英语讨论课材料

1、english course: how to live the good life instructor：蒲红梅syllabus e. week 1 (march 07): unit 1 english study & course introduction e. week 2 (march 14): unit 2 happinesse. week 3 (march 21): unit 3 romantic lovee. week 4 (march 28): unit 4 discussion skillse. week 5 (april 11): unit 5 personality e.

2、week 6 (april 18): unit 6 willpower e. week 7 (april 25): unit 7 soft skills & eqe. week 8 (may 9): unit 8 work orientations e. week 9 (may 16 ): unit 9 debate skills e. week 10 (my 23): unit 10 my sisters keepere. week 11 (may 30): unit 11 coping stresse. week 12 (june6): students speechesscore rec

3、ord 姓名: 学生证的学号： 上课用的组员号： 1. public speech (上讲台对全班演讲1次 满分3分）2. two group leader tasks (轮流负责小组讨论2次 4分)3. six written speech outlines (课前写好在小组发言的详细提纲，交6次，6分)4. pre-class reading (检查单词笔记10次, ) and in-class participation (发言,问答,倾听,检查记录10次)5. attendance （每缺课1小时减1分）english weekpre-class reading检查单词笔记(10次)i

4、n-class participation发言,问答,倾听,记录（10次） punishment for absence, late arrival, early leave出勤123456789101112关于课程的几点中文说明：课程定位为以英语为媒质的人文素养课。基本教学理念是意义优先，意义带动形式。同学是否关心话题的意义很重要，不过度强调英文口头表达的准确与流利，以免挫伤同学课堂交流的积极性，阻碍同学认知水平的提升和知识的积累。重要的是使同学思想保持活跃状态。所选的心理学问题力求与同学的人生体验相契合，鼓励同学用英文表达内心的思考与真实的情感。设计课程遵循两个原则：一是内容的学习与语言的

5、各项技能综合运用并重, 二是以学生为中心。内容方面，教师选编的材料都是围绕如何使人生美好幸福的探讨，设计了10个话题，包括 happiness, love, personality, gratitude等。材料多出自西方权威心理学家近期的研究成果。形式方面, 涉及use-oriented language skills，包括课前的阅读讨论材料；课上的听说活动，有在小组内针对每周话题材料复述、翻译、讲解、讨论、辩论、分享个人见解、交流亲身体验；有上讲台面做演讲；有配合主题观看并讨论名人演讲或电影；此外课前要写详细的小组发言提纲。教室文化理想：同学为中心，教师辅助引导，重合作、重交流，互相倾听、彼

6、此鼓励信任，每个人都乐于展示自我，大家共同创造或轻松幽默、或严肃认真、或激情迸发的英语人文教室。预期目标：use-oriented language skills 综合训练，有意义地使用英语；通过各项活动磨练“软技能”，提高情商；应用心理学理论指导自己 live a pleasant, engaged and meaningful life.小问卷 姓名 学号 组号1. _年毕业于_2.对心理学的认识3.英语学习在培养人文修养方面的作用4.本科口语练习的经历（对话/讨论/演讲/辩论/英语角/其他）5.英文电影及英剧/美剧的观赏体会6.目前英语口头交流水平及主要障碍7.提高口语水平的动机8.提高

7、口语水平的措施 unit 1 english study: two voicesvideo jay walker on the worlds english maniathe world has a new mania. a mania for learning english. listen as chinese students practice their english by _1_ it. teacher: . change my life! students: i will change my life. t: i dont want to let my parents down.

8、 s: i dont want to let my parents down. t: i dont ever want to let my country down. s: i dont ever want to let my country down. t: most importantly . s: most importantly . t: i dont want to let myself down. s: i dont want to let myself down. how many people are trying to learn english worldwide? _ _

9、2_ of them. students: a t-shirt. a dress. in latin america, in india, in southeast asia, and most of all in china. if you are a chinese student you start learning english in the third grade, _ 3_. thats why this year china will become the worlds largest english-speaking country. why english? in a si

10、ngle word: _4_.imagine a student taking a giant test for three full days. her score on this one test literally determines her future. she studies 12 hours a day for three years to prepare. 25 percent of her grade is based on english. its called the gaokao, and 80 million high school chinese students

11、 have already taken this grueling test. the intensity to learn english is almost unimaginable, unless you witness it. teacher: perfect! students: perfect! t: i want to speak perfect english. s: i want to speak perfect english. t: i want to speak - s: i want to speak - t: perfect english. s: perfect

12、english. t: i want to change my life! s: i want to change my life! so is english mania good or bad? is english a tsunami海啸, washing away other languages? not likely. english is the worlds second language. your native language is your life. but with english _5_: a global conversation about global pro

13、blems, like climate change or poverty, or hunger or disease. the world has other universal languages. mathematics is the language of science. music is the language of emotions. and now english _6_. not because america is pushing it, but because the world is pulling it. so english mania is a turning

14、point. like the harnessing of electricity in our cities or the fall of the berlin wall, english _7_- a future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems. keys1 listen as chinese students practice their english by screaming it. 2 how many people are trying to learn english wor

