Unit 15
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best describes the auther’s tone throughout the passage.
A. As the text is taken from a cour book in psychology, the author is suppod to abopt a very objective and scientific tone for the sake of reliability and
authority.And he actually does so by citing numerous rearches throughout the text
and making tentative asrtions.
II. Judge. according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
happineess
1. F. Money has a weak correlation with the subjective feeling of
becau even the rich and affluent may often be troubled by a lack of money given the age of“voracious consumption”we live in today.
one’s actual
2. T. Intelligence and educational achievement have little to do with
feeling of happiness according to the studies cited in Paragraph 7.
3. T. Though good health ems to be an esntial factor of happiness, people tend to take it for granted if they enjoy good health. Health means more to tho that are plagued by rious,disabling health conditions.
4. F. Though marital status is, perhaps, the most important correlate of happiness, rearchers cannot decide whether there is any causal relationship between them, i.e. , whether it is good marriage that brings happiness or vice versa.
III. Answer the following questions.
1. According to the definitions of individualism and collectivism, China is a collective solciety becau in a traditional Chine society, group goals are put ahead
of personal goals and one’s identity is defined according to the group one belongs to.
A key determinant of happiness in such a society is relatinship harmony for one depends on the the other members of the groups for the formation of his identities and the recognition of his values . Relationship harmony plays a less important role for people living in individualistic society.
2. Tere is a strong correlation between work and happiness (work is the most important determinant of happiness next to love and marriage),But scientists cannot decidewhether it is work that brings happiness or happy peuole tend to work well.One thing for sure is they have a mutual effect on each other.
3. Happiness does not depend as much on extemal circumstances as on one’s interpretation of the external circumstances. In conclusion, the author reminds us of the fact that the determinants of happiness are subjective and objective realities are not as important as subjective feelings. That’s why the extemal circumstances are considered less impolrtant than our interpretation of the extemal circumstances in our feeling of happiness .
4. Open for discussion.
IV. Explain in your own words the following ntences taken form the text.
1. It is hard to find out whether job satisfaction caus happiness or happiness leads to job satisfaction, but it is suggested that either of them has an effect on the other .
2. Nothing, such as misfortune, weakness, difficulty, or insufficiencu, can make it impolssible for a person to achieve happiness unless he suffers he suffers from a fatal dia .
Structural analysis of the text
The writer organizes the findings in a logical order, according to the degree of importance. He starts with tho factors htat have little impact on happiness, goes on with tho that are moderately important and eads with tho very important factors. Rhetorical features of the text
We can find two sources, namely, (Myers & Diener, 1995) and (Diener et al. , 1993)in Pargraph 3 and another two sources in Paragraph 4, which are (Inglehart, 1990; Myers & Diener, 1997).
Vocabulary exercis
I. Explain the underlined part in each ntence in your own words .
1. picking out… as an imporant part
the degree of a positive and pleasant mood
2. spending spree age
meet with an insufficiency of incomes
3. change by soft degrees
more important
4. Considering /Taking……into account
4. Considering /Taking
5. helping them judge or consider eventual death in a wi and reasonable way
我的国庆假期II. Fill in the blank in each ntence with a word taken from the box
in the proper form.
1. hassle
2. conjecture
3. empirical
4. hypothes
5. attributed
6.gleaned
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8. stereotypes
III . Fill in the bland in each ntence with an appropriate phrasal verb olr collocation taken from the text .
1. balance out
2. sorting out
3. account for
4. adapt to
5. turn out
6. contribute to
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IV. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words .
1. admittance/admission
2. inconsistency
3. accountable
4. trumphantly
5. affluence
6. instability
V. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
1. endure
2. erveal your real mental state
3. mentioned
4. respected
5. accept
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about
Grammar exercis
I. Note the u of the italicized parts in the folllolwing ntences.
The negative form of “as … as” is “not as… as” or “not so … as,” But “so” may not be ud(1) after the comtracted form such as “isn’t,” “don’t,” (2) when there are other lexical items in between the negative word and “as…as” construction. E.g. : Sue does not act as quickly as Sue . However, when adverbs with negative meanings are ud directly before the comparative construction,”so” is usually acceptable.
II. Turn the following into the negative.
1. I have never en anyone as/so happy as Mary.
not as / so tall as his father .
2. Johon isn’t as tall as his father . / John in 谢馨仪
3. Michael does not swim as well as paul .
4. Michael does not swim nearly as/so well as Paul.
5. There is nothing quite as/so satisfying as undergoing a difficult process and
after ling hard worek discovering the true nature of that process .接待礼仪培训
6. He is not as/so wi as he is witty .
III. Complete the following ntences with the appropriate verb forms.
1. flows
2. are unfounded
3. were
4. get
5. come
6. be
7. make
8. invest
IV. Complete the following ntences with the appropriate verb forms.
1. shake
2. to do,(to) wait, to let
3. standing
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4. finding
5. take, make, drink
6. leave
7. being spoken
8. be, look
V. Make ntences of your own after the ntences given below , keeping the
underlined parts in your ntences .
1. Given that a prospective student is bombarded by prospectus, lecting a sutitale cour is not easy.
Given the opportunity he might well have become an outstanding cartoonist.
2. He proves to be very productive when given the chance .
Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled.
Translation exercis
I. Translate the following ntences into English , using the words or phras given in the brackets .
1. The speech made by prfessor Zhang highighted the importance of the solid
foundation in learning English .
2. It is believed that there is a correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
3. Admittedly , he has courage and stamina which we lack .
4. We should try to e things in their true perspective.
5. I trust him, becau what he says is always consistent with what he does .
6. Both of them are in perfect harmony despite the great disparity in age.
7. Everyone has the right to happiness regardless of their age, x ,or color.
8. Relative to the city of New York ,the town on the a is very small.
II. Translate the following passage into Chine.
关于幸福，人们有着不同的观点。有些因素，人们或许会认为有影响力，实
山东最好的大学际上与幸福没有很大的关系，这些因素中最为常见的是金钱、年龄和性别。但是，有些因素则有点重要，它们包括健康和社会活动。健康的身体可能是幸福的一个必备条件，然而，许多人尽管身染疾病，仍然没法过着幸福的生活。因为人是社会动物，会动物，所以他们的友谊网络有助于他们的幸福。所以他们的友谊网络有助于他们的幸福。所以他们的友谊网络有助于他们的幸福。文章作者认为，文章作者认为，文章作者认为，幸福的最重要幸福的最重要的因素是爱、工作和性格。大部分人同意，没有爱的生活是痛苦的。工作中获得成功是幸福的主要源泉之一。成功是幸福的主要源泉之一。说来奇怪，说来奇怪，说来奇怪，有些人似乎命里注定是幸福的，有些人似乎命里注定是幸福的，有些人似乎命里注定是幸福的，而另一而另一些人则命里注定是不幸福的，这和一个人的性格很有关系。
Exercis for integrated skills
I. Dictation.
The Perfect Society
