Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvementbecause our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. Wealso make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so thatwe look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of thesepitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.

　　7.Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are tooambitious and we never have time to carry them out.

　　我们大多数人想自我完善却遭到失败，这是因为我们的规划过于宏大，而又根本没有时间去实施。

　　8.We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody sothat we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.

　　我们还犯有一个根本性的错误，即把我们的决心向大家宣布。这样一旦滑回到那些老习惯上去，我们在别人的眼里会显得更加难堪。

　　语言点:make the fundamental error of的意思是“所犯的根本性错误是…”。

　　9.Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.

　　我深知这些问题，于是，今年我对自己的计划要严加保密。

　　语言点:attempt to do的意思是“试图做”。