备战2020年高考英语桌面物品的摆放方式可揭示人格特征外刊精读与精练教案(5页)

1、你的桌面是乱七八糟还是整洁干净？英国一项心理学研究显示，桌上物品的摆放方式可备战2020年高考英语桌面物品的摆放方式可揭示人格特征外刊精读与精练教案What your desk says about you桌面物品的摆放方式可揭示人格特征语篇导读：以揭示人格特征。环境心理学家构思出了五种不同的“书桌人格类型”。 那么你属于哪种呢?是内向极简型、还是惬意杂乱型？我们来分析这五种书桌所展现的性格特征。Step 1 Vocabulary 词汇表spick and span非常整洁清爽的clutter杂乱不堪的物品、凌乱的环境extroverted性格外向的welcoming热情好客的hitch小问题

2、minimalist简约主义者polar opposite完全相反的一面，对立面 conscientious 一丝不苟的，非常认真的 disciplined守规矩的，有纪律性的 introvert性格内向的creep悄然移动aggressive咄咄逼人的，气势汹汹的territory 地盘trait个人品质，特征openness 坦率insecure不自信的、没有安全感的keep an eye out (for)留意，留心productive有成效的revealing暴露真相的crystallisation 缩影personality 性格Step 2 Reading and understa

3、ndingAre you the kind of person whose desk is always spick and span? Or is it a bit of a mess? How you organise your working space can say a lot about you. In fact, environmental psychologist (psychology) Lily Bernheimer developed five distinct "desk personality types" in a study commissio

4、ned by UK co-working firm Headspace Group. Which of them best reflects you?First up: are you "the clutterer"? Clutter means mess and Bernheimer says a clutterer's desk is likely to be colourful, chaotic and covered in trinkets. These people are usually more extrovertedandwelcoming, and

5、 love being at the "crossroads" of the office. The hitch is that they're often too busy to tidy up after themselves!Or perhaps you're "theminimalist"? A polar opposite to the clutterer, the minimalist has nothing unneccessary on his or her desk. These workers are often hi

6、ghlyconscientiousanddisciplined, if a little cautious. But Bernheimer says this does not necessarily mean they'introverts - they just love structure.Type three is "the expander". Personal space is very important to them, and it creepsever outwards, even if this is not a consciously agg

7、ressiveact. Berheimer says: "They may try to claim more and more territory for themselves by moving their coffee cup and their sandwich out further and further.""The personaliser" is our fourth type, and it-exp lansaqtouritye. Tsehlefse people customise theirspace with photos, me

8、mentos and personal objects. "A simple, stylish or unusual workspace tells people that you rehigh in the trait called 'openness', which means you're likely to be high in creativity, intellectuality and openness to new experience," says Bernheimer.And finally, there's "

9、the surveyor". These people feel insecurein the middle of the office, and seek out the quieter corners. From an evolutionary perspective, looking for well -protected spots from which to keep an eye out for potential threats makes sense. Surveyors are often introverted, but also highly productiv

10、e and creative, if given the space and support they need.Whichever type you are, making personal statements through presentation is deep in our nature, says Sam Gosling, professor of psychology at the University of Texas: "One of the reasons physical spaces, including one's office desks, ca

11、n be sorevealing is that they're essentially the crystallisation of a lot of behaviour over time."Step 3 测验与练习Task 1 阅读课文并回答问题。1. Which desk personality type is most likely to found in the middle of the room?Clutterers love being at the “ crossroadsof” an office. You remore likely to find t

12、hem in the middle of the room.2. Why does Prof Gosling believe desks can tell us a lot about personality?Prof Gosling believes desks allow us to see the results of how a person behavesin a working environment over a long period of time.3. Why do surveyors sit at the edge of an office?Surveyors are i

13、ntroverted and feel insecure when they are at the centre of an office.4. Which word means inexpensive, small decorations ?Trinkets.5. How do expanders increase their personal space?Expanders move their personal belongings further and further outwards from their own desk space.Task 2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下

14、列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。1. Mark and Mary are . They can never agree about anything.A. extroverted B. introverted C. expanders D. polar opposites2. Looking at a person's wardrobe can be very . You can learn a lot about someone fromtheir clothes.A. revealing B. insecure C. welcoming D. crystallisi

15、ng3. Susie is incredibly . She gets up at 6am every day for a swim, without fail.A. introverted B. hard working C. disciplined D. conscientious4. The meeting wasn't at all. We achieved absolutely nothing in three hours.A. welcoming B. revealing C. productive D. aggressive5. My room is always . I

16、 clean it every single morning.A. chaotic B. spick and span C. cluttered D. a messTask 3 语法填空Are you the kind of person whose desk is always spick and span? Or is it a bit of a mess? How you organise your working space can say a lot about you. In fact, environmental _1(psychology) Lily Bernheimer de

17、veloped five distinct "desk _2(personal) types" in astudy commissioned by UK co-working firm Headspace Group. Which of _3best reflectsyou?First up: are you "the clutterer"? Clutter means mess and Bernheimer says a clutterer's desk is likely to be_4 (color), chaotic and covere

18、d in trinkets. These people are usuallymore extrovertedandwelcoming, and love being at the "crossroads" of the office. The hitch is that they're often too busy _5(tidy) up after themselves!Or perhaps you're "the minimalist"? A polar oppositeto the clutterer, the minimalis

19、t has _6 unneccessary on his or her desk. These workers are often_7(high) conscientiousanddisciplined, if a little cautious. But Bernheimer says this does not necessarily mean they'rentroverts - they just love structure.Type three is "the expander". Personal space is very important to

20、them, and it creepsever outwards, even _8this is not a consciouslyaggressiveact. Berheimer says: "They may try toclaim more and more territory for _9 (them) by moving their coffee cup and theirsandwich out further and further.""The personaliser" is our fourth type, and it-exp lan

21、saqtouritye. Tsehlefse people customise theirspace with photos, mementos and _10 (person) objects. "A simple, stylish or unusualworkspace tells people that you re high inthe trait _11(call) 'openness', _12means you're likely to be high in creativity, intellectuality and openness to new experience," says Bernheimer.And finally, there's "the surveyor". These people feel _13(secure)in the middle ofthe office, and seek out the quieter corners. From an evolutionary perspective, looking _14well-protected spots from which to