2017年6月四级真题(第三套)答案解析
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从会计到瑜伽师:彻底改变职业生涯

A) (43)在某种程度上,几乎所有人都将经历一段职业生涯彻底改变的时期、我们中的一些人会去追来这 种改变;而对其他人来说,这种改变感觉就像是不受欢迎地入侵了原本稳定的职业。无论哪种方式,当它到来 时,我们可以选择如何应对它。

B) 我们最近遇到了瑜伽创业者利亚·扎卡里亚,她经受了改变的火焰,彻底重塑了自我。(39)为了追求 有意义的生活,利要放弃了高薪的会计工作,离开了她的丈夫和家。在这个过程中,她开启了全新的生活和事 业。从那时起,她创办了两家喻伽工作室,结识了新的生活伴侣,并组建了新的社交圈子。即使你的个人重塑 不像利亚那么彻底,我们认为她的经历也有可以借鉴的地方。

C) 改变的种子来自哪里呢?土著美洲印第安人有句谚语:“注意低语,这样你就不用去听尖叫声了。 (41)一些大变化的最好想法经常来自意想不到的地方————关键在于能否注意到。伟大的领导者可以辨认出指 向大变化到来的微弱信号或微妙迹象。利亚认真考虑了她有一次听到的低语:“那是我女儿五岁的时候,我开始 有种感觉“这是不对的。”然后她意识到当时的生活与自己的人生愿景不再匹配。

D) (37)直到那时,利亚一直遵循着衡量成功与否的传统标准。大学毕业获得商务和会计学位后,她加入 了一个公共会计师事务所,结了婚,买了房子,购置了很多家具,生了孩子。“我做了在其他人看来是成功的事 情，”她说。利亚本应陷入安于现状的陷阱;然而,她的活力激发了尝试和重新开始的一个新阶段。

E) (45)感觉到需要改变,利亚开始尝试未来的各种可能,她探索自己的兴趣,并开发新的能力。第一次尝 试体育炼和节食后,她减轻了些体重,并发现了一种内在的力量。“由于突破了自身的局限,我感觉自己非常 强大,”她回忆说。

F) (40)不过,导致利要彻底重塑自我的却是另外一个兴趣。“我记得我和阿姨一起坐在一个瑜伽室的长 椅上,“她说,“当即就有了清晰的瞬间:喻伽正在挽救我的生命。瑜伽正在把我唤醒。我并不快乐,我想要改变, 我受够了这一切“就在这清晰的一那,利亚迈出了重要的一步,战胜了她内心对改变的抗拒,做出了迈出更大 脚步的坚定承诺。

。 G) (36)如果你准备好利用降临到你头上的机会,那么创造你想要的未来就容易多了。当利亚做出改变的 承诺时,她准备好利用各种她本可能忽略的新机会。她回忆道。

H) 有一天,我的一位男同事瑞安————他的办公室就在我的隔壁————说,“利亚,我们去看看昆安妮的那个地 方吧。”他知道我对瑜伽的热爱,看到离他住的地方很近的这个地点时,他觉得这里可能适合做瑜伽工作室。我 看到这个地方,就知道是它了。当然我有点害怕,但是我有一种强烈的感觉————“我一定要这样做。”(42)仅 仅几个月之后,利亚就开经营她的第一家喻伽工作室,然而成功并非一蹴而就。

I) 创造未来需要时间。这就是为什么领导者在向未来的巨大变化迈进的同时,继续管理现在。当飞跃的时 刻到来时,他们采取行动,立即放弃不再能让他们实现目标的事情。最初,为了让一切正常运转,利亚在开瑜伽 工作室的时候,仍然在做会计的工作。

J) 不久之后,她意识到为了全身心地投入到崭新的未来中,自己必须采取大胆的行动。在两年的时间里 利亚放弃了安稳的会计工作,彻底完成了改变。完成这么重大的转变并不容易。

