2024年12月英语六级听力真题 卷二文章2

Passage Two

文章2

Humans are aspirational goal-seeking beings.Each of us, according to research, has an inborn drive to acquire.

人类是有抱负、追求目标的生物。根据研究，我们每个人天生都有获取的驱动力。

The “dark side” of this drive to acquire is being mindlessly driven to possess more and more “things”and to socially compare our “stuff” with all the stuff other people have in their lives.

这种获取驱动力的“阴暗面”是无意识地被驱使去拥有越来越多的“物品”，并且在社会上与他人比较我们的“东西”与他们生活中拥有的所有东西。

So the question is, how do we ensure we tap into our drive to acquire in positive ways that will benefit our well-being?

因此，问题在于，我们如何确保以积极的方式利用我们的获取驱动力，从而有利于我们的福祉？

One way is to become more intentionally aspirational.

一种方法是变得更加有意识地抱负。

To be intentionally aspirational includes consciously aspiring to be the person you need to be to succeed in your professional and personal life.

有意识地抱负包括有意识地渴望成为你需要成为的人，以便在你的职业和个人生活中取得成功。

It also includes consciously aspiring to acquire things in your life that will positively impact your sense of well-being.

这也包括有意识地渴望在生活中获取那些将积极影响你的幸福感的事物。

If you're not consciously, mindfully and intentionally harnessing this inborn drive to acquire, you might be mindlessly pursuing all the wrong things.

如果你不是有意识地、有目的地、有意识地利用这种天生的获取驱动力，你可能会无意识地追求所有错误的事物。

While your intentional aspirational goals will include pursuit of acquiring things that will increase your sense of well-being, they ought to also include goals to help other people in your various life roles.

虽然你的有意追求的目标将包括获取那些能增加你幸福感的事物，但它们也应该包括帮助你在各种生活角色中的其他人的目标。

Your intentional aspirational goals will also include striving to be your personal best--a person of good character, integrity, and trustworthiness.

你的有意追求的目标还应该包括努力成为你个人最好的自己——一个具有良好品格、正直和值得信赖的人。

Think about this from a practical, rather than theoretical viewpoint.

从实际的角度而不是理论的角度来思考这个问题。

If you're not pursuing intentional aspirational goals, you have nothing to strive for.

如果你不追求有意追求的目标，你就没有东西可以为之奋斗。

If you have nothing to strive for, you're putting yourself in the dangerous position of simply drifting through life, and you will not be able to experience, live and enjoy all that life has to offer.

如果你没有东西可以为之奋斗，你就把自己置于危险的境地，只是在生命中随波逐流，你将无法体验、生活和享受生活所带来的一切。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题12到15是基于你刚刚听到的这篇文章。

Question 12. What is the dark side of our inborn drive to acquire?

问题12. 我们天生追求的内在驱动力有什么阴暗面？

Question 13. What might happen if we do not harness our inborn drive to acquire?

问题13. 如果我们不驾驭我们天生的追求驱动力会发生什么？

Question 14. What does the passage say about our intentional aspirational goals?

问题14. 这段文字关于我们的有意志的抱负目标说了什么？

Question 15. What will you end up doing without pursuing intentional aspirational goals?

问题15. 如果不追求有意志的抱负目标，你最终会做什么？

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