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Passage Two
短文二
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。研究显示，我们每个人都有一种与生俱来的获取欲。
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.
这种获取欲的阴暗面在于，人们会盲目地驱使自己去占有越来越多的东西，并将自己拥有的东西与他人生活中拥有的东西进行社会性比较。
So the question is, how do we ensure we tap into our drive to acquire in positive ways that will benefit our well-being? One way is to become more intentionally aspirational.
那么问题来了，我们如何能够确保以积极的、有益于自身幸福的方式来利用我们的获取欲呢?
To be intentionally aspirational includes consciously aspiring to be the person you need to be to succeed in your professional and personal life.
一种方法是变得更有目的性地怀揣抱负。要变得有目的性地怀揣抱负，包括有意识地去渴望成为那个能在职业和个人生活中取得成功而需要成为的人。
It also includes consciously aspiring to acquire things in your life that will positively impact your sense of well-being.
它还包括有意识地去渴望获取那些在生活中会对自身幸福感产生积极影响的事物。
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、审慎地、有目的性地利用这种与生俱来的获取欲，那你可能就是在盲目地追求所有错误的东西。
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.
虽然有目的性的、雄心勃勃的目标包括追求那些能提升你幸福感的事物，但是也应该涵盖那些能够在你不同的生活角色中帮助到他人的目标。
Your intentional aspirational goals will also include striving to be your personal best a person of "good" character, integrity, and trustworthiness.
有目的性的、雄心勃勃的目标还得包括努力做最好的自己，成为一个有良好品格的、正直且值得信赖的人。
Think about this from a practical, rather than theoretical viewpoint. If you're not pursuing intentional aspirational goals, you have nothing to strive for.
从实际而非理论的角度来思考一下这个问题吧。如果你没有在追求有目的性的、雄心勃勃的目标，那你就没有什么可为之奋斗的了。
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.
如果你没有什么可为之奋斗的，那你就是在把自己置于一种在生活中随波逐流的危险境地，你将无法体验、经历并享受生活所赋予的一切。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据刚刚听到的短文回答问题12至问题15。
Question 12. What is the dark side of our inborn drive to acquire?
问题12. 我们天生的获取欲的阴暗面是什么？
Question 13. What might happen if we do not harness our inborn drive to acquire?
问题13. 如果我们不利用我们天生的获取欲，会发生什么？
Question 14. What does the passage say about our intentional aspirational goals?
问题14. 这篇文章对我们有目的性的、雄心勃勃的目标有何看法？
Question 15. What will you end up doing without pursuing intentional aspirational goals?
问题15. 如果不追求有目的性的、雄心勃勃的目标，你最终会做什么？
