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When engineers talk about "asset integrity", what they usually refer to is the good practice of servicing and repairing equipmen

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问题    When engineers talk about "asset integrity", what they usually refer to is the good practice of servicing and repairing equipment before it breaks. Companies that use a lot of machinery take this very seriously; companies that mostly just use people rarely do.
   Although to my knowledge no other nation than Japan has a word for death by overwork, we probably need one. 【F1】For while it is tempting to imagine the phenomenon is unique to Japan, it may simply be that it is the first country to look deeply enough to identify it.
   Most of the chief executives I know—predominantly in the US and UK—routinely work a 12 or 15-hour day, six or seven days a week. Few of them are familiar with studies that routinely show that productivity is not linear. After about 40 hours a week fatigue sets in, provoking mistakes. Any extra hours spent are needed to clear up the mess. The classic, but comic, expression of this was produced by the efficiency expert, Frank Gilbreth. 【F2】He found he could shave faster if he used two razors but then wasted all the time he saved covering the cuts with plasters.
   All of the damage done by overwork is invisible. If it were not—if some of the wear and tear resulted in visible injury—perhaps companies would take more care. 【F3】But it is very hard for most people to accept that thinking is a physical activity, performed by the brain—which, like every organ, has limits to its capacity. We can see machinery break down, we notice broken arms and legs. We do not see broken minds—until it is too late. 【F4】A rapid increase of supposed remedies to overwork—mindfulness, resilience training—may promise some relief but few of these programmes are any kind of a cure. We know machines have limits; we like to imagine that we do not.
   Tough corporate cultures that measure performance by the hour inevitably lead to fatigue and tunnel vision, and adversely affect problem-solving. They are efficient in the sense that they reduce costs but dangerous in spheres where reputation and judgment count. If we want creativity, originality and mastery of complex problems, we must accept the physical limitations of the human brain. 【F5】As long as we ignore more than 100 years of research into human productivity and manage people as though they were robots with faulty batteries, we waste talent and sacrifice our own integrity.
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答案但是大多数人很难接受思维活动是由大脑完成的一项生理活动，而大脑，就像各个器官一样，它的能力是有限度的。
解析 ①本句为结构较复杂的主从复合句，主干是it is very hard…to accept…。②performed by the brain作为非谓语修饰的是a physical activity，说明这项身体活动是由大脑完成的。③句末的which…has limits to its capacity中，which所引导的非限制性定语从句修饰的先行词是brain，补充说明大脑的特点。like every organ可视为插入语，意为“大脑就像身体各个器官一样”。
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