Obstacle

Obstacle
Pronunciation : \ äb-sti-kəl \ (click here)
Function : noun [C]

something that blocks you so that movement, going forward or action are prevented or made more difficult:
Synonyms: obstacle, obstruction, bar1, barrier, block, hindrance, impediment, snag

example sentence
The biggest obstacle in our way was a tree trunk in the road.
This decision has removed the last obstacle to the hostages' release.

Why I choose this one to be my first word in the blog, because it excited my interest in English. Well, I have no more interest in English after I have to read a lot of literature about my professional field. Even some funny things, if they write by English, I also glance through them, then an idea comes out, what a alien's language until someday I surfing the net and I found a picture in my space's blog.

The blogger puts a picture which is a child looks like mental retardation, the child try to shoot a ball arduously. A sentence; a hero is someone who overcome his own obstacle below the picture. I was very impressed by this, although I am not sure what dose the mean of obstacle, but I guess it should mean difficult or something like that, then I check it on web dictionary, suddenly I found how long I didn't to search something only by my interesting not for assignment or professor's request. I enjoy learning by this way, no one to push you, no dateline.

It is so struck me by two reason, the first one is I love she use this two words - his own. It seems to clam obstacle is a particular meaning in everyone, each person has their own explanation on it, I feel it's difficult to me, but maybe you are not and therefore we can't compare the obstacle between the two person, we can't say he could beat that, you should could. It's unfair and negative, we could say he got over that however it's not of your business, but maybe we can learn something from his experience if you needed.

The second one is hero dose always mean a grand person, a saint, a man who ride white horse…ha..ha…, anyway it's not you and me, a real person, an ordinary guy.
This proverb reminds me I could be a hero in my daily life.