Unit 1 Personality Outline: Section one: PreparationPreparation Section two: Reading In-Class Reading: The Misery of Shyness After-Class reading: on pessimism and optimism Section three: language skills Part III: more Vocabulary practicemore Vocabulary practice Part IV: translation practicetranslation practice

Preparation Personality: vocabulary Personality : FAQ Personality traits: to control or to be controlled Back to contents

Personality: Vocabulary Part One: 11 Part One: 22

Personality : FAQ Personality refers to… All the personal and moral characteristics that determine the way a person thinks, feels, and acts in his or her social and personal relations. Personality: nature or nurture? Most research tends to suggest that our basic personality is inherited but many factors shape and mould our personality as we mature. Why personality matters? For one thing, certain aspects of their personalities constitute drawbacks in their relationships with other people. (positive & negative) For another, in recent years, various studies have shown that health and personality are interrelated. How to utilize knowledge about personality? Therapy / disease curing / psychology ……

Personality traits: to control or to be controlled In-class reading: The Misery of ShynessThe Misery of Shyness After-class reading: (on optimism and pessimism) I: Two Ways of Looking at Life II: You Are What You Think Shyness, optimism / pessimism ~~~how they can magically define you and incredibly destroy you. back

Part one: 1 – keys 1.Gentle 2.Dedicated 3.Considerate 4.Adventurous 5.Calm 6.Aggressive 7.Critical 8.Energetic 9.Selfish 10.Ambitious 11.Self-confident 12. Easygoing 13. Truthful 14. Outgoing 15. Frank 16. Sensitive 17. Bossy 18. Patient 19. Talkative 20. Persuasive 21. Sympathetic 22. Emotional Back

The Misery of Shyness In-Class Reading

Two beginning questions Can you accept yourself as a shy person for a lifelong time? Do you accept shyness from a lifelong friend?  why and how why and how

Go into the passage read Para 1: find out the two key words read Para 2-3: confident people / shy people: how their lives are like -How are they influenced by other people? -How do they react to criticism / compliment? read para 4: summarize the main information you get read para 5-15: find out your favorite tip—the one that resonates (echo) in you read para 16: conclusion

Further exploring into shyness read a short passage:  Shyness: a withdraw from “others” ----relationships & egoism  shyness: a self-rejection ---how to build a strong self / how to make self improvements?

Language “New Words” list “Phrases and Expression” list “self-” expressions (see note 1 P14 )  Assignment: Vocab E4 & Translation read the whole passage for more times ---- E2/3 on P E 1 on P16 Back to contents

Pessimism and Optimism --After-Class Reading Passage I: Two Ways of Looking at Life Passage II: You Are What You Think  Students’ questions first Students’ questions first  Other key points

teamwork: an overview on pessimists and optimists (optional) E5 P42 Back to contents Get to conclude your own personality, and tell whether you are more like a pessimist or optimist.

recommendation Ugly Betty -----An optimist’s storyAn optimist’s story

Part III: E1: enriching Your Word Power

Part IV: Translation  谓语的语态：主动 / 被动 谓语的语态：主动 / 被动  英译汉：被动语态的翻译： P43-45  汉译英：被动语态的翻译： P45-46  Practices Practices

A minute for you to think: I’ve learned some words and got to know how to use them? I can now read most of the sentences/words fluently? Sure I can tell people how to overcome shyness when I have to? Sure I’ve got some advice for pessimists. At one point I was thinking that my mother is a pessimist. I started to know that English and Chinese are two languages from two independent systems and translation is not as mechanic as replace black with white.