综合英语II 第二册参考书 Unit 15 Text A Take Control of Your Life.docVIP

Lesson Fifteen Text A Take Control of Your Life Detailed study of the text: 1. No doubt, with all the chaos and uncertainty that is going in the world these days it may be difficult to feel like you are in charge of your life.(para3) There is no doubt that it is not easy for you to think you are taking control of your life, because there are so many confusion and uncertainty occur in the world. 2. If you were to apply it to yourself, how would you run your life?(para4) If you are going to apply it to yourself, how would you organize your life ? 3. I would guess that in seeing yourself as the CEO of your life, you would be inspired to think in a more effective, results oriented manner. (para4) Results oriented mean taking result as a particular purpose. More example: Quality oriented education 素质教育 Examination oriented education 应试教育 4.As you probably know, a mission statement typically spells out the overall goals and drives the actions of an organization. (para6) As you know, a mission statement typically explains the whole goals in a clear way and makes an organization act. 5. My purpose is to live life to the fullest by taking the care of my health, relationships, finances and overall happiness to the best of my abilities. (para7) My aim is doing my best to lead a full life by looking after my health, relationships, fiancés and all happiness. 6. When you state your objective so succinctly, you can’t help but be focused and take the right actions for where you need to be. (para8) When you express your objective so briefly and clearly, you have to be concentrated and take the right steps for the place where you want to reach. 7.So taking charge of your life entails taking the bull by the horns. (para9) Entail here means to involve sth that cannot be avoided. So controlling your life involves facing a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage. 8.There is a famous quote that states, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” (para9