52.
Which is the best title for this passage?
A.How to seek a job in the USA.
B.Doctors’ immigration to the USA.
C.The brain drain.
D.A strange case.
D
There are two basic ways to see growth: one
as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal
growth as an external(外在的)result or a product that can
easily be identified and measured.The
worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who
learns a new language --
all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their
efforts.
By contrast(对照),
the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is
a journey and not the specific signposts(路标)or
landmarks along the way.The
process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have, and
their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected
difficulties.In this process, the journey
never really ends;there are always new ways to
experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people
need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept
the possibility that they may “fail” at first.How
we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to
grow.Do
we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and
be more open to unfamiliar experiences.Do
we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to
hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt(适应)to
change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge.Then
we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.
These feelings of insecurity(不安全)and
self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow.If
we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing.We
become trapped inside a shell of our own making.