Unit 1 Personality

Outline:Section one: PreparationSection two: Reading • In-Class Reading: The Misery of Shyness• After-Class reading: on pessimism and optimi

smSection three: language skills• Part III: more Vocabulary practice• Part IV: translation practice

PreparationPreparationPersonality: vocabularyPersonality : FAQPersonality traits: to control or to be controlled

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Personality: Vocabulary

Part One: 1 Part One: 2

Personality : FAQ• Personality refers to… All the personal and moral characteristics that

determine the way a person thinks, feels, and acts in his or her social and personal relations.

• Personality: nature or nurture? Most research tends to suggest that our basic

personality is inherited but many factors shape and mould our personality as we mature.

• Why personality matters? For one thing, certain aspects of their

personalities constitute drawbacks in their relationships with other people. (positive & negative)

For another, in recent years, various studies have shown that health and personality are interrelated.

• How to utilize knowledge about personality? Therapy / disease curing / psychology ……

Personality traits: to control or to be

controlledIn-class reading: The Misery of Shyness After-class reading: (on optimism and pessimism) I: Two Ways of Looking at Life II: You Are What You Think

Shyness, optimism / pessimism

~~~how they can magically define you and incredibly destroy you.

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Part one: 1 – keys

1. Gentle2. Dedicated3. Considerate4. Adventurous5. Calm6. Aggressive 7. Critical 8. Energetic9. Selfish10.Ambitious 11.Self-confident

12. Easygoing13. Truthful14. Outgoing15. Frank16. Sensitive17. Bossy18. Patient19. Talkative20. Persuasive 21. Sympathetic22. Emotional

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The Misery of Shyness

In-Class Reading

Two beginning questions

• Can you accept yourself as a shy person for a lifelong time?

• Do you accept shyness from a lifelong friend?

why and how

Go into the passage

read Para 1: find out the two key wordsread Para 2-3: confident people / shy people: how th

eir lives are like-How are they influenced by other people?-How do they react to criticism / compliment?read para 4: summarize the main information you get read para 5-15: find out your favorite tip—the one th

at resonates (echo) in you read para 16: conclusion

Further exploring into shyness

read a short passage: Shyness: a withdraw from “others” ----relationships & egoismshyness: a self-rejection ---how to build a strong self / how

to make self improvements?

Language

• “New Words” list• “Phrases and Expression” list• “self-” expressions (see note 1 P14 ) Assignment: Vocab E4 & Translation read the whole passage for more times

---- E2/3 on P16

--- E 1 on P16

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Pessimism and Optimism

--After-Class Reading

Passage I: Two Ways of Looking at LifePassage II: You Are What You Think Students’ questions first

Other key points

teamwork: an overview on pessimists and

optimists(optional)E5 P42

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Get to conclude your own personality, and tell whether you are more like a pessimist or optimist.

recommendation Ugly Betty -----An optimist’s story

Part III:Part III:Part III:Part III:E1: enriching Your Word PowerE1: enriching Your Word Power

Part IV: Translation

谓语的语态：主动 / 被动 英译汉：被动语态的翻译： P43-45 汉译英：被动语态的翻译： P45-46 Practices

A minute for you to think:• I’ve learned some words and got to know how to use

them?• I can now read most of the sentences/words fluently? • Sure I can tell people how to overcome shyness when

I have to?• Sure I’ve got some advice for pessimists.• At one point I was thinking that my mother is a

pessimist.• I started to know that English and Chinese are two

languages from two independent systems and translation is not as mechanic as replace black with white.