Maggie Perkins had been working as a teacher in Georgia for nearly five years before she decided to “quietly quit” her job. The decision didn’t mean leaving her position, but rather limiting her work to her contract(合同) hours, nothing more and nothing less.
Perkins joins a larger online community of workers who have been sharing their experiences on TikTok. But as “quiet quitters” defend their choice to take a step back from work, company managers and workplace experts argue that although doing less might feel good in the short term, it could harm their career and their company in the long run.
In the wake of the global pandemic and the following Great Resignation, employees began to reimagine what work could look like. Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report in June found job dissatisfaction being at an all-time high. Disengaged(工作不投入的) workers cost the global economy about $7.8 trillion in lost productivity.
But with worries of an economic slowdown, and falling worker productivity, Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, warns that anyone who tells their business leader they are a quiet quitter is likely not to have a job for very long. He says companies have become sensitive to worker burnout, especially for employees who are working from home.
Gergo Vari, CEO of the job board Lensa, suggests another choice for quiet quitting: “loudly persisting(坚持)” . That is, allowing employees to speak up about how their organization can serve their goals. “When you loudly persist, you have a sense of belonging and have a share in where the company is going,” he says.
Career coach Allison Peck says she views “quiet quitting” as a sign of employees not connecting to their work or managers. Her career advice for quiet quitters is to take even braver action. “Finding a new job, manager, team, or company that better fits you can improve your attitude towards work,” she says.
1. What will “quiet quitters” do in real life?| A．They quit their jobs. | B．They work part-time. |
| C．They hate their jobs. | D．They refuse extra work. |
| A．A global economic loss. | B．Less competition at work. |
| C．Conflicts between colleagues. | D．A shortage of labor on the market. |
| A．Those working at home. | B．Those taking several jobs. |
| C．Those just returning to offices. | D．Those sticking to their duties. |
| A．Find a more suitable job. | B．Improve their work efficiency. |
| C．Get along with their colleagues. | D．Speak up about their demand for the company. |
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【推荐1】Nowadays, more and more people are moving to big, noisy cities from small villages. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.
In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the USA, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.
1. Why do people move to live in cities or towns?| A．Because they would like to live a more comfortable life there. |
| B．Because they mainly want to find a job there. |
| C．Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life. |
| D．Because they are sure of having a better life there. |
| A．Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district. |
| B．Nearly every major city has its own business district. |
| C．A business district usually lies in the city center downtown. |
| D．The people working in the business district in America only need to travel a short way to work. |
| A．work in the center of a big city but live in the suburbs of the city |
| B．work in the suburbs of a big city and live there |
| C．work in the center of a big city and live there |
| D．work in the center of a big city but live in rural areas |
| A．has now stopped already | B．will surely continue in the future |
| C．has been going on for more than 2,000 years | D．may not continue in the future |
【推荐2】While many Americans joke about their poor math, labor experts say the nation’s decreasing math skill threatens U. S. economic competitiveness and national security (安全). Jim Stigler, a professor studying the process of teaching. and learning, said, “The advances in technology that drive where the world goes will come from other countries, because they have the intellectual capital (资本) while we don’t.”
Concerning the math crisis facing schools, the U. S. military has called for a major program to support education in science, technology, education, and math (STEM). Government labor experts say the number of jobs in areas requiring math skill will increase by more than 30,000each year through the end of 2030, much faster than most other kinds of jobs.
Mathematics is becoming a part of almost every career, but most American students aren’t prepared. In the recent PISA tests in math, U. S. students tested lower than students from 36 other education systems worldwide. Only one in five American high school students planning to attend college are prepared for college -level study in STEM, say experts.
However, students from other countries are preparing to lead in these areas. An official report says only one in five graduate students in math-heavy fields at U. S. universities are American. The rest come from other countries. Most will leave the U. S. when they finish their programs.
“We’re just not starting students on career paths related to math and computer science to stay competitive,” said Josh Wyner, a vice president of the Aspen Institute, a think tank. It urged decision-makers to make education an important national security goal. “We are no longer keeping pace with other countries,” the Aspen report says, calling this a dangerous failure.
In Massachusetts, employers are expecting a shortage (短缺) over the next five years of 11,000 workers in the life sciences alone. “It’s not an educational question alone,” said Edward, director of an education program, warning that this may damage national security.
1. What can be inferred from paragraph 1?| A．Americans don’t care about their poor math. |
| B．Poor math skills will bring America disadvantages. |
| C．Intellectual capital is a must for future development. |
| D．Labor experts can shoulder the duty of national safety. |
| A．The army will open STEM programs soon. |
| B．Students are prepared for math-heavy jobs. |
| C．There will be a sharp rise in math-related jobs. |
| D．America will be behind in STEM education. |
| A．American students fall behind in math learning. |
| B．American students fail to get math-related jobs. |
| C．America has lost its attraction to foreign students. |
| D．America fails to lead other countries in education. |
| A．It can be solved in the next five years. | B．It’s an evidence of overall math failure. |
| C．It will cost the U. S. its lead in world affair. | D．It’ll do harm to America’s national security. |
【推荐3】It may seem clear to you that the image in which Barack Obama and David Cameron are kissing their spouses has been doctored (篡改) and cut together. But out on the Internet, not everyone will see it that way.
After the 2016 election, Facebook created a program to fact — check posts. They started paying organizations like Reuters and Politifact to mark content like this. Another agency looked through thousands of marked posts and saw all sorts of misinformation. Much of it was manipulated (操纵的) content—something that started off real but was later changed in some way to convey incorrect information. Some of those were doctored photos that were presented as real.
