《大学英语》教材课件.pptVIP

What do you think are the determining forces in shaping human nature? ------ genes, family, parenting, schooling, peers, socioeconomic factors… Rank these forces in descending order of importance & explain why. In which way do you judge a person? ---by your instinct ---by his or her appearance ---by his or her speech ---by his or her behaviors ---by the people he or she usually stays with ---by others’ opinions . . . In which way do you judge a person? It is not an easy job to give a fair judgment to a person. We all know we shall not judge a person only by appearance, but in the real world, we can hardly avoid doing this unconsciously. 有一对其貌不扬，穿着土气的夫妇来到哈佛大学的校园，来到校长办公室的外厅......秘书一眼便看出这对夫妇来自乡下。他们显然与这间最高学府豪不相配！“应该是找错了地方！”秘书皱起眉头......那位先生缓缓地说：“我们想见校长”。“哦，他一整天都很忙哦”秘书想把他们给打发了；妇人回答说：“没有关系，我们可以等！” 几个钟头过去了，秘书没有理会他们；希望他们会不耐烦的自动离开。但是，他们没有走。最后，秘书沉不住气了，只好向校长通报。他对校长说：“可能他们和你见个面后，就会愿意离开了。”校长叹了一口气，同意见见他们。像他这样重要的人物，显然不可能为他们而浪费时间！不过，他不愿意让“褪色的裙衫”和“起毛的西装”破坏校长办公室外厅的形象。他板着脸，昂首阔步地走向这对夫妇...... 妇人向他说：“我们有个儿子，在哈佛读过一年书，他很喜欢哈佛，在这里很快乐！可是一年前，他出了意外过世了。我们夫妇想为他在校园立个纪念。”校长略感意外，但他并没有因此被打动；于是他不耐烦的回答说：“夫人，我们不能为每个上过哈佛而过世的学生立起纪念碑！如果这样做的话，校园就会成为墓园了！”“哦，不是的！”妇人赶紧解释；“我们不是要立一个纪念碑，不是要立一个石像；而是想送一栋建筑物给哈佛。” 校长一面打量这对穿着褪色裙衫、起毛西装的夫妇，一面大声说：“别傻了！你至少要捐500万美金才够啊！” 校长颇为自得，认为这下子可以让他们知难而退了！没想到老太太转向先生，小声的说：“啊？办大学，只需要这一点钱吗？我们何不自己来办一所呢？”他先生点点头。 校长满面错愕！不知道是怎么一回事...... 史丹佛夫妇站起来，走了出去。后来，他们到了加州，用自己的名字盖了一所大学，这座建于1885年的名校，便是为了纪念一位哈佛所不在意的学生。这所大学就是今天著名的“史丹佛大学”！ In which way do you judge a person? By reading Text A in this unit, we’ll again realize that appearance sometimes is deceptive and how correct it is that we shall not judge a person only by appearance. True or False The narrator believes that people’s first impression of a person are always right. 2. Edward Burton was a businessman, strong and fat. 3. People could easily tell Edward Burton’s age and status from the way he was dressed. True or False 4. I spent a few days in Yokohama doing business with E