上周，我们邀请了部分读者参与第三期reading lab原版书阅读实验室活动。
此次选择的书目为Who Moved My Cheese，中文译名为《谁动了我的奶酪》。
They keep moving the cheese
由于大量书单的推荐，你不大可能从来没有听说过这本书。
作为畅销书，有人认为其内容和理论属于糟粕，是典型的商业畅销垃圾书，不应当对其内容较真。
然而，就像老话所讲"There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. "
换句话说，如果读完之后，它是对你有帮助的，你就没有浪费时间。
这个帮助体现在，比如：通过了解文章内容，你意识到改变的重要性；或者通过精读部分语句，你学习到了一些很漂亮很地道的英文表达。
下面Philip将用约5分钟时间对书目Who Moved My Cheese 进行内容梳理。
Four characters: two mice (Sniff and Scurry) and two littlepeople (Hem and Haw)
Place: A maze
Looking for: Cheese
One day they found the Cheese Station C.
Two mice dressed in their running gear and headed over to Cheese Station C every day.
Two littlepeople, however, awoke each day a little later, dressed a little slower, and walked to Cheese Station C. After all, they knew where the Cheese was now and how to get there.
They even said:"HAVING CHEESE MAKES YOU HAPPY."
Change happened: One morning four of them arrived at Cheese Station C and discovered there was no cheese.
Two mice weren't surprised. Since Sniff and Scurry had noticed the supply of cheese had been getting smaller every day, they were prepared for the inevitable and knew instinctively what to do.
To the mice, the problem and the answer were both simple. The situation at Cheese Station C had changed. So, Sniff and Scurry decided to change. They were quickly off in search of New Cheese.
However, two littlepeople were unprepared for what they found. They were surprised and hollered:
"Who Moved My Cheese? It's unfair!"
Because Cheese was important to them, the two littlepeople spent a long time trying to decide what to do. All they could think of was to keep looking around Cheeseless Station C to see if the Cheese was really gone.
While Sniff and Scurry had quickly moved on, Hem and Haw continued to hem and haw.
Before they went back home, they wrote this on the wall of Cheese Station C:
THE MORE IMPORTANT YOUR CHEESE IS TO YOU THE MORE YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO IT.
The next day Hem and Haw left their homes, and returned to Cheese Station C again, where they still expected, somehow, to find their Cheese.
The situation hadn't changed, the Cheese was no longer there. The littlepeople didn't know what to do. Hem and Haw just stood there, immobilized like two statues.
While Hem and Haw were still trying to decide what to do, Sniff and Scurry were already well on their way. They went farther into the maze, up and down corridors, looking for cheese in every Cheese Station they could find.
The littlepeople still refused to accept this change and came back to Cheese Station C every day to check whether this situation was ture.
Finally, one day Haw began laughing at himself. "Haw, haw, look at me. I keep doing the samethings over and over again and wonder why things don't get better. If this wasn't so ridiculous, it would be even funnier."
As Haw prepared to leave, he started to feel more alive, knowing that he was finally able to laugh at himself, let go and move on.
He announced, "It's maze time!"
After quite a lof of effort, this littlepeople eventually found the new cheese in the maze where the mice had already been there and he gradually understood some precious rules and wrote them on the walls in order to encourage his fellow, Hew.
CHANGE HAPPENS.
THEY KEEP MOVING THE CHEESE.
ANTICIPATE CHANGE.
GET READY FOR THE CHEESE TO MOVE.
SMELL THE CHEESE OFTEN SO YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS GETTING OLD.
THE QUICKER YOU LET GO OF OLD CHEESE,
THE SOONER YOU CAN ENJOY NEW CHEESE.
......
故事浅显易懂，即当出现变化的时候，依靠直觉来生存的the mice 当即行动，继续寻找new cheese；而拥有复杂头脑的the litlepeople 却犹豫不决，一时间不知所措。
不妨把这个change 与我们的生活相关联，比如健康、工作、父母或者恋人之间的关系等等，这样一来便可以更好地理解change。
例如，通常来说，由于毕业后我们面临的工作压力远大于学生时代的考试压力，人应当会逐渐消瘦下来。
然而，我周围有一些朋友，当然也包含我在内，却发现随着工龄的增长，体重非但没有丝毫下降，反而逐渐上升直至出现失控的苗头。
多次睡前暗下决心，从明天开始一定要坚持锻炼，把吃上来的膘都减下去。
然而随着诸如今天工作太累，今天晚上要赴约，明天好不容易是周末，一定要好好休息这样的借口一次次战胜昨晚的决心，整个人在锻炼身体、减轻体重这方面一直处于原地打转的状态。
既没有做出任何进展，又把自己弄得很狼狈。
直到迈出第一步，才真正勇敢地开始面对改变。
只要有空，立刻穿上鞋子，去不远的体育中心慢跑2公里。
边跑边想着减肥成功后自己的样子，这样一来，步伐都轻盈了不少。
IMAGINING MYSELF ENJOYING NEW CHEESE EVEN BEFORE I FIND IT, LEADS ME TO IT.
They keep moving the cheese
积极应对生活中的改变。
加油！
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