Support Network
Bolster your willpower by tapping into a support network.Ask friends，family or colleagues for assistance and tell them exactly how they can help.If your credit card bills have skyrocketed，for instance，let friends know that you are cutting back on expenses.Suggest having a potIuck dinner instead of meeting at an expensive restaurant.Find a support group or organization related to your goal and attend their meetings.You can get valuable advice，understanding and information-all of which increase commitment and willpower.
Changing Your Environment
If possible，alter your environment to reduce temptation or encourage positive behavior.Want to get in shape？Keep an extra set of workout clothes in your office as a reminder to stop by the gym on the way home.Quitting smoking and avoid bars or restaurants where you might be tempted to light up.
More Than Willpower
Sometimes changing your behavior requires more than willpower.If you are struggling with an addiction or want to make a significant lifestyle change，seek the guidance and support of a professional.[B]An expert may be able to provide intensive support and follow up or prescribe medication to reduce physical symptoms when people seek both drug therapy and counseling.
难点重点，一目了然！
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A If you are trying to kick a caffeine habit，start by replacing your morning cup of coffee with a glass of water，instead of vowing never to drink coffee again.
如果你想戒咖啡，将清晨的一杯咖啡换成一杯水，从这开始，而不是一而再再而三地发誓，从此以后再也不喝咖啡。
句中kick a caffeine habit戒掉喝咖啡的习惯。牢记有用短语：by doing sth.；instead of doing sth..
B An expert may be able to provide intensive support and follow up or prescribe medication to reduce physical symptoms when people seek both drug therapy and counseling.
专家可能给你有针对性的支持和帮助，或者能给你开个处方以减少身体症状。
follow up跟着；追逐；继续。例如，You start the work，and I'll follow up.你先开始工作，我会接着做。prescribe medication开药方。
If I Rest，I Rust 如果我休息，我就会生锈
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如果我休息，我就会生锈。对于那些懒散而烦恼的人来说，这将是至理名言，甚至最为勤勉的人也以此作为警示：如果一个人有才能而不用，就像废弃钥匙上的铁一样，这些才能就会很快生锈，并最终无法完成安排给自己的工作。
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The significant inion found on an old key-"If I rest，I rust"-would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idIeness.Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder.If one allows his faculties to rest，like the iron in the unused key，they will soon show signs of rust.And ultimately，they cannot do the work required of them.
[A]Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use，so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge，the gate that guard the entrances to the professions，to science，art，literature，agriculture，every department of human endeavor.
Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement.If Hugh Miller，after toiling all day in a quarry，had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation，he would never have become a famous geologist.The celebrated mathematician，Edmund Stone，would never have published a mathematical dictionary，never have found the key to science of mathematics，if he had given his spare moments to idleness.[B]Had the little Scotch lad，Ferguson，allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads，he would never have become a famous astronomer.
Labor vanquishes all-not inconstant，spasmodic，or ill-directed labor；but faithful，unremitting，daily effort toward a well-directed purpose.Just as truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty，so is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring success.
难点重点，一目了然！
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A Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use，so that they……
有些人想取得伟人所获得并保持的成就，他们就必须不断运用自身才能，以便开启知识的大门，即那些通往人类努力探求的各个领域的大门，这些领域包括各种职业：科学，艺术，文学，农业等。
句子主干：Those must keep their faculties……；who引导定语从句；so that引导目的状语从句“以便”；entrances to……“通往……的入口”。
B Had the little Scotch lad，Ferguson，allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads，……
如果苏格兰青年弗格森在山坡上放羊时，让他那思维活跃的大脑处于休息状态，而不是借助一串珠子计算星星的位置，他就不会成为着名的天文学家。
这句话是倒装句。主干是：Had the little Scotch……allowed the busy brain……，he would never have become a famous astronomer.相当于if the little Scotch……allowed the busy brain……he would never have become a famous astronomer.
A Kind-Hearted Teacher 一位慈祥的老师
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老师给予我们的爱和关怀就像那春天的细雨，滋润着我们的心田，鼓舞着我们走过艰难困苦；只有爱能让人难忘，只有爱能让这一刻永恒；因为有爱，心中才温暖。
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Mrs.Thompson，an elementary teacher，noticed that Teddy with messy clothes didn't play well with the other children when she was new to school.Reviewing his file，she knew that his mother died of a terminaI illness，but his father didn't show much interest.That's why Teddy was withdrawn and didn't show much interest in school.