Lecture II
background information
MQ= Maturity Quotients
IQ= Intelligence Quotients
EQ= Emotion Quotients
Questions:
1. What does the author say about life expectancy for men and women?
2. When are men most likely to develop mental disorder?
Unit 1 Text 3 Are These the Best Years of Your Life?
The following is a table of IQ ratings:
IQ scores Description
130 or more very superior
120-129 superior
110-119 bright normal
90-109 average
80-89 dull normal
70-79 borderline
69 or lower mentally defective
构词法
- tion: 名词后缀
action, reaction, education, relation
inter- : 在。。。之间
international, interact, interrelation
Words & expression
… we e up with different answers.
A. think of B. set up
C. come across with D. meet with
As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity, speed for thoroughness, passion for reason.
A. skill and cleverness B. generosity
C. ingenuousness D. foolishness
A man is in his best shape in the decade before age 25, …
A. most handsome B. healthiest
C. most creative D. in best form
Only when you are 40 and looking back does youth look blissful.
A. extremely hopeful B. very sorrowful
C. blistering D. extremely happy
… we can easily get the feeling that we are part of a giant give-and-take plan.
A. well elaborated B. equally changing
C. thoroughly arranging D. well balanced
… more people report they “fell” on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
A. on the point of B. at the bottom of
C. on top of D. in spite of
The “game of life” is really a game of “trade offs”.
A. sacrifices B. victories
C. exchanges D. losses
Unit 2 Text 4 Our Disappearing Wildlife
Questions:
1. What has happened to thousands of animal species and why did this happen to the animals?
2. What has happened to the wildlife in North America since the first European settlers arrived in this continent?
3. Why should we be concerned with animals and birds whose existence on earth is endangered by human civilization?
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