chapter5

QUESTIONS

1-What does “you are always choosing”? Can you define it and give an example?

We are always choosing , Life is full of choices. When we are young, we should choose where to go to primary school. When we go to university, we must choose a major.

2-What’s the point of telling William James’s story?

Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible for it.

感悟

when you chose it freely and prepared for it, it was a glorious and important milestone in your life. When it was forced upon you against your will, it was one of the most terrifying and painful experiences of your life.

小时的自己并不是很喜欢学习，但每个寒暑假都会被老爸抓来学习，每天规定作息时间，其实也没怎么学进去吧，学习的时候总是盯着钟表在看，还没到点就收拾好东西准备去玩了。那时候自己还没有主动地接受学习。现在上了大学选择了自己喜欢的专业英语，有些质的改变了吧，自己喜欢的东西，自己主动去接受 we choose it，we are responsible for it.

Taking responsibility for our problems is far more important, because that’s where the real learning comes from.

人生总是充满了选择，没有人愿意选择伤痛，没有人愿意选弯曲的道路，但只要我们做了选择，我们都要为之负责，不能怨天尤人。也许这一次栽了跟头，下一次我们就能走得更远。

EXPESSION

drag on：不必要地拖延;拖得过久

　　　　You say that an event or process drags on when you disapprove of the fact that it lasts for longer than necessary.

arrogant：傲慢的;自大的;嚣张的

　　　　　Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.

own up：承认；供认；坦白

　　　　If you own up to something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it.