I’ve spent two decades observing what makes people lucky and trying to help people increase their luck. I teach entrepreneurship (社会学). We know many new enterprises fail, and innovators (创业者)need luck.
With my students, I spend much time encouraging them to get out of their comfort zone and take some risks. I do this myself all the time. About a dozen years ago, during a flight, I decided to take a little risk. I started a conversation with the man sitting next to me. I introduced myself, and I learned that he was a publisher. I learned all about the future of the publishing industry and we exchanged contact (联系) information. So about three quarters through the night, I decided to take another risk. I showed him a book plan I was doing in my class. Although he was very polite, he said it wasn’t right for us.
A couple of months later, I told him I was doing a project on transforming the book, the future of publishing and invited him to come to my class. So he gladly came to my class. We had a great experience. A few months later, I wrote to him again, sending a bunch of video clips (剪辑) from another project my students had made. He was so stricken by one of them that he thought there was a book in it. I was a little bit hurt, but it was all right. So I invited him and his colleagues to have lunch together. Later, one of his editors asked me if I had considered writing a book. And I pulled out the exact same plan I had showed his boss a year earlier. Within two years, my book had sold over a million copies.
4. We can infer from the author’s experience on the plane that .
A. the publisher was stricken by his book
B. that was his first experience by plane
C. the first risk during the night didn’t work out
D. the experience made him transform his book
5. Why did the author send the students’ video clips?
A. To have their book published. B. To help to increase his luck.
C. To assess their writing skills. D. To help them see their strength.
6. Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Take the Lead B. Everything is Possible
C. Win in Danger D. Luck and Risk
7. What does the author think resulted in his luck?
A. Publishing books. B. A series of small risks.
C. Being turned down frequently. D. Meeting with the stranger on the plane.
答案
With my students, I spend much time encouraging them to get out of their comfort zone and take some risks. I do this myself all the time. About a dozen years ago, during a flight, I decided to take a little risk. I started a conversation with the man sitting next to me. I introduced myself, and I learned that he was a publisher. I learned all about the future of the publishing industry and we exchanged contact (联系) information. So about three quarters through the night, I decided to take another risk. I showed him a book plan I was doing in my class. Although he was very polite, he said it wasn’t right for us.
A couple of months later, I told him I was doing a project on transforming the book, the future of publishing and invited him to come to my class. So he gladly came to my class. We had a great experience. A few months later, I wrote to him again, sending a bunch of video clips (剪辑) from another project my students had made. He was so stricken by one of them that he thought there was a book in it. I was a little bit hurt, but it was all right. So I invited him and his colleagues to have lunch together. Later, one of his editors asked me if I had considered writing a book. And I pulled out the exact same plan I had showed his boss a year earlier. Within two years, my book had sold over a million copies.
4. We can infer from the author’s experience on the plane that .
A. the publisher was stricken by his book
B. that was his first experience by plane
C. the first risk during the night didn’t work out
D. the experience made him transform his book
5. Why did the author send the students’ video clips?
A. To have their book published. B. To help to increase his luck.
C. To assess their writing skills. D. To help them see their strength.
6. Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Take the Lead B. Everything is Possible
C. Win in Danger D. Luck and Risk
7. What does the author think resulted in his luck?
A. Publishing books. B. A series of small risks.
C. Being turned down frequently. D. Meeting with the stranger on the plane.
答案
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