Discovering Your Life Purpose (2)

The process of Setting Goals
Perhaps you want to change something about yourself. Maybe you want to lose weight, exercise every week or earn higher grades. You may want to read 10 books this year, finish college or travel to another country. These are specific goals.

If you want to reach your goal, you must have a deadline. Then work toward that deadline. You will know when you reach your goal.

Once you have a goal, create a strategy that will help you reach that goal. Dreams are free, but goals have a price. You must spend time, money and effort to reach them. If you want to learn an instrument, then you must take lessons and practice. It is not always easy, but your hard work will pay off.

Finally, don't give up on your goals. At times you may get discouraged. But don't give up! Work hard and you can reach your goal.


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Teaching Topic: Aphorisms  格言
格言可以傳達某種真理或智慧
- If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.
如果你每天都在做一樣的事情, 那你得到的結果也是一成不變 (指設定目標的重要)
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
權力都会導致腐化，绝對的權力绝對導致腐化
- Hunger is the best sauce.
肚子餓的時候東西都特別好吃, 因為肌餓是最好的調味料


Grammar Gym
At times you may get discouraged. = Occasionally, you may get discouraged.
at times: means occasionally
- Old Mr. Richard likes to walk around the city, and you might even see him down at the harbor at times.
- The street performer usually performs at the park; at times, you can see him in the metro station.


Language Lab
process n. 過程
a series of actions that are done in order to achieve a particular result:
- The process of applying for a birth certificate is actually quite simple.
process v. 處理, 加工
to make food, materials, or goods ready to be used or sold, for example by preserving or improving them in some way:
- The customer service department will process your request as soon as possible.

deadline n. 最後期限, 截止期限
a date or time by which you have to do or complete something
- The deadline for the report is this Friday.
- The deadline for our utility bill payment is next Monday.
- Our team worked day and night just to meet the deadline.

strategy n. 策略, 戰略
a planned series of actions for achieving something:
- Our marketing strategies really worked. Sales doubled last month.
- The president held a meeting with his chief of staff to discuss new political strategies.

pay off phrasal verb 獲得成功, 得到報償
if something you do pays off, it is successful or has a good result:
- Mark's investment in bonds paid off well after five years.
- Olivia's persistence and diligence really paid off. Now she's a top model.



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