双语趣听精彩世界 第8期:消极的心态也有优势

 　　哥伦比亚广播公司:工作中,你是比较具有积极心态还是消极心态呢?大多数人可能都认为,还是应该具有积极的心态.但是,哥伦比亚广播公司的这篇报道称,具有消极心态的人其实也有着自己的优势,这样的人更容易把精力集中于发展一项专业技能.

　　消极的心态

　　CBS News: People with negative attitudes may not be the most popular folks at the office, but they may have an unexpected¹ advantage when it comes to developing expertise² at work.

　　Researchers made the discovery by dividing people into two groups to study: "likers," or people found to have positive dispositional attitudes in a personality test, and "haters," or those with negative dispositional attitudes.

　　Then they studied how each group spent its time. In one study, participants recorded all the activities they did in a week, and in another study, participants used a free response time survey.

1 unexpected   

adj.想不到的，意外的

参考例句：

• I always keep some good wine in for unexpected guests.我总保存些好酒，用来招待不速之客。
• His promotion was unexpected.他的升迁出人意料。

2 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。