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Lesson 6; Game Theroy: Nash Equilibrium;Background Information: schizophrenia ;... the staff at my university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later all of Boston were behaving strangely towards me. ... I started to see crypto-communists everywhere ... I started to think I was a man of great religious importance, and to hear voices all the time. I began to hear something like telephone calls in my head, from people opposed to my ideas. ...The delirium was like a dream from which I seemed never to awake. ;slack Moving slowly; sluggish 移动缓慢的；懒散的： a slack pace.懒散的步子 Lacking in activity; not busy 缺少活力的；不忙碌的： a slack season for the travel business.旅游业的淡季 Not tense; loose:松弛的：未拉紧的 a slack rope 未绷紧的绳子 slack muscles 松弛的肌肉 slack sails 松散的船帆 Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: 懈怠的；粗心大意的： a slack worker.粗心大意的工人;Language Points;Language Points;Language Points;Established： firmly settled or accepted 确定的, 既定的, an established fact 既成事实 an established rule 成规 establishment A group of people holding most of the power and influence in a government or society. Often used with “the”. （前面与the连用）当权派；权力机构 It is no good fighting the establishment: it/they will always win in the end. 同当权者斗没有用，到头来赢得总是他们。;surprise 是通用词，它的含义是使人一愣。这种吃惊可能包含着高兴也可能包含害怕或忧虑。 In spite of this, some people including myself were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. 尽管如此，最近举办的现代雕塑展览会却使一些人——包括我在内——吃了一惊。 astonish suggests overwhelming surprise使人震惊得难以置信。 The successful laying of the Atlantic cable astonished everybody: its later breaks astonished no one; but after it was finally in operation. many said that no future invention could surprise them. 在大西洋底下成功地铺设了电缆，这使得大家都感到骇然； 后来有几处电缆折断了，谁也不感到惊奇。不过在这些电缆终于投入工作之后，许多人都说，未来的任何发明再也不会使人吃惊了。 amaze implies astonishment and often bewilderment:所表示的吃惊中包含着使人迷惑不解 。 Scientists have been amazed to find that it can cut through the hardest rock with great ease. 科学家惊诧地发现，它可以轻而易举地钻穿最坚硬的岩石。 astound 比 astonish 的词义强得多，常用于表示某件事你虽然认为有可能，但与你所