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Passage 2
文章2
Why is adaptability an important skill to exercise in the workplace?
为什么适应性是一项在职场中需要锻炼的重要技能？
Simply put, adaptability is a skill employers are increasingly looking for.
简单来说，适应能力是雇主越来越看重的一种技能。
When you spend time learning a new task rather than resisting it, your productivity goes up.
当你花时间学习一项新任务，而不是抗拒它时，你的效率就会提高。
You can also serve as an example to your co-workers who may be having trouble adapting, and can help lead your team forward.
你也可以为那些可能难以适应的同事树立榜样，并帮助领导你的团队前进。
Strategy consultant, Dori Clark, explains it to us this way.
战略顾问多利·克拉克是这样解释的。
I'd say that adaptability is an important skill in the workplace because, frankly, circumstances change.
我认为适应能力在工作场所是一项重要的技能，因为坦白说，环境是会变化的。
Competitors introduce new products, the economy might enter a recession, customer preferences differ over time, and more.
竞争对手会推出新产品，经济可能会进入衰退，消费者的偏好会随着时间的推移而变化，等等。
If you shake your fist at the sky and say why can't it stay the same, that's not going to do very much good.
如果你对着天空挥拳说为什么它不能保持不变，这不会带来什么好处。
Instead, you need to recognize when circumstances have changed.
相反，你需要意识到环境何时发生了变化。
So you can take appropriate action based on what is, rather than how you wish the world would be.
所以你可以根据现实情况采取适当的行动，而不是你希望世界会为了你改变。
That enables you to make more accurate inform and effective choices.
这能够使你提供更准确的信息以及做出更有效的选择。
Also, the workplace itself has been evolving.
此外，工作场所本身也在不断发展。
Today's work culture and management style is often based on teamwork, rather than a rigid hierarchy.
如今的工作文化和管理风格往往是基于团队合作，而不是严格的等级制度。
Brainstorming, which requires creativity, flexibility, and emotional intelligence, is a typical problem solving technique.
头脑风暴是一种典型的解决问题的技巧，它需要创造力、灵活性和情商。
Employees who are unable or unwilling to participate will not easily move forward in the company.
不能或不愿参与的员工在公司很难取得进步。
Employees who are flexible demonstrate other skills too.
具有灵活性的员工也体现出了其他技能。
They can reprioritize quickly when changes occur and suggest additional modifications when something is not working.
当发生变化时，他们可以迅速重新确定优先级，并在某些事情不起作用时提出额外的修改建议。
They can also regroup quickly when a setback occurs, adapting to the new situation confidently and without overreacting.
当挫折发生时，他们也能迅速重组，自信地适应新情况，而不会反应过度。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答12 - 15题。
Question 12. Why does the speaker say adaptability is an important skill to exercise in the workplace?
问题12.为什么讲话者说适应能力是人们在职场中要锻炼的一项重要技能？
Question 13. What does adaptability enable us to do according to strategy consultant Dorie Clark?
问题13.根据战略顾问多莉·克拉克的说法，适应能力使我们能够做什么？
Question 14. What do we learn about today's work culture from the passage?
问题14.关于如今的工作文化，我们从文章中得知什么？
Question 15. What are employees with adaptability able to do when changes occur?
问题15.当变化发生时，有适应能力的员工能够做什么？
