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1、学术英语 综合 Uni,1,学术英语 综合,Academic English An Integrated Course,学术英语 综合 Uni,2,学术英语 综合 Uni,3,Unit 3Psychology,Unit Contents,Unit objectives,Text A,Text B,Text C,Academic language and discourse,Listening,Speaking,Writing,学术英语 综合 Uni,4,Unit Objectives,1. Professional Knowledge Get acquainted with some impo
2、rtant psychological concepts( e.g. optimist, pessimist, personality, character traits ,etc.) 2. Reading Summarize the main ideas of a text and identify essential supporting points Understand difficult sentences (e.g., sentences with formal words or expressions) Identify comparison and contrast,Unit
3、3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,5,Unit Objectives,3. Listening Understand important supporting details 4. Speaking Make a clear, concise and reliable argument 5. Writing Know the basic elements and structure of the introduction section of a research paper,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,6,Unit Objectives,6. Re
4、searching Independently locate and study a variety of resources (articles, books, videos, etc.) to know more about the study of psychology 7. Academic language and discourse Know what is collocation Acquire some specialized vocabulary in psychology Understand the differences between comparison and c
5、ontrast Comprehend stylistic differences between formal and informal English and acquire some formal expressions,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,7,Text A Lead-in,Listen twice to a talk on what psychologists do and fill in the blanks with the exact words youve heard. Share your answers with your fellow
6、classmates,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,8,Text A Overview,Summarize the main ideas of Text A. Do Task 1/Overview,A contrast between pessimists and optimists How they view bad events, defeats, etc. Pessimists: Bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own faul
7、t. Optimists: Defeat is just a temporary setback; defeat is not their fault; a bad situation is a challenge. Different consequences brought by their different approaches Pessimists: Give up more easily and get depressed more often Optimists: Do much better in school and at work; more apt to be elect
8、ed when running for office; age well and live longer,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,9,Text A In-depth analysis,1. Contribute as much as possible what you know about the following: optimism pessimism,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,10,Text A Supplementary information,Pessimism vs. optimism Imagine you div
9、ided everyone in the world into two psychological groups. You put all the optimists on one side and all the pessimists on the other (lets leave the realists aside for now). Amongst the optimists the conversation would all be about fantastic plans for the future. Meanwhile the pessimists are having w
10、hat might seem to the optimists like a depressing discussion. Theyre worrying about all the things that might go wrong. Theyre worried that even the things they have will be taken away from them by some cruel twist of fate,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,11,Text A Supplementary information,Over the yea
11、rs psychologists have examined many aspects of pessimism and optimism. Theres good news for all. There are some advantages to optimism like it seems to make people feel better about life. But there are also advantages for pessimism as thinking the worst helps some pessimists cope better with the wor
12、ld. However, we should be less concerned with which is “better” or which camp is larger and more interested in why people see the world in such different ways in the first place,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,12,Text A In-depth analysis,2. Have a group discussion about the two questions in Task 2/ Poi
13、nts for discussion,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,13,Text B Text Analysis,1. the English idiom “dont judge a book by its cover,The very common English idiom “dont judge a book by its cover” is a metaphorical phrase which means “dont determine the worth of something based on its appearance”. It is prob
14、ably the most common expression used in English to convey attitudes against vanity. Another commonly used expression with similar meaning is “all that glitters in not gold”, meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can apply to persons, places, or things that
15、promise to be more than they really are,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,14,Text B Text Analysis,2. We are often cautioned against judging a book by its cover. What does it imply when it comes to making a judgment of somebody? It implies that people are not always what they seem, that surface appearance
16、s are deceptive. People shouldnt be judged by how they look but be judged by their actions,Unit 3Psychology,学术英语 综合 Uni,15,Text B Text Analysis,3. What message does the author want to convey through a host of examples listed in the text,The author wants to convey to readers that people, at all times, tend to form a quick impression of others based only on a quick “snapshot” of information and that they are programmed by evolution to respond differently to people with different features. For exam
