大学英语精读课件 上册Unit One

《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版·上)中国人民大学出版社UnitOneYouAreWhatYouThink1.Text2.Exercises3.SupplementaryReadingYouAreWhatYouThinkAndifyouchangeyourmind—frompessimismtooptimism—youcanchangeyourlifeClaipeSafranTranslationMenudoughnutn..炸面圈clichén.ideaorexpressionthathasbeentoomuchusedandisnowoutdated;stereotypedphrase;triteexpression陈腔滥调scrutinizev..makeadetailedexaminationof细查，详审；审视Menu[1]Doyouseetheglassashalffullratherthanhalfempty?Doyoukeepyoureyeuponthedoughnut﹡,notuponthehole?Suddenlytheseclichés﹡arescientificquestions,asresearchersscrutinize﹡thepowerofpositivethinking.Translation[2]Afast-growingbodyofresearch—104studiessofar,involvingsome15000people—isprovingthatoptimism﹡canhelpyoutobehappier,healthierandmoresuccessful.Pessimism﹡leads,bycontrast,tohopelessness,sicknessandfailure,andislinkedtodepression﹡,lonelinessandpainfulshyness.optimism※n.beliefthatintheendgoodwilltriumphoverevil;tendencytolookuponthebrightsideofthings;confidenceinsuccess乐观；乐观主义pessimism※n.tendencytobelievethattheworstthingismostlikelytohappen,thateverythingisessentiallyevil悲观；悲观主义depression※n.beingsad;lowspirit沮丧，抑郁Menu"Ifwecouldteachpeopletothinkmorepositively,"sayspsychologist﹡CraigA.AndersonofRiceUniversity①inHouston②，"itwouldbelikeinoculatingthemagainstthesementalills."psychologistn.心理学家，研究心理学者MenuTranslation[3]"Yourabilitiescount,"explainspsychologistMichaelF.Scheier①ofCarnegieMellonUniversity②

inPittsburgh③,"butthebeliefthatyoucansucceedaffectswhetherornotyouwill."Inpart﹡,that'sbecauseoptimistsandpessimistsdealwiththesamechallengesanddisappointmentsinverydifferentways.inpart:tosomeextent在某种程度上MenuTranslation[4]Take,forexample,yourjob.Inamajorstudy,psychologistMartinE.P①.SeligmanoftheUniversityofPennsylvania②

andcolleaguePeterSchulmansurveyedsalesrepresentativesattheMetropolitan﹡LifeInsuranceCo.Theyfoundthatthepositive-thinkersamonglongtimerepresentativessold37-percentmoreinsurancethandidthenegative-thinkers.Ofnewlyhiredrepresentatives,optimistssold20-percentmore.metropolitan※adj.oforinacapitalcity大城市的，大都会的，首府的MenuTranslation[5]Impressed,thecompanyhired100peoplewhohadfailedthestandardindustrytest

buthadscoredhighonoptimism.Thesepeople,whomightneverhavebeenhired,sold10percentmoreinsurancethandidtheaveragerepresentative.MenuTranslation[6]Howdidtheydoit?Thesecrettoanoptimist'ssuccess,accordingtoSeligman,isinhis"explanatorystyle".Whenthingsgowrongthepessimisttendstoblamehimself."I'mnogoodatthis,"hesays,"Ialwaysfail."Theoptimistlooksforloopholes﹡.Heblamestheweather,thephoneconnection﹡,eventheotherperson.loopholen.wayofescapefromcontrol,esp.oneprovidedbycarelessandinexactwordingofarule（因措词欠妥而造成的法规上的）漏洞connection※n.joiningorbeingjoined;pointwheretwothings连接；连接点；连接物MenuThatcustomerwasinabadmood,hethinks.Whenthingsgoright,theoptimisttakescredit﹡whilethepessimistseessuccessasafluke﹡.credit※n.honour,approval,goodnameorreputation荣誉；赞许；好名声fluken.somethingresultingfromafortunateaccident;luckystroke侥幸的结果；侥幸MenuTranslation[7]CraigAndersonhadagroupofstudentsphonestrangersandaskthemtodonate﹡bloodtotheRedCross

