UNIT 9 What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
Teaching Time: 8 hours
Students’level: non-English majors of the cond mester of the 1st year.
Teaching Objectives:
1.Intelligence means more than getting high score in the IQ test, enhancing intelligence should be interpreted as an integrative development.
1)How to interpret “the well-educated can't he very smart”.
2)How to interpret “intelligence is not absolute”.
3)Tell the difference between “intelligent” and “smart”.
luckyguy4)Know about the inequality between “high scores”and “highly intelligent”.
2.About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the ction.
Words: academic, aptitude, determine, devi, dumb, estimate, evaluation, explore, figure, grant, hasten, highly, joke, normal, register, similar, simply, uneasy, worthy
Phras & Expressions: make a fuss over/of, worthy of, make up，by one’s estimate, take sth. for granted, go wrong, pick out, , for sure Grammar: word order, combining ntences
3.About the reading, Ss should acquire the reading skill—understanding
the figurative language.truly madly deeply
4.About the writing, Ss should get to grasp the skill of transition.
5.About the listening, Ss finish Unit 9 directed by the teacher. Teaching Procedures:
I.Pre-reading Activities
1. Background information: author, intelligence test, I.Q., aptitude test
2. Introductory remarks:
It is hard to answer the question raid by Asimov. There can be quite a few different answers to it. A
s we know, somebody who scores high on paper tests might work poorly with his hands. Someone who may not be a top student at school succeeds in a career after school. He is not intelligent but smart. The author of this article is highly educated. But is he really intelligent? Let's e what his interpretation is.
3.Warm-up questions
(1) What is an intelligence test?
(2) Some people maintain that IQ tests are just for fun. Others argue that they are indeed testing man’s intelligence. What’s your opinion?
(3) Do you agree that the more education one receives, the more intelligent he becomes?
(4) What other factors besides IQ do you think are equally or even more important for a person to be successful? Give your reasons.
4.Key words and expressions:
1)aptitude:
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natural ability or skill
Example: She has an aptitude for dealing with people.
Make the students notice the spelling form of following three words: aptitude; altitude; attitude
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2)figure:
a) number, symbol for a number, esp. 0 to 9
Example: She got a starting salary of six figures.
b) shape or outline of sb. or sth.
Example: 1 saw a figure 20 feet away from me in the dim street light. c) important person
Example: The young students argued over who was the most influential figure in the 20th century.
d) human form
Example: The fashion model exercis daily to keep her figure.
e) diagram; drawing to illustrate sth.
threatExample: The figures in the book will help you understand the theories better.
3)register:
a)v. write in a list or record
Example: The old church hooks registered all the births, marriages and deaths in this small town.
b)n. record or list
Example: You might find some Chine names on the US immigration register of the 19lh century.
4)highly:
in or to a high degree
Example: It is highly probable that he changed his name to avoid being tracked down by the police.
5)worthy of:
derving
Examples: a worthy enemy a worthy cau
He is a poet worthy of the name.
The place is worthy of a visit.
6)explore:
a)arch or examine thoroughly
Example: To write his graduation paper the sociology student explored all the major libraries in the city.
b)travel into or through a region for the purpo of learning about it Example: A robot was recently nt to explore the surface of Mars.
7)suppo:
I suggest; if
Example: Suppo we put off the meeting till next week.
8)foist on:
impo upon by coercion or trickery
Example: Stores should not foist defective goods on customers.
9)whereupon:
upon that; immediately following that
Example: The unsuspecting teacher pulled out the drawer; whereupon, a dozen frogs leaped out.
10)for sure:
without doubt; for certain, surely or certainly
Example: I did not know for sure which bus to take.
< I also heard that he was involved in the matter but do you know it for sure?
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b) <t phras> sure enough to be sure make sure
< Sure enough, he won the race.
He's not bright, to be sure, but he always works hard.
To make sure that the letter was delivered to the address, I registered it.
四级考试作文11. normal :
a) (n.) the usual state or level
< Sam was scolded becau he hot a score below normal in the English mid-term exam.
b) (adj.) usual, regular
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< His behaviors do not em normal to me.
