2019年06月英语四级(第2套)听力真题 短文(2)
My name is Brandon Leonard, and I'm an author, magazine writer, filmmaker, and public speaker. I'mself-employed, which means I work for myself and Ido what I love. We have a popular scene inAmerica which goes, "Do what you love, and you'llnever work a day in your life." "But I'm here to tellyou that instead of focusing on doing what we love, Ithink we should focus on loving what we do. In myline of work, you'll hear a lot about talent, which isan idea we mostly invented to give ourselves anexcuse to be lazy. Here's why: if you see someonedoing something really well, you would say it's because they are talented. You think they aresomehow special. You discount the tremendous amount of work they've done to get to wherethey are. Research has shown that talent is nothing without hard work. I choose to believe inhard work, but not so much in talent. There are no special people, just people who put inenough hard work until something special happens. I can promise you one thing: whatever youchoose to do for a career, if you work hard at it, eventually special things will happen. Theymay not happen as quickly as you'd like them to, and they may turn out to be completelydifferent from the special things you imagined at the beginning, but they will happen.
我叫布兰登·伦纳德，是一名作家、杂志作家、电影制作人和演说家。我是个体户，这意味着我为自己工作，做我喜欢做的事。在美国有一个流行的场景，那就是“做你喜欢做的事，你一辈子都不会有工作日。”“但我在这里要告诉你们的是，我们不应该专注于做我们所热爱的事情，而应该专注于热爱我们手头所做的事情。”在我的工作中，你会听到很多关于天赋的事情，这只是我们在凭空臆想，主要是为了给我们自己一个借口，想要偷懒而已。原因如下：如果你看到某人做得很好，你会说这是因为他们很有天赋。你觉得他们某方面很特别。你低估了他们为达到目的所做的大量工作。研究表明，没有努力，才能就变得一无是处。我选择相信努力工作，但不太相信才能。没有什么特别的人，只有那些付出了足够多的努力，直到有意外之喜事发生的人。我可以向你保证一件事：无论你选择什么职业，如果你努力工作，最终会有意外收获。它们可能不会像你希望的那样立马发生，而且它们可能会和你最初想象的完全不同，但它们会发生。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据刚才所听的短文回答19-21题。
Question 19 What do we learn about the speaker?
问题19：关于作者，我们能知道了解到哪些？
Question 20 What is the speaker's advice to his audience?
问题20：作者对于他的读者的建议是什么？
Question 21 What does the speaker say about talent?
问题21：关于天赋，作者有哪些看法？
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