1、优质文档优质文档Unit 13 PeopleThe ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share. Even if youve passed some of your “prime“, you still have other prime years to experience in the future. Certain important prim
2、es seem to peak later in life.When are you smartest? From 18-25, according to I.Q. scores; but youre wiser and more experienced with increasing age.Youre sharpest in your 20s; around 30, memory begins to decline, particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations. But your I.Q. for other
3、 tasks climbs. Your vocabulary at age 45, for example， is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at age 21. This trade-off between sharpness and wisdom has led psychologists to suggest that “maturity quotie
4、nts“ (M.Q.) be adopted for adults.When are you happiest? You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49.Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come; over 30, we believe that theyre behind us. A National Health Survey agrees
5、: After age 30, we “become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself. If we maintain our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, then happiness, we feel, will follow“.When are you most creative? Generally between 30 and 39, but the peak varies with different professions.
6、人生的起伏似乎没有可预知的模式，但是科学家现在发现有一些模式相当明确，绝大多数人都不例外。即使你度过了一些最佳时期，你仍然会在将来经历另外几个最佳时期。某些重要的最佳时期似乎在生命的后半段才达到高峰。什么时候你最聪明？根据智商得分，你从18 岁至 25 岁最聪明。然而，随着年龄增长，你更加聪明、更加经验丰富。20 多岁的时候你的思维最敏捷；30 岁左右，记忆力开始衰退，尤其是你的数学计算能力。然而，你做其他事情的智商提高了。例如 45 岁时你的词汇量是你刚从大学毕业时的 3 倍。60 岁时你大脑中储存的信息几乎是你 21 岁时的 4 倍。敏锐和智慧之间的协调使心理学家们就此提出了在成年人中采用
7、“成熟商” 这一概念。什么时候你的感觉最好？15 岁至 24 岁之间你的身体感觉最好；40 岁至 49 岁之间你对自己的职业感觉最佳。24 岁之前，我们相信自己最快乐的日子尚未到来；过了 30 岁，我们就认为最快乐的时光已逝去。一项全国性的健康调查也验证了同样的结果：30 岁过后，我们变得更加实际，不把幸福当成生命本身的一种目标。我们认为，只要我 们保持健康，事业上、情感上称心如意，那么我们就觉得幸福便会随之而来。来源:学科网 什么时候你最富创造力？一般在 30 岁至 39岁之间。但是不同的职业，高峰期也不相同。来源:学_科_网Mozart wrote a symphony and four
8、sonatas by age eight, and Mendelssohn composed his 优质文档优质文档best known work A Midsummer Nights Dream, at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39. Though the peak in most fields comes earlymost Nobel prize winners did their top research in their late 20s and 30screative pe
9、ople continue to produce quality work throughout their lives. For the “well-conditioned mind“, there is no upper limit.来源:Z,xx,k.Com来源 :学科网 来源:学科网 ZXXKI always believe that there exists a place where reality can not find you. There, the dream is very close. Just as I believe that there will always b
10、e someone in the crowd that you will remember forever until you die. You can recognize her immediately. I often have the same dream. In the dream, I am running and searching. They say I shall have more courage and more luck to reach that place and find that person. Maybe I have to take a risk, becau
11、se maybe I will die in the way of searching. So dare you to go? There is someplace that you once go and would not like to leave and some one that you would only meet once in your whole life. 莫扎特 8 岁时就创作了一部交响曲、4 首奏鸣曲；门德尔松 17 岁时就完成了他的最著名的作品仲夏夜之梦，但是大部分伟大的音乐作品都是人们在 33 岁至 39 岁之间创作出来的。虽然大多数领域的最 佳状态来得比较早大多数诺贝尔奖获得者都是 20 多岁后期、30 多岁时完成他们最出色的研究的但是有创造力的人会在生命中不断地完成高质量的工作。对于“状态良好的大脑” ，不存在极限。我一直相信，在这 世界上存在着一个地方，一个让现实找不到你的地方。在那里，梦想离你很近，很近，就像我相信，在人群中，总有一个人，会让你记得一辈子，直到你咽下最后一口气。你一眼就能认出她。我时常做同一个梦，在梦里，我总是不停地跑，不停地寻找。他们说要到那个地方，要找到那个人，我必须比别人多一点勇气，多一些幸运。我可能会付出冒险的代价。我可能会死在寻找的 路途上。你敢不敢去？有一个地方，你去了就不想离开；有一种人，你一辈子只会遇见一次。
