【听力】意志力丧失时，怎么办？

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NB:  This may not be a word-for-word transcript. What to do When Willpower Fails One of the most instructive stories in Greek mythology is to be found in Book 12 of Homer’s Odyssey, where the central figure, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, is described as having to sail past an island inhabited by some compelling female figures known as the Sirens, famous for luring sailors to their deaths on their island’s rocky shoreline by the sound of their song.  Determined to avoid their fate, Odysseus devises a plan. As he approaches the island, he asks his sailors to tie him to the mast and to put beeswax in their ears and then to disregard any pleas he might subsequently make, however impassioned. Sure enough, Odysseus loses his reason and begs his sailors to get closer to the Sirens, but the rope tying him to the mast remains firm, the sailors follow their original orders and the ship sails on unharmed. Odysseus becomes the only mortal ever to have heard the song of the Sirens and lived. The ………………………………