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Hitting a wall sounds painful... and also dangerous.

撞墙听起来很疼 还很危险

TO HIT A WALL

碰壁

Hey, Anna, how is your book coming along?

嘿 安娜 你的书写的怎么样了？

I've written three chapters. But this week, I've hit a wall.

我写了三章了 但这周 我脑子卡壳了

I sit for hours just staring at the computer.

我在电脑前盯了几小时的屏幕

When I hit a wall, I just take a break.

我脑子卡住的时候 就会休息一下

It helps to stop thinking about it for a bit.

转移下注意力是有帮助的

Okay. I'm not going to think about it.

好 我现在不想了

Walls stop us from going into another area.

墙会阻止我们通往另一区域

If we come across a wall, we can't just walk through it.

如果我们遇到了一面墙 不可能直接穿过它

So the expression "to hit a wall" means to face something that stops us from progressing.

所以"to hit a wall"意味着面临妨碍我们取得进展的东西

There are many reasons why you might hit a wall--

碰壁的原因有很多种——

lack of money, lack of resources, or like Anna, lack of mental energy.

缺钱 缺资源 或者像安娜一样 却乏脑力能量

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