PART 1: Thoughts

The reason that most people don’t possess these extraordinary physical capabilities isn’t because they don’t have the capacity for them, but rather because they’re satisfied to live in the comfortable rut of homeostasis and never do the work that is required to get out of it. They live in the world of“good enough.”

“Good enough” is generally good enough. But it’s important to remember that the option exists.If you wish to become significantly better at something, you can.

    作者通过实验和例子告诉我们身体也是有很强的适应能力和记忆功能，当你突破身体的适应区，你的肌肉也会进行重建，产生新的适应区，这样不断更新重建而变得更强大，但必须长期坚持，也不能太用力否则会适得其反。从人体引申到大脑，进行关联。

      关于push too hard for too long can lead to burnout and ineffective learning深有体会，就像这次读书会，第一天看到大家都这么厉害压力特别大，因为也想做好，晚上失眠到两点多，第二天看了很多遍Eric分享的意义，开始自我调适心态，并多向其他人学习，这大概就是适应的过程，打碎、重组、适应、学习，然后变更好。如果我停下思考、学习，就会像作者例子中的musicians and retired London taxi drivers一样stop improving 甚至是能力消失。

      这也是后面作者提到的"good enough"现象，我们都有选择，看你是倾向于stop、good enough还是keep learning。

      最后作者提到traditional approach和purposeful-practice 、deliberate-practice 的不同，前者仅是安于现状和命运, 后者可以让我们掌控自己人生并重塑它开发潜能。（这章涉及到好多专业术语看的有点吃力。）

第一周在慢慢适应和学习的过程，虐并快乐着，虐的是思考和笔记输出部分，快乐是完成笔记得到大家的点评发现自己的错误。从Eric的分享中走出了原来的误区：阅读写作是关键，但这两个却是自己的硬伤，以后要把重点从发音转到这两部分，同时要开始用新概念3践行翻译训练。

看书：1、速度有待提高，碰到专业术语就蒙圈。2、本来看书时顶多划划横向，但总结时发觉好多有些忘记了，汇总时有点无从下手，现在开始边看边记重点感觉方便总结回顾。

笔记：1、输出部分耗时最长，写作部分存在很多语法语言错误问题，要提高自己的阅读输入和写作输出能力。2、在学习书友们的好笔记，每次写完仔细检查下，接收到大家的笔记、评价和Eric分享后再对自己笔记进行反思备注。（这也是从小芷芷的简书笔记中学习到的）

晨读：当其他人在读的时候，易走神，也无法理解意思，不知道是该看文字还是听音，正在寻找突破口。自己会录下自己的部分，晨读后回听检查。

看群时间和评价：1、零零碎碎发觉自己在这部分耗时也很多，要控制个固定时间段看群，忽略部分第二天再根据笔记小结进行补充。2、评价也是技术活，因为自我功力不足，发现问题的能力便有限，还在学习的初级阶段，感觉大家都好厉害，也在看大家的评价中学习新知识。

PART 2: Summary

  The author cites a few  instances to illustrate that deliberate practice is useful and helpful. It's our ultimate goal.  Purposeful practice can push us to achieve more and get better. It is more effective than the usual just-enough method-and it is a step toward deliberate practice. The researchers exemplified that the human brain is incredibly adaptable as the human body. It desires for homeostasis and can be reestablished. We need to keep pushing ourselves to get out of one's comfort zone. With deliberate practice, this requires challenging homeostasis. Once we do this, learning becomes a way of taking control of our destiny and shaping our potential in ways that we choose.

修正后

From the introduction and the chapter 1 we know deliberate practice is the gold standard. Afterwards, the author compares "naive practice" with "purposeful practice" to show what is purposeful practice. The characteristics are: specific goals, focused, feedback, get out of one's comfort zone. We can get correct feedback by working with a teacher or coach. Get out of one's comfort zone is to constantly challenge ourselves. But it is not "try harder" but rather "try differently". In a nutshell, Purposeful practice is a hard work, but it can push you to achieve more and get better.

However, we should know purposeful practice isn't always so successful, as we shall see, but it is more effective than the usual just-enough method-and it is a step toward deliberate practice, which is our ultimate goal.

