《新融合大學(xué)英語綜合教程》2拓展材料Unit4拓展材料

Unit4PartIPre-readingSectionCRecitationDirections:Readthefollowingpassageandtrytoreciteit.APerson’SurnamesCanInfluenceTheirChoiceofCareerAperson’ssurnamecaninfluencetheirchoiceofcareer,expertsbelieve.Scientistsareexploringthetheorythatpeoplearedrawntocertaintradesandprofessionsbasedontheconnotationsoftheirsurnames.ThephenomenoncanbeobservedamongfamousfiguressuchastheWorldchampionsprinterUsainBoltorthe18thcenturypoetWilliamWordsworth.However,seriousresearchisnowbeingdedicatedtotheconcept–knownasnominativedeterminism–toexplainwhyitoccurs.NewScientistmagazinecoinedthetermafterobservingthatthesubjectmatterofaseriesofsciencebooksandarticlesborerelevancetotheauthors

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surnames.JohnHoyland,themagazine’sfeedbackeditor,said:“Areadtotellrwroteinmethatthey’dcomeacrossapaperonincontinenceintheBritishJournalofUrologywhichwaswrittenbyJWSplattandDWeedon.“Ihadnoticed,asithappens,onthesamedayintheoffice,abookonthearcticcalledPolePositions:ThePolarRegionsandtheFutureofthePlanet,byDanielSnowman.“ThesetwothingswenttogetherinmymindandIthoughtthere’somethinggoingonhere.〞Researchisnowbeingundertakeninsearchofanexplanationforthephenomenon.ApaperintheJournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychologyhasconcludedthatpeoplearedisproportionatelylikelyto“choosecareerswhoselabelsresembletheirnames〞.ThepaperentitledWhySusieSellsSeashellsbytheSeashore:ImplicitEgotismandMajorLifeDecisionscitesthedisproportionatenumberofdentistscalledDeniseorDennisasanexampleofthetrend.AuthorsBrettPelham,MatthewMirenbergandJohnJonesconcludedthatthephenomenonoccursbecausepeople“preferngsthithatareconnectedtotheself(forexample,thelettersinone'sname)〞.SectionDMoreFunDirections:Appreciatethequotations.Behavioralresearchdisclosesthathumanrelationsatworkarejusteasier,perhapsbecausetheyaremoreregularandpredictableandthussimplertoadjusttothanthesporadic,themoreintenseandlessregularrelationshipinthecommunity.—Leonard,Britishwriter行為科學(xué)研究提示，工作中人與人之間較好相處。這也許是由于工作上的人際關(guān)系較有規(guī)律，而在社會上，人與人之間的關(guān)系是斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的，比較緊張，并且也較罕有規(guī)律可循?！骷伊袏W納塞·塞爾斯Everyman’swork,whetheritbeliteratureofmusicofpicturesorarchitectureofanythingelse,isalwaysaportraitofhimself.—SamuelBrtler,Americaneducator每一個人的工作，不論是文學(xué)、音樂、美術(shù)、建筑仍是其余工作，都是自己的一幅畫像?！绹逃胰姞枴ぐ吞乩?.Happiness,Ihavediscovered,isnearlyalwaysareboundfromhardwork.—DavidGrayson,Americanjournalist我發(fā)現(xiàn)，勤勞工作的酬勞幾乎老是幸福。——美國記者大衛(wèi)·格雷森Idonotlikework–nomandoes–butIlikewhatisinthework–thechancetofindyourself.—ConradJoseph,Britishnovelist我不喜愛工作——沒有人會喜愛工作。可是我喜愛在所從事的工作中——找到發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的機遇。---英國小說家康拉德·約瑟夫Inorderthatpeoplemaybehappyintheirwork,thesethingsareneeded:theymustbefitforit;theymustnotdomuchofit