UnitFiveTeachingPlanPersonalityPart2ReadingLead-inActivity:Discussion?Samples1.——Iamamanoffewwords.WhenIwanttoexpressmyfeelings,Itendtousefacialexpressionsandbodylanguageinsteadoftalkingforalongtime.SometimespeoplemaygettheimpressionthatIamacoldpersonjustbecauseofmysilence.Aftertheygettoknowme,however,theywillregardmeasafriendlyandpassionateguy.Iamalsoveryoptimisticaboutthingsandbelieveinfaithratherthaninscience.——Iamanoutgoinggirl.Ilovetomakefriendsandtelleverythingtothemincludingthingsregardedas“skeletonsinthecloset”.SomeofmyclassmatesthinkIamshallow,butIthinkIamjuststraightforward.AshappyasIappeartobe,IalwaysfeelsadbecauseIamusedtolookingonthedarksidewhenIseethings.ForalltheseyearsIhavebeentryingtobecomeahappierandmoreactiveperson,butlittleprogresshasbeenmade.2.——Ithinkpersonalityismoreimportanttoaperson’ssuccess.Asweknow,“Aman’scharacterishisfate.”Personalitycontributesgreatlytoaperson’ssuccessorfailure.Ifaperson’spersonalitytypesuitshisorhercareer,thensuccesswillcomesoonerorlater.——Althoughmanypeoplethinkthatpersonalitydeterminesone’sfate,Ibelievethathardworkisinfactthemostimportantfactorindeterminingwhetherone’sgoingtosucceedorfail.Nomatterwhatkindofpersonalityyou’vegot,aslongasyou’rewillingtoworkwell,youwillsucceedsomeday.Astheoldsayinggoes,“Asamansows,soheshallreap.”Inaword,Ibelievehardworkisfarmoreimportantthanpersonality.LanguageFocus1.“Howwouldyoudescribeyourpersonality?”(Para.1)would用于委婉地提出問(wèn)題。例如：◆Wouldyouliketeaorcoffee?你想喝茶還是咖啡？◆Whatwouldyouadvisemetodo?你建議我怎么做？would還可以用于委婉地提出要求或邀請(qǐng)。例如：◆Wouldyoumindturningonthelight?你能把燈打開嗎?◆Wouldyoubekindenoughtointerpretforme?你能幫我翻譯嗎?◆Wouldyouliketostayhereforthenight?你留下來(lái)過(guò)夜好嗎?2.Onthesurfacethisappearstobeasimplequestion,butifyouanswertoohastily,youmayendupsoundinglikeeveryothercandidate.(Para.2)appear意為“似乎，好像，看來(lái)”，后面可接不定式短語(yǔ)。例如：◆Heappearstobesincere,butIdon’tcompletelytrusthim.他似乎很誠(chéng)懇，不過(guò)我不能完全信任他。endup意為“最后成為（處于）”，后面可接分詞短語(yǔ)、名詞短語(yǔ)或介詞短語(yǔ)等。例如：◆Wheneverwegoouttodinnerwiththem,Ialwaysenduppayingthebill.每次我們和他們一起去吃飯，最后總是由我付賬?！鬑eendedup(as)headofthefirm.他最后成了公司的主管?！鬢esetoffforNewcastle,butendedupinScotland,butendedupinScotland.我們動(dòng)身去紐卡斯?fàn)?，可后?lái)卻到了蘇格蘭。3.Youmustthinkaboutwhatmakesyouuniqueandhowyoucanmakeyourselfstandoutandberemembered.(Para.2)what和how引導(dǎo)的從句并列作thinkabout的賓語(yǔ)。在makeyourselfstandoutandberemembered中standout和beremembered并列作make的賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)語(yǔ)。4.Interviewersmightaskthisquestionforacoupleofreasons:tohearwhereyouplacetheemphasisinyourdescriptionandtoseehowquicklyandcreativelyyoucanthinkonthespot.(Para.3)tohearwhereyouplacetheemphasis和toseehowquicklyandcreativelyyoucanthink兩個(gè)不定式結(jié)構(gòu)是用來(lái)說(shuō)明acoupleofreasons的具體內(nèi)容。5.Don’tgivetheinterviewerthesameanswerseverybodyelsegives.