15、ldwide? two billion of them. 3 if you are a chinese student you start learning english in the third grade, by law.4 why english? in a single word: opportunity. opportunity for a better life, a job, to be able to pay for school, or put better food on the table.5 but with english you can become part o

16、f a wider conversation: a global conversation about global problems, 6 and now english is becoming the language of problem-solving. 7 english represents hope for a better future - a future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems. discussion: 1. what was your personal engli

17、sh learning experience? did english offer you more opportunities in the past? or was it a barrier on your way to pursue your dream? 2. list the possible benefits of english in your future life and career. 3. what do you think of chen danqings protest against the current system for selecting students

18、? (“the requirement on english ability has blocked many talented students from entering higher education institutions.” “for four consecutive years, we couldnt recruit any graduate students because none of the applicants could pass the schools english exam, so i resigned.”)conversational expressions

19、: agreeing/disagreeing: i agree. so do i. me too. me neither. i dont either. youre right. thats right. good idea. i disagree. i dont think so. (no.) thats not right. (im sorry, but) i dont agree.illustrate your opinions: for example/for instance, let me explain/ let me illustrate. let me tell you a

20、little more. let me give you some details. to give you more information, unit 2 the science of happiness psychologist nettles classification of three levels of happinesslevel one. the most immediate and direct senses of happiness involve an emotion or feeling, something like joy or pleasure. these f

21、eelings are transient. level two is a combination of emotion and evaluation of satisfaction with various life domains. level three. the broader sense of happiness is aristotles ideal of the good life, a life in which we fulfill our true potential, we flourish. psychologists happiness formula: h=s+c+

22、ih is our lasting/enduring level of happiness. s is our set-point for happiness. professor lykken showed about 50 per cent of individual differences in human happiness - how one feels at the moment and also how one feels on average over time - is due to genetic factors. the set-point for happiness i

23、s our brains default level of happiness, the stable point around which our mood varies over periods. we react strongly to both positive and negative recent events with sharp increases or decreases in happiness, but return to our happiness set-point over relatively short periods of time. we adapt to

24、new conditions over time. adaptation is, in part, just a property of neurons: nerve cells respond vigorously to new stimuli, but gradually they “habituate”, firing less to stimuli that they have become used to. as a result peoples overall happiness tends to stay the same. so people who try to be hap

25、py are a bit like rats on a treadmill, running and running, but not really getting anywhere. brickman and campbell coined the term hedonic treadmill to describe this process of rapid adaptation.c, standing for the circumstances of our life, includes facts about your life that you cant change (race,

26、sex, age, disability) as well as things that you can (wealth, marital status, where you live). some scientists suggest that all life circumstances and situations together account for only about 10 percent in how happy different people are. circumstances are constant over time, so you are likely to a

27、dapt to them. changing these circumstances is usually impractical and expensive. according to empirical analysis, money, age, gender, parenthood, intelligence and physical attractiveness are not very important to happiness. health, religion, and social activity are somewhat important. love and marri

28、age, work, and personality are very important to happiness.i represent factors under our voluntary/intentional control. 40 percent of our happiness lies in our power to change our life through how we act and how we think. professor lyubomirskys study shows some activities can enhance happiness: e.g.

29、 1) nurturing social relationships, 2) expressing gratitude, 3) taking care of your body, 4) practicing religion and spirituality, 5) avoiding negative social comparison, 6) savoring lifes joys, 7) cultivating optimism., 8) learning to forgive. discussion 1 what give you momentary pleasures? 2 are y

30、ou satisfied with your past? 3 are you optimistic about your future? 4 what do you estimate is the set-point of happiness (on a scale of 1to 10)? 5 illustrate “hedonic treadmill” with some of your own experience. 6 how important is money/love/work to your happiness? 7 work out your own happiness for

31、mula and share it with your group mates. conversational expressions:interrupting politely: excuse me, pardon me, sorry to interrupt, may i interrupt? can i add something here? could i inject something here? do you mind if i jump in here?asking for repetition/clarification: excuse me? could you repea

32、t that? could you say that again? what did you say? did you say . . . ? im sorry. i didnt catch that. what do you mean (by that)? what are you trying to say? could you clarify that?movie dead poets societyepisode 1 (01:35-04:25) mr nolan : ladies and gentlemen, boys, the light of knowledge.one hundr

33、ed years ago, in 1859, 41 boys sat in this room and were asked the same question that now greets you at the start of each semester. gentlemen, what are the four pillars? boys tradition, honor, discipline, excellence. in her first year, welton academy| graduated five students. last year, we graduated

34、 51 and more than 75% of those went on to the ivy league. this, this kind of accomplishment is the result of fervent dedication to the principles taught here. this is why you parents have been sending us your sons. this is why we are the best preparatory school大学预备学校 in the united states. as you kno

35、w our beloved mr portius of the english department retired last term. you will have the opportunity later to meet his replacement mr john keating himself an honors graduate of this school. and who, for the past several years. has been teaching at the highly regarded倍受赞誉 chester school in london.epis

36、ode 2 (11:45-16:45) keating: o captain! my captain! who knows where that comes from? anybody. not a clue? its from a poem by walt whitman about mr. abraham lincoln. now, in this class, you can either call me mr. keating.or if youre slightly more daring大胆o captain, my captain. now let me dispel a few

