(单词翻译:单击)
Passage One
文章1
Do you ever have the annoying feeling that you don't have time to really think anymore?
你是否曾经有过一种烦人的感觉: 你再也没有时间去真正思考了?
You're not alone. A variety of factors have conspired to rob us of time for reflection about ourselves and our lives.
并非你一个人是这样。各种因素共同剥夺了我们反思自己和生活的时间。
Today our preoccupied minds are rarely silent.
今天，我们专注的头脑很少静下来思考。
The average person receives hundreds of texts and voice messages a day.
普通人每天会收到数百条短信和语音信息。
And holidays for many of us are action packed weeks more likely full of family activities than opportunities for tranquility and contemplation.
对于我们中的许多人来说，假期的几周安排满了活动，更有可能是家庭活动，而不是安静沉思的机会。
Regular reflection, however, underlies all great professionals.
然而，定期反思是成为优秀的专业人士的基础。
It's a prerequisite for you to recharge your mental batteries, see things in a new light and tap into your creativity.
这是给精神充电、以新的眼光看待事物、激发创造力的先决条件。
Almost all of the great advisors that I have studied have found ways to get away from it all and contemplate their life and work.
我研究过的几乎所有优秀的顾问都找到了摆脱一切、思考生活和工作的方法。
Some researchers in the field of creativity, in fact, believe that insight occurs during the reflection and relaxation that follows a period of intense activity.
事实上，创造力领域的一些研究人员认为，一段紧张活动之后的反思和放松会产生深刻见解。
Schedule your time for reflection about your work, or a particular project you're engaged in.
安排时间来反思你的工作，或是你正在从事的一个特定项目。
I usually block out half an hour. Don't answer the phone. Push your papers to the side. Sketch, make lists, draw mind maps of ideas that come to you. At the end, write down any emerging ideas.
我通常会抽出半个小时。不接电话。把文件放到一边。画草图，列清单，把想到的东西画在思维导图上。最后，记下任何浮现的想法。
When you're alone, stop worrying and think.
当你一个人的时候，别担忧，多思考。
A lot of our downtime is spent worrying about troublesome things in our lives or fantasizing about how we'd like our lives to be.
我们的很多休息时间都花在担心生活中的麻烦事或幻想我们想要怎样的生活上。
Revisit things during moments of relaxation after a period of intense work.
在一段紧张工作后的放松时刻重新审视一些事情。
This is when we are the most creative.
这是我们最有创造力的时候。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答9 - 11题。
Q9. What do we learn about the feeling that one doesn't have time to think anymore?
问题9：我们从一个人没有时间思考的感觉中了解到了什么?
Q10. What trait do all great professionals share?
问题10：所有优秀的专业人士都有什么共同特点?
Q11. What do some researchers believe is conducive to creative ideas?
问题11：一些研究人员认为什么有助于产生创造性的想法?
