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1、2020/8/12,1,Unit One,Put the following into Chinese. Is there a “success personality” - some winning combination of traits that leads almost inevitably to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula, and can anyone cultivate it? 有沒有一種“成功性格”，即幾乎必然使人取得成就的某些 性格特征的結(jié)合？如果有的話，這一成功的秘訣究竟是

2、什么？ 并且，這種性格是否能培養(yǎng)出來？ At the Gallup Organization we recently focused in depth on success, probing the attitudes and traits of 1,500 prominent people selected at random from Whos Who in America. 在蓋洛普組織中，我們最近集中深入研究了成功現(xiàn)象，探查 了 1,500名杰出人物的態(tài)度和性格特征。他們是從名人錄 中隨機抽取的。,2020/8/12,2,The main criterion for inclusion

3、 in Whos Who is not wealth or social position, but current achievement in a given field. Our research pinpoints a number of traits that recur regularly among top achievers, among which five of the most important are: common sense, knowing ones fields, self-reliance, general intelligence, and ability

4、 to get things done. If you cultivate these traits, chances are youll succeed. And you might even find yourself listed in Whos Who someday. 被收入名人錄的主要標(biāo)準(zhǔn)不是財富或社會地位，而是 一個人當(dāng)前在某個領(lǐng)域中的成就。我們的研究確認(rèn)了一些在 成就最顯著的人身上多次出現(xiàn)的性格特征，其中最重要的五 點是：由生活經(jīng)驗得出的判斷力、專業(yè)知識、自力更生的精神 總的智力水平，以及把事情完成的能力。如果你培養(yǎng)這些性格 特征，你就很可能會成功。而且，你甚至可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的

5、名 字有一天也被收進名人錄。,2020/8/12,3,Put the following into English.,1.你對他說的話不能為你這種行為辯護。( justify ) What you said to him can hardly justify such conduct of yours. 2.你認(rèn)為他會因為同主教的私人關(guān)系而免受宗教迫害嗎？( immune from ) Do you think he would be immune from religious persecution by reason of his personal relation with the Bi

6、shop? 3.你對心理醫(yī)生的忠告采取什么態(tài)度會影響到你的惡夢是否再 來。( recur ) Your attitude towards the advice of the psychiatrist will affect whether or not your bad dream recur. 4.樂觀主義者成功的秘訣在于它們是用積極的態(tài)度對待失望和 失敗。 The secret to the success of optimists is that they deal with disappointments and failures in a positive way.,2020/8/1

7、2,4,5.悲觀主義者往往容易失敗，部分原因就是一個人對自己的看法 常常是一種能夠自我實現(xiàn)的預(yù)言。( in part ),The reason that a pessimist tends to fail is, in part, that a persons opinion about himself is often a self-fulfilling prophecy. 6.在幼兒的性格特征沒有來得及發(fā)展之前，他們的行為不如大多 數(shù)成年人的行為那樣保持一致(consistent)。一個兒童行為的改 變，可能表明他的注意力已因其活動特點的不同而轉(zhuǎn)變。他的 興趣總是集中在手頭的事情上。個性堅

8、強、興趣強烈的人能夠 堅持把自己正在做的事情進行下去，只有重大的環(huán)境變化才能 干擾其行為的方向和目的。 In very young children, before traits have had much chance to develop, behavior is less consistent than it is in most adults. A childs changing behavior may show his changing concern with different features of his activity. His interest always focu

9、ses on the business at hand. The person with strong traits and interests persists in what he is doing. Only a major situational change can disturb the direction or purpose of his behavior.,2020/8/12,5,Breaking Bad Habits,The proverb “Habit is second nature” is so often quoted that it has almost beco

10、me a clich, yet we all know how true it is. A habit is a form of learned, automatic behavior that provided pleasure and comfort. A bad habit has long-term negative consequences, but it still gives immediate comfort. Once formed, it seems to stick to you, no matter how hard you try to shake it off. F

11、or example, we have all heard of stories of determined individuals trying to give up smoking, but after strenuously resisting all temptations for months, only to find themselves reverting to cigarettes again on the threshold of success.,2020/8/12,6,So swearing off a bad habit is only half the battle; staying,off requires good planning. To permanently rid yourself of a bad habit, whether it is smoking, drinking, gambling or overeating, you have to simultaneously unlearn certain behaviors and replace them with new ones that also provide gratification. If you smoke because