练习材料：[Day 2779 2022-05-05]

L50-2:New Year resolutions

I limitedmyself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening.An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for notcarrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, buton the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task. The daily exercises lasted only 11 minutes and I proposedto do them early in the morningbefore anyone had got up. The self-discipline required to drag myselfout of bed 11 minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Nevertheless, Imanaged to creep down into the living room for two days before anyone found me out.After jumpingabout on the carpetand twisting the human frameinto uncomfortable positions, I sat down at the breakfasttable in an exhausted condition.It was this that betrayed me. The next morningthe whole family trooped in to watch the performance.

知识笔记：mondest,ambition,apply,assiduously,propose,self-discipline,creep,carpet,twist,exhaust,betray,troop,发音;modest,assiduously,self-discipline,frame,betray,troop,apply oneself to,ambition,propose,creep,twist,exhaust,词义。

练习感悟：28’。