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Asurveybyapricecomparisonwebsitefoundthat18%ofadultchildrenintheUKsaidtheyweremovingbackhomebecauseofdebt,comparedwith8%lastyear.Moreyoungpeoplehadlosttheirjobs,andotherscouldn'
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CamaraderieoverCompetence
TheimportanceoflikingpeopleisthesubjectofanarticleintheHarvardBusinessReview,whichhascarriedoutanexperimenttofindoutwhowe’dratherworkwith.Hardlysurprisingly,thepeoplewewantmostasourworkmatesareboth:
brilliantattheirjobsanddelightfulhumanbeings.Andthepeoplewewantleastarebothunpleasantanduseless.Moreinterestingly,theauthorsfoundthat,giventhechoicebetweenworkingwithlovablefoolsandcompetentjerks（性情古怪的人）,weirresistiblychoosetheformer.Anyway,wholikesthosestupidmenwhoannoyorhurtotherpeople?
Wemightinsistthatcompetencemattersmore,butourbehaviorshowswestayclosetothepeoplewelikeandsharinginformationwiththem.
Whatcompaniesshouldthereforedoisgetpeopletolikeeachothermore.Thetrickhereisapparentlytomakesurestaffscomeacrosseachotherasoftenaspossibleduringtheday.Theyalsoshouldbesentonbondingcoursesandsoontoencouragefriendlinessandbreakdowndispleasure.However,moreoutdoor-activityweekendsandsharedcoffeemachinesinspirenoconfidenceatall.
Therealityisthatpeopleeitherlikeeachotherortheydon’t.Youcan’tforceit.Possiblyyoucanmakeofficesfriendlierbytoleratingalotofchat,butthereisaproductivitycosttothat.Inmyexperience,thequestionoflovablefoolagainstcompetentjerkmaynotbetherightone.Thetwoareinterrelated:
wetendnottolikeourworkmateswhentheyarecompletelyhopeless.IwasoncequitefriendlywithawomanwhomIlaterworkedwith.IfoundhertobesooutstandinglybadatherjobthatIlostrespectforherandendedupnotreallylikingheratall.Thenisthereanythingthatcompaniesshouldbedoingaboutit?
Byfarthemosteffectivestrategywouldbetohirepeoplewhoareallprettymuchthesame,giventhatsimilarityisoneofthemaindeterminantsofwhetherwelikeeachother.Ithinkthisisaprettygoodidea,butnoonedaresrecommendthisanymorewithoutoffendingthediversitylobbygroup.Thereisonlyoneacceptableviewonthissubject:
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8．Accordingtotheresearch,whichkindofcolleagueswouldmostpeopletendtochoose?
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C．aworkmate’sworkingabilityisimportant
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10．Somepeoplethinkthatsimilarpeopleworkingtogethermay______
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11．Toencourageworkmatestolikeeachother,companiescould______.
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C．encourageadiversityofopinionsinworkplace
D．employstaffwhohavealotincommon
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Pangolins（穿山甲）arethemosttrafficked（非法交易）mammalsintheworldandarefacingextinction.Todrawattentiontothesescaly（有鳞片的）,anteater-likeanimals,anewwildlifedocumentary,EyeofthePangolin,isattemptingauniquewaytoinspireactionandconservation.Partneringwiththenon-profitorganizationPangolin.Africa,thedocumentarywasmadeavailableonYouTubeinMay2019.TheintentionistoreachcommunitieswherevertheInternetisavailable,especiallyAfricancommunities,wholiveneartheanimal’shabitats.
Overtwoyears,thedocumentarycrewtraveledtoSouthAfrica,Ghana,CentralAfricanRepublicandGaboninsearchofthefouruniquespeciesofpangolin,whichhasneverbeenachievedbefore.FilmmakersBruceYoungandJohanVermeulensaythattheywentintotheshootknowingrelativelylittleaboutpangolins,butgrewtorespectandappreciatetheanimals.Gettingclosetothecreaturesovertwoyearswasacrashcourseinthesesecretivecreatures.JohanVermeulensaid,"
Onethinghoweverthatmightseemunimportantisthattheyareactuallyquitefussyeaters.Youwouldthinktheywouldeatanytypeofant,buttheyallpreferaspecifictypeant."
PangolinsarehuntedillegallyacrossAfricafortheirscales,whichareusedfortraditionalmedicine,andtheirmeat.InApril2019,Singaporeancustomsofficialsconductedtwoseparateseizuresof24tonsofpangolinscales,whichequalstothedeathof69,000pangolins.
Thoughthedocumentaryfocuseslessonthetraffickingofpangolins,andmoreontheanimalsintheirnaturalhabitat,theaimofthedocumentaryistoinspireviewersaroundtheworldtocallforactiontoendtraffickingandprotectingtheseunique
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