研究生英语综合教程(下)unit 8课件

Starting out—Task 2
Task 2
Your best friend has recently been in low spirits ever since she was diagnosed with COPD (慢性阻塞性肺病). She stays in bed most of the time and misses a lot of classes. She has nothing to do, and moreover wants to do nothing. How would you encourage her to cope with the disease with a positive attitude?
Reading Focus – Global Understanding
Introduction Main idea: Many people find that enduring a harrowing ultimately changes them for the better ordeal ________________________________________. There seems to be a built-in human capacity to flourish under the most difficult circumstances _________________________________________________. What doesn’t kill you can actually make you stronger.
Starting out And it’s not necessarily boredom itself that’s deadly. Most probably, according to the study, it’s the fact that being bored often leads to _____________________ such smoking, overeating, drinking, and unhealthy habits abusing drugs.

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课文原文1-7 Unit 1 The Hidden Side of Happiness1 Hurricanes, house fires, cancer, whitewater rafting accidents, plane crashes, vicious attacks in dark alleyways. Nobody asks for any of it. But to their surprise, many people find that enduring such a harrowing ordeal ultimately changes them for the better.Their refrain might go something like this: "I wish it hadn't happened, but I'm a better person for it."1飓风、房屋失火、癌症、激流漂筏失事、坠机、昏暗小巷遭歹徒袭击，没人想找上这些事儿。

但出人意料的是，很多人发现遭受这样一次痛苦的磨难最终会使他们向好的方面转变。

他们可能都会这样说:“我希望这事没发生，但因为它我变得更完美了。

”2 We love to hear the stories of people who have been transformed by their tribulations, perhaps because they testify to a bona fide type of psychological truth, one that sometimes gets lost amid endless reports of disaster: There seems to be a built-in human capacity to flourish under the most difficult circumstances. Positive responses to profoundly disturbing experiences are not limited to the toughest or the bravest.In fact, roughly half the people who struggle with adversity say that their lives subsequently in some ways improved.2我们都爱听人们经历苦难后发生转变的故事，可能是因为这些故事证实了一条真正的心理学上的真理，这条真理有时会湮没在无数关于灾难的报道中:在最困难的境况中，人所具有的一种内在的奋发向上的能力会进发出来。

Sentences I have an arsenal of USB thumb drives. We wonder how the pyramids were built and know that there had to be some incredible engineers during those ancient times. I’ll tell you. The second manager ’s floppy disk looked intact, so I asked him how and where he stored his disk.
Check Your Answers
Book 2-Unit 8
a. Why on earth would I keep such a thing? b. That was until when one day two managers came ... no longer worked. c. The manager replied, “I had it pinned up ... I didn’t misplace the disk.” d. I tried not to laugh ... that punching holes into the disk was a no-no. e. With a smile and look of confidence he replied, “I use ... and I don’t use any push pins!” f. What is worse is that ... my lifetime than I have new pairs of shoes. g. Data carved in stone seems ... survive for thousands of years. h. I should make a necklace out of them ... on the drives anyway. i. At this time, I really don’t need ... It appears that having it stored on a fish is sufficient.