Doctorsareoftenconfrontedsuchachoice:tolieornottolietotheirpatient.Studiesshowthattheyoftenbelieveitisreasonabletolieforthepatientsownsake.Mostdoctorsbelievethattheseriouslyilldonotwanttoknowthetruthabouttheircondition,andiftheytellthemthetruth,theymaylosetheirhope.Becauseofsuchabelief,manydoctorsmaytell“whitelies”totheirpatients.Butnowfactsareprovingthatthesedoctorsarewrong.Actually,anoverwhelmingmajorityofpatientsdowanttoknowthetruth.Wearealsolearningthattruthfulinformationcanhelppatientsdealwiththeirdiseaseifwetellitinaproperway.Liescannothelpthepatients.Besides,theyinvadetheirautonomyandmakethemunabletomakesounddecisions.Liesalsodoharmtothosewhotellthem,theircolleaguesandtheentiremedicalprofession.Therefore,weneedtodebatethisissueopenlyandputanendtoprofessionaldeception.
KnowledgeandDiploma
Itisgenerallybelievedthatahighdiplomaguaranteesa
promisingfuture.Somepeopleidentifyhighdiplomaswithprofoundknowledgeandexceptionalcompetence.Companiesalsotendtoemphasizetheacademicachievementofajobcandidate.Likeitornot,theredoesexistasocialreality–thehigherdiplomasonegets,themorepopularhebecomes.Onthecontrary,otherpeopleclaimthatahighdiplomadoesn’tautomaticallytranslateintoknowledge.Adiploma,intheireyes,isonlytheacknowledgmentofone’seducationalexperienceratherthanaguaranteeofone’sability.Therefore,wecannevermeasurethedepthofone’sknowledgebythegradeofone’sdiploma.Besides,manyknowledgeablepeopledon’thaveahighdiploma.TakeBillGatesforexample.Hisdroppingoutofcollegecannotdenythefactthatheisoneoftheworld’smostlearnedmen.
SoImustsaynooneshouldeverequateadiplomawithknowledge,
becauseadiplomaisnothingbutaproofofashort-termstudywhilegenuineknowledgeneedsone’slifelongdevotion.
Whenaskedabouttheiropinionofcareerandfamily,peoplealwaysresponddifferently.Somepeoplethinkitmoreimportanttopursuetheircareer,whiletherearealwaysotherpeoplewhoarguethatfamilyshouldbethenumberoneinoneslife.
Itgoeswithoutanyquestion毫无疑问thatcareerplaysakeyroleinourlife.Intheveryfirstplace,careercangiveusanaimtoliveon.Withoutcareer,muchofourlivingtimewillbecertainlywasted.Whatsmore,careercanprovideuswithameanstoliveon.Mostofthepeople
earntheirincomefromajob.Ontheotherhand,familyisalsoanindispensable不可或缺的partoflife,asmanypeoplewilladmit.Familyisalwaysregardedasaplacewherewecanescapefromtroublesinlife.Inaddition,wecanobtainasenseofbelongingto归属感fromfamily.Withoutit,
anyonewillfeellonelyanddesperate绝望的Inmyopinion,careerandfamilyarenotcontradictorytoeachother.Rather,theycanenhanceeachothersothatoneslifecanbecomebetterandbetter.Therefore,itsnotachoicebetweenrightandwrong,butonebetweenidealandpractical.
ifegetsnoisiereverydayandveryfewpeoplecanbefreefromnoise:ofsomesortoranother.itdoesntmatterwhereyouliveinthemiddleofamoderncity,orafarawayvillagethechancesarethatyoullbedisturbedbyjetairplanes,transistorradios,oil-poweredengines,etc.weseemtobegettingusedtonoise,too.
somepeoplefeelquitelonelywithoutbackgroundmusicwhiletheyreworking.scientifictestshaveshownthattotalsilencecanbeaveryfrighteningeperienceforahumanbeing.however,somepeopleenjoylisteningtopopmusicwhichisveryloud,andthiscandoharmtotheireardrums.
thenoiselevelinsomediscosisfarabovetheusualsafetylevelforheavyindustrialareas.
onerecentreportaboutnoiseandconcentrationsuggestedthatalthoughlotsofpeoplesaythatnoisedisturbstheirconcentration,whatreallyinfluencestheirabilitytoconcerttrateisachangeinthelevelofnoise.itgoesontosaythatabackgroundnoisewhichdoesntchangetoomuch(music,for
eample)mayevenhelppeopletoconcentrate.
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生活日益嘈杂，几乎没有人能够摆脱各种各样的噪音。不论你住在哪里——发达城市的中心，还是遥远的小村庄——都会受到喷气飞机、晶体管收音机和汽油发动机的
干扰。而我们也似乎越来越对这些噪音感到无所谓了。
有人感觉工作时没有背景音乐会非常孤单。科学试验显示，完全安静的环境对人类来说是非常可怕的。但是，有些人喜欢听声音很大的流行音乐，这对人的耳膜伤害很大。一些迪斯科舞厅的。噪音强度甚至远远超过重工业地区的一般安全标准。
最近，一项有关噪音与注意力的报告显示，虽然很多人抱怨噪音使他们集中无法集中精力，而事实上真正影响他们集中注意力的是噪音强度的变化。报告还显示，起伏变化不大的背景音(例如，音乐)甚至可以帮助人们集中注意力。