I have a question for all of us. Is all winning success? Winning is really, really fun. But I am here to share my idea: Winning does not always mean success.
All around the world, we have created the win-at-all-cost culture. As a society, we honor the champion (冠军). We cheer for those people who win championships. Winning at all costs has become acceptable. We have become so focused (关注) on that end result instead of the process, and when it is a win, usually how we got there often gets little attention.
We need to redefine (重新定义) success. Real success is developing champions in life for our world, win or lose. We may be able to plan our way to a win, but we can’t plan our way to success.
Back to 1990, when I was first made the head coach of the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team, the best I could do was what other “successful”coaches had done. So, I became tough-talking and mean. I acted like a head coach whose only thought was to figure out how to win.
After putting up with me for a few years, our team asked me for a team meeting. And for over two hours, they gave me examples of how my arrogance (傲慢) was hurtful. That was my time-out, and I chose to change. I found out that I needed to support our student players as whole human beings, not just players who won.
It is so much easier to give orders than to actually figure out how to encourage someone to be better. And it takes a really long time to take root. The key was to develop trust through patience and honesty. Let’s think about what you are talking with your parents on the car ride home. Are they focusing on the end result? Are you excited to use that time to show you are a winner? All of you care too much about the end result instead of your steps of learning. We are all coaches in some ways. We all have the responsibility to develop champions in life for our world. That is what real success looks like, and that is what we call a win-win.
31. The writer introduced the topic by _______.
A.asking a question | B.showing some examples |
C.listing a few numbers | D.comparing two different things |
32. The underlined word “
it” in the Paragraph 2 refers to (指代) _______.
A.the process | B.end result |
C.the champion | D.real success |
33. As the head coach, the writer chose to change because _______.
A.other“successful”coaches asked him to do so |
B.he was trying so hard to figure out how to win |
C.he learnt to care more about players than winning |
D.he learnt he should only support players who won |
34. According to the writer, which of the following is a real success in life?
A.A kid who shows the medals and prizes he won to his parents. |
B.A player who tries to win a gold medal at the cost of his health. |
C.A coach who respects his members even though the team didn’t win. |
D.A parent who keeps asking about the grades his kid gets in the exams. |
35. The structure of the passage is _______.