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the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was
special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a
gift-the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" The book-a bestseller in the US-is being used by men and women
to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak and
General Motors, ask their employees to read it to encourage them to be active towards changes. Cheese is
something related to everyone's livelihood-our jobs, the Industries we work in, relationships and love as well.
With China's official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face more changes and challenges. So what
should we do once this "cheese" on which we are so dependent is moved? "Whatever challenges and
changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely", Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the
book. Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. "We should change our way of thinking.
The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them
and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive." "With hard work
and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese." Zhang smiled confidently.
B. what people think about China's entry into the WTO
C. the change in people's attitude towards changes and challenges
D. how a book influences the Chinese
in order to _______.
B. find an excuse for their job cuts
C. let the workers make a living on their own
D. encourage the fired workers
B. a most important kind of food
C. change or challenge
D. way of life
B. people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies
C. the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges
D. they are both greatly encouraged by the book
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However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to se ek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self – respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to se ek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self – respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.