1. 词链儿：Taking initiative pays off.
采取主动是有回报的。
V-ing 做主语，谓语动词用第三人称单数
initiative
① 作为表示性质的抽象名词（不可数），在笼统意义上使用时不加任何冠词，表示“首创精神”、“主动性”。
If you act responsibly and show that you have initiative, you will sooner or later be promoted.
你如果工作负责，显示有首创精神，你就早晚会得到提拔的。
You'll have to use your initiative.
你需要发挥自己的独创性。
② 加上定冠词the，the initiative 意思就是双方博弈或斗争中的“主动权”。
词链儿：take the initiative
采取主动
近义词链儿：make one's first move
抢先行动；抢占先机
点击跳转回顾【We must remain composed and only make our move when everything is in place. Patience is the key to victory.】
Why don’t you take the initiative and ask her out?
为什么你不主动约她出去呢？
to seize/lose the initiative
掌握/丧失先机
★原声例句：
I think we ought to take the initiative.
我认为我们应该采取主动。
★原声例句：
Parents take the initiative by asking open-ended questions.
家长主动提出开放式的问题。
③ 作为可数名词，表示一件件的带有崭新首创性质的行动方案。也可以理解为不单是“方案”、“计划”，而且是“行动”本身。
I don't think the government is likely to support such a private initiative.
我觉得政府不见得会支持这样一件私人举办的事业。
I took initiative, and I chose to rise above it.
我积极面对人生，并主动克服困难。
2. 词链儿：XX pay off
① XX取得成功；奏效
点击跳转回顾【普林斯顿大学校长：别再被“学历无用论”欺骗！】
Study is necessarily difficult, but it pays off.
学习的过程必然是苦的，但果实却是甜的。
I knew those acting classes would pay off!
我就知道花钱上表演课是值得的
② pay off 还可以表示：付清[还清]债务
点击跳转回顾【pay off one’s debts 清偿债务】
And we'll pay off your giant bar tab?
酒吧巨额账单清了吧？
…so that he could pay off some debts?
为了偿还他的赌债？
→ 拓展：payoff n. 良好结果；遣散费；贿赂
You're not gonna regret it. The payoff is huge.
你不会后悔的，收获会很大。
3. 词汇：visualize v. 使形象化；想象
vis- =see，表示“看”
-ual 表形容词，“...的”
-ize/ise 动词后缀，一般缀于形容词后；-ize是美式英语；-ise是英式英语。
vision n. 视力
visible adj. 可见的
visual adj. 视力的
词链儿：visualize A as B
想象A是B/ 把A设想为B
近义词链儿：
Try to visualize him as an old man.
尽量设想他是一位老人。
I visualized him as a typical businessman.
我把他想象成一个典型的商人。
