4 . For many people, the perfect career would be one in which they do what they love to make a living, but in______, not many have either the luck or the luxury to do so, given ______ concerns and other considerations. Freelance (自由职业的) digital cartoonist Lian Zongbo is fully ______ of the risks, but decided to pursue his dream, anyway.

After graduating in 2010, he started as a junior animator in Guangzhou. Struggling for 6 years with childish work, he was looking to do something he was really ______. A huge basketball fan growing up, and good at a ______ of drawing methods, Lian had the idea of ______ his interests and career. In early 2016, he began drawing illustrations based on the NBA and shared them on social media. ______, he didn’t get any feedback.

______ he felt discouraged, Lian refused to admit failure. In January 2017, he received a(n) ______ on his Instagram account that invited him to ______ his works at art shows in the US. Lian happily accepted the offer, seeing it as a(n) ______ to morale (士气). His basketball themed artworks quickly won him a growing number of enthusiasts, including former NBA superstar Dwyane Wade.

His childhood hobby has now turned into a(n) ______ career that has given Lian a more comfortable life. When asked if he has any advice for others who also want to change jobs to ______ their passions, Lian said, “I wouldn’t tell people to abandon their ______   jobs if they are not ready. Rather, I’d tell them to make full use of their spare time to explore their passions. Stick to it and one day your effort will ______.”

8 . You can get a clear picture about Deep Work by Cal Newport in 5 minutes. Deep Work tells us professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive (认知的) capabilıties to their limit. These efforts create new value and improve your skill. The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who develop the skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive (蓬勃发展)

The book tells us the core abilities for thriving in the new economy, which are the ability to quickly master hard things, the ability to produce a high level, in terms of both quality and speed. If you can’t learn, you can’t thrive. If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive- no matter how skilled or talented you are. If you haven’t mastered deep work, you’ll struggle to learn hard things. To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction.

The key to developing a deep work habit is to move beyond good intentions and add routines and habits to your working life designed to minimize a state of unbroken concentration. To master the art of deep work, therefore, you must take back control of your time and attention from the many entertainments on the Internet that attempt to steal them. Adopt a tool only if its positive impacts on these factors substantially outweigh its negative impacts. It’s crucial that you figure out in advance what you’re going to do with your evenings and weekends before they begin.

In the end of Deep Work, we can know that the ability to-concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done. If you’re struggling to use your mind to its fullest capacity to create things that matter, then you’ll discover, as others have before you, that depth generates a life rich with productivity and meaning.