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你是否每天醒来后很担忧即将到来的工作？你是否只为工作付出了一点甚至毫无价值？你是否对你上司的职位毫无兴趣？当你在做自己公司或者创业时，你是否对未来五年的前景很矛盾？如果是的，那么你该考虑换一个新职位了。
测试中可能遇到的词汇和知识：
priest牧师；神父；教士[priːst]
cricket板球，板球运动['krɪkɪt]
dread惧怕；担心[dred]
ambivalent矛盾的；好恶相克的[æm'bɪv(ə)l(ə)nt]
adage格言，谚语；箴言['ædɪdʒ]
textile纺织品，织物['tekstaɪl]
transcendent卓越的；超常的；出类拔萃的[træn'send(ə)nt; trɑːn-]
lateral侧面的，横向的['læt(ə)r(ə)l]
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Reinventing yourself in later life has always been possible.
I did not have to look very far for examples when I was writing my careers book, back in 2011: in it I described three women in Scotland who had relaunched themselves into new paid employment, all at the age of 60. One became a lawyer, one a priest and the other a residential lettings specialist.
So the challenge of becoming UK prime minister at 59 should be no problem for Mrs May.
Closer to home, Mr M has reinvented himself twice in recent times — after 25 years in the TV industry he became a wine merchant, and nine years later he moved on to become a professional cricket coach.
So, it is never too late. But regardless of age, how do you know if you should be changing direction?
Here is a checklist:
• Have you for some time been getting up in the morning dreading to going to work?
• Do you feel that you add little to no value in the job you do?
• Do you look at your boss and think that you really do not want their job?
• If you own your own business or work for a start-up, do you look five years into the future and feel ambivalent about what you see?
If the answer to any one of these is “yes” then you should think about doing something else. “A change is as good as a rest” is not simply an overused adage. (Random fact of the week — the phrase was first used as the title of a poem in 1857. People were sick of singular careers even then!)
One thing that almost anyone who has ever changed career direction has done is to retrain. There are lots of reasons to consider doing this and in an age of “blended learning” (some study in person, some over the internet), you can usually do so without leaving your current job.
The first is to see if you actually like doing the job to which you aspire. Interior design might look like an attractive and creative way to spend your time, but try studying it first to find out if you could really devote all yourself fully to textiles and the trade in transcendent taste.
The second reason for retraining is to show people that you are serious, which is crucial if you are going to try and make a lateral move. Even if you already know everything there is to know about wine, passing professional exams shows intent.
The third is to force yourself to give proper time to considering what might be a life-changing move. No decision I have ever made has suffered for being taken over a longer period of time.
So this summer, while you bask in the sunshine and leisure time and maybe reacquaint yourself with your family, consider whether you are really happily employed.
You spend most of your waking hours at work. Is it time to do something new?
请根据你所读到的文章内容，完成以下自测题目：
A.lawyer
B.artist
C.priest
D.residential lettings specialist
答案 (1)
A.1
B.2
C.4
D.5
答案 (2)
A.dreading to going to work
B.add little to no value in the job
C.you really want your boss's job
D.feel ambivalent when you look five years into the future
答案 (3)
A.consider in five years whether you will like your change
B.if you like doing the job you aspire
C.show people you are serious
D.force yourself to give proper time to think
答案 (4)
(1) 答案：B.artist解释：作者在文中提到的三个在六十岁又换了新职业的女性分别做的是律师，牧师和住宅租赁专家。
(2) 答案：B.2解释：M先生在最近几次里相继换了两份工作，一次是从电视机工厂二十五年后改行做了红酒商人，另一次是九年后又改行做专业的板球教练。
(3) 答案：C.you really want your boss's job解释：作者提到了一个清单，当你觉得每天早上醒来时很担忧即将到来的工作，你认为只为自己的工作付出了一点甚至毫无价值的时候，当你在做自己的公司或者创业时，你对未来五年的前景很矛盾的时候，你该考虑换一个新的事业了。
(4) 答案：A.consider in five years whether you will like your change解释：当你在接受新的事业时，你要考虑是否做了自己渴望的工作，你要给身边的人展现出你的认真态度，以及要强迫自己在适当的时间内考虑清楚是否换工作将会是你人生中重要的一步，而不是过分的拖延时间。