Highlights from Day18

What made the difference was how they obtained the browser. If you own a PC, Internet Explorer is built into Windows. If you’re a Mac user, your computer came preinstalled with Safari. Almost two thirds of the customer service agents used the default browser, never questioning whether a better one was available.

1.obtain：获得，得到，to get something that you want, especially through your own effort, skill, or work。这个词相对get而言，有“通过努力而得到”这样一层含义，在这里用obtain与下文“take a bit of initiative to seek out an option that might be better”形成呼应。

例句：You will need to obtain permission from the principal. 你需要得到校长的同意。

2.build into：嵌在…里面，成为协议等的一部分，第二个释义其实是第一个的引申义。这里原文为了避免与preinstall重复，用了“Internet Explorer is built into Windows”，同时也是更加生动的表达。

例句：Opportunities for reviewing the timings should be built into the plan. 计划中应留有机会重新考虑时间安排。

To get Firefox or Chrome, you have to demonstrate some resourcefulness and download a different browser. Instead of accepting the default, you take a bit of initiative to seek out an option that might be better. And that act of initiative, however tiny, is a window into what you do at work.

3.demonstrate：这里的demonstrate并不是表示示范，而是它的另一个含义：展示、表露，to show that you have a particular ability, quality, or feeling.可以与show做同义替换词。

例句：He has demonstrated an ability to meet deadlines. 他展示了如期完成任务的能力。

4.resourcefulness：机智，足智多谋，由resourceful这个形容词演变而来。

造句：She is a woman who has nothing but resourcefulness.

5.seek out：找到，to try to find someone or something, especially when this is difficult.可以与find out做同义替换。

例句：Our mission is to seek out the enemy and destroy them. 我们的任务是要找到敌人并把他们消灭。

6.window：这个window用的很妙，通过浏览器的选择来看出这些员工的心态，实际上浏览器就像人的一扇窗，作者能通过这扇窗看出内在的更多动因。