2017年06月四级第2套长篇阅读匹配原文翻译及答案

A) At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.

在某个时刻，我们几乎所有人都会经历一段彻底的职业变革期。有些人会主动寻求这种变革；对另一些人来说，它可能像是对原本稳定职业生涯的一种不受欢迎的干扰。无论如何，当它来临时，我们都有选择如何应对的权利。

B) We recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home, in the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.

我们最近采访了瑜伽企业家莉亚·扎卡里亚，她经历了变革的烈火，彻底重塑了自己。为了追求有意义的生活，莉亚离开了高薪的会计工作、她的丈夫和家庭，在此过程中，她构建了一个全新的生活和事业。自那以后，她创办了两家瑜伽工作室，遇到了新的生活伴侣，并组建了一个新的社区。即使你的个人重塑没有那么彻底，我们认为她的经验中也有值得借鉴的教训。

C) Where do the seeds of change come from? The Native American Indians have a saying: "Pay attention to the whispers so you won't have to hear the screams." Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places — it's just a matter of tuning in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: "About the time my daughter was five years old. I started having a sense that 'this isn't right.'" She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.

变革的种子来自何处？美洲原住民有句谚语：“注意微语，以免不得不听尖叫。” 往往，重大变革的最佳想法来自意想不到的地方——关键在于调频接收。伟大的领导者能识别出指向未来重大变革的微弱信号或轻微迹象。莉亚反思了一次她倾听微语的经历：“大约在我女儿五岁时。我开始感觉‘这不对劲’。” 然后她意识到，她的生活不再符合她对生活的愿景。

D) Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success. After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby. "I did what everybody else thought looked successful," she says. Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.

直到那时，莉亚一直遵循传统的成功标准。在获得商业和会计学位毕业后，她加入了一家公共会计公司，结了婚，买了房子，在里面放了很多东西，并生了一个孩子。“我做了其他人认为看起来成功的事，”她说。莉亚本可以轻易陷入满足的陷阱；相反，她的能量激发了一段实验和更新的时期。

E) Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities. First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength. "I felt powerful because I broke through my own limitations," she recalls.

感觉到需要改变，莉亚开始通过探索兴趣和发展新能力来玩味未来的可能性。首先尝试体育锻炼和节食，她减掉了一些体重，并发现了内在的力量。“我感到强大，因为我突破了自己的局限，”她回忆道。

F) However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself. "I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio," she said, having a moment of clarity right then and there: Yoga is saving my life. Yoga is waking me up. I'm not happy and I want to change and I'm done with this." In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.

然而，是另一个兴趣引导莉亚彻底重塑了自己。“我记得和我阿姨坐在瑜伽工作室的一条长椅上，”她说，就在那一刻她有了清晰的顿悟：瑜伽正在拯救我的生命。瑜伽正在唤醒我。我不快乐，我想改变，我受够了。在那个清醒的时刻，莉亚迈出了重要的一步，克服了内心对变革的抵触，并坚定承诺采取更大的行动。

G) Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come your way. When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked. She recalls:

如果你准备好利用迎面而来的机会，创造你想要的未来会容易得多。当莉亚承诺改变时，她使自己准备好迎接那些她可能忽略的新机会。她回忆道：

H) One day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine, said, "Leah, let's go look at this space on Queen Anne." He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio. As soon as I saw the location, I knew this was it. Of course I was scared, yet I had this strong sense of "I have to do this." Only a few months later Leah opened her first yoga studio, but success was not instant.

一天，与我一起工作的瑞安，他的办公室在我隔壁，说：“莉亚，我们去看看安妮女王区的这个空间吧。” 他知道我对瑜伽的热爱，并看到一个靠近他住处的空间，他认为可能适合用作瑜伽工作室。我一看到那个位置，就知道就是它了。当然我很害怕，但我有一种强烈的“我必须这样做”的感觉。仅仅几个月后，莉亚开了她的第一家瑜伽工作室，但成功并非一蹴而就。

I) Creating the future takes time. That's why leaders continue to manage the present while building toward the big changes of the future. When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose. Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while starting up the yoga studio to make it all work.

创造未来需要时间。这就是为什么领导者继续管理现状，同时为未来的重大变革做准备。当需要飞跃时，他们采取行动，并立即放弃不再服务于目标的事物。最初，莉亚在创业瑜伽工作室的同时继续从事会计工作，以使一切顺利进行。

J) Soon after, she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her new future. Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete. Such drastic change is not easy.

不久之后，她知道必须采取大胆的行动，完全投身于新的未来。两年内，莉亚摆脱了会计工作的安全感，完成了彻底的转变。如此剧烈的变革并不容易。

K) Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears. Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: "I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had," she says. "I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all."

驾驭变革和面对障碍使我们直面恐惧。莉亚反思了一次引发她恐惧的事件，当时她的投资者威胁要关闭她：“我可能面临着前所未有的恐惧，”她说。“我花了两年时间培养这个社区，它迅速取得了成功，但在六个月内，我面临着失去一切的前景。”

L) She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength. "I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasn't going to let fear just take over. I was thinking, 'OK, guys, if you want to try to shut me down, shut me down.' And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, 'This is not real.'" By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence. For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear. Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

她与自己的目标感相连，并深入挖掘，培养出强大的力量感。“我感到如此坚定和强大，以至于不会让恐惧占据上风。我在想，‘好吧，伙计们，如果你们想试图关闭我，那就关吧。’我知道这是一种谈判策略，所以我能对自己说，‘这不是真的。’”通过直面并命名自己的恐惧，莉亚获得了信心。对我们大多数人来说，放弃过去的安全和保障会带来巨大的恐惧。像莉亚那样明确地喊出我们的恐惧，可以帮助我们果断行动。

M) The cycle of renewal never ends. Leah's growth spurred her to open her second studio— and it wasn't for the money.

更新的循环永不停止。莉亚的成长促使她开了第二家工作室——而这并非为了金钱。

N) I have no desire to make millions of dollars. It's not about that; it's about growth for me. Honestly, I didn't need to open a second studio. I was making as much money as I was as an accountant. But I know if you don't grow, you stand still, and that doesn't work for me.

“我没有赚数百万美元的欲望。不是为了那个；对我来说是关于成长。老实说，我不需要开第二家工作室。我赚的钱和我当会计时一样多。但我知道如果你不成长，你就会停滞不前，这对我来说行不通。”

O) Consider the current moment in your own life, your team or your organization. Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once we're on the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation and renewal.

考虑你自己生活中、团队或组织中的当前时刻。你处在更新周期的哪个阶段：你是积极维护现状，还是选择性地遗忘过去，或者大胆创造未来？莉亚会给你什么建议来推动你前进？一旦我们踏上成长之路，就能不断经历变革和更新的季节。