With the growingly fast living tempo, an increasing number of people pay close attention to competition. However, although competition is all around us, cooperation is also an essential part of the society in which we live.
    To begin with, people need cooperative skills to get along with others and to build relationships. No collective undertaking could ever succeed without the willingness of individuals to work together in a harmonious and organized way. In any corporate work-place, cooperation is needed within and between departments in order to make the business run smoothly. Furthermore, few employers would even consider hiring someone they believed could not work effectively as part of a team. In addition, cooperation increases creativity. For instance, according to findings issued by many institutes, scientists who consider themselves cooperative tend to have more published articles than their competitive colleagues;cooperative businesspeople have higher salaries. From elementary grades to college, cooperative students have higher salaries; from elementary grads to college, cooperative students have higher grade point averages.
    Cooperation is as old as the human race itself. Since a cooperative spirit is important to survive and succeed, I believe that it should receive high emphasis in this era.
    隨著生活節(jié)奏的日益加快，越來越多的人密切關注競爭。然而，雖然競爭緊緊圍繞著我們，但合作也是我們生活中至關重要的一部分。
    首先，人們需要合作技巧跟他人和諧相處，建立種種關系。只有每個人愿意和諧有序地跟他人一起工作，共同的任務才會完成。在任何企業(yè)，要想順利完成工作，部門內(nèi)部和部門間的合作是不可或缺的。此外，幾乎沒有雇主會考慮雇傭那些認為在團隊中不能高效工作的人。而且，合作會激發(fā)創(chuàng)造力。例如，根據(jù)多家機構的研究表明：自認具備合作精神的科學家比起充滿競爭性的同事會有更多的文章得以發(fā)表;具備合作精神的商人會獲得更高的受益;從小學到大學，能與人合作的學生會取得更高的平均分。
    有了人類就有了合作。既然合作精神對于生存和成功如此重要，我認為，在這個時代應該高度重視合作。