K) 应对改变以及这一过程中遇到的障碍让我们直面自己的恐惧。(44)利亚反思了一件触发她恐惧的事 情,那时她的投资人威胁要关掉她的工作室:“我当时要应对的可能是我人生当中最大的恐惧,“她说。“我花了 两年时间建立了这个社交圈子,并迅速获得了成功,可是在六个月的时间里,我要面对完全失去它的可能。”

L) 她结合自己的人生目标,并对自己深入挖掘,培养起坚强的意志。“我当时的感觉既明确又强烈,我绝不 能让恐惧战胜我。我那时在想:好吧,各位,你们想关就关了吧。我知道这是一个谈判策略,因此我可以对自己 说:‘这不是真的。’”(38) 通过说出自己的愚惧,并积极地面对它们,利亚获得了信心。对我们大部分人来说,放 下普通的安全和保障给我们造成了很大的恐惧。像利亚那样直截了当地说出自己的恐惧可以帮助我们果断采 取行动。

M) 重新开始的循环水远不会结束。利亚的成长激励她开了第二家工作室—并且,这并不是为了钱。

N) 我不想赚几百万美元。这并不是为了钱,而是为了我的成长。老实说,我并不需要再开一家工作室 跟做会计时挣得一样多。但是我知道,如果你不成长,就会止步不前,那对我来说行不通。

O) 想一想你的生活里、团队里、公司里当下的时刻。你处在重新开始这一循环的哪个地方:你是在积极地 维持现状,还是选择性地遗忘过去,又或是大胆地创造未来呢?利亚会给你带来什么建议,让你在人生旅程中前 进呢？一旦我们踏上成长的道路,我们就会不断地经历变革和重新开始。

详解详析

36. Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities will make it easier to create one’s desired future.

(译文)准备好利用新的机会能使人更容易地创 造自己想要的未来。

(定位)由题干中的 Readiness, opportunities easier和 create one' s desired future定位到原文画 线处。

G) Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way. When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked. She recalls:

(详解)该段第一句指出,如果你准备好利用降临到你头上的机会,那么创造你想要的未来就容易多了。题 干中的 Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities对应原文中的 ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way; create one' s desired future对应原文中的 Creating the future you want,题干是对该句的 同义转述,故答案为G)。

37. By conventional standards, Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career.

(译文)按照传统的标准,在改变职业 之前,利亚是一个典型的成功女性。

(定位)由题干中的 conventional standards和 successful定位到原文画 线处。

D) Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success. After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby. “I did what everybody else thought looked successful,” She says. Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.

(详解)定位句提到,直到那时,利亚一直遵循着衡量成功与否的传统标准。大学毕业,她获得了商务和会计 学位后,加入了一个公共会计师事务所,结了婚,买了房子,购置了很多家具,生了孩子。“我做了在其他人看 来是成功的事情,”她说。题干是对定位句的概括,故答案为D)。

38. Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.

(译文)通过列出自己的恐 惧,并直接面对它们,使利亚获 得了信心。

(定位)由题干中的 gained confidence和 fears定位到原 文画线处。

L) She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength. “I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasn’t going to let fear just take over. I was thinking, ‘OK, guys, if you want to try to shut me down, shut me down,’ And knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, ‘This is not real.’” By naming her fears and facing them head-on. Leah gained confidence. For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear. Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

(详解)定位句提到,通过说出自己的恐惧,并积极地面对它们,利亚获得了信心。题干中的 laying out her urs and confronting them directly是对原文中 naming her fears and facing them head-on的同义转述,故答案为L)。

39. In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.

(译文)为了寻求有意义的生活,利亚放 弃了她所拥有的一切,并建立了自己的瑜 伽工作室。

(定位)由题干中的 search,a meaningful life n set up her own yoga studios定位到原文画线处。

B) We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home. In the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.