(Para.3)這是一個(gè)祈使句，用于表達(dá)勸告。這篇文章在多處使用了祈使句。祈使句一般省去主語(yǔ)you,以動(dòng)詞的祈使式開頭，表示要求、請(qǐng)求、勸告和命令等。動(dòng)詞的祈使式與動(dòng)詞原形相同，無(wú)時(shí)態(tài)與數(shù)的詞形變化。例如：◆Havesomemoresoup,please.請(qǐng)?jiān)俸赛c(diǎn)湯?！鬌on’tbenervous!別緊張!everybodyelsegives是thesameanswers的定語(yǔ)從句，省略了關(guān)系代詞that。6.Thinkaboutnewwaystogetyourmessageacrossandsellyourself.(Para.3)togetyourmessageacrossandsellyourself是不定式短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)，修飾ways。例如：◆What’sthebestwaytolearnalanguage?學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的最佳方法是什么?7.Takealookatthesetypicalanswersandthinkabouthowyoucanmakethemmoreunique.(Para.4)thesetypicalanswers和how引導(dǎo)的從句分別是介詞at和about的賓語(yǔ)。take/havealook(atsomebody/something)意為“考慮，思考”。例如：◆Haveyouhadanychancetotakealookatmyproposalyet?你考慮過(guò)我的提議了嗎？◆Takealonghardlook(=examineverycarefully)atwhereyourmoneyisgoingthismonth.仔細(xì)想想這個(gè)月錢都花在哪兒了。8.“Idowhateverittakestogetthejobdone,sometimesworking10-hourdays.”(Para.6)whatever引導(dǎo)的從句作do的賓語(yǔ)。it是形式主語(yǔ)，指代togetthejobdone；引導(dǎo)詞whatever在從句中作take的賓語(yǔ)。take意為“需要”，例如：◆Ittakestwomentodothis.做這項(xiàng)工作需要兩個(gè)人。◆Repairstaketime.維修需要時(shí)間。sometimesworking10-hourdays為現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作伴隨性狀語(yǔ)，其中10-hourdays是指“每天工作十小時(shí)”。9.“Iamapersonwhocanbringordertochaos.”(Para.9)order的意思是“秩序”，bringordertochaos意為“使混亂變得有秩序”。bringordertochaos10.“Ipridemyselfonmyrecordofnevermissingdeadlines.”(Para.10)missdeadlines意為“錯(cuò)過(guò)最后的期限”。11.“I’mgoodwithcustomers.”(Para.11)這句話的意思是“我善于和顧客打交道”。good意為“精通的，熟練的”。例如：◆HeisverygoodatFrench.他精通法語(yǔ)。◆Asapolitician,youneedtobegoodwithwords.作為一名政治家，你必須能說(shuō)會(huì)道。12.Describingyourpersonalityislikewritingadsforaproduct.(Para.12)describingyourpersonality是動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)。動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)通常應(yīng)置于句首。例如：◆Seeingisbelieving.眼見為實(shí)。◆LivinginBeijingmustbewonderful.生活在北京一定很好。like是介詞，意為“同??一樣”。例如：◆Hewaslikeasontome.他簡(jiǎn)直就像是我的兒子。writingadsforaproduct為動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)，作like的賓語(yǔ)。13.Areyouthetypeofpersonwhowouldfitintothisorganization?(Para.12)fitinto的意思是“融入”。例如：◆Shefittedintotheteamverywell.她很好地融入了這個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)?！鬚eoplecanselectactivitiesthattheyenjoyandthatfitintotheirdailylives.大家可以選擇一些自己喜歡的又能融入日常生活的活動(dòng)。14.Incorporatesomeofthesamewordsusedinthejobposting.(Para.13)usedinthejobposting為過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)，修飾words。jobposting是美式英語(yǔ)，指“招聘廣告”。15.Forexample,ifthejoblistingreads:“Musthavefiveormoreyears’experiencemanagingadiversepopulationofemployees,”...(Para.14)thejoblisting指的是“工作要求”。read意為“寫著,讀作”。例如：◆Asignontheouterdoorreads:“NoEntry”.外面門上的牌子寫著“禁止入內(nèi)”。mana