2.The Needs That Drive US All(537)

Sixth grade rewrite

The Needs That Drive US All

【1】Everyone has needs that make them do things. Animals, including humans, need to stay alive and have babies so their kind can keep living. As humans, we have more needs than just staying alive and having babies. We also need to feel like we belong, to love and be loved, to have power, to be free, and to have fun.

【2】These needs are like rules in our body that tell us how to live. They are all important, and we need to be happy with them to live a good life. The need for power is special because it seems like humans are the only animals that try so hard to get more power.

【3】When we can't meet our needs, we feel bad. But when we can meet them, we feel good. The more we can't meet a need, the worse we feel. The more we can meet a need, the better we feel. Some needs are easy to understand, like being hungry or thirsty. But other needs, like feeling like we belong or having fun, can be harder to meet.

【4】The need for power is hard to meet because many people think it's bad to want power. Even leaders try to look like they don't want power. But power is not good or bad. It's how we use power that matters. If we use power to help people, that's good. If we use it to hurt people, that's bad.

【5】We all want power, even if we don't admit it. We follow people who seem strong because we hope they will share some of their power with us. If they are smart, they will. We are very competitive. We want to win, to be respected, to be heard, and to be right. We worry about how others see us and if we are doing enough. We are always trying to avoid being controlled by others.

【6】We also want freedom. But the more power someone has, the less free we feel. So, power and freedom can be against each other. We want to be free to lose sometimes and to be able to do things on our own. Fun is another need. It's hard to explain, but we all know what fun is. It's not serious but it's important. Fun makes things better and makes us want to do them again.

【7】All animals that can choose what to do seem to have fun sometimes. The smarter the animal, the more fun it has. Animals that can't learn much don't have fun. We learn because we want to have fun. Fun helps us learn more. If we didn't have fun while learning, we wouldn't learn as much.

【8】Boredom is the opposite of fun. It happens when we have to do something without learning. If we can make a boring task fun, like Tom Sawyer did when he painted a fence, it's not so bad. When we add power, freedom, or belonging to a situation, it becomes more interesting. And when we are interested, we learn more.

六年级改写

驱动我们所有人的需求

【1】每个人都有促使他们做事的需求。包括人类在内的动物需要生存和生育，这样他们的同类才能继续生存。作为人类，我们有比活着和生孩子更多的需求。我们也需要有归属感，爱与被爱，拥有力量，自由，享受乐趣。

【2】这些需求就像我们体内的规则，告诉我们如何生活。他们都很重要，我们需要和他们一起快乐地生活。对权力的需求是特殊的，因为人类似乎是唯一一种如此努力地获得更多权力的动物。

【3】当我们不能满足自己的需求时，我们会感觉不好。但当我们能见到他们时，我们感觉很好。我们越是不能满足需求，我们的感觉就越糟。我们满足的需求越多，我们的感觉就越好。有些需求很容易理解，比如饥饿或口渴。但其他需求，比如归属感或享受乐趣，可能更难满足。

【4】对权力的需求很难得到满足，因为许多人认为想要权力是不好的。甚至领导人也试图表现得不想要权力。但是权力没有好坏之分。重要的是我们如何使用权力。如果我们用权力去帮助别人，那是好事。如果我们用它来伤害别人，那就不好了。

【5】我们都想要权力，即使我们不承认。我们追随那些看起来很强大的人，因为我们希望他们能与我们分享一些力量。如果他们够聪明，他们会的。我们很有竞争力。我们想赢，想被尊重，想被倾听，想做对。我们担心别人怎么看我们，担心我们做得够不够。我们总是试图避免被别人控制。

【6】我们也想要自由。但一个人的权力越大，我们就越觉得不自由。所以，权力和自由可能是对立的。我们有时想要自由地失败，想要能够自己做事情。乐趣是另一种需求。这很难解释，但我们都知道什么是乐趣。虽然不严重，但很重要。乐趣让事情变得更好，让我们想再做一次。

【7】所有能选择做什么的动物有时似乎都很开心。动物越聪明，它的乐趣就越多。不会学习的动物不会有乐趣。我们学习是因为我们想要快乐。乐趣帮助我们学到更多。如果我们在学习中没有乐趣，我们就不会学到这么多。

【8】无聊是乐趣的对立面。当我们不得不做一些没有学习的事情时，就会发生这种情况。如果我们能把无聊的任务变得有趣，就像汤姆·索亚在刷栅栏时所做的那样，那就没那么糟糕了。当我们加入权力、自由或归属感时，事情就变得更有趣了。当我们感兴趣时，我们会学到更多。