Q&A
1. What does “entitlement” mean? Can you give an example to explain it?
Entitlement refers to a kind of mindset which makes people feel narcissistic and distort everything to reinforce their greatness.
For instance,one of my students failed in the English test,he thought his inability to pass it was because he had a good command of english and the teacher wanted to give him a blow and so the teacher had the most difficulty exam to testify him.
2. What’s the point of telling Jimmy’s story?
The author tried to use the story to make readers understand what kind of person is entitled person.
3. Do you think you are special? What’s wrong with feeling you are sepcial?
No, i have never felt i am special.Actually i am a little bit introversive. Most people are average at most things they do.Even if when people feel they are special at something ,chaces are that they are average or below average at most other things.The deluge of exceptional information drives people feel desperate and makes them compensate through entitlement and addiction.
4. If you are not special, how can we achieve greatness?
First, we should accept the fact that we are mediocre. Second , find what we really want to accomplish in life and dedicate shit-tons of time and energy to it.Third, learn to appreciate life's basic experience.
Words and expressions:
1...he would rattle off the name of some firm he was consulting with,..
rattle sth off v,to say several pieces of information or a list quickly and easily from memory飞快的背出，喋喋不休的说出
eg: The little boy rattle off some Tang poems .
2....he would pulverize you about how world -spinning his work was...
pulverize:①do great damage to sth or to destroy completely. 摧毁
The flood pulverized everything in its path.
②If someone pulverizes an opponent in an election or competition, they thoroughly defeat them. 击溃
eg:He is set to pulverize his two opponents in the race for the presidency.
③If you pulverize something, you make it into a powder by crushing it. 将...弄成粉末
Pleasel pulverize the beans.
3....or finagling on a loan from someone...
finagle:v,to obtain something that is difficult to get by using unusual or unfair methods哄骗，欺骗
eg:How he finagled the tickets to the game I’ll never know.
