当代高职高专英语(高教版 第二册)授课教案：Unit 5.2

Unit Five

Teaching Plan

Personality

Part 2 Reading

Lead-in Activity: Discussion

✐Samples

1. —— I am a man of few words. When I want to express my feelings, I tend to use facial ex-pressions and body language instead of talking for a long time. Sometimes people may get the impression that I am a cold person just because of my silence. After they get to know me, however, they will regard me as a friendly and passionate guy. I am also very optimistic about things and believe in faith rather than in science.

—— I am an outgoing girl. I love to make friends and tell everything to them including things regarded as “skeletons in the closet”. Some of my classmates think I am shallow, but I think I am just straightforward. As happy as I appear to be, I always feel sad because I am used to looking on the dark side when I see things. For all these years I have been trying to become a happier and more active person, but little progress has been made.

2. ——I think personality is more important to a person’s success. As we know, “A man’s char-acter is his fate.” Personality contributes greatly to a person’s success or failure. If a person’s personality type suits his or her career, then success will come sooner or later.

—— Although many people think that personality determines one’s fate, I believe that hard work is in fact the most important factor in determining whether one’s going to succeed or fail. No matter what kind of personality you’ve got, as long as you’re willing to work well, you will succeed some day. As the old saying goes, “As a man sows, so he shall reap.” In a word, I believe hard work is far more important than personality.

Language Focus

1. “How would you describe your personality?” (Para. 1)

would用于委婉地提出问题。例如：

◆Would you like tea or coffee?

你想喝茶还是咖啡？

◆What would you advise me to do?

你建议我怎么做？

would 还可以用于委婉地提出要求或邀请。例如：

◆Would you mind turning on the light?

你能把灯打开吗?

◆Would you be kind enough to interpret for me?

你能帮我翻译吗?

◆Would you like to stay here for the night?

你留下来过夜好吗?

2. On the surface this appears to be a simple question, but if you answer too hastily, you may end up sounding like every other candidate. (Para. 2)

appear意为“似乎，好像，看来”，后面可接不定式短语。例如：

◆He appears to be sincere, but I don’t c ompletely trust him.

他似乎很诚恳，不过我不能完全信任他。

end up 意为“最后成为（处于）”，后面可接分词短语、名词短语或介词短语等。例如：

◆Whenever we go out to dinner with them, I always end up paying the bill.

每次我们和他们一起去吃饭，最后总是由我付账。

◆He ended up (as) head of the firm.

他最后成了公司的主管。

◆We set off for New castle, but ended up in Scotland, but ended up in Scotland.

我们动身去纽卡斯尔，可后来却到了苏格兰。

3. Y ou must think about what makes you unique and how you can make yourself stand out and be remembered. (Para. 2)