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If all we did were simply work to live, the reality of our everyday existence would be equivalent to that of stone-age man. All
If all we did were simply work to live, the reality of our everyday existence would be equivalent to that of stone-age man. All
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2016-10-15
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If all we did were simply work to live, the reality of our everyday existence would be equivalent to that of stone-age man. All of human achievement that makes modern life possible has happened because of time that has been freed up from the work of everyday survival.
For most of the human species term on earth man and woman have been preoccupied with the simple business of staying alive in as much relative comfort as possible. Hunting and gathering, finding or building shelter, defending the little that one has from plunder, surviving long enough to have progeny of a mature enough age to contribute to the welfare of the group—this was initially the main business of living. It has only been comparatively recently, since the agrarian and industrial revolutions that utilised emerging technologies to free human beings from the drudgery of day-to-day survival, that time has become available to do other than simply survive.
Living to work is a luxury that we should not take for granted, for even now there are many, in the developed world as well as the rest, that do not have such a choice.
When we live to work we enjoy what we are doing, otherwise we wouldn’t be doing it. The term "live to work" implies choice. Working to live denotes the exact opposite: anything will do that pays the bills. Anyone in the latter situation will attest to the undesirability of being in such a position. Living to work suggests exhilaration in one’s calling; it summons images of freedom and excitement at the prospect of what each new day will bring, whereas working to live suggests drudgery and slavery, and little choice if any. "What do you want to do when you grow up?" is a question with which most children will be familiar, perhaps even weary. It is a question of which even a young adult can often not be sure until they have had experience of many different jobs, or at least the ones they initially thought to try. But to be forced to work at a task that one does not enjoy day after day for survival would be last choice on anyone’ s list. Enlightened humanity, while acknowledging that some undesirable jobs must be done regardless, would acknowledge that if one is motivated in their work, their work will be so much the better for it. Wouldn’t you rather live to work than work to live?
The author advocates that we should ______.
选项
A、learn to live to work despite difficulty
B、free ourselves from tiresome drudgery
C、be generous in doing undesirable jobs
D、develop intrinsic motivation in work
答案
A
解析
根据上下文,尤其最后两句“Enlightened humanity…would acknowledge that if one ismotivated in their work,their work will be so much the better for it”和“Wouldn’t you rather live towork than work to live?”可知,作者提倡“live to work”。所以,A应为答案。
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