It's easyto talk ourselves out of doing something, but if we have someone who iscounting on us, we are more likely to keep our appointment to exercise.

说服自己做件事非常容易，但是如果有人和我们一起做，那么就更有可能使锻炼坚持下去。

You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment.

你很快就沉浸在某一本书之中，通常要在好长时间之后，你才觉得得赶紧去赴一个已被忘却的约会。

Next day he flew to Philadelphia to keep his appointment with Mr. Lucas, the man who had sent the telegram.

第二天，他如约飞向费城，准备与卢卡斯先生，那个拍电报的人约会。

Why didnt he keep the appointment?

他为什么没有赴约？

Adjust your own schedule to, for example, 15 minutes earlier, so that you keep the appointment without any delay.

调整自己的时间安排，比如，在自己的安排上把约会时间提早15分钟，就不会迟到了。

Before this year ends many people reading this message will keep their appointment with death.

在今年结束之前，可能许多读过这篇文章的人就要赴死亡之约。