《新融合大学英语综合教程》2拓展材料Unit4拓展材料

Unit4PartIPre-readingSectionCRecitationDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandtrytoreciteit.APerson’SurnamesCanInfluenceTheirChoiceofCareerAperson’ssurnamecaninfluencetheirchoiceofcareer,expertsbelieve.Scientistsareexploringthetheorythatpeoplearedrawntocertaintradesandprofessionsbasedontheconnotationsoftheirsurnames.ThephenomenoncanbeobservedamongfamousfiguressuchastheWorldchampionsprinterUsainBoltorthe18thcenturypoetWilliamWordsworth.However,seriousresearchisnowbeingdedicatedtotheconcept–knownasnominativedeterminism–toexplainwhyitoccurs.NewScientistmagazinecoinedthetermafterobservingthatthesubjectmatterofaseriesofsciencebooksandarticlesborerelevancetotheauthors

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surnames.JohnHoyland,themagazine’sfeedbackeditor,said:“Areadtotellrwroteinmethatthey’dcomeacrossapaperonincontinenceintheBritishJournalofUrologywhichwaswrittenbyJWSplattandDWeedon.“Ihadnoticed,asithappens,onthesamedayintheoffice,abookonthearcticcalledPolePositions:ThePolarRegionsandtheFutureofthePlanet,byDanielSnowman.“ThesetwothingswenttogetherinmymindandIthoughtthere’somethinggoingonhere.〞Researchisnowbeingundertakeninsearchofanexplanationforthephenomenon.ApaperintheJournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychologyhasconcludedthatpeoplearedisproportionatelylikelyto“choosecareerswhoselabelsresembletheirnames〞.ThepaperentitledWhySusieSellsSeashellsbytheSeashore:ImplicitEgotismandMajorLifeDecisionscitesthedisproportionatenumberofdentistscalledDeniseorDennisasanexampleofthetrend.AuthorsBrettPelham,MatthewMirenbergandJohnJonesconcludedthatthephenomenonoccursbecausepeople“preferngsthithatareconnectedtotheself(forexample,thelettersinone'sname)〞.SectionDMoreFunDirections:Appreciatethequotations.Behavioralresearchdisclosesthathumanrelationsatworkarejusteasier,perhapsbecausetheyaremoreregularandpredictableandthussimplertoadjusttothanthesporadic,themoreintenseandlessregularrelationshipinthecommunity.—Leonard,Britishwriter行为科学研究提示，工作中人与人之间较好相处。这也许是由于工作上的人际关系较有规律，而在社会上，人与人之间的关系是断断续续的，比较紧张，并且也较罕有规律可循。——英国作家列奥纳塞·塞尔斯Everyman’swork,whetheritbeliteratureofmusicofpicturesorarchitectureofanythingelse,isalwaysaportraitofhimself.—SamuelBrtler,Americaneducator每一个人的工作，不论是文学、音乐、美术、建筑仍是其余工作，都是自己的一幅画像。——美国教育家塞缪尔·巴特勒3.Happiness,Ihavediscovered,isnearlyalwaysareboundfromhardwork.—DavidGrayson,Americanjournalist我发现，勤劳工作的酬劳几乎老是幸福。——美国记者大卫·格雷森Idonotlikework–nomandoes–butIlikewhatisinthework–thechancetofindyourself.—ConradJoseph,Britishnovelist我不喜爱工作——没有人会喜爱工作。可是我喜爱在所从事的工作中——找到发现自己的机遇。---英国小说家康拉德·约瑟夫Inorderthatpeoplemaybehappyintheirwork,thesethingsareneeded:theymustbefitforit;theymustnotdomuchofit