The topic of “hard work vs talent” has been researched by many scientists and even they do not have the only right conclusion.
Ericsson, Krampe, and Tech-Romer have pointed out that talent is irrelevant in distant 1993 yet. They connected success with a deliberate practice that lasts for over 10 thousand hours.
However, recent studies support another viewpoint. Both Malcolm Gladwell (2008) and David Brooks (2011) agree that there is no guarantee that a person with a higher IQ level will be more successful in life. And several dozen years ago Stephen King expressed the thought that talent meant nothing without hard work.
It goes without saying that there are no equal people in the world. Even siblings (兄弟姐妹) may look absolutely the same but be different in character and preferences. That means that their inborn talents are various as well. For example, if you gather 10 children in one classroom and teach them the same information using a single approach, the results of this study will be very different. Not only talent will play a significant role in that but also attention, desire, and even upbringing(家庭教育). Of course, it has been confirmed that intelligence is inherited(遗传的) but upbringing is no less important. Some parents work with their kids from the first day of pregnancy and these children will show better results than ones left on their own.
If you wish to become the best of the best like an Olympic Games champion, talent appears to be a necessity here. But if you desire to get promotion and win the competition among young colleagues, hard work and desire are your keys to success even if you are not lucky to have been born talented.
【小题1】In Ericsson’s view, which factor contributes to success?| A．Talent. | B．Hard work. | C．Upbringing. | D．Desire. |
| A．Talent is of no use without effort. |
| B．Talent is useless without a desire for success. |
| C．People should attach more importance to effort. |
| D．Smarter people are not necessarily more successful. |
| A．By telling stories. |
| B．By listing numbers. |
| C．By giving examples. |
| D．By raising questions. |
| A．Talent can make a world champion. |
| B．Talent is the decisive factor in success. |
| C．Essential factors for success vary with goals. |
| D．Hard work is enough for promotion in the workplace. |
