问答题 There are two basic ways to see growth; one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.

【正确答案】对于成长,人们有两种基本看法:一是看作为结果;另一种是看作为过程。人们通常把个人成长看作很容易识别和衡量的外在结果。工人进职,学生升级,外国人掌握了一门新的语言,这些都可表明他们付出之后,取得了可测定的成绩。
相比之下,对成长过程的测定就难得多了。因为从定义上讲,它是一次旅行,不是旅途上的某个路标或界标。过程不是道路本身,而是当人遇到新的情况或碰到意料不到的障碍时所持的态度和所具有的情感,是慎重从事也是勇气十足。在这个过程中,旅途永远没有真正的尽头;总是存在体验世界的新途径,尝试的新思路,接受的新挑战。
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