.Whentheyfailedonthefirstcallortwo,pessimistssaid,"Ican'tdothis."Optimiststoldthemselves,"Ineedtotryadifferentapproach."[8]Negativeorpositive,itwasaself-fulfillingprophecy﹡."Ifpeoplefeelhopeless,"saysAnderson,"theydon'tbothertoacquiretheskillstheyneedtosucceed."donatev.give(eg

money)toacharity,etc.;contribute捐赠；赠送prophecy△n.poweroftellingwhatwillhappeninthefuture;statementthattellswhatwillhappen预言能力；预言MenuTranslation[9]Asenseofcontrol,accordingtoAnderson,isthelitmus﹡test

forsuccess.Theoptimistfeelsincontrolofhisownlife.Ifthingsaregoingbadly,heactsquickly,lookingforsolutions,forminganewplanofaction,andreachingoutforadvice.Thepessimistfeelslikefate'splaything﹡andmovesslowly.Hedoesn'tseekadvice,sinceheassumesnothingcanbedone.litmusn.bluecolouring-matterthatisturnedredbyacidandthenrestoredbyalkali;materialstainedwithlitmususedasatestforacidsandalkalis石蕊；试验酸和碱用的石蕊试纸playthingn.toy;(fig.)somebodytreatedasameretoy玩具；（喻）被玩弄取乐的人；玩物MenuTranslation[10]Optimistsmaythinktheyarebetterthanthefactswouldjustify—andsometimesthat'swhatkeepsthemalive.Dr.SandraLevyofthePittsburghCancerInstitutestudiedwomenwithadvancedbreast﹡cancer.Forthewomenwhoweregenerallyoptimistic,therewasalongerdisease-freeinterval,thebestpredictorofsurvival.Inapilotstudyofwomenintheearlystagesofbreastcancer,Dr.Levyfoundthediseaserecurred﹡sooneramongthepessimists.breast※n.eitherofthemilk-producingpartsofawoman;chest;upperfrontpartofthehumanbody乳房；胸膛；胸部recurv.comeorhappenagain;berepeated再来；再发生；重复

MenuTranslation[11]Optimismwon'tcuretheincurable,butitmaypreventillness.Inalongtermstudy,researchersexaminedthehealthhistoriesofagroupofHarvardgraduates,allofwhomwereinthetophalfoftheirclassandinfinephysicalcondition.Yetsomewerepositivethinkers,andsomenegative.Twentyyearslater,thereweremoremiddle-agediseases—hypertension﹡,diabetes﹡,heartailments﹡—amongthepessimiststhantheoptimists.hypertensionn.highbloodpressure高血压diabetesn.diseaseofthepancreasinwhichsugarandstarchyfoodscannotbeproperlyabsorbed糖尿病ailmentn.illness疾病

