Young people are being criticized for working from home again, with one professor saying it adversely affects their professional and romantic success.
Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at the New York University, spoke about the harms of being at home at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit, on Wednesday.
A clip posted on TikTok shows Galloway saying, “You should never be at home. That’s what I tell young people. Home is for seven hours of sleep and that’s it. The amount of time you spend at home is oppositely correlated to your success professionally and romantically. You need to be out of the house.”
In another clip at the same event, the professor insisted that success and work-life balance do not go hand in hand. He said, “If you expect to be in the top 10% economically, much less the top 1%, buck up. Two decades plus, of nothing but work. That’s my experience.”
Galloway has long been an advocate of office working and shunned remote working habits because it weakens young people’s ability to build relationships and network. He previously advised young workers, “Before you collect dogs and spouses, get into the office, establish mentors, establish friends,” in an interview with CNN. He added that workers who get promoted are the ones with the best relationships at work.
1. What can be the harm of working from home according to Galloway?| A．Less successful careers. | B．Imbalance between work and life. |
| C．Worse relationship at home. | D．Loss of sleep time. |
| A．Develop remote working habits. | B．Keep a pet at home. |
| C．Establish relationships in the office. | D．Get promotion at work. |
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【推荐1】Why Do We Find It Hard to Say “No”?
As we all know, saying “no” to others is not easy at all. But sometimes we have to learn to say “no”.
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●Afraid of being rude. I was brought up under the idea that saying “no”, especially to people who are older, is rude. This thinking is common in Asian culture, where face saving is important.
●Wanting to be agreeable. You don’t want to alienate (疏远) yourself from the group because you’re not in agreement. So you agree to others’ requests.
●Fear of conflict.
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| A．Wanting to help others. |
| B．Fear of losing chances. |
| C．Wanting to keep a good relationship. |
| D．I slowly realized I needed to learn to say “no”. |
| E．You are afraid the person might be angry if you refuse him/her. |
| F．It means not making others look bad or lose face. |
| G．To learn to say “no”, we have to first understand what’s stopping us from it. |
【推荐2】Do you know what a big dream is? Does a big dream show one’s future? Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams.
The self
Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This voice inside of people is the ego（自我）.It’s there for protecting and should be listened to. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong.
Family and friends
Family and friends are a lot the ego.
If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. It is the last and the most terrible barrier. In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at
| A．The world |
| B．The future |
| C．Most people are influenced by it |
| D．They want to protect those they love |
| E．And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist |
| F．They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow |
| G．The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action |
【推荐3】It's hard when a best friend isn't around-maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class，or maybe he or she is just homesick for the day. You can feel lonely at break or lunchtime without him or her.
Start by looking around your classroom and think about which kids you'd like to play with at break. Look for chances to say "Hi" to them，smile，and be friendly.
If you have trouble doing this or if you're feeling shy，ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends.
| A．What's right for me? |
| B．Make a choice in your life. |
| C．Will he or she feel the same? |
| D．Offer to share something or offer greetings. |
| E．You might still miss that special best friend. |
| F．The best way to make friends is to be a friend. |
| G．But remember, there's always room for more friends. |
【推荐1】Some pickles (榨菜) can sometimes make a meal taste better. Recently, a new type of pickle is being discussed: “digital pickles”. In fact, they are the attractive videos people watch while eating.
The topic received more than 16 million clicks online and about 100, 000 people joined in the discussion. Instead of being with friends and family during a meal, many young people in China are kept company by TV shows or short videos. Many believe that their food tastes better with the “digital pickles”.
Can this habit affect your diet? According to a research paper, you may eat more unconsciously (无意识地). The international research team asked 62 volunteers to follow different eating habits on four different days. Those included eating while looking at the mobile phone, reading magazines and doing nothing else. After analyzing (分析) their diets, the team discovered that eating with a distraction (使人分心的事物) resulted in taking in more calories by about 15 percent.
To explore the reason, the team also invited two groups of people: one group ate while listening to sounds about another person eating and the other listened to those that helped them imagine themselves eating. The results showed that the second group ate less since they were more focused on their meals. When eating with the “digital pickles”, our attention can be attracted, which leads to eating more than expected.
