11. While you learn a little bit about many subjects，make sure you learn a great deal about one or two.——On the one hand，you should have a wide scope of knowledge；on the other hand，you should learn one or two subjects thoroughly.
while：表示对比
make sure：to do sth. in order to be sure that sth. else happens
eg：We'll do our best to make sure that everything is ready before the sportsmeet.
12.It hardly matters what the subject is，as long as it deeply interest you，and you place it in its broader human context.
It hardly matters what：句型“it +否定词 + matter（s） + wh-”eg：
It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you finish it on time.你如何做并不重要，但只要按时完成。
as long as：so long as：（表示条件）只要
You will succeed as long as you work hard.
context：上下文；背景
We will be able to understand why this event happened if we see it in its historical context.
如果我们能够从该事件的历史背景来考虑，就能理解事件为何发生。
13.But don't get trapped by the first subject that interest you，or the first thing you find yourself good at.——But you shouldn't limit your study to anything that attracts you immediately or anything you first find yourself good at.
不要把自己的学习限制在最初吸你的范围或者你最初擅长的范围。
Be/get trapped：to be in a bad situation someone from escaping from dangerous place陷于，被困于
More than 50 miners got trapped in the pit following yesterday's explosion.
50多名矿工在昨天的爆炸发生后被困在矿井中。
get trapped：（fig.）to get so deeply involved that one finds it hard to be interested in anything else
They got trapped when they were doing the experiment
14. The answers can be a gateway to real insights.
a gateway to——通向——途径；获得——手段
A good education can be a gateway to success.良好的教育是获得成功的手段。
The Suez Canal is a gateway to Europe from East Asia.苏伊士运河是从亚洲通向欧洲的通道。
15. And don't confine your learning to schoolwork.不要把自己局限于课堂
confine …。to把——限制在——之内
They managed to confine Sars to a definite area.他们设法将“非典”控制在一定的范围。
16. It's much braver to ask questions even when there's a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you.
明知会引起嘲笑而提问要比把问题埋在心里、对周围的一切变得麻木不仁要勇敢得多。
prospect ：something that you expect or know is going to happen预料会发生的事
He doesn't like the prospect of having to live alone.他将不得不独居，这事他可不喜欢
become deadened to sth.对——变得麻木
He has become deadened to failures，for he has experienced so many.
Deaden sb. to sth.使——对——麻木
17. Many conversations are a kind of competition that rarely leads to discovery on either side.——Often，when people talk they show
