2019/03/07? ? ? ? ? 星期四? ? ? ? ? ? 晴
（一）英文版
Remember, when it comes to surviving or whatever it is, you just have to keep on walking, walking, walking. Never stop walking for one minute, and eventually you'll get where you want to go.
All you need to do is go the right way, find a rabbit, and kill it . But don't chase it, whatever you do, because it will take you in the wrong direction and you'll waste energy getting back on course.
As for gazelles, forget them. You've got to understand that unless you have enough powder and ball-bearings, it's just greedy to want gazelle meat. And don't let yourself be led astray by mirage .
Remember, the desert is like life, it's harsh. Don't expect miracles.All you need to do is keep walking and walking and walking in the direction you've fixed on. If you're determined, you'll definitely get there. Definitely.
Right now, your worst enemy isn't the desert, it's yourself. You're your own worst enemy when you tell yourself to accept your fate!
You can tell yourself you'll never get out of here. You can think your goal is far, far away on the horizon, when actually it's really close. You can start thinking about stuff other than walking,and those thoughts can tie you up in knots(Page 174)
~Xuemo, translated by Nicky Harman.
（二）中文版
你記住，無論活命還是干啥，你只要朝一個方向，走呀，走呀，不停地走，你肯定能走到那個你想到的地方。
你只要認準方向，碰到兔子了，能打了，打一個。可千萬別攆它，因為它會將你引到另一條路上，會消耗你的體力。你更不要想黃羊們。你要明白，沒有火藥和鋼珠，你那“想”的心，只能算貪婪。你更不要叫美麗的海市蜃樓迷了心志。
你永遠記住，沙漠跟生活一樣是嚴酷的，別指望會出現奇跡。你所做的，就是朝著你選定的方向，走，走，不停地走。你堅信，你肯定能走到那兒。肯定。
這時，你最大的敵人就不是沙漠，而變成了你自己。你成了你最大的人。你會勸你，算了，認命吧！
你會說，你走不出去了。你會將那可能已到咫尺的目標錯移到遙不可及的天邊。你會生出一些跟你的走不一樣的想法你可能會叫那想法攪亂了心志。
（三）講解筆記
【1】Golden sentence:
Don't expect miracles.All you need to do is keep walking and walking and walking in the direction you've fixed on.
【2】Words:
survive /s?'va?v/
surviving,survived,survives
1.
V-T/V-I If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die. 存活
例：
...the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours.
…使4名小學生在冰冷的海洋中掙扎求生超過4個小時的一連串事件。
Get back on course:
To get back on course, I relied on one of my stock questions.
我借著一個老套的問題回到了正題。
But by the third game, she had shaken it off and regrouped to get back on course.
但在第三局，他開始擺脫困難，重新找回感覺。
gazelle /ɡ??z?l/
N-COUNT A gazelle is a type of small African or Asian deer. Gazelles move very quickly and gracefully. (非洲或亞洲)羚羊
ball bearing
N-COUNT Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly. 滾珠軸承
mirage /m??rɑ??/?
N-COUNT A mirage is something that you see when it is extremely hot, for example in the desert, and which appears to be quite near but is actually a long way away or does not really exist. 海市蜃樓; 幻境
例：
It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
它在他眼前晃動，好像海市蜃樓里的綠洲。
horizon /h??ra?z?n/?
N-SING Thehorizon is the line in the far distance where the sky seems to meet the land or the sea. 地平線
例：
In the distance, the dot of a boat appeared on the horizon.
遠處小黑點般的一條小船出現在地平線上。
knot /n?t/
knotting,knotted,knots
N-COUNT If you tie a knot in a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. 結
例：
One lace had broken and been tied in a knot.
一根帶子已經斷了，被打成一個結。
【3】短語
1.tie his up in knots? 陷于困境
2.tie her up in knots? 陷于困境
3.tie yourself up in knots? 陷于困境 ; 把自己搞糊涂
4.tie oneself up in knots? 陷入困境
5.tie someone up in knots? 焦慮不安
6.tie up someone in knots? 使某人無可奈何
