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Whether you’re the owner of the Dallas Cowboys or captain of the playground dodge ball team, the goal in picking players is the

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问题    Whether you’re the owner of the Dallas Cowboys or captain of the playground dodge ball team, the goal in picking players is the same: Get the top talent. Hearts have been broken, allegiances tested, and budgets over spent as teams contend for the best athletes. 【F1】The motivation for recruiting peak performers is obvious—exceptional players are the key to team success—and this belief is shared not only by coaches and sports fans, but also by corporations, investors, and even whole industries. Everyone wants a team of stars.
   While there is no denying that exceptional players can put points on the board and enhance team success, new research by Roderick Swaab and colleagues suggests there is a limit to the benefit top talents bring to a team. Swaab and colleagues compared the amount of individual talent on teams with the teams’ success, and they find striking examples of more talent hurting the team.
   For both basketball and soccer, they found that top talent did in fact predict team success, but only up to a point. 【F2】Furthermore, there was not simply a point of diminishing returns with respect to top talent; there was in fact a cost. Basketball and soccer teams with the greatest proportion of elite athletes performed worse than those with more moderate proportions of top level players.
   Why is too much talent a bad thing? Think teamwork. 【F3】In many activities, success requires collaborative, cooperative work towards a goal that is beyond the capability of any one individual. Even Em-mitt Smith needed effective blocking from the Cowboy offensive line to gain yardage. When a team roster is flooded with individual talent, pursuit of personal star status may prevent the attainment of team goals. 【F4】The basketball player chasing a point record, for example, may cost the team by taking risky shots instead of passing to a teammate who is open and ready to score.
   The lessons here extend beyond the ball field to any group or activity that must balance competitive and collaborative efforts, including corporate teams, financial research groups, and brainstorming exercises. 【F5】So before breaking the bank to recruit superstars, team owners and industry experts might want to consider whether the goal they are trying to achieve relies on individual talent alone, or concerted efforts from the team. If the latter, it would be wise to reign in the talent and focus on teamwork.
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答案例如，当篮球运动员想要追求得分记录时，他可能不会将球传给做好得分准备的队友，而是冒险投球，给球队带来失分。
解析 ①本句为主从复合句，包含一个定语从句。②现在分词短语chasing a point record作后置定语修饰The basketball player，说明是追求得分记录的篮球运动员。其后的for example作插入语成分。主句中的谓语动词cost，意为“让……付出代价或损失”。其后的by taking risky…teammate，作谓语动词cost的方式状语，说明造成球队损失的行为是运动员冒险投球，而不是传球给自己队友。当中instead of作连词，连接两个并列短语taking risky shots和passing to a teammate。③who引导的定语从句修饰先行词teammate，表示做好得分准备的队友。
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