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You and I agree to meet at four-thirty . I show up at 4:33 . I don’t say anything ,because that’s close enough to satisfy our social _____. Only after five minutes do you ______ me to say , “sorry I’ m late .”At ten minutes I owe you an _____ : “the free way exit was closed . I had to go four miles out of my way .”After twenty minutes I have to make a full and serious ____ .After forty minutes I’d better not ______ at all .
That sort of thing ------so formally _____ and never explicitly stated----- drives people from other cultures ______ . Anthropologists (人类学家)list the _____ things to cope with in a foreign land . Second only to the language barrier is the way we deal with _____.
Now psychologists look at our ____of time another way . They go into several countries and measure the ______ of life . They measure the accuracy of bank clocks and how fast city residents walk . They time transactions (交易)in banks and post offices . They see ______ people take to answer questions .
Japanese keep a ______of the fastest pace . Americans are a _______ second . Italians and Indonesians are at the bottom of the ______ . Italians give long answers to your questions. Indonesians don’t _____ setting their bank clocks .
_____ American cities , Boston and Kansas City are fastest .New York is up there ,of course , but we keep a faster pace here in Houston , California’s “slow -pace ”reputation is ______ ,as the slowest pace of all is kept in Los Angeles .
In a technology-dense world , the tension of life has changed our view of time . ________ , if we are smart enough , we should not live by the clock only when we have to .
Now it’s 4:55 . I’m walking _______ ,towards our 4:30 meeting .
1.A. contract B. connection C. construction D. confidence
2.A. order B. intend C. require D. expect
3.A. action B. announcement C. explanation D. eruption
4.A. apology B. excuse C. option D. opinion
5.A. look up B. stay up C. keep up D. show up
6.A. observed B. introduced C. impressed D. imitated
7.A. immoral B. unaware C. crazy D. thrilled
8.A. fastest B. toughest C. strangest D. funniest
9.A. study B. time C. budget D. transport
10.A. view B. comment C. contact D. phenomenon
11.A. rhyme B.pace C. ratio D. session
12.A. how often B. how far C. how soon D. how long
13.A. tradition B. note C. record D. secret
14.A. narrow B. shallow C. close D. severe
15.A. mood B. address C. reference D. list
16.A. take over B. care about C. reply to D. answer for
17.A. Off B. Among C. Despite D. Besides
18.A. ruined B. accomplished C. erased D. deserved
19.A. However B. Therefore C. Thus D. Rather
20.A. consistently B. unconsciously C. unhurriedly D. anxiously
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Everybody loves self-improvement. That’s why we’re such enthusiastic consumers of “top 10” lists of things to do to be a more productive, promotable, mindful— you name it—leader. But these lists seldom work. What if we didn’t think of self-improvement as work? What if we thought of it as play—specifically, as playing with our sense of self?
Traditionally, people work on themselves, committed to doing everything in their power to change their leadership style. You set your goals and objectives, you are mindful of your time, and seek efficient solutions. You’re not going to deviate(偏离) from the straight and narrow. You focus on what you should do, especially as others see it, as opposed to what you want to do. It’s all very serious and not whole of fun. There is one right answer. Success or failure is the outcome. We judge ourselves.
In contrast, no matter what you’re up to, when you’re in “play” mode, your primary drivers are enjoyment and discovery instead of goals and objectives. You’re curious. You lose track of time. Like in all forms if play, the journey becomes more important than a pre-set destination.
Much research shows how play develops creativity and innovation. Play with your own idea of yourself is similar to playing with future possibilities. So, we stop evaluating today’s self against unachievable ideal of leadership that doesn’t really exist. We also stop trying to will ourselves to “commit” to becoming something we are not even sure we want to be—what we call the “feared self”, which is composed of images negative role models. And, we shift direction from submitting to what other people want us to be to becoming more self-authoring. As a result, when you play, you’re more creative and more open to what you might learn about yourself.
Unfortunately, we don’t often get —or give ourselves—permission to play with our sense of self. In life, we equate playfulness with the person who dips into a great variety of possibilities, never committing to any. We find inconsistency distasteful, so we exclude options that seem too far off from today’s “authentic self”, without ever giving them a try. This kills the discontinuous growth that only comes when we surprise ourselves.
Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips once said, “people tend to play only with serious things—madness, disaster, other people.” Playing with your self is a serious effort because who we might become is not knowable or predictable at the start. That’s why it’s as dangerous as it is necessary for growth.
Lead-in | ●People want to improve their 1. . ●People can apply work mode or play mode. |
2.between the two mode | In work mode ●one is 3. and sticks to his route ●one cares about others’ 4. of his performance. ●one judges himself with one standard— success or failure |
In play method ●the 5. outweighs the outcome; ●playfulness allows people to6. with various approaches; ●playfulness helps people obtain 7. results. | |
The 8. with application of play mode | We usually regard playfulness as equal to non-professional. |
9. | 10. danger, playfulness is a must for our self-growth. |