时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:历年考研英语阅读理解


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[00:03.91]1995 Passage2
[00:07.24]There are two basic ways to see growth:
[00:10.26]one as a product, the other as a process.
[00:14.18]People have generally viewed personal growth as
[00:17.21]an external result or product
[00:19.72]that can easily be identified and measured.
[00:23.45]The worker who gets a promotion,
[00:25.67]the student whose grades improve,
[00:28.30]the foreigner who learns a new language
[00:31.24]--all these are examples of people
[00:33.35]who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
[00:37.90]By contrast, the process of personal growth
[00:41.18]is much more difficult to determine,
[00:44.01]since by definition it is a journey
[00:46.58]and not the specific signposts
[00:49.01]or landmarks 1 along the way.
[00:51.33]The process is not the road itself,
[00:53.94]but rather the attitudes and feelings people have,
[00:57.58]their caution or courage, as they encounter
[01:00.30]new experiences and unexpected obstacles.
[01:04.64]In this process, the journey never really ends;
[01:08.23]there are always new ways to experience the world,
[01:11.66]new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
[01:16.80]In order to grow, to travel new roads,
[01:20.02]people need to have a willingness to take risks,
[01:23.35]to confront the unknown,
[01:25.06]and to accept the possibility that they may "fail" at first.
[01:29.91]How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being
[01:33.65]is essential to our ability to grow.
[01:36.67]Do we perceive ourselves as quick and curious?
[01:40.60]If so, then we tend to take more chances
[01:44.04]and to be more open to unfamiliar 2 experiences.
[01:47.97]Do we think we're shy and indecisive?
[01:51.40]Then our sense of timidity can cause us to hesitate,
[01:55.24]to move slowly, and not to take a step
[01:57.92]until we know the ground is safe.
[02:00.74]Do we think we're slow to adapt to change or
[02:03.77]that we're not smart enough to cope with a new challenge?
[02:07.60]Then we are likely to take a more passive role
[02:10.82]or not try at all.
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[02:13.34]These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt
[02:16.26]are both unavoidable and necessary
[02:19.48]if we are to change and grow.
[02:22.01]If we do not confront and overcome
[02:24.53]these internal fears and doubts,
[02:27.15]if we protect ourselves too much,
[02:29.21]then we cease to grow.
[02:31.28]We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.


1 landmarks
n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 );目标;(标志重要阶段的)里程碑 ~ (in sth);有历史意义的建筑物(或遗址)
  • The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
2 unfamiliar
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
学英语单词
Abronia latifolia
amianthiform
animuses
anteposition
arcminutes
ascertain
Azaouad
bagstuffer
bedworthy
Bermagui
blown tumbler
Brege
cart-wright
chordotonal sensillum
coating weight tests
cocksuckah
combined weighing and mixing machine
cone-lock
Copley, John Singleton
Cotton-Mouton constant
counter flow screen
dairy farm
delaware memorial bridges
diagonal thrust
Dosso Dossi
double unequalangle cutter
economic strategy goal system
effective peak acceleration
electrical parts
embedder
enclosed stair
evapolensic
extendible hashing
family Droseraceae
feed plant
ferrostatins
flocculuss
foretopsails
gardening up
gear control
go no-go test
hedge-creeping
HM Stationery Office
hold batten
hypohaline
indirect extraneous modulation
ingle-cheek
International Fisher effect
international maritime organization (imo)
international service
invertible jet
jettisonable
just one day
kiln roasting
Kolbe hydrocarbon synthesis
lithotritic
livermores
lowcompression
Mandah, Pulau
mcgriff
methylacryloyl-
mig welding
millennialist
mm. arrectores pilorum
mountainous
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
nonfissioned
normal round
Northants
ophthalmocele
paratexts
pavesades
pemphigus foliaceus antigen
performance benchmark
planing bench
pmf export format
polyploidization
port light glasses
prezynogen
public-diplomacy
raiches
recessive congenital ichthyosis erythroderma
reduced power
regional station
rio florido
rotary frequency converter
ruppia rostellata kochy
secondary shearing
slope factor
the Alleghenies
torpedo retriever
touch every base
translesbian
transparent flame
transport of out-of-gauge goods
unblowns
vapo(u)rability
venae circumflexae laterales femoris
Vessel Endorsement Station
videotex alphageometric system
woggling
ye'd