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
a baby mama
account day's loan
additional retarding braking system
adultier
alleged occurrence
Allophylus petelotii
angiodiactin
archosargus rhomboidaliss
assinegoes
bathyergids
biftas
blood chemistry
brush ... teeth
buttprint
car tyre deflated
Catarman Pt.
chlorosarcoma
chromatin bridge
coffers of the state
conrado
crossed slot coupler
dangles
decimal arithmetic trap mask
degeneration factor
dehumanize
dermographic test
detailed construction schedule
distromatic
drag-over unit
embondaging
employee warning
extended medium
finite description
Gaystapo
gene frequency
Glen Burnie
Glossoschisis
gmr
gros point
hardware instruction retry
Hardwick conveyor loader head
heavy coverage area
homogeneous transition probability
Inhambupe
isoprofen
kilogallon
language center
layer upon layer
light activated silicon controlled switch
little toe
low intensity training reactors
mercurialis perenniss
Miller-Abbott tube
milliarcsecond
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
nearly unavailable
necks-and-necks
nkhoba
noncrystallographic symmetry
obverse
operate current
peachey
perilla frutescens crispas
Phanerozoic
philosophy of the social science
Phyllagathis melastomatoides
plicotomy
policy of protective tariff
priming illumination
QAD
RBW
reddishness
redeemable preferred share
retiracy
reversed radioimmunoassay
rip cord, rip-cord
roll something back
rotating generating unit rotor
satellite landing guidance system
seaworms
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side-product
sideglanced
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sports team
steam-curing chamber
stereometamaterial
stochastic state transition matrix
suitcase-size
synalate
television board
thar-cake
Thuringer
thyroxin(e)uptake
travler's checks
truant officers
trunk region
unseconded
voluntary control of fertility
wh-
XNAND
zone of preparation