌintəˈfiə] vi.(with，in)干涉，介入；妨碍，干扰

6.precedent  [ˈpresidənt] n.先例，范例，判例；惯例

二、词汇拓展

1. aware

【导学】

    adj. 知道的，意识到的 

    be aware of…    意识到…

    be aware that…   意识到…

【例句】

    1) Their sudden attack made us more aware of the danger around us. 

         他们突然的攻击使我们更加注意我们周围的危险。

    2) Are you aware that you are sitting on my hat? 

        你知道你坐在我的帽子上了吗？

【随练】

    1)我没有意识到。( be aware of…)

    ____________________________________________________.

    2)我深知这是一件棘手的工作。( be aware that…)

    ____________________________________________________.

2. affect

【导学】

    1)vt. 影响;对...发生作用

    2) vt.使感动,使震动

      be deeply affected                     深受感动

    3) vt. (病)侵袭;罹患

    4) vt.假装,冒充

      affect to do sth.                       假装做…

【例句】

    1) She was deeply affected by the news of her father's death.

              她父亲去世的消息使她深受震动。

    2) Her kidneys had become affected.

              她的肾脏受到了感染。

    3) Her kidneys had become affected.

              她的肾脏受到了感染。

    4) He affected not to see her.

              他假装没看见她。

【随练】

    1)气候影响了他的健康。

    ____________________________________________________.

    2)他假装没有听见我。

    ____________________________________________________.

三、短语辨析：

1.allow …to

【辨析】allow …to , allow of 和allow for

    allow sb. to do sth.     允许某人做…

    allow of              容许，容许有…的可能

    allow for             考虑到，顾及，为…留出余地

【例句】

    1) It is too dark outside to allow of walking.

           外面太黑了，不能出去散步。

    2) We must allow for the train being late.

              我们必须想到火车会晚点的。

【随练】

    1) 这些事实不允许有其他解释。(allow of)

    ____________________________________________________.

    2) 我们还是早些动身为好。我们要考虑到路上交通会有耽搁。(allow for)

    ____________________________________________________.

2. in fact

【辨析】in fact, in reality和as a matter of fact

    四个词组均表示“事实上”，可以互换使用。

【例句】

    1) In fact, I think you're right.

          事实上，我认为你是对的。

    2) In reality, things always happen out of expectation.

              现实中，事情总是出乎意料地发生。

    3) As a matter of fact, I'm from Taiwan.

        没错,我是台湾来的。

【随练】

    1) 实际上,图中有好几只猫。(in fact)

     ____________________________________________________.

    2) 每个人都喜欢这位陌生人,其实他却是个罪犯。( in reality)

     ____________________________________________________.

    3) 事实上我从未到过那儿。( as a matter of fact)

     ____________________________________________________.

四、语法点拨

【例句】

1. How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you?

【归纳】it takes sb. …to do sth. 表示“花费某人…来做某事”。

        又如：It will take a long time before people accept such an idea.要很长时间人们才会接 

        受这样的观点。

2. Each time you get to the end of the sentence you start a new one and although the next sentence  

  is related to the last it is not affected by it.

【归纳】此外each time为表示时间的名词词组，可以用来引导时间状语从句。类似的用法  

有every time, the moment, the minute, the instance.又如：

The moment I get the car, I’ll go and pick you up.

一得到车我就去接你走。

【随练】

1.It _______________________ (花了他们两周的时间)prepare the celebration.

2.My uncle brings me a book of great significance___________________（他每次来看我时）.

 

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二、词汇拓展

【随连】

1. 1)I wasn't aware of that. 

  2)I am well aware that this is a tough job.

2. 1)The climate affected his health. 

  2)He affected not to hear me. 

三、短语辨析

【随连】

1. 1) The facts allow of no other explanation.

  2)We'd better start earlier. We should allow for traffic delays.

2. 1)In fact, there are several cats in the picture.

  2)Everyone likes the stranger, but in reality he is a criminal.

  3) As a matter of fact, I've never been there before.

 

四、语法点拨

【随连】

1. It took them two weeks to

2. every time he comes to visit me