37、 rumors, so they dont fester into facts. yes, l, too, attended hell-ton and have survived. and, no, at that time i was not the mental giant you see before you. i was the intellectual equivalent of a 98-pound weakling我的智识之低如同体重98磅者之弱. i would go to the beach, and people would kick copies of byron in

38、my face. now, mr. pitts? thats a rather unfortunate name. mr. pitts, where are you? mr. pitts? would you open your hymnal赞美诗集 to page 542 and read the first stanza诗节of the poem you find there?pitts: to the virgins to make much of time? 赠处女珍惜光阴 yes. thats the one. somewhat appropriate, isnt it? pitts

39、: gather ye rosebuds while ye may, 花开堪折直需折old time is still a-flying and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.thank you, mr pitts. gather ye rosebuds while ye (古)你们may. the latin term for that sentiment is carpe diem. now who knows what that means? meeks: carpe diem. thats seiz

40、e the day. very good, mr. . meeks. meeks. another unusual name. seize the day. gather ye rosebuds while ye may. why does the writer use these lines? charlie - because hes in a hurry.no, ding! thank you for playing anyway. because we are food for worms, lads. because, believe it or not, each and ever

41、y one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die. now i would like you to step forward over here and peruse some of the faces from the past. youve walked past them many times. i dont think youve really looked at them. theyre not that different from you, are they? same

42、haircuts, full of hormones, just like you. invincible, just like you feel. the world is their oyster. they believe theyre destined for great things, just like many of you. their eyes are full of hope, just like you. did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of 一点what

43、 they were capable? because you see, gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. but if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. go on, lean in. carpe. hear it? carpe. carpe. carpe diem. seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary. unit 3 four theories abo

44、ut romantic love a. helen fisher studied the chemistry of love (2004). when in love, the level of dopamine多巴胺,norepinephrine去甲肾上腺素and phenylethylamine苯基乙胺you release are higher than normal. dopamine is similar to an addictive drug, creating powerful links in your minds between pleasure and the objec

45、t of your affection, and making you crave the hit of your beloved again and again. high level of norepinephrine increases the experience of joy and reduces appetite. phenylethlyamine increases both physical and emotional energy. brain scans (fmri) of people in love also show that neural circuits ass

46、ociated with the way people assess others are suppressed. so you idealize your beloved ones. passionate love fades and is nearly gone after two or three years. biologically, maybe the neurons in brain become desensitized and the chemicals released return to normal level. now the lover may see flaws

47、and defects to which she was blind before, which may lead to the end of romantic relationship and marriage. rejection in love often cause violent emotions-protest, stress, panic, rage, lethargy, despondency, depression, etc. the agony of lost love is associated with abnormal dopamine level. broken-h

48、earted people need help to cope with this painful and dangerous experience (e.g. crimes of passion and love suicide).b. scott pecks definition of love (1978): the only foundation upon which real love can grow is a true acceptance of each others individuality and separateness. real love requires effo

49、rt. it is judicious giving and judicious withholding. it is judicious praising and judicious criticizing. it is judicious arguing, struggling, confronting, urging, in addition to comforting. love is an act of will: the will to extend ones self for the purpose of nurturing ones own and the beloved on

50、es spiritual growth. and one can only significantly foster anothers spiritual growth through deep commitment.c. sternbergs triangular theory of love (1986): sternberg proposes that love consists passion, intimacy and commitment. in different relationships the three components may vary in intensity.

51、within a relationship the relative emphasis of each component changes over time. these components may be combined to characterize eight kinds of love.intimacy is achieved through increasing levels of self disclosure of ones thoughts and feelings. both partners are understanding, open and supportive.

52、 they share some degree of overlap in their values, beliefs, interests. they are able to forgive and to show compassion and kindness to each other. passion is often based on the more external qualities of how the person looks and acts at first. it is typically most intense at the beginning of romanc

53、e when you dont know much about the person. as you get to know her/him better, and when the physical arousal aspects habituate, passion diminishes.commitment is the decision to stay with ones partner for life. both partners should be loyal to each other, be willing to put each others needs first and

54、 be willing to make personal sacrifices. d. avner zivs four-stage model of falling in love (1993): the first stage of attraction is influenced by past experiences and the partners physical attribute. in the second stage of examination, the partners examine their social and economic compatibility, th

55、eir intellectual compatibility (education and areas of interest), and their emotional compatibility (feeling of comfort with each other). both try to present their positive sides. in the third stage of self-revealing, intimacy is created when deeper thoughts and feelings, including negative sides, a

56、re revealed to the partner. if they understand and are empathic to each others vulnerabilities, the relationship continues. in the fourth stage of mutual expectations, each partner learns about the expectations of the other and makes a conscious effort to respond to these expectations in all areas (

57、economic, emotional, social, and sexual). if the needs and expectations of both partners are filled, the result is love.discussion1 do you insist that chemical reaction is a “must” for developing true love? 2 do you believe in lasting love? how to fight the four-year itch？3 in your opinion, how important are social, economic, intellectual, emotional, sexual comp