Building Your Business, Building Your People

What an exciting thing to do — developing a successful business! I’m reminded every day of some important ideas for progress. Here are some ideas to keep in mind that can make a significant difference in a team:

Understand your people

If I want my team to go and grow with me, I need to find out what excites them. What do they need in their work environment to improve their mental well-being? What are their fears and concerns, and how can I help them manage these fears and concerns? What are their values and goals?

Help people build self-confidence

During my early years in management, I realized the great power of expectations. As I found, people largely lived up to my expectation of them. So I learned that if I want to build my business through my people, I have to build their own belief in their ability to achieve. This belief must be educated. If I want them to achieve more, I must help them build their trust in themselves first.

Develop people’s recognition (認(rèn)可)

Whenever I speak and give advice to people, they tell me they don’t get enough recognition. Sad, isn’t it? But how much recognition do they give to others? In fact, recognition could be developed by praising and appreciating each other in a team. Encourage everyone in your team to recognize achievements in others. Teach your team to ask for the opinions of others if they’re not receiving recognition.

Encourage people to be creative

We have created our life just the way we choose to have it, or at least the way we’ve settled for it. Those who have been told they are creative will probably use their creativity bravely. Others who haven’t had their creativity encouraged will mostly believe they are uncreative. I suggest you encourage your people to be creative and brave in trying out new ideas.

【1】How many pieces of advice does the writer give to build your business?

【2】What do you need to do if you want your team to go and grow with you?

【3】Is it important to help people build self-confidence in your business?

【4】How did the writer develop his people’s recognition in the team?

【5】What can we learn from the writer according to his experience?

In 2013 alone at least 20,000 African elephants were killed for their teeth. In South Africa over the last two years more than 2,200 rhinos were killed for their horns. These numbers are alarming, because current rates of illegal hunting are faster than birth rates, which could lead to extinction for these ecologically important creatures in their environment. Indeed, some elephant and rhino populations are on track to be locally extinct within the next decade.

If you are reading this, you may already be aware of these facts. But you might not know that wildlife trafficking (走私) not only threatens the existence of elephants and rhinos but is also leading to extinction of other species, such as tigers, tortoises, sea turtles — and the world’s most trafficked mammal(哺乳動物) — pangolins.

Pangolins are the only mammals that are entirely covered in tough scales(鱗), which makes them look very strong. But actually they are endangered mammals. There are eight different kinds of pangolins, four in Asia and four in Africa, and all are threatened with extinction. Although pangolins are protected throughout most of the countries where they live, high demand in East Asia, where the delicious pangolin meat is considered a delicacy and where their scales are used in traditional medicines, is driving an illegal trade in both live animals and pangolin parts. The number of pangolin trafficking is shocking. Experts believe that over the last 10 years more than 1 million pangolins were taken from the wild. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 81,250 pangolins were killed for the illegal trade in 2013 alone.

In February, the United States released a plan to deal with wildlife trafficking, which lays out the steps we will take to fight the illegal trade in wildlife, including pangolins. We are strengthening the carrying out of the plan, building international cooperation and contribution to protect wildlife, raising awareness to drive down the demand that is fuelling the illegal trade.

Get involved and remember World Wildlife Day (March 3) by spreading the plan. Use social media and tell everyone that now is the time to get serious about wildlife crime and end the demand that threatens species, big and small, from the huge elephant to the shy pangolin.

【1】How many rhinos were killed in South Africa during the last two years?

A. More than 81,250. B. More than 20,000.

C. More than 2,200. D. More than 40,000.

【2】How many kinds of pangolins are there in Asia?

A. Ten. B. Four. C. Six. D. Eight.

【3】What does the phrase ‘carrying out’ mean in the fourth paragraph?

A. Putting the plan into effect. B. Moving the plan to a place.

C. Making a new plan. D. Taking the plan with you.

【4】What does the writer want us to know after reading the passage?

A. Protecting wild animals is our duty.

B. Something about World Wildlife Day.

C. Something about illegal trade in East Asia.

D. Wild animals are in danger and we must get involved.

A. not make B. no making

C. not to make D. no make

—________，please．

A．Two glass of water

B．Two glass of waters

C．Two cups of tea

D．Two cups of teas

A. How long B. How soon

C. How often D. How far

—Once a week．

A．How long

B．How far

C．How often

D．How much

—For about 16 years．

A．How many

B．How much

C．How long

D．How often

---_____________.I am sure you will win.

A. Good luck

B. What a pity

C. Thank you

D. Never mind

A. She likes playing chess. B. She is a worker.

C. She is tall and strong. D. She is 40.

Jack Ma(the chairman of Alibaba)：The next thirty years belong to people who can “make good use of Internet technology”．

In order to better use web technology，Alibaba showed its“VR Pay”program. Users of the app can spend the money just by touching the screen，starting，nodding or giving a voice while wearing VR glasses.

Robin Li(the CEO of Baidu)：The time of mobile Internet has ended and AI is the new chance.

Based on AI technology，Baidu's lastest development is driverless cars，which can choose the road automatically according to traffic situations. It will be safer.

Pony Ma(the chairman of Tencent)：Internet companies should pay more attention to Chinese market.

Tencent also shows its new products，including FACEIT，which is a facialrecognition program.It can recognize people's expressions on the faces even if they are moving，which may be used in “smart cities”project in the future.

【1】How can you pay with the “VR Pay”of Alibaba?

【2】Why are driverless cars safer?

【3】If you are running，can FACEIT recognize your expressions?

【4】According to the chart，what percent of mobile users use new apps?

【5】How do you think we can put the smartphones to good use?