(详解)定位句提到,为了追求有意义的生活,利亚放弃了高薪的会计工作,离开了她的丈夫和家。在这个过 程中,她开启了全新的生活和事业。从那时起,她创办了两家瑜伽工作室,结识了新的生活伴侣,并组建了新 的社交圈子。题干中的 gave up what she had是原文中 left her high-paying accounting job, her husband and her home的归纳。题干是对画线处这三句的总结,故答案为B)。

40. Leah’s interest in yoga prompted her to make a firm decision to reshape her life.

(译文)利亚对瑜伽的兴趣促使她做 出了一个坚定的决定,即重塑自己的生 活。

(定位)由题干中的 interest和make a firm decision定位到原文画线处

F) However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself. “I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio,” she said, “and having a moment of clarity right then and there; Yoga is saving my life, Yoga is waking me up, I’m not happy and I want to change and I’m done with this,” In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take the bigger steps.

(详解)该段提到,利亚觉得瑜伽正在挽救她的生命,把她唤醒,正是对瑜伽的热爱促使她迈出了坚定的步 伐,重塑自我。题干是对该段内容的总结,故答案为F)。

41. Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

(译文)小迹象可能预示着巨 大变化的到来,因此值得注意。

(定位)由题干中的 Small signs in great changes to come 定位到原文画线处。

C) Where do the seeds of change come from? The native American Indians have a saying: “Pay attention to the whispers so you won’t have to hear the screams.” Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places—it’s just a matter of tuning in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: “About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that ‘this isn’t right.’” She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.

(详解)定位句提到,一些大变化的最好想法经常来自意想不到的地方————关键在于能否注意到。伟大的领 导者可以辨认出指向大变化到来的微弱信号或微妙迹象。题干中的 indicate是对原文中 point to的同义转 述,题干是对定位句的概括,故答案为C)。

42. Leah’s first yoga studio was by no means an immediate success.

(译文)利亚的第一家瑜伽工作室并 不是立即就取得了成功。

定位由题干中的 first yoga studio和an immediate success定位 到原文画线处。

H) One day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine, said, “Leah, let’s go look at this pace on Queen Anne.” He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio. As soon as I saw the location, I knew this was it. Of course I was scared, yet I had this strong sense of “I have to do this.” Only a few months later Leah opened her first yoga studio, but success was not instant.

(详解)定位句提到,仅仅几个月之后,利亚就开了她的第一家瑜工作室,然面成功并非一而就。题千中 对应原文中的 success was not instant,故答案为H)。

43. Some people regard professional change as an unpleasant experience that disturbs their careers.

(译文)一些人认为职业改变是一种不愉快的经 历,会影响他们稳定的职业生涯。

(定位)由题干中的 professional change和 stable careers定位到原文画线处。

A) At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.

(详解)定位句提到,在某种程度上,几乎所有人都将经历一段职业生涯彻底改变的时期。我们中的一些人 会去追求这种改变;而对其他人来说,这种改变感觉就像是不受欢迎地入侵了原本稳定的职业。题干中 unpleasant experience that disturbs their stable careers与原文中的 an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers意思相近,故答案为A)。

44. The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business.

(译文)利亚曾经遇到的最大恐惧就是 可能失去她的瑜伽事业。

(定位)由题干中的 The worst fear和 the prospect of losing her yoga business 定位到原文画线处。

K) Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears. Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: “I was probably up against the most fear I’ve ever had,” she says, “I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all.

(详解)定位句提到,利亚觉得当时要应对的可能是她人生当中最大的恐惧。她花了两年的时间建立了这个 社交圈子,并迅速获得了成功,可是在六个月的时间里,她就要面对完全失去它的可能。题干中的The fear Leah ever had是对原文中 the most fear Ive ever had的同义转述,故答案为K)。

45. As she explored new interests and developed new potentials, Leah felt powerful internally.

(译文)利亚探索新的兴趣和发展新的潜力 时,内心感到无比强大。

(定位)由题干中的 explored new interests, developed new potentials 和 powerful intemally定位到原文画线处。

E) Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities. First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength. “I felt powerful because I broke through my own limitations,” she recalls.

(详解)该段提到,利亚开始尝试各种可能,她探索自己的兴趣,开发新的能力。第一次尝试体育锻炼和节食 后,她减轻了些体重,并发现了一种内在的力量。由于突破了自身的局限,她感觉自己非常强大。题干是对该 段内容的整合,故答案为E)。