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1、Unit6LessismoreSectionADoorcloser,areyou?Backgroundinformation1XiangYuXiangYu(232BC-202BC)wasaprominentmilitaryleaderandpoliticalfigureduringthelateQinDynasty.In207BC,XiangYuledtheChurebelforcestovictoryattheBattleofJulu（巨鹿之战）againsttheQinarmies.AfterthefalloftheQinDynasty,XiangYupr
2、oclaimedhimself“Hegemon-KingofWesternChu”（西楚霸王）andruledavastareaoflandcoveringpartsofpresent-dayShanxi,Henan,Hubei,HunanandJiangsu.HeengagedLiuBang,thefoundingemperoroftheHanDynasty,inalongstruggleforpower,knownastheChu-HanContention（楚汉之争）thatconcludedwithhiseventualdefeatandsuicide
3、atthebankoftheWuRiver.2theBattleofJuluThebattlewasfoughtinJulu(inpresent-dayXingtai,Hebei,现今的河北邢台)primarilybetweenforcesoftheQinDynastyandtheinsurgent（谋叛的）stateofChu.TheBattleofJulumarkedthedeclineofQin’smilitarypower.In207BC,XiangYu’sarmyadvancedtowardsJuluandsuccessfullycrossedthe
4、ZhangRiver（漳河）,whichseparatedthemfromJulu,toattacktheQinforces.AftercrossingtheZhangRiver,XiangYuorderedhismentosinkalltheirboatsandbreaktheircookingpots,leavingonlyathree-daysupplyoffoodforeachsoldier.Hewarnedthemthattherewasnowaytoretreat;theonlythingtheycoulddotosurvivewastoadvan
5、ceandfight.XiangYu’sboatburningstrategygavehismennochoicebuttodoforwardtofightwithskillandpassion.Afterninelongfiercebattles,theQinarmywasfinallydefeated.ThebattleofJuluwasofcrucialimportanceinoverthrowingtheQinDynasty,andithasbeenknownasthebattleof“SmashingtheCauldronsandSinkingthe
6、Boats”（破釜沉舟）.Thisidiomisnowusedtoindicateone’sfirmdeterminationtoachieveone’sgoalatanycost.3behavioraleconomicsBehavioraleconomicsisaninterdisciplinaryschoolsubjectofeconomicsandpsychology,whichstudiestheeffectofsocial,cognitiveandemotionalfactorsontheeconomicdecisionsofindividualsa
7、ndinstitutions,andtheconsequencesformarketprices,returnsandresourceallocation.Detailedstudyofthetext1Thenexttimeyou’redecidingbetweenrivaloptions,onewhichisprimaryandtheotherwhichisprimaryandtheotherwhichissecondary,askyourselfthisquestion:WhatwouldXiangYudo?(Para.1)Meaning:Thenextt
8、imewhenyouaretomake
