Summary
The chapter?begins from another well-known story of success.?Joy Bill is a?technologist.?He set up the operating system on which millions of?computers around the world run, wrote much of the software that allows people?to access the Internet, confounded Sun Microsystems which was one of the most?critical players in the computer revolution. Bill's prowess as a computer?programmer establishes his guru status in the Valley and wins him many oft-told?anecdotes. Though he denies some of the assertions, he is still regarded as?Jesus in computer algorithm.?His story seems a best example of how talent?people stands out by themselves.
But Gladwell?does not satisfy to the usual interpretations and tries to bring up another?perspective by introducing a theory called 1,000-hour rule.?A study done?in?the early 1990s by the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson?and two?colleagues at Berlin's elite Academy of Music shows the essence of making a?world-class professional performers is the practicing time. In the early stage,?the future professional performers works much harder than others in the?academy. This distinguish gap of the practicing time increases when the two?groups grow up. Eventually, the most hard-working group becomes professionals?while other groups turns out to be music teachers or etc.
The study?concludes a rule of thumb that is without 10,000-hour of deliberately working,?no professionals can achieve their world-class status. A related study written?by psychologist Michael Howe in his?book Genius Explained indicates the?rule is applicable to somebody eve as gifted as Mozart is.?Gladwell thus?argues since extra practice plays such an important role, a supported?environment is necessary for the young prodigy. He said,?You can't be poor, because if?you have?to hold down a?part-time job on the side to?help make?ends meet,there won't be time left in the day to?practice enough.
Accordingly, I?guess, he implies Bill should have come from a wealthy or a supported family?that gives him the freedom to be his own man.?
Writing notes
1 可以用bring up嗎?
我的原句是
But the author does not satisfy to the usual?interpretation and tried to bring up another perspective by introducing a theory?called 1,000-hour rule.
字典中bring up有put?forward?for consideration or discussion的意思溅潜，例如："bring?up an?unpleasant topic"滚澜〖藁常可以當作raise, mention來了解，所以這個用法應(yīng)該沒問題萝招。
2 可以用Through his total?devotion嗎?
我的原句是
Through his total devotion in computer?programming, he invented the Java language, a tool for web design.
原文中有些好的表達可以記憶：
○ But late in his?freshman year, he stumbled?acrossthe Computer Center-and?he washooked.
○ There, he buried himself?even deeper in the world of computer software.
3 過去完成式
過去完成式不可以單獨使用朴爬，需要有參照時點。例如The?plane had taken?off by the time I arrived at the airport.或是She?tried?to call my office, but there was no answer. I had got off work.
我或許可以寫母赵，Joy Bill?had shown talent in?his early days.
4 可以用applies to嗎?
我的原句是
A further study indicates the rule applies to?somebody as gifted as Mozart is.
字典定義?
apply?to
This is the idiom to?use when you are putting?yourself forward as a candidate for something?such as a course of study, or a?job. You apply to graduate?school.?You apply to a company for employment. You apply to a bank’s loan department?for a loan.
apply?for
This is the expression to use if your intention?is to obtain?something. You apply for scholarship money. You apply for?admission.?You apply for a?job.
建議用applicable，例如
○ This part of the?law applicable to companies employing more than five people.
○The new qualifications are applicable to all?European countries.
5 Be his own man
我的原句是
Bill should have come from a wealthy or a?supported family that gives him the freedom tobe his own man.
to be in control?of your life and not allow other people to tell you what to do: Nobody tells me?how to live my life - I'm my own man.
進步要點
1.?排版上要學習师倔，如何用反底色趋艘、項目符號，還讓版面更清晰凶朗。也可以考慮加圖片，讓文章更有趣搓萧。
2.今天採取的是先寫summary宛畦，在過程中反覆積累好的表達、確認文法及表達可用反肋、補充背景知識∈幔可以發(fā)現(xiàn)读规，我科技類知識不熟，所以summary中Bill的功績基本上是原文複製貼上铃在。此外碍遍，我覺得還可以再想想，從總結(jié)中獲得更多。