Then,the author illustrates that the human brain is incredibly adaptable as the human body. The researchers exemplify that the body desires for homeostasis can be harnessed to drive changes. It can be reestablished. We need to keep pushing ourselves, otherwise our ability will stop improving or even disappear. But if we push too far outside our comfort zone, we risk injuring ourselves and actually setting ourselves back. People don't possess these extraordinary physical capabilities because they choose to live in the world of "good enough". It's the traditional approach. With deliberate practice, this requires challenging homeostasis. Once we do this, learning becomes a way of taking control of our destiny and shaping our potential in ways that we choose.

PART 3: Words and Expression

1.strenuous: adj.characterized by or performed with much energy or force; "strenuous exercise"费力的; 须用力应付的

原文：As long as the physical exercise is not so strenuous that it strains the body’s homeostatic.

mechanisms, the exercise will do very little to prompt physical changes in the body.

仿句：After the strenuous training, I decide to sign up the marathon.

2. ramp up:增加，提高

原文：These newly activated genes will switch on or ramp up various biochemical systems within the cell...

仿句：We can ramp up our vocabulary by reading lots of original English books.

3. albeit:conj.[古语]尽管，即使，虽然[一般用来连接单词或短语，而不是从句]

原文：If you don’t keep pushing and pushing and pushing some more, the body will settle into homeostasis, albeit at a different level than before, and you will stop improving.

仿句：I keep writing the summary, albeit rather slowly and difficult.

4. in essence:  adv.with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details; synonymous：in principle,in theory(这类词都不大会用，只记得a fact)

原文：The training of a London taxi driver or an Olympic gymnast or a violinist at a music academy is, in essence, a method of harnessing the adaptability of the brain and body to develop abilities that would otherwise be out of reach.

仿句：In essence, cognitive differences can be reflect in writing.

字词精选

1.dead-on: adj. accurate and to the point 完全正确的

原文：His performance was dead-on average.

e.g. : Those old coffee commercials you might remember from childhood were actually prettydead-on.

2.aficionado: n.If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it 酷爱…者；…迷:

原文：The flute that would have astonished aficionado s a century ago.

e.g.: I am not an aficionado of the theater.

3、pep talk：可数名词 a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff 鼓舞士气的讲话[非正式]

常有搭配：give somebody a pep talk

原文：He gave himself an excited pep talk, seemingly conscious of nothing but the approaching task.

4.One caveat here is that while it is always possible to keep going and keep improving, it is not always easy.

caveat的意思是“注意事项” “预先声明”，常见的是”there was one caveat…”，这个词后面的话是补充说明前面的信息，同时也起到强调的作用。

5.What is not natural is a true dead-stop obstacle, one that is impossible to get around, over, or through.

注意这里的get around, over, or through，get around, get over和get through都有“克服困难”的意思。作者连用三个get有关的短语来强调不同的困难程度。

e.g. Don't just think about it! Think over it! Think through it. 这就是利用了think短语来表示递进强调。

6.He was like the pianist playing the same songs the same way for thirty years. That is a recipe for stagnation, not improvement.

be a recipe for something中的recipe原意是“食谱” “配方”，在这里表示“原因”。

7.swing motion摇动

原文：An instructor can give you advice on how to change your swing motion.

仿句：She studies hard and no one could change her swing motion.

8. in a nutshell: adv.summed up briefly 极其简括地说；简单地，简约地

原文：This is naive practice in a nutshell.

9. banner: n.旗帜，横幅,标语

原文：This will be a banner day. （这将是特别棒的一天）

10. hollering: n.a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)大声叫喊

pounding: n.repeated heavy blows 重击；重击声

原文：Now, not everyone will focus by hollering and pounding on a table.

11.abound: vi.be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities, be in a state of movement or action 富于；充满

原文：One-way streets abound, there are traffic circles and dead ends all over.

12. funky:  adj.stylish and modern in an unconventional way;of fensively malodorous

时髦的；畏缩的；恶臭的(这两个意思反差挺大的）

原文：Suppose you’d like to revisit that funky little hat shop in Charing Cross.

13. vicinity: n. a surrounding or nearby region 邻近，附近；近处

原文：taking notes on which buildings and which landmarks are in the vicinity.

14. in-depth:  adj.having a specified depth 彻底的，深入的

原文：By far the most in-depth studies of the cabbies—and the ones that have

the most to tell us about how training affects the brain.

15.thoroughfare:N-COUNTA thoroughfare is a main road in a city or town which usually has stores along it and a lot of traffic.

原文：To start with, there is no grid of thoroughfares that can be used for orientation and routing as you will find in Manhattan or Paris or Tokyo.