This works not only for eating meals but other demanding tasks as well. A research project led by the University of Sussex, UK, pointed out that activities which require lots of attention cheat many into overeating. The team invited 120 volunteers to do different tasks while providing them with drinks and snacks. “Our study suggests that if you’re eating or drinking while your attention is attracted by a highly engaging task, you’re less likely to tell how full you feel, “one author explained.
1. What do “digital pickles” refer to in paragraph 1?| A．A new type of vegetable. | B．Popular electronic products online. |
| C．Videos people watch while eating. | D．Digital games suitable for families. |
| A．Young people become more social. | B．Diners watching videos forget to eat. |
| C．People’s cooking skills are improved. | D．Food may turn out to be more attractive. |
| A．The group focusing on a magazine. | B．The group listening to others eating. |
| C．The group eating without a distraction. | D．The group imagining attractive activities. |
| A．Enjoying meals with a video. | B．Figuring out how full you are. |
| C．Recognizing your eating habits. | D．Keeping “digital pickles” away. |
【推荐2】New York City delivery workers have to deal with an array of threats: speeding cars, changeable weather, and armed robbers. Lately, workers have added another to the list–their electric bikes bursting into flames.
The powerful lithium ion batteries(锂电池) used in small electric vehicles are responsible for a growing epidemic of fires. This year, there have been about 200 fires and six deaths, according to the New York City fire department. This month, an e-bike fire inside a Manhattan high-rise apartment became an inferno(火海) that injured nearly 40 people and forced firefighters to evacuate residents using ropes.
That’s also become a daily concern for delivery workers such as Delores Solomon, a 64-year-old Brooklyn resident who has been working for Uber Eats for about two years. Solomon said she “lives in fear” that her vehicle might catch fire while it’s charging or even while she’s riding it. Last year, while delivering food on her e-bike, Solomon hit a pothole(凹坑), causing the battery to fly out and hit the pavement, where it burst into flames. “It was like a big popping sound,” she told the Guardian. “It scared me—like, ‘if that would’ve happened on the bike, I would’ve been blown up.’”
On Monday, the city council held a hearing where legislators put forward bills to combat the battery fires, including a proposal to outlaw the sale of secondhand electric vehicle batteries, and another to ban all batteries that haven t been approved by a nationally recognized testing lab. If passed, that measure would force riders to use batteries such as those certified by the Illinois-based Underwriters Laboratory (UL). An Uber spokesperson in support of the new proposals provided a statement, saying “No one should have to choose between their safety and their livelihood.”
1. How did the author stress E-bike threat in paragraph 2?| A．By presenting relevant statistics. |
| B．By analyzing the cause and effect. |
| C．By quoting from relevant people. |
| D．By comparing with different accidents. |
| A．Blue-collar workers have difficulty in making a living. |
| B．Delivery workers face the potential danger of E-bike. |
| C．People lack the awareness of traffic safety rules. |
| D．Uber Eats E-bikes sacrifice quality for its profit. |
| A．Raising awareness of the E-bike threats. |
| B．Increasing the income of delivery workers. |
| C．Banning the use of all electric vehicles. |
| D．Requiring E-bike batteries to be certified. |
| A．E-bike Batteries Fires Scares New Yorkers |
| B．A New Proposal: Should We Ban E-bikes? |
| C．Unknown Dangers of Lithium-ion Batteries |
| D．New York Delivery Workers Fight for Rights |
【推荐3】Most of the world’s crops depend on honeybees and wild bees for pollination (授粉), so decline in both managed and wild bee populations raises concerns about food security, the study notes in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences.
“We found that many crops are pollination-limited, meaning crop production would be higher if crop flowers received more pollination. We also found that honeybees and wild bees provided similar amounts of pollination in general,” said senior author Rachael Winfree, a professor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. “Managing habitat for native bee species and stocking more honeybees would raise pollination levels and could increase crop production.
