jill wsson is hiring staff for hr company’s nw offic in taipi. sh’s startd going through a pil of applications, taking not of work xprinc, and skills in computrs and forign languags. but on bit of information kps turning up, and sh can’t mak hads or tails of it.“why ar all of ths popl tlling m what thir blood typ is?” sh asks. “what diffrnc could that mak? it’s an offic, not a coal min – nobody’s going to nd a blood transfusion.”ast asia’s obsssion with blood typs coms from th work of furukawa takji, a japans doctor who narly a cntury ago was sur that prsonality was causd by blood typ. according to his thory, ach blood typ had a distinctiv, corrsponding prsonality typ:typ a popl ar consrvativ and passiv, and ar concrnd with apparancs. although typ a popl ar suprficial and hav a touch of mntal instability, thy ar vry patint and finish what thy start.typ b popl gt along wll with othrs bcaus thy ar straightforward, and ar notd for thir crativity. but typ b popl ar also moody and bcom bord and annoyd asily.typ o popl ar stubborn and impulsiv. thir rdming quality is that thy ar loyal to thir frinds.typ ab popl ar indcisiv and picky. thy tnd to b dmanding and impatint, and thy hav troubl sing things through.dspit any ral vidnc to support ths idas, takji’s thory quickly caught on. by 1930, standard job application forms includd a blank for blood typ, and today markt rsarchrs us it to prdict buying habits, and ordinary popl us it to choos frinds and romantic partnrs.“i’m typ o,” says sandra, who jill vntually hird as a rcptionist, “so my boyfrind should idally b anothr typ o or a typ b. typ a probably won’t match.”and what about typ ab?“typ o with typ ab? that’s out of th qustion.”"血型和个性真的有关系吗"英语作文译文:吉尔-威尔森正为她公司在台北的新办事处雇用员工。她开始查阅一堆申请书，记下工作经验、电脑相关技巧和外语能力。但是有一个小信息一直出现，她实在搞不懂为什么。“这些人为什么要告诉我他们的血型?”她问道，“这会有什么不同吗?这是办公室，不是煤矿——没有人需要输血。”东亚对血型的沉迷源自日本医生古川竹二近一个世纪前的著作，他确信个性是血型造成的。根据他的理论，每种血型都有相关的独特个性：a型的人保守、被动，在意外表。 a型的人虽然肤浅、精神有点不稳定，但他们很有耐性，而且会坚持把他们开始的工作做完。b型的人和别人处得好，因为他们很直率，并以他们的创意闻名。但是b型的人也很情绪化，很容易觉得无聊、觉得烦。o型的人顽固、冲动。作为补偿的气质，是对他们的朋友很忠诚。ab型的人犹豫不决、爱挑剔。他们比较苛求、没耐性，他们没办法坚持到底。不管有没有任何支持这些想法的实证，竹二的理论很快流行起来。到了1930年，标准的工作申请表已经包括了填写血型的空格，现在的市场调查员用这种方法来预测购买习惯，普通人则用它来选择朋友和情人。“我是o型。”桑德拉这样说，她最后被吉尔聘用为接待员。“那么理想上我应该找另一个o型或b型的人当男朋友。a型的可能不合适。”那么ab型的呢?“o型配ab型?想都别想。”