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（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

你记住，无论活命还是干啥，你只要朝一个方向，走呀，走呀，不停地走，你肯定能走到那个你想到的地方。
你只要认准方向，碰到兔子了，能打了，打一个。可千万别撵它，因为它会将你引到另一条路上，会消耗你的体力。你更不要想黄羊们。你要明白，没有火药和钢珠，你那“想”的心，只能算贪婪。你更不要叫美丽的海市蜃楼迷了心志。
你永远记住，沙漠跟生活一样是严酷的，别指望会出现奇迹。你所做的，就是朝着你选定的方向，走，走，不停地走。你坚信，你肯定能走到那儿。肯定。
这时，你最大的敌人就不是沙漠，而变成了你自己。你成了你最大的人。你会劝你，算了，认命吧！
你会说，你走不出去了。你会将那可能已到咫尺的目标错移到遥不可及的天边。你会生出一些跟你的走不一样的想法你可能会叫那想法搅乱了心志。

（三）讲解笔记

【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名小学生在冰冷的海洋中挣扎求生超过4个小时的一连串事件。

Get back on course:

To get back on course, I relied on one of my stock questions.
我借着一个老套的问题回到了正题。

But by the third game, she had shaken it off and regrouped to get back on course.
但在第三局，他开始摆脱困难，重新找回感觉。

gazelle /ɡ??z?l/
N-COUNT A gazelle is a type of small African or Asian deer. Gazelles move very quickly and gracefully. (非洲或亚洲)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. 滚珠轴承

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. 海市蜃楼; 幻境
例：
It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。

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. 地平线
例：
In the distance, the dot of a boat appeared on the horizon.
远处小黑点般的一条小船出现在地平线上。

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. 结
例：
One lace had broken and been tied in a knot.
一根带子已经断了，被打成一个结。

【3】短语
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焦虑不安
【每日英文学习（Light英文空间（16））】6.tie up someone in knots使某人无可奈何