Pollination by wild and managed insects is important for most crops, including those providing basic micronutrients, and is important for food security, the study notes. In the US, the production of crops that depend on pollinators generates more than $50 billion a year. According to recent evidence, European honeybees and some native wild bee spices are in decline.
At 131 farms across the United States and in British Columbia, Canada, scientists collected data on insect pollination of crop of flowers and yields (产量) for apples, highbush blueberries, sweet cherries, tart cherries, almonds, watermelon and pumpkin. Of those, apples, sweet cherries, tart cherries and blueberries showed evidence of being limited by pollination, showing that yields are currently lower than they would be with full pollination. Wild bees and honeybees provided similar amounts of pollination for most crops.
The annual production value of wild pollinations for all seven crops was an estimated $1.5 billion — plus in the US. The value of wild bee pollination for all pollinator-dependent crops would be much greater.
“Our findings showed that the decline of pollinators could translate directly into decreased yields for most of the crops studied,” the study says. The findings suggest that adopting practices that protect wild bees, such as increasing wildflowers and using managed pollinators other than honeybees, is likely to raise yields. Increasing investment in honeybee colonies (群落) is another possible choice.
1. Which of the following will Rachael Winfree agree with?| A．Food security has nothing to do with pollinators. |
| B．More pollination leads to higher crop production. |
| C．Honeybees will disappear from the earth soon. |
| D．Wild beans have better pollination ability than honeybees. |
| A．Wastes. | B．Creates. | C．Spends. | D．Experiences. |
| A．Excited. | B．Relieved. | C．Worried. | D．Embarrassed. |
| A．To present a research finding. | B．To explain how to raise bees. |
| C．To present the world’s food problem. | D．To describe the process of pollination. |
【推荐1】Mother Earth got a bad health report from the United Nations (UN) this week, and the scientific team that conducted the exam didn’t hesitate to deliver the bad news. Joyce Msuya, director of the UN report, said, “The Earth stands at a crossroads. Its illnesses are still treatable, but not for much longer. If we continue along our present path, it will lead to a bleak future.”
According to the report, the Earth is suffering from biodiversity loss, population explosions, land degradation (退化) and air and water pollution.
Biodiversity helps regulate (调控) climate, clean air and water, form and keep soil, and reduce the effects of natural disasters. Yet, populations of species (物种) are declining and the extinction (灭绝) rates are rising. Presently, 42 percent of land-based animals, 34 percent of freshwater animals, and 25 percent of sea animals are at risk for extinction while 70 percent of our food depends directly on them.
However, the population is on track to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. Without great and urgent changes in production and consumption patterns, the planet will not be able to support it by mid-century.
As for the Earth itself, 10 out of 14 land places have seen a decrease in productivity. Forty percent of wetlands have been lost to agriculture and urban development since 1970. Farm land is becoming less rich and useful, due in part to traditional farming systems. In most places, water quality has worsened “significantly” since 1990, poisoned by chemical pollution. One in three people still lacks access to safe water.
Joyce Msuya noted that the report provides multiple methods to treat the globe, many of them by using methods and technologies that already exist. For example, biodiversity loss and land pollution can be stopped by changes in consumption, agricultural practices, and redistribution of food.
“The world has the means to rescue our earth. What’s missing is the political will to act, with the necessary speed and size,” said Joyce Msuya.
1. What does the underlined word “bleak” in paragraph 1 mean?| A．Bright. | B．Hopeless. | C．Uncertain. | D．Near. |
| A．Summarize the previous paragraph. |
| B．Provide background for the readers. |
| C．Introduce a new topic for discussion. |
| D．Outline the key points to be developed. |
| A．They prevent natural disasters. |
| B．They stop the climate changes. |
| C．They help clean up the environment. |
| D．They supply enough food for us directly. |
| A．The public has not realized the Earth’s illness yet. |
| B．Biodiversity loss and land pollution can be stopped. |
| C．We have already had all the means to save the Earth. |
| D．Governments lack the will to take quick and big action. |
【推荐2】TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told the media on Monday if any places hosting events of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics declare a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic during the games, the events will continue to be held but without spectators. With one month to go before the games are due to begin on July 23, Suga is again showing his administration’s determination to hold the Olympic Games as planned, despite so much pressure from various parties urging it to cancel the event.
