Work and study today are very different from what they were like 20 years ago. In the past, people often worked in the same job from graduation till retirement. Today, however, everyone needs to learn new things constantly on the job and it is common practice for people to go back to school from time to time in order to keep up with the fast changing world. Changing jobs has also become common practice for many people as they aim to enrich their work experience, develop new skills and meet new challenges. In today’s world of constant innovation (创新，革新), you can’t afford to think that you have finished with your studies. If you don’t want to be all behind in today’s competitive job market, you have to commit yourself to lifelong learning.
Effective lifelong learning is not only a matter of collecting formal qualifications. It’s also about forming habits that help you study, and developing attitudes that make you receptive (善于接受的，能容纳的) to learning.
Habits that help you study include time management, note taking, analysis and writing. These habits are useful but you won’t learn effectively unless you have the right attitude. Being open-minded is important because learning something new often means challenging the ideas you have already hold. Expecting to learn something that is both new and valuable will in fact help you to do so. For successful lifelong learning, you must take these study habits and attitudes with you when you leave school to start on your adult lives.
School is the ideal place to gain lifelong learning skills because you have support and resources, and you are young and naturally more open to learning. If you invest time in developing your study skills now, you’ll be enjoying the rewards for the rest of your life. In school you also have the time to develop learning skills. Many adults are sadly too busy to develop learning skills once they start work.
Today you cannot assume that completing a course will give you qualifications that will see you through your career. Change is unpredictable and you must be ready for it. In fact, there is no profession that doesn’t require continuous learning. But this is not something to be scared of. All you need to do is to develop learning skills and learn how to learn so that you are ready to keep yourself up-to-date with changes that come your way. Be open-minded, have the right attitude, and be ready for the next challenge.

Title: The Importance of Lifelong Learning
___________ between the work and study of today and those of 20 years ago	People in the past often _______ to the same job from graduation till retirement.
People today need to learn new things ________ on the job. Going back to school to learn new things becomes common practice.
Effective lifelong learning includes much essence.	Collecting formal qualifications. Forming habits that are ________ in studying. ______ attitudes that make you receptive to learning.
Study habits and attitude needed for successful lifelong learning	Time management Note taking _____ and writing Being open-minded
________ for school being the ideal place to gain lifelong learning skills.	Learners have support and resources when in school. Learners in school have far more time to develop learning skills, _________ with adults who have left school.
How to be a lifelong _____	Be ready for the unpredictable changes. Have learning skills ____ and learn how to learn. Be open-minded, have the right attitude, and be ready for the next challenge.