(系列4) 1. look at things that IMPROVE w:age- erudition, wisdom, experience, sophistication, finances.

Books by endurance athletes: all depressed by the inevitable decline in performance, which you can of course slow down (or reverse as I did), but you are fighting the clock.

Instead look at things that IMPROVE w/age: erudition, wisdom, experience, sophistication, finances.

1. Endurance /ɪnˈdʊrəns/ n. 耐力

记忆: en-使, 让 + dur- 持久 + ance 名词后缀

2. Depressed adj. 情绪低落, 抑郁的/ 经济或市场低迷的

e.g. She's been depressed ever since she lost her job. 自从她丢了工作后，她就一直很沮丧。

e.g. I get depressed when it's cloudy for days on end. 连续几天阴天时，我会感到沮丧。

e.g. The economy is so depressed right now.现在经济非常低迷。

e.g. he housing market has been depressed for years. 房地产市场已经低迷多年了。

3. inevitable /ɪnˈevɪtəb(ə)l/ adj. 不可避免的

记忆: in-否定 + ev-表示ex-向外 +it- 走 + able 形容词后缀

(口语中替换说法表达不可避免一定会发生)

It's going to happen no matter what. 无论如何它都会发生。

It's bound to happen. 这肯定会发生。

There's no way to stop it. 没有办法阻止它。

4. Which 引导定语从句, 指代前文的the inevitable decline in performance

5. Fight the clock 与时间赛跑

e.g. In the final minutes of the game, the team was fighting the clock to score a last-minute goal. 在比赛的最后几分钟，球队与时间赛跑，争取最后进球。

e.g. As you get older, you start to realize that you're fighting the clock in many areas of life. 随着年龄的增长，你会开始意识到，在生活的许多方面，你都在与时间赛跑。

6. Erudition /ˌerjəˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 学识

记忆: e-表示ex-向外 + rud- 表示rude + ition 名词后缀

耐力运动员写的书中常常表现出对身体能力必然下降的沮丧。虽然这种衰退是不可避免的，但你可以通过努力延缓（或者像我一样逆转这种衰退），但毕竟你是在与时间赛跑。然而，不要只关注体能的下降，而是要关注一些随着年龄增长而提升的东西，比如：学识、智慧、经验、成熟度和财务状况。