Although the Japanese government regards the Tokyo Olympics as an important opportunity to improve its soft power, the Japanese people’s enthusiasm for the Games has been continuously dented since they were postponed last year. The resurgence of the novel coronavirus in some places in Japan in recent months has cast a shadow over people’s confidence that the Olympics will not give rise to new groups of infections, and there are fears that the Games will provide new channels for the virus' global transmission.
Some torchbearers from Japan have withdrawn from the Olympic torch relay in the country. And the latest survey indicates only 34 percent of Japanese people support holding the games according to the schedule. Predictably, the Suga administration will do all it can to try to ensure the games go ahead. But it remains to be seen whether it can stand the tests of the uncertainties related to epidemic prevention and control that might happen during the Games.
Since it has not yet got the virus under control at home, the people have reasons to question its ability to deal with the prevention and control work when large numbers of participants will arrive in Japan from around the world in a short time. It is to be hoped that Japan can draw lessons from the organization of epidemic prevention and control work during the ongoing UEFA European Championship, carry out strict epidemic prevention and control measures, and be prepared for emergencies to guarantee the safety and success of the Olympics at this special time.
It should be a common wish of the whole world that the Tokyo Olympics can become a stage showing unity and resolve of human beings in their fight against the virus. That will endow the games with special meaning beyond sports.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?| A．The virus’ global transmission. | B．People’s worry about the infections. |
| C．The resurgence of the novel coronavirus. | D．The benefit of holding the Tokyo Olympics. |
| A．Uncertain. | B．Negative. | C．Approving. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．Compare. | B．Start. | C．Provide. | D．Charge. |
| A．Japan to ensure Olympics go ahead | B．Olympics big test for Japanese government |
| C．Japanese people’s enthusiasm for Olympics | D．Japan’s strict epidemic prevention during Olympics |
【推荐3】Janet Fein is an 84-year-old woman. Last week, she received her bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Fein has had a full life. She has raised five children and then had a career as a secretary until she retired at age 77. But even then, she was not ready to take it easy and rest during a well-earned retirement.
“I didn’t have anything to do in retirement and I didn’t think that playing bingo was up to my speed,” Fein told the Associated Press. She said she decided to major in sociology because she felt it was “substantial”.
Fein grew up in the Bronx area of New York City. She said that in high school. she just wanted to finish and get a job. After graduating early, at the age of 16, she went to work as a secretary at a dress manufacturer.
After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her children. She held several jobs throughout her life, including 20 years as a secretary at a Dallas hospital. That is the job she retired from in 2012. She also worked for 20 years on earning an associate degree, which she received in 1995.
But Fein told the AP she also wanted to earn a bachelor’s degree “with all of my heart”. Even with all of her life experiences, she said she enjoyed reading, writing papers and learning new things. “With each class I already knew a lot, but then I also learned a lot. And that made me happy.”
Carmel Dyer is director of the UTHealth Consortium on Aging at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She says that keeping active and giving yourself something to look forward to “is just a really positive move”.
Her college advisor was Sheila Rollerson. She told the AP that Fein never showed signs of giving up even with all of her difficulties. “She just kept plugging along.” Rollerson said.
Renee Brown is one of Fein’s caregivers. She says Fein has also inspired her. At 53, she plans to begin nursing school to further her career.
1. What can we learn about Fein from the text?| A．She enjoyed playing bingo after retirement. |
| B．She worked as a secretary at the age of 18. |
| C．She had got a bachelor’s degree in nursing. |
| D．She didn’t give up despite all the difficulties. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Approving. | C．Unconcerned. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．It was tough and terrible. | B．It was full and meaningful. |
| C．It disturbed her caregiver’s life. | D．It encouraged her children greatly. |
| A．No pain, no gain. | B．Failure is the mother of success. |
| C．It’s never too old to learn. | D．Action speaks louder than words. |
