他畢生致力于幫助他的非洲同事們培養(yǎng)和保持信心

1、How to cultivate “EQ” Unit Ten1Table of ContentsI. Background informationII. Comprehensive questionsIII. New words and phrasesIV. Some difficult sentences21. Background Information3 EQ (emotional intelligence) The expression “ emotional intelligence” is used to indicate a kind of intelligence that i

2、nvolves the ability to perceive, assess and positively influence ones own and other peoples emotions.4 Daniel Goleman5 IQ ( intelligence quotient)IQ is an abbreviation for “intelligence quotient”, a measure of a persons intellectual ability in relation to that of the rest of the population. It is ex

3、pressed as the ratio of mental age to actual age multiplied by 100, and is based on the scores achieved in an intelligence test. The two most important scales for measuring IQ are the Standford-Binet test and the Weschler test. The distribution of IQ scores follows the bell curve.6 II. Comprehensive

4、 questions71. Why does the author believe that judgment rather than knowledge is the most important contribution employees make to their companies?2. What stuff do intelligent but inflexible people lack according to Daniel Goleman?3. What is the authors suggestion for people who want to develop thei

5、r emotional intelligence?84. What should people do to raise their consciousness according to the author?5. Why do Olympic ski racers close their eyes, sway their bodies and imagine themselves running the course before entering the starting gate?6. Why does the author suggest integrating the perspect

6、ives of others?97. What does our ability to think and reason involve according to the author?8. What does the author mean by “without the software of emotional maturity and self-knowledge, the hardware of academic training alone is worth less and less”?10Answers1. Because he believes that knowledge

7、is useless until it is applied. And application of knowledge takes judgment.2. The ability to adapt./ The adaptive skills.3. Accept a highly personal practice to improve the four adaptive skills: raising consciousness, using imagery, considering and reconsidering events to choose the most creative r

8、esponse to them and integrating the perspectives of others.114. Thinking differently on purpose. It involves noticing what you are feeling and thinking and escaping the conditioned confines of ones past.5. Because by doing this they can improve their performance.6. Because your view of the world is

9、limited by your genes and experiences youve had and by integrating the perspectives of others you can enlarge your senses.127. The author believes that our ability to think and reason is not confined to the brain but is distributed throughout the bodys universe of cells and we think with our hearts,

10、 brains, muscles, blood and bones.8. By saying this, the author means without cultivating emotional intelligence, the academic training is useless.13 III. New words and phrases141. the key to answer to the questionaccess to all informationadmission to the universitya new approach to language teachin

11、gdamage to the environmentsolution to the problempreface to the book152. sort through- to look for sth among a lot of similar things, esp. when one arranges these things in order 整理,撿出 The directors were working overtime in the boardroom, sorting through thirty applications for the managers job; the

12、yve drawn up a short list of four men who are to be interviewed over the next couple of days.163. cultivate v. (cultivation n.)Throughout his life he cultivated and maintained the confidence of his African colleagues, and his faithfulness and loyalty to the African cause were profound.他畢生致力于幫助他的非洲同事

13、們培養(yǎng)和保持信心, 對(duì)非洲事業(yè)忠心耿耿.It is thought that rice was first cultivated in India and Indo-China, but it is now grown extensively throughout the Far East.174. embrace v.Most of the major West European countries have embraced the concept of high speed rail networks. The mother embraced her baby tenderly.The

14、term “ mankind” embraces men, women and children. The reform plan also embraced exchange control over all foreign currencies, the cutting of subsidies to loss-making industries, high interest rates and new incentives for agriculture development.185. think of aschoose as 選擇 strike as 給以的印象appoint asd

15、ismissas 把作為草草處理consider/regardaslabelas 把稱為view/look atasdescribe as196. incorporate v. (incorporation n.)Suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into the final design.The shopping center also incorporates a library and a bank.There are further levels of knowledge that have yet to be inc

16、orporated into the present project.207. reflect onThe manager demanded time to reflect on what to do.In this paper we will argue that the involvement of disabled people in the arts is an indication of the general state of their success in reflecting on and managing their own affairs. 在這篇論文中我們認(rèn)為殘疾人參與

17、藝術(shù)體現(xiàn)了他們?cè)诳紤]和管理自己事務(wù)方面取得成功的總體狀況.218. perception n.The success of the project displayed his penetrating perception.Companies rely on the perceptions of their own managers, with a loyalty to head office.These photographs will affect peoples perceptions of war.229. pullaway from-cause to leaveDo pull your

18、self away from the window; there cant be anything interesting out there.2310. keep at-continue working on sthIf you keep at your work, youll soon have the job finished.He kept at his studies, although he was ill.keep away(避開)/ down(控制)/ off (擋住)2411. trigger v.The oil price and supply uncertainties

19、triggered awareness of the problems of depending on imported energy supplies.Some people find that certain foods trigger their headaches.The racial killings at the weekend have triggered off a wave of protests throughout the country.a hair-trigger temper : a tendency to become angry very easily (火暴脾

20、氣)2512. in the act of-while sb is doing sthHe was in the act of paying his bill when she came up behind him.26 IV. Some difficult sentences271. Knowledge, no matter how broad, is useless until it is applied.-Knowledge is useful only when it is put to use, however broad it is.282. The latest scientif

21、ic findings seem to indicate that intelligent but inflexible people dont have the right stuff in an age when the adaptive ability is the key to survival.-The latest scientific findings show that are intelligent but not flexible to respond to changes dont possess the right ability in an age when the adaptive ability is important to survival.293. If the evolutionary pressures of the marketplace are making EQ, not IQ, the hot ticket for business success, it seems likely that individuals will want to know how to cu