【推荐3】When we praise children for their intelligence or some other talents, they are happy about it. They think they’re talented because they are born with it.

As doing something comes________to them, they think they need not make any________for it. They take the view that talented people need not work hard and efforts are meant for________people only. Putting in efforts and sweat (汗水) looks stigmatic (侮辱的) to them.________, they don’t like to put their hard work into their study.

The________of being talented takes their self-esteem (自尊) very high. So high that they pay more attention to their________. They want to maintain their image at any cost. When they have a class test, they________less on efforts, more on their rank. They are more concerned about competition, less about preparation. When they________lower than it is expected, they tell lies inflating (吹嘘) their marks. They don’t even try to do things________those they are naturally good at. Why? Because they are afraid of________which in their opinion would spoil their image. If it takes a little longer time to________something, they give up too quickly, without making enough efforts. They think they aren’t naturally good at it, so why even________it. This takes them away from many good activities to help children intellectually and________them to work efficiently.

They tend to become perfectionist. For them either do it________or don’t even give it a try. They don’t accept________performance. They want to show that they are________at whatever they do, because they are geniuses (天才). For them being average is________. As a result, they have a________perseverance (毅力) level. These children don' t take initiative (主动) just because of________the embarrassment of failure. Failures make them________confidence easily.

Do you want to be such kind of children? I think your answer is “No!” If so, please put your effort into whatever you do! You know why, don’t you?

【推荐1】Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, is ______ itself into the country’s leading center of ______ manufacturing. The city’s cluster of engineering machinery companies has been included in China’s first list of 15 sophisticated manufacturing clusters.

In recent years, Changsha has ______ promoted the high-quality development of its manufacturing industry, improved the sector’s comprehensive strength and optimized its industrial ______. The city has continuously ______ its innovation capacity and seen a ______ of major innovation outcomes. It has also promoted the extensive application of information technologies in industrialization, making its ______ manufacturing a ______.

“As a ______ in building the cluster of engineering machinery companies, the Changsha Construction Machinery Industry Association encouraged companies to ______ over 220 new products and technologies, among which five products are the first of their kind in China and even the world, breaking technological ______,” said Wu Jingsheng, executive vice president of the association.

The association also ______ in the second Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition held in Changsha and organized five themed forums. It also took part in the first China Construction Machinery Leasing Conference held in the city, which attracted over 1,500 leasing companies for offline activities and over 20,000 enterprises for ______ activities.

“Changsha will build itself into a leading advanced manufacturing cluster in China and ______ an example in this regard, so as to drive ______ industrial development in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan metropolitan area and the rest of Hunan Province,” said Kang Xiaoping, director of the Changsha municipal industry and information technology bureau.

【推荐3】Globalization is a difficult term to define because it has come to mean so many things. _______, the term refers to the trend toward countries joining together economically, through education, society and politics, and viewing themselves not only through their national _______ but also as part of the world as a whole. Globalization is said to bring people of all nations closer together, especially through a common medium like the economy or the Internet.

In our world, there are few places a person can’t get to within a day of travel, and few people a person can’t _______via telephone or Internet. Because of modern modes of travel and communication, citizens of a nation are more _______the world at large and may be influenced by other cultures in a variety of ways. Time and space matter less, and even language _______ are being overcome as people all over the world communicate through trade, social Internet forums, various media sources, and a variety of other ways.

Arguments against the process are more likely to come from people or nations who wish to resist trends in the global society. _______, a fundamentalist Islamic country may resist it because they see it as _______ to westernization — weakening the religious strength of a country and exposing its people to corrupting ideas. _______, globalization may be feared or a matter of concern to any country with strong isolationist policies. In the US, much of the arguments for resisting the process come from _______ groups.

Some people worry about how certain trends, such as outsourcing (外包), might affect the nation. ________exists that while outsourcing might benefit a nation which gets jobs, this takes jobs from the country or company that outsources. In this way, though the economy of the world is more ________, the economy of an individual nation might suffer.

Even though globalization may be a subject of argument, it’s highly unlikely to end any time soon. It would take mass destruction of all modern methods of communication and transport, in addition to all countries taking strong isolationist policies in order to ________ the trends in the world. This doesn’t mean that some nations or people won’t resist what they view as globalization, but you could compare this trend to a (n) ________ train. At this point, there is little to do to stop the ________ of minds all over the world through vehicles like the Internet. Even teens and kids are communicating with children from “the four corners” of the globe. It’s therefore unlikely that globalization will experience a (n) ________ trend, and will likely continue to influence our world in a great variety of ways.