【考研真題】1995年閱讀2(1/2)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2013-11-04 22:03
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本文是一篇從心理學的角度看待個人成長的文章。
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 result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language -- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles. 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.
看待成長有兩種基本態(tài)度:一種視其為結(jié)果,一種視其為過程。人們通常視個人成長為容易被識別和衡量的一種外在結(jié)果或成果。工人得到升遷、學生成績提高和外國人學會了一門新的語言——這些都可以表明人們付出努力之后,取得了可測定的成績。
相比之下,測定個人成長的過程卻要艱難得多;因為從定義來看,它是一段旅程,而不是沿途特定的路標或標志物。成長過程不是道路本身,而是當遭遇新的情況或未預料到的坎坷時所持的態(tài)度和情感,是慎重行事還是勇往直前。在這個過程中,旅行永遠不會真正結(jié)束;總是有新的方法來感受世界,總會嘗試新思想,接受新挑戰(zhàn)。
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