The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind, with his will. 61) Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to do something that is meaningful and that stands outside of us as a tribute to our inherent abilities. This extension of ourselves--in what our hands and minds can do--fills out our personality and expands our ego.
62) It is easiest to see this in the craftsman who lovingly shapes some base material into object that may be either useful or beautiful or both. You can see the carpenter or bricklayer stand aside and admire the product of his personal skill.
We’ve watched programmers and engineers work fifteen and eighteen hours at a stretch, seven days a week, when a job really got tough and they knew that a crucial deadline had to be met, or when a major project would fail unless some tough problem were solved. 63) They received a substantial personal payoff f
The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind, with his will. 61) Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to do something that is meaningful and that stands outside of us as a tribute to our inherent abilities. This extension of ourselves--in what our hands and minds can do--fills out our personality and expands our ego.
62) It is easiest to see this in the craftsman who lovingly shapes some base material into object that may be either useful or beautiful or both. You can see the carpenter or bricklayer stand aside and admire the product of his personal skill.
We’ve watched programmers and engineers work fifteen and eighteen hours at a stretch, seven days a week, when a job really got tough and they knew that a crucial deadline had to be met, or when a major project would fail unless some tough problem were solved. 63) They received a substantial personal payoff f
| Passage 5 The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind, with his will. Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to do (1) that is meaningful and that serves as a (2) to our inherent abilities. It is easiest to see this (3) the craftsman who lovingly shapes some cheap material into an object that may be either useful or beautiful or (4) . You can see the carpenter or bricklayer stand aside and (5) the product of his personal skill. But even (6) there is no obvious end product that is (7) attributable to one person’s skill, researchers have found that employees find pride in accomplishment. Our own research in hospitals suggests that (8) the housekeeping and laundry staffs take pride in the A. work B. thought C. fact D. phenomenon 我来回答: 提交
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