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新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 『我们日常生活中的选择大多数都是无意识习惯的 产物，而非出于理性与意愿。《习惯的力量》一书 自个人、机构和社会三个层面入手，探讨了习惯 的重要影响，并提出切实可行的建议积极鼓励人 们改变旧有的坏习惯。』 Getting to Know You 日渐了解你 Apr 7th 2012 | from The Economist We like to think of our daily choices as the result of reason and will. But for the most part they are the products of unconscious habits: habits that at best make our lives more efficient and at worse trap1 us in self-destructive behaviour. William James2 commented in 1892 that “all our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits.” Charles Duhigg, the author of “The Power of Habit”, improves on James in two ways. The 3 4 scientific study of habits has taken off in recent years after decades in the doldrums . 1 trap /trAp/ v. 使陷入困境：He was trapped in an unhappy marriage. （他陷入不幸的婚姻之中。） 2 William James ：威廉·詹姆斯 （1842-1910 ），美国第一位哲学家和心理学家，实用主义的倡导者，美国 机能主义心理学派创始人之一，以及美国最早的实验心理学家之一。 3 take off 迅速发展；迅速流行：The new dictionary has really taken off. （这部新词典确实大受欢迎。） 4 in the doldrums 不活跃；无进展：Despite these measures, the economy remains in the doldrums. （尽 管采取了这些措施，经济状况仍然毫无起色。） 1 / 3 新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 Biologists have investigated the way that habits are wired into the cerebral cortex1 and marketers have looked at the way that they shape behaviour. Mr Duhigg has immersed 2 3 himself in this literature . James was a fatalist . He once compared habits to water which “hollows out for itself a channel, which grows broad