文章大意：本篇为议论文。文章阐述了近期正影响着美国年轻人的“活在当下，及时行乐”的YOLO风潮。一些人辞去了稳定的工作开始创业；有的完全放弃了枯燥无味的打工生涯。文章介绍了YOLO的由来以及目前这股风潮背后的原因。疫情中的这一年让他们开始意识到，工作不是最重要的，是时候开始步入转变生活形态的新篇章了。
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Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.| A. abandoning | B. captured | C. caution | D. dominant | E. enduring | F. fearful |
| G. grief | H. isolation | I. locked | J. popularized | K. revolutionary | |
Welcome to the YOLO Economy
Something strange is happening to the exhausted, type-A millennial workers of America. After a year spent hunched (弯腰驼背) over their MacBooks, 1 back-to-back Zooms, they are deciding to risk it all. Some are 2 stable jobs to start a new business, and others are stepping off the career treadmill altogether.
If this movement has a rallying cry, it’s “YOLO”—“you only live once,” an acronym (首字母缩略词) 3 by the rapper Drake a decade ago and used by cheerful risk-takers ever since. It has come to characterize the attitude that has 4 a certain type of bored office worker in recent months.
To be clear: The pandemic is not over, and millions of Americans are still experiencing 5 for the loss of jobs and loved ones. Not everyone can afford to throw 6 to the wind. But for a growing number of people with financial cushions and in-demand skills, the dread and anxiety of the past year are giving way to a new kind of professional fearlessness.
“It feels like we’ve been so 7 into careers for the past decade, and this is our opportunity to switch it up.” said Nate Moseley, 29, a buyer at a major clothing retailer. “The idea of going right back to the pre-Covid setup sounds so unappealing after this past year,” he said. “If not now, when will I ever do this?” If “languishing (受煎熬)” is 2021’s 8 emotion, YOLOing may be the year’s defining work force trend. A recent Microsoft survey found that more than 40 percent of workers globally were considering leaving their jobs this year.
9 of employees’ quitting jobs, bosses are trying to boost morale (士气) and prevent burnout. LinkedIn recently gave the majority of its employees a paid week off.
Raises and time off may persuade some employees to stay put. But for others, stasis (停滞) is the problem, and the only solution is 10 change.
