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大题预测02阅读理解说明文+语法填空(一)

阅读理解说明文

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【浙江省诸暨市牌头中学等多校2024-2025学年高三下学期2月适应性考试】Itiscommonforustohearpeoplesaying“toobusy”.Sometimesmaybetheyarereallybusy,however,moretimesit’sjustbecausethat’swhattheythinktheyaresupposedtosay.That’swhatimportantpeoplesay.That’swhatpeoplewhogetpromotedsay.Butthefactisworkinglonghoursdoesn’tnecessarilymeanbetterresults.Nevertakingavacationwon’tleadtoapromotion.Sowhyarewesoproudtotalkabouthowbusyweareallthetime?

In2016,researchersfromColumbia,Harvard,andGeorgetownconductedastudytofigureitout.Theyfoundbusypeopleareperceivedtobeofhighstatus,andinterestingly,thesestatusattributionsareheavilyinfluencedbyourownbeliefsaboutsocialmobility.Inotherwords,themorewebelievethatonehastheopportunityforsuccessbasedonhardwork,themorewetendtothinkthatpeoplewhoskipleisureandworkallthetimeareofhigherstanding.

That’swhywefeellikewehavetoappearbusy,andthere’sarealperceptionthatifsomeoneisknee-deepinmeetings,emailsandstress,thenthey’reprobablyabigdeal.Thiscultureofbusynessismakingithardforemployeestofindwork-lifebalance.Accordingtoarecentstudy,oneinfivehighlyengagedemployeesisatriskofburnout(精疲力竭).

Personally,I’mgoingtostopsaying“busy”whenpeopleaskmehowIam.Itsoundsself-righteous(自以为是的)andsetsthewrongtone.Phraseslike“Ihavelimitedaccesstoemail”and“I’llrespondassoonasIgetback”soundlikeyou’rebeingheldagainstyourwillfromworkingasopposedtomakingthemostofyourtimeoff.

That’swhywerecentlylaunchedtheOutofOfficeEmailGenerator,afreetoolyoucanusebeforeyournextlongweekendortrip.Youcanshareloudandproudthatyouwon’tbecheckingemailsuntilyou’reback.Managersneedtothinktwiceaboutemailingtheirteamsontheweekendandtalkingabouthowbusy