But many more were photos that weren't doctored. They were just not what the poster claimed. Like this photo: Dr. Anthony Fauci and Obama supposedly visiting “the Wuhan lab” in 2015 with Melinda Cates. The photo is “real”—it comes from the NIH. But that' s not Wuhan, it's Maryland. And that's not even Melinda Gates. We saw a lot of examples like this. And don' t think a post isn't manipulated just because it has numbers in it. The person who posted this map said it showed the number of missing children by county in Ohio last year. This is real data that really comes from the Ohio Attorney General' s office. Although it actually shows missing children reports, that's misleading. There were 20 ,000 reports in 2018, but less than 2% of those children were still missing when the report was published. Nearly all of them were safely recovered that year.
Unfortunately, we can't rely on just Facebook's fact—checking partners to prevent misinformation. Only a small part of the millions of posts circulating every day on the platform can be checked. According to the News Literacy Project, consumers should keep an eye on where a piece of information is coming from. Is it a reliable news agency? Are other news organizations reporting similar information? Where did an image or video first appear?
Misinformation often plays upon emotional responses. So if a questionable bit of information leaves you in anger, it may be manipulated content trying to manipulate you.
1. Why did Facebook create the program?| A．To delete misleading posts. | B．To correct misinformation. |
| C．To analyze misinformation. | D．To check misleading posts. |
| A．Misinformation is originally unreal. |
| B．A post containing real data is reliable. |
| C．A post having numbers is easily believed. |
| D．Ohio is not a safe place for children. |
| A．manipulate readers. | B．avoid checking. |
| C．earn more money. | D．amuse readers. |
| A．All Sorts of Misinformation |
| B．Unavoidable Misinformation |
| C．Doctored Photos on Facebook |
| D．Manipulated Misinformation on the Internet |
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1. How should you tour San Francisco to appreciate its buildings?| A．By air | B．By bus. | C．On foot | D．By boat |
| A．They have high quality sea water. | B．They are explored on a localized level. |
| C．They were not in use until the last century. | D．They have helped the city to develop further. |
| A．Tour San Francisco From the Air | B．Hit the Waters of San Francisco Bay |
| C．Tour the City on Foot | D．Take a Bus Tour |
【推荐2】Computers are very important to our life now.Many people think that in the future computers will be in lots of everyday life.We won’t have to go shopping because we can get most things on the Internet.There will be no more books because we can get the texts from computers.Some people think that one day we will not read paper books.Instead,we will buy and read books using computers.The computers can keep many different kinds of books in them at the same time.And we won’t need to turn lots of pages and we will save paper.We can play games,see films and buy food.We can even make telephone calls by computers.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communication.But others do not think that computers will replace(代替)our old ways because they think Internet shopping is not such a pleasure as going to the shop.They think it is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy.And they also think paper books will perhaps be more friendly.
1. From Paragraph 1,we know that people will use computer for ________ .| A．playing games,shopping,and making telephone calls |
| B．playing games,seeing films,and having meals |
| C．shopping,making telephone calls and going for holidays |
| D．playing games,making telephone calls and seeing doctors |
| A．the paper books will be more expensive |
| B．there will be more kinds of paper books |
| C．the paper books will be more friendly |
| D．we can read passages from computers． |
| A．it’s a pleasure |
| B．we can get most things on the Internet |
| C．they can buy everything they want |
| D．it’s quick |
| A．computers will replace shops and books |
| B．computers are important in the future |
| C．computers will do everything for man |
| D．computers will be used in everyday life |
【推荐3】In the 1940s, young male Royal Air Force pilots held needles as they waited for their next mission. Wartime pilots suffered a lot and knitting helped rebuild dexterity (灵巧) in wounded arms while also helping to settle wounded minds.
Today, millions of people around the world employ the same technique. “I know that if I haven’t knitted for a few days, I really miss it. It’s like meditation.” says Janine Smith, who owns a store in Sydney selling supplies for knitting.
Research supports Smith’s statement. Physiotherapist Betsan Corkhill and occupational therapist Jill Riley were part of a team from Cardiff University that, ten years ago, surveyed more than 3,500 knitters and found that the more frequently people knitted, the calmer and happier they felt.
Or as Jannie Smith puts it, “That rhythm of making stitch after stitch is like deep breathing. It’s a flow where you don’t have to stress about it, you’ve got the rhythm happening.”
“Flow” is a concept first named by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. As he wrote in his book, “The best moments in our lives are neither the passive nor relaxing times. The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
The Cardiff research team found that many respondents described feeling calmer and in a better mood after knitting, and the majority of respondents who suffered from depression “perceived that knitting made them feel happier.” For respondents who suffered from chronic pain, almost nine out of ten said that knitting gave them a sense of accomplishment and a means of coping with their pain.
Interestingly, more than half of those surveyed said that knitting pushed them to develop other skills, like building furniture. Because knitting is so accessible — at its heart it’s two sticks and one stitch — it helps people build confidence in their abilities. After all, if you make a mistake, you can just pull it all out and start again.
1. Why does the author mention young male Royal Air Force pilots in paragraph 1?| A．To give an example of a knitter. |
| B．To show the heavy burden on pilots. |
| C．To demonstrate the technique of pilots. |
| D．To introduce the healing effect of knitting. |
| A．Watching TV together with friends. | B．Taking physical exams. |
| C．Playing chess with a great opponent. | D．Reading funny comic books. |
| A．It motivates people to stretch their bodies. |
| B．It enables people to build furniture. |
| C．It helps people to get rid of chronic pain. |
| D．It allows people to build confidence to learn other skills. |
| A．Active Hands, Calm Minds | B．Healthier Attitude, Longer Life |
| C．Easy Knitting, Skill Building | D．Mind Calming, Flow Finding |
