本篇文章是与思考方式有关的，属于科普知识。慢速英语，语速正常。可以作为口译入门或基础英语听力口语听写的素材。大家快来挑战自己吧！
思考是一件让人头痛的事情哇！
大家在听写的过程中，总是反应还没写完一句话，就已经忘记要写什么了。大家可以采用首字母记录的方式，听后补全。
答案和解析来啦：
Productive thinking is like a map: it helps you get to where you wanna go.
创造性思维就像一张地图：它能帮你到达你想去的地方。
And the better your thinking is, the better your map is at guiding you towards your destination.
你的思维越清晰，你的地图就能更好地为你指引方向，最终到达目的地。
So a competent thinker is like a good map-maker, also known as a cartographer.
所以，一位有能力的思考者好比优秀的地图绘制者，也就是制图师。
But becoming a good cartographer requires you to evolve as a person, and evolution is painful and tiring.
但要想成为一名优秀的制图师，需要你作为一个人类不断进化。然而，进化是非常痛苦的，也是很累人的。
Being a bad cartographer is much less work.
相反，想要成为一名糟糕的制图师要简单得多。
So to become an incompetent thinker, you must learn the subtle art of how not to make a map.
因此，要想成为一个低效的思考者，你就要学会怎样才能不去制作地图，这一微妙的艺术。
Here are four steps to help you on your journey.
下面的四个步骤可以帮你实现这一目标。
Step 1: Think in black and white terms.
第一步：用非黑即白的方式思考。
As time passes, the world evolves, and sometimes, it evolves into its opposite:
随着时间的推移，世界也在不断变化，有时，事情也会向对立面演变：
summer becomes winter, rain becomes sun, day becomes night, and stress becomes calm.
夏天变为冬天，雨天变为晴天，白天变为黑夜，压力变为平静。
The tension between opposites forms a spectrum of possible realities.
对立面之间的张力形成了现实中各种可能性的光谱。
This means that if you wanna create an accurate map of reality,
这就意味着，如果你想要创建一幅精准而又现实的地图，
you have to account for opposite points of view,
你必须考虑到对立的观点，
not to mention all the points that lie in-between, with each point being valid under the right condition.
更不用说中间过渡的这些观点了，每一种观点在正确的条件下都是有效的。
Or in other words, you can’t think in black and white terms.
换句话说，你无法用非黑即白的方式去思考。
But thankfully that’s not what we’re going for.
但谢天谢地，这并不是我们追求的效果。
As unproductive thinkers, we get to choose a side.
作为一名低效的思考者，我们必须选择非黑即白的立场。
解析在这里哦！
1. cartographer，名词，表示“制图师”。我们来看看英英释义吧！A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
2. evolution，名词，表示“演变、发展”，比如：a crucial period in the evolution of modern physics（现代物理学发展过程中的一个关键时期）。
3. spectrum，名词，表示“光谱”，比如：Red and violet are at opposite ends of the spectrum.（红色和紫色位于光谱的两端。）
4. unproductive，形容词，表示“没有效果的”，比如：I’ve had a very unproductive day.（我这一天什么事都没干成。）
