初三英语Unit9 Help Yourself by Helping Others Lesson 2 and Lesson 3知识精讲　教育科学版.doc

初三英语Unit 9 Help Yourself by Helping Others Lesson 2 and Lesson 3知识精讲　教育科学版 【同步教育信息】 一. 本周教学内容： Unit 9 Help Yourself by Helping Others Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 二. 重点、难点： 单词和词组： 三、具体内容： 课文讲解： Help Yourself by Helping Others Can thinking about yourself too much make you sick? Many psychologists now think so. “Self-focus” means thinking about yourself. In the old days psychologists used to tell patients with depression to pay more attention to themselves. They wanted patients to talk about their problems and feelings. They thought that “self-focus” would cure depression. Then, some psychologists began wondering if they were wrong. They realized that depressed people talked about themselves much more than nondepressed people. Psychologists began to wonder if it is possible for “self-focus” to cause depression. So, psychologists began thinking of different ways to treat depressed people. They thought that patients would feel better if they stopped thinking about their own problems. Some even thought that they could cure depression by having patients focus on other people. Scientists at the University of Michigan studied older men. Some of the men volunteered to help others; others did not volunteer. The men who volunteered lived much longer. Duke University scientists studied patients who had heart disease. Some patients were told to volunteer. The patients who volunteered were happier and healthier than the others. As a result of this research, scientists began recommending volunteerism. University leaders think community service can improve the lives of students. Some medical doctors recommend volunteerism to their patients. Each of us experiences pain, sadness, and loneliness. One of the best ways to overcome these feelings is to help others who are experiencing difficulty. Thinking about others all the time is not going to solve all your problems. But it is nice to know that by helping others, you can help yourself, too. What is this story mostly about? A.