21世纪大学英语读写教程课文

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1、＼Unit1TextAPre-readingActivitiesFirstListeningBeforelisteningtothetape,haveaquicklookatthefollowingwords.genetics遗传学psychiatry精神病学persistent坚持不懈的SecondListeningListentothetapeagainandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatquestiondidprofessorSimonton'sresearchprojectseektoanswer?2.Whatthreepe

2、rsonalitytraitsofgreatpeoplearementioned?a)__________________________________________________________.b)__________________________________________________________.c)__________________________________________________________.3.Whatnegativetraitof"great"peopleismentioned?4.DoesprofessorSimonto

3、nbelievethatgreatpeoplearemoreoftenmentallyillthanotherpeople?WhoIsGreat?MichaelRyanAsayoungboy,AlbertEinsteindidsopoorlyinschoolthatteachersthoughthewasslow.TheyoungNapoleonBonapartewasjustoneofhundredsofartillerylieutenantsintheFrenchArmy.AndtheteenageGeorgeWashington,withlittleformaleduca

4、tion,wasbeingtrainednotasasoldierbutasalandsurveyor.Despitetheirunspectacularbeginnings,eachwouldgoontocarveaplaceforhimselfinhistory.Whatwasitthatenabledthemtobecomegreat?Weretheybornwithsomethingspecial?Ordidtheirgreatnesshavemoretodowithtiming,devotionand,perhaps,anuncompromisingpersonali

5、ty?Fordecades,scientistshavebeenaskingsuchquestions.And,inthepastfewyears,theyhavefoundevidencetohelpexplainwhysomepeopleriseabove,whileothers—similarlytalented,perhaps—areleftbehind.Theirfindingscouldhaveimplicationsforusall.Whoisgreat?Definingwhoisgreatdependsonhowonemeasuressuccess.Butthe

6、rearesomecriteria."Someonewhohasmadealastingcontributiontohumancivilizationisgreat,"saidDeanKeithSimonton,aprofessorofpsychologyattheUniversityofCaliforniaatDavisandauthorofthe1994bookGreatness:WhoMakesHistoryandWhy.Butheaddedawordofcaution:"Sometimesgreatpeopledon'tmakeitintothehistorybooks

7、.Alotofwomenachievedgreatthingsorwereinfluentialbutwentunrecognized."Inwritinghisbook,Simontoncombinedhistoricalknowledgeaboutgreatfigureswithrecentfindingsingenetics,psychiatryandthesocialsciences.Thegreatfigureshefocusedonincludemenandwomenwhohav