1.marvel NOUN
a wonderful and surprising person or thing 令人驚異的人(或事);奇跡
wonderful results or things that have been achieved 不平凡的成果;成就;奇跡
VERB
marvel at sth
to be very surprised or impressed by sth 感到驚奇;大為讚歎
仿 We all marvelled at her courage.
原He’s long marveled at people’s tendency to do the exact opposite of what they want to do .
2.sidestep VERB
sidestepsth to avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem 迴避,規避(問題等)
sidestep (sth) to avoid sth, for example being hit, by stepping to one side 橫跨一步躲過;側移一步閃過
仿He neatly sidestepped the question.
原If you focus on what you want to do, instead of what you don’t want to do, you sidestep the dangers of ironic rebound.
3.torture NOUN
the act of causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sth 拷打;拷问;酷刑
mental or physical suffering; sth that causes this (精神上或肉体上的)折磨,痛苦;折磨人的事物
仿She suffered tortures from illness.
原Then the torture began.
4.Keep track of 留意,记录,追踪
例句Also keep track of the things you have been grateful for.也记录下那些值得感恩的事情。
原Keep track of how many cigarettes they smoked each day for the following week, along with their daily mood and the intensity of urges to smoke.
5.suppression NOUN
the act of suppressingsth 鎮壓;壓制;抑制
仿The suppression of the revolt took three days.
原Does suppression work, or does trying to push something out of your mind make it come back stronger?
6.Sentence
Instead, they should notice when they were craving chocolate, accept whatever thoughts or feelings they had about the chocolate, but also remember that they didn’t have to act on those thoughts and feelings. While not controlling their thoughts, they still had to control their behavior.
言情小说经常出现一句话:我没办法不爱你,但是我可以远离你。大概就是这样。我们无法控制自己的思想,但是可以控制自己的行为。而且控制一个比控制两个要容易的多。
let go of thought suppression放开思想压制
7.Summary
When we face temptation, we often choose to suppress it. But the result is that we are more quickly succumb to temptation.In fact,the most effective way to solve the problem is to accept the thoughts and to control our behavior.when we turn the “I won't” power into the “I will” power,it is no longer difficult to overcome temptation.