MenuTranslation[12]Manystudiessuggestthatthepessimist'sfeelingofhelplessnessundermines﹡thebody'snaturaldefenses,theimmune﹡system.Dr.ChristopherPeterson①oftheUniversityofMichigan②hasfoundthatthepessimistdoesn'ttakegoodcareofhimself.underminev.weakenatthebase;weakengradually使从基础损坏；逐渐削弱或损坏immune※adj.exemptfromorprotectedagainstsomethingdisagreeableorharmful;notsusceptibletosomespecifieddiseasebecauseofthepresenceofthespecificantibodies免除的；安全的；免疫的MenuFeelingpassiveandunabletododge﹡life'sblows,heexpectsillhealthandothermisfortunes﹡,nomatterwhathedoes.Hemunches﹡onjunk﹡food，avoidsexercise,ignoresthedoctor,hasanotherdrink.dodgev.movequicklytooneside,changepositionordirection,inordertoescapeoravoidsomething;avoid(duties,etc.)bycunningortrickery躲闪，躲避，逃避misfortune※n.badluck;unfortunateaccidentorhappening不幸；灾祸；不幸事故munchv.chewwithmuchmovementofthejaw用力咀嚼；大声咀嚼junkn.old,discardedthingsoflittleornovalue破烂物MenuTranslation[13]Mostpeopleareamixofoptimismandpessimism,butareinclinedinonedirectionortheother.Itisapatternofthinkinglearned“atyourmother‘sknee”，saysSeligman.Itgrowsoutofthousandsofcautions﹡orencouragements,negativestatementsorpositiveones.Toomany“don’ts”andwarningsofdangercanmakeachildfeelincompetent,fearful—andpessimistic.caution※n.warningwords;takingcare;payingattention(toavoiddangerormakingmistakes)警告；小心；谨慎MenuTranslation[14]Astheygrow,childrenexperiencesmalltriumphs﹡,suchaslearningtotieshoelaces﹡.Parentscanhelpturnthesesuccessesintoasenseofcontrol,andthatbreedsoptimism.triumph△n.(joyorsatisfactionata)successorvictory成功；胜利；成功或胜利的喜悦shoelace※n.cordforfasteningtheedgesofashoe’suppers鞋带MenuTranslation[15]Pessimismisahardhabittobreak—butitcanbedone.Inaseriesoflandmark﹡studies,Dr.CarolDweck①oftheUniversityofIllinois②hasbeenworkingwith﹡childrenintheearlygradesofschool.landmarkn.objectthatmarkstheboundaryofapieceofland;(fig.)event,discovery,change,etc.thatmarksastageorturning-point界标；(喻)划时代的大事、发现等；里程碑workwith(someone):spendtimeandefforttryingtohelp(someone)insomeway对(某人)做工作以帮助MenuAsshehelpsfloundering﹡studentstochangetheexplanationsfortheirfailures—from"Imustbedumb﹡"to"Ididn'tstudyhardenough“—theiracademicperformanceimproves.flounderv.makeviolentandusuallyvainefforts(aswhenoneisindeepwaterandunabletoswim);(fig.)hesitate,makemistakes,whentryingtodosomething挣扎；(喻)踌躇或胡乱地做事dumbadj.unabletospeak;(UScolloquial)stupid;dull哑的；(美口)笨的；愚蠢的MenuTranslation[16]Pittsburgh'sDr.Levywonderedifturningpatientsintooptimistswouldlengthentheirlives.Inapilotstudy,twogroupsofcolon﹡-cancerpatientsweregiventhesamemedicaltreatment,butsomewerealsogivenpsychologicalhelptoencourageoptimism.Resultsshowedthatthisworked.Nowamajorstudyisplannedtodeterminewhetherthispsychological﹡changecanalterthecourseofthedisease.colonn.lowerandgreaterpartofthelargeintestine结肠psychological※adj.ofthemind;mental心理的MenuTranslation[17]So,ifyou'reapessimist,there'sreasonforoptimism.Youcanchange.Here'show,saysSteveHollon①,apsychologistatVanderbiltUniversity②:[18]1.Paycarefulattentiontoyourthoughtswhenbadthingshappen.Writedownthefirstthingthatcomestomind,uneditedanduncensored﹡.censor△v.examinebooks,periodicals,films,etc.tocutoutanythingregardedasimmoralorinotherwaysundesirable检查并删剪(书刊、电影等)被认为不当的部分MenuTranslation[19]2.Nowtryanexperiment.Dosomethingthat'scontrarytoanynegativereactions.Let'ssaysomethinghasgonewrongatwork.Doyouthink,Ihatemyjob,butIcouldnevergetabetterone?Actasifthatweren'tso.Sendoutresumés.Gotointerviews.Lookintotrainingandcheckjobleads.MenuTranslation[20]3.Keeptrackofwhathappens.Wereyourfirstthoughtsrightorwrong?"Ifyourthoughtsareholdingyouback,changethem,"saysHollon."It'strialanderror,noguarantees,butgiveyourselfachance."MenuTranslation[21]Positivethinkingleadstopositiveaction,andreaction.Whatyouexpectfromtheworld,theevidencesuggests,iswhatyou'relikelytoget.MenuTranslationExercises

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D.dejection10.Hewasneverabletoenjoythemetropolitandelightsofcinemasandtheatres.artistic B.modern C.urban D.variousMenuAnswersⅡ.VocabularyB.Choosethecorrectanswer.Onlyoneansweriscorrect.11.Hequickly_____behindthebuildingtoavoidbeinghurtbythestonesthrowninhisdirection.eluded B.evaded C.escaped D.dodged12.Hisdislikeofthecoursemayprovetobea_____barrierhecannotovercome.Biological B.ideological C.spiritual D.psychologicalAnswersMenuⅡ.VocabularyB.Choosethecorrectanswer.Onlyoneansweriscorrect.13.AstheCupFinalwasdrawingcloser,theinjuryofthebestplayerwasa_____forthewholeteam.misdemeanour B.mistrust C.misfortune D.mischief14.Thebestsolutiontotheproblemcanonlybefoundbyaprocessoftrialand_____.error B.mistake C.success D.experimentMenuAnswersⅡ.VocabularyB.Choosethecorrectanswer.Onlyoneansweriscorrect.15.Hethoughtthathemightbeabletoavoidpayingsomeofhistaxesbytakingadvantageofthe______inthelaw.A.circles B.loopholesC.exceptions 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