英语美文-逆商

英语美文-逆商

逆商，这是一个机遇与危机并重的时代。变化不断，挑战不止。面对莫测的未来，我们更需要拥有抗打击的能力，学会正确地识别和应对逆境，培养并提升个人复原力和韧性，而逆商（AQ）水平正是这一能力的体现。今天分享一篇关于逆商的英语美文。

New Words:

complexity [kəmˈpleksəti] n.复杂性;难懂;难题;难以理解的局势;

critical [ˈkrɪtɪkl] adj.批评的;批判性的;挑剔的;

Quotient [ˈkwəʊʃnt] n.商(除法所得的结果);

What is the most important quality for a person to succeed?

一个人想要成功，最需要的能力是什么？

You may be aware of that people have long been debating about whether it is IQ or EQ.

你可能已经察觉，长久以来，人们一直在争论到底是智商还是情商。

One of them measures how much you can master complexity.

它们中的其中一个衡量的是你掌握复杂东西的能力。

The other measures how much you can understand and control emotion.

另一个衡量的则是你理解、控制感情的能力。

Sure, they are both very important.

诚然，它们都非常重要。

But neither of them is the critical one.

但它们都不是最重要的那个。

General Patton once said: "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

巴顿将军曾经说过：“衡量一个人的成功时，我并不看他能爬多高，而是看他能从多深的低谷爬起来。”

And this quality is called AQ, which stands for Adversity Quotient.

这种能力就是所谓的AQ，它指的是“逆商”。

It measures how well you can handle adversities.

它衡量的是你应对逆境的能力。

Most people can do very well when everything is fine.

很多人在一切顺利的时候都能做得很好。

But most of them will collapse once a great adversity comes and neither IQ or EQ can save them from that.

然而一旦经历了重大的挫折，他们中的很多就会崩溃，而不管是IQ还是EQ都无法拯救这样的人。

Can you handle an adversity? If not, make yourself.

你能挺得过逆境吗？如果不能，那就强迫自己能。