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Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at
Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at
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2012-04-05
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Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, he would often make classroom discussion lively by describing his own combat experience in Vietnam. But as Ellis’s reputation grew — his books on the Founding Fathers have won both the prestigious National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize — the history professor began to entertain local and national reporters with his memories of war. Last year, after The Boston Globe carried accounts of Ellis’s experience in the Vietnam war, someone who knew the truth about Ellis dropped a dime (揭发). Last week The Boston Globe revealed that Ellis, famous for explaining the nation’s history, had some explaining to do about his own past.
"Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made," said a wretched Ellis. It turned out that while the distinguished historian had served in the Army, he’d spent his war years not in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but teaching history at West Point. He’d also overstated his role in the antiwar movement and even his high-school athletic records. His admission shocked colleagues, fellow historians and students who wondered why someone so accomplished would beautify his past. But it seems that success and truthfulness don’t always go hand in hand. Even among the distinguished achievers, security experts say, one in ten is deceiving — indulging in everything from empty boasting to more serious offenses such as plagiarism (剽窃), fictionalizing military records, making up false academic certificates or worse. "And, oddly, prominent people who beautify the past often do so once they’re famous", says Ernest Brod of Kroll Associates, which has conducted thousands of background checks. Says Brod: "It’s not like they use these lies to climb the ladder."
Then what makes them do it? Psychologists say some people succeed, at least in part, because they are uniquely adjusted to the expectations of others. And no matter how well-known, those people can be haunted by a sense of their own shortcomings. "From outside, these people look anything but fragile," says Dennis Shulman, a New York psychoanalyst. "But inside, they feel hollow, empty."
What does Dennis Shulman say about successful people who lie about themselves?
选项
A、They feel weak in their hearts.
B、They have no sense of their shortcomings.
C、They take pride in their weaknesses.
D、They look weak to other people.
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的Dennis Shulman将答案出处定位到末段倒数第二句。该句的下一句(文章末句)引用Dennis Shulman原话说,“在内心深处,他们(指名人)觉得空虚和茫然”,A)“他们内心脆弱”是对此的同义转述,故答案为A)。B)“他们意识不到自己的不足”和C)“他们以自己的不足为荣”与末段第三句提到的“他们被自己的不足所困扰”相矛盾。D)“在别人看来他们很弱”与原文的these people look anything butfragile(他们看起来一点儿也不脆弱)矛盾,anything but表示一种否定。
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