【推荐3】Rising through Stages to Realize Ourselves

Many modern people have the problem that they don’t know who they are and what their purpose is.     1     Once high school seniors graduate, they seem to lose their identity. They once studied hard, but after they stop working, they begin to lose their way.

In the theory of the Hierarchy of Needs, Abraham Maslow put forward a similar situation, which consists of the five levels of a person’s need. The fifth and final level is self- realization, which is where our final achievement lies.     2    

I think self-realization has three major aspects. The first stage is acceptance, the second stage is discovery and the last stage is perseverance.

Acceptance is the first stage. We should be reminded that we are all born unique, so we all have our own strengths and weaknesses.     3     Being objective and yet tolerant is the key to acceptance.

Once we’ve accepted ourselves, we can discover what we are interested in and what we want to be. Many people tend to go along with social expectations.     4     So before we start working towards a purpose, we should ask ourselves “Is this what we truly desire?” and “Is this going to change the situation we’re in?”

The last stage is perseverance.     5     Those who can self-realize are people who focus on the things they want to change.

Through the three stages, we could gain recognition of ourselves. And by this point, whatever our lives were like, we would be able to stand tall, confident of ourselves.

A．It’s nothing to a man of perseverance.

B．But indeed we should live for ourselves.

C．Only by acceptance of the past can we change it.

D．This is especially common among college students.

E．It is the process of knowing ourselves and finding a purpose.

F．Exploring our potential isn’t going to be done in a short time.

G．Only when we understand these can we pursue them or change them.

【推荐2】“When I grow up, I want to be...”
Almost all of us have thought about, or been asked to think about, our future careers. Our answers may differ greatly. Even now your aspirations may have changed from when you were in primary school.
However, it seems career options aren’t only based on personal taste. In a survey carried out by Teens, doctors, lawyers, and bankers were some of most popular careers that people said they hoped to follow. This is in line with a similar survey carried out in the UK in May 2011 by job website monster. Co.uk, in which medicine was the top choice among UK teenagers aged between 13 and 17.
Medicine and law are two of the oldest and best known professions. Their prestige (威望) may come from the fact that doctors and lawyers are some of the most esteemed members of society, and they make good money. Joining these high-profile professions is often seen as a sign of upward social mobility.
It is equally unsurprising that banking is now one of the most common career choices. Youngsters worldwide think of banking and see the money rolling in. Wealth is increasingly becoming one of the most important indicators of a successful career. British young men list the UK tycoon Alan Sugar, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg as their top role models “for their wealth”. Just as Chinese teenagers see being a banker as a good and fun pathway to “wealth”.
However, not every child has the makings of doctor, lawyer, or banker. They are those who see fulfillment and happiness in other areas, and many teenagers dare to ink more individuality into their career options. As the Teens’ survey discovered, a variety of unconventional jobs---coffee shop owner, gourmet(美食家)，waiter at a fast food restaurant---are among teenagers’ career choices. They can be equally interesting and rewarding jobs.
With every choice comes responsibility and challenge, and all career paths require specific education and training, you have to learn to balance optimism and confidence with being realistic about your particular talents and skills.
1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Careers in teenagers’ mind.

B．Choosing a good job is very important.

C．Teenagers in the UK like doctors.

D．The choice of career needs challenge.

2. What is the top career choice among UK teenagers aged between 13 and 17 according to the article?

A．Medicine

B．Law

C．Bank

D．Education

3. According to the article, all of the following are the benefits of being a doctor except_______.

A．respect from others	B．the oldest profession
C．high pay	D．upward social mobility.

4. What do youngsters think is increasingly becoming one of the most important indicators of a successful career?

A．Prestige

B．Fulfillment

C．Happiness

D．Wealth

5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．According to your particular talents and skills, you can choose your favorite career.

B．Specific education and training can help get a good job.

C．Whatever career you choose, you should balance optimism and confidence with being realistic about your particular talents and skills.

D．Responsibility is the most important when you choose a good job.

【推荐3】Upskilling is the future—but it must work for everyone

Automation and job replacement will be one of the most significant challenges for the global economy of the coming decades. A 2017 Mckinsey report established that 375 million workers will need to switch occupational categories by 2030. The World Economic Forum suggests that by 2022, automation will replace 75 million jobs globally—but create 133 million new ones.

Research into the likelihood that a job will be impacted by digitization has largely focused on the “automatability” of the role and the following economic regional and political effects of this. What this research doesn’t take into account is something more important for the millions of taxi drivers and retail workers across the globe: their likelihood of being able to change to another job that isn’t automatable. Recent research suggests that the answer to this may be that the skills that enable workers to move up the ladder to more complex roles within their current areas might be less important than broader skills that will enable workers to change across divisions.

In July, Amazon announced that it would spend $700 million retraining around 30% of its 300,000 US workforce. While praiseworthy, it will be interesting to see the outcome. In the UK, the National Retraining Scheme has largely been led by employers, meaning that those on zero-hours contracts and part-time workers—often low-skilled—will miss out. Governance will be a crucial element of ensuring that such schemes focus on individuals and life-long learning, rather than upskilling workers into roles that will soon also face automation.

According to the Mckinsey report, “growing awareness of the scale of the task ahead has yet to translate into action. Public spending on labour-force training and support has fallen for years in most member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development,” which impacts more than just the low-skilled and poorly compensated.

The global impact of automation is also put into relief by research demonstrating that, between 1988 and 2015, income inequality increased throughout the world. Billions of people do not have the essentials of life as defined by the UN Sustainable Development goals.

Alongside climate change, automation is arguably tech’s biggest challenge. As with globalization, governments and employers—and us workers—ignore its potential consequences at risk to ourselves.

1. It can be known from Paragraph 2 that         .

A．recent research has found ways to face automation

B．broad skills are of great significance in changing jobs

C．regional economy can affect the automatability of a job

D．it is even harder for workers to move up the social ladder

2. What is the author’s attitude towards retraining programs?

A．Supportive.	B．Critical.
C．Skeptical.	D．Sympathetic.

3. According to the author, what is one consequence of automation?

A．Less spending on training.	B．A slowdown of globalization.
C．Social unrest and instability.	D．An increase in income inequality.

4. The passage is written to         .

A．argue the urgency of creating new jobs	B．compare globalization with automation
C．analyze the automatability of certain jobs	D．stress the importance of upskilling workers