88.Where Does Curiosity Go好奇心去哪了？
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小孩比成年人更富有好奇心。他们常常问许多成年人不问的问题，也常常做一些成年人不做的事情。这就是好奇心的典型表现。但是，随着年龄的增长，他们似乎渐渐地失去了好奇心，对什么都不在乎。这是为什么呢？请听本文告诉你。
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Over dinner a few weeks ago， the novelist Lawrence Naumoff told a troubling story.He asked students in his introduction to creative writing course at UNC-Chapel Hill if they had read Jack Kerouac.Nobody raised a hand.Then he asked if anyone had ever heard of Jack Kerouac.More blank expressions.
Naumoff began describing the legend of the literary wild man. One student offered that he had a teacher who was just as crazy.Naumoff asked the professor"s name.The student said he didn"t know.Naumoff then asked this oblivious scholar，“Do you know my name？”
After a long pause， the young man replied，“No.”
“I guess I"ve always known that many students are just taking my course to get a requirement out of the way，”Naumoff said. A“But it was disheartening to see that some couldn"t even go to the trouble of finding out the name of the person teaching the course.”
The fioodgates were opened and the other UNC professors at the dinner began sharing their own dispiriting stories about the troubling state of curiosity on campus.
But in the past， ignorance tended to be a source of shame and motivation. Students were far more likely to be troubled by not-knowing， far more eager to fill such gaps by learning.As one of my reviewers once said，”It"s not that they don"t know， but that they don"t care about what they don"t know.”
BIn fairness， the assault on high culture and tradition that has transpired since the 1960s has paid great dividends， bringing long overdue attention to marginalized voices.
Unfortunately， this new freedom has sucker punched the notion of the educated person who is esteemed not because of the size of his bank account or the extent of his fame but the depth of his knowledge. lnstead of a mainstream reverence for those who produce or appreciate works that represent the summit of human achievement， we have a corporatized and commodified culture that hypes the latest trend， the next new thing.
A fundamental truth about people is that they are shaped by the world around them. ln the here and now， get-the-job-done environment of modern America， the knowledge for knowledge"s sake ethos that is the foundation of a liberal arts education——and of a rich and satisfying life——has been shoved to the margins.Curiously， in a world where everything is worth knowing， nothing is.
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ABut it was disheartening to see that some couldn"t even go to the trouble of finding out the name of the person teaching the course.
但是，当你知道有的学生竟然连授课老师的名字都懒得去查清楚，真让人感到气馁。
BIn fairness， the assault on high culture and tradition that has transpired since the 1960s has paid great dividends， bringing long overdue attention to marginalized voices.
公平地说，自20世纪60年代出现的对高雅文化和传统的攻击，在这方面也起了重要作用，至少它让人们注意到了长久以来一直被忽视的社会边缘人群的声音。
89.Four Styles of Leadership四种领导风格
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一位领导者应该具备哪些素质？什么样的人才能成为一个优秀的领导者？你具备这些素质或潜质吗？听一听这些领袖人物的领导者风采，相信对我们会有一定的启迪作用。
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At the recent Forbes Global CEO Conference in Kuala Lumpur， Malaysia， my colleague Tim Ferguson， editor of Forbes Asia， led a panel on leadership.What struck me-and not for the first time-is the variety of leadership styles that work.And work really well.There is no single leadership secret；there are many.They are hiding in plain sight， and we can learn from them.
Visionary
One of the panelists was Helmut Panke， former chairman of German automaker BMW. As auto executives go， Panke was a late bloomer.He came to BMW as head of planning and control in 1982.Panke rose to become chairman of BMW"s management board in 2002 and there fulfilled his goal of BMW"s becoming the biggest seller of luxury automobiles， overtaking Mercedes.
Panke says leadership is chiefly about vision. Apple"s Steve Jobs and Whole Foods"John Mackey are examples of visionary business leaders today.For them， vision， product integrity and brand will always be one and the same.
Empathetic
Another leadership style is that driven by empathy. ACorporate America is replete with great empathetic leaders.Bill Hewlett， cofounder of Hewlett-Packard， was a legendary one.He liked to roll up his sleeves and inspire engineers by walking the floors and listening to their concerns.Empathetic leadership under founder Herb Kelleher and current CEO Gary Kelly is the reason that Southwest Airlines even today has some of the happiest flight attendants in the skies.
Humble Servitude
Wal-Mart Chairman S. Robson Walton"s secret is that he does not pretend to be Sam Walton， who founded Wal-Mart in 1962.Sam was an archetypal entrepreneur.Rob chooses to be the humble-servant leader.Under Rob Walton"s leadership his company has listened well-even to its many critics-and prospered.
Moral/Ethical
An insistence on companywide ethical behavior-i. e.，every employee practicing the Golden Rule in all company dealings-can be a powerful form of leadership.BBut it is also a fragile form， subject to human frailty.One mistake and a moral/ethical leader can easily look like a hypocrite.
In the U. S.such companies as S.C.Johnson， Deere&；Co.，American Express and Starbucks have done well by doing good.
There are many more leadership styles beyond these four. lf there"s any secret to leadership， it is“fit.”Leadership style must fit the leader， and it must fit the organization.
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ACorporate America is replete with great empathetic leaders.
美国公司有很多善于体谅员工的杰出领导。
BBut it is also a fragile form， subject to human frailty.
但是，这种领导风格也很脆弱，依人的意志强弱而定。
90.Sleep necessary for memories必要的睡眠提高记忆力
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