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2 . Although we all experience failure in our lives, we don’t all react to it in the same way. An interesting research has emphasized the notion that there are some people who embrace challenges and disappointments as opportunities to re-focus their thinking. These are people with a growth mindset. Then, there are other people who see failure as a complete failure. They believe that they never had the talent anyway, and they probably never will. These are people with a fixed mindset.
Psychologist Dweck has studied these mindsets and provided evidence that most people intentionally place themselves in one of those two groups. The group to which you assign yourself frequently determines how you react to challenges. If you experience failure and give up, you have conveniently assigned yourself to the fixed group. If you experience failure and regard it as a stepping stone, then you have placed yourself into the growth group.
According to the research, people in the growth group tend to generate more creative ideas than those in the fixed group. To illustrate, consider Thomas Edison. In the 19th century, Edison attempted to improve the light bulb and experimented with numerous materials. Over a thousand trials, he managed to discover an element sustaining light. A reporter once asked him,“It seems as though you’ve tried many times and continue to fail each time. Why is that?”Edison answered,“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10, 000 ways that won’t work.”
In studies of creative people, psychologists discovered that a distinguishing feature separating them from the non-creative is that they make lots of mistakes and continue to work through them. Most people consider success and failure as polar opposites. In reality, they are both parts of the same process.
1. What might people with a growth mindset agree with?| A．Challenges are welcomed. |
| B．Mistakes can be avoided. |
| C．Success is due to good luck. |
| D．Only talent leads to success. |
| A．A road to nowhere. |
| B．A challenge in the way. |
| C．An outcome to expect. |
| D．A chance to advance. |
| A．To make a prediction. |
| B．To present a fact. |
| C．To support a viewpoint. |
| D．To clarify a principle. |
| A．How people interpret failure often determines their creative output. |
| B．Learning from success plays an important part in improving creativity. |
| C．Growth mindset people see challenges differently from fixed mindset ones. |
| D．Which group people put themselves in decides how they react to challenges. |
3 . An internship (实习) is a great way to gain valuable experience in your chosen future career. Here, we offer some fantastic worldwide internships with opportunities to help you gain some really unique and diverse experience.
Dental Internship in South Africa
Join our dental elective to boost your dental work experience. You'll work with a professional dentist and assist in day-to-day tasks at check-up camps. Compare the dental care between your home country and South Africa.
Requirement: Interns should be studying dentistry(牙科)
Journalism Internship in Ghana
See all aspects of Ghanaian life by reporting on day-to-day life and taking part in a varied journalism internship in Accra. Work for a newspaper, radio or TV station and get hands-on experience in the media industry.
Requirement: Good English speakers and general level of fitness
Medical Internship in Palampur
If you are considering a career in medicine or nursing, this is the medical internship for you. Based in northern India, in the foothills of the Himalayas, you will shadow local doctors and nurses and learn lots about the Indian medical system.
Requirement: Interns should have an interest in, or already be studying, a medical related course
Medical Internship in Romania
Take part in a highly rated medical internship on a mobile medical unit and within a children's hospital. Work in a variety of medical settings and with a mixture of cases, shadowing doctors and nurses and actively contributing to the care of the patients.
Requirement: Minimum requirement of a first aid certificate
1. Where is this text probably taken from?| A．A school magazine. |
| B．An academic paper. |
| C．A public speech. |
| D．A travel log. |
| A．Dental Internship in South Africa. |
| B．Journalism Internship in Ghana. |
| C．Medical Internship in Palampur. |
| D．Medical Internship in Romania. |
| A．They are located in northern India. |
| B．They need childcare interns. |
| C．They require a first aid certificate. |
| D．They encourage learning from old hands. |
4 . Research into social robots has shown that machines that are at the cutting edge of interaction can respond to feelings and emotionally care for the weak, the elderly and children.
Robin was designed as a companion robot to provide emotional support for children receiving medical treatment. Robin explains medical procedures to them, plays games and tells stories, and during treatment distracts them to reduce their sense of pain. The robot uses AI to understand other people’s feelings, remembering facial expressions and conversations to build dialogue for follow-up sessions. In trials at the Wigmore Medical (UK) Pediatric Clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, the team found that Robin led to a 34% decrease in stress and an increase in happiness of 26% in the 120 children who interacted with him at least once.
Healthcare robots could all benefit from displaying emotional intelligence, both recognizing and responding to human emotions, and to some extent, managing them. The problem with this is the fear that human jobs may be lost as robots become better at handling social situations.
Population trends suggest that the demand for robots to work alongside people in care situations will grow over time. By 2050, the number of people aged 65 and over globally will be 1.6 billion (17%), roughly twice the proportion of what it is today. An extra 3.5 million care workers will be needed and that will include emotionally intelligent robots.
Today’s simple systems are being trained to meet that demand. This includes a little wheeled robot that can guess how you are feeling from the way you walk, and the robot from the University of Lincoln in the UK —who helps elderly people to stay physically and mentally active.
The impact of social robots on our lives to date has been tiny. But new models are being introduced that could make the breakthrough. Human emotions are difficult to define, but as trust in robots increases, breaking down the psychological barrier becomes easier to imagine.
1. What are social robots uniquely capable of?| A．Lifting heavy packages upstairs for weak people. |
| B．Teaching mentally ill teens emotional expressions. |
| C．Cooking delicious dishes for the disabled at home. |
| D．Playing songs for blind people on their request. |
| A．Robin’s function to reduce pain. |
| B．Robin’s popularity in hospitals. |
| C．Robin’s practical application. |
| D．Robin’s success in passing tests. |
| A．By concluding viewpoints. |
| B．By analyzing causes. |
| C．By making comparison. |
| D．By giving definition. |
| A．It is already happening throughout UK. |
| B．Humans need to work hard to secure jobs. |
| C．Robots can only meet basic human needs. |
| D．It’s an unstoppable and beneficial trend. |
