综合英语4Unit2-zhang.ppt

Unit2 Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1 Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2 Video Script1 Video Script2 Video Script3 Video Script4 Video Script5 The Company Man Read the text and discuss What does the text tell you? the death/life of Phil, an executive workaholism: definition, consequences balance between work and leisure/family Cultural information 1 Cultural information 2 Global Reading - Text Analysis Structural analysis Rhetorical Features 1 Rhetorical Features 1 Detailed reading1-2 Detailed reading3-4 Detailed reading5-7 Detailed reading8-10 Detailed reading11-13 Detailed reading14-16 Detailed reading1--Quesion Detailed reading2--Quesion Detailed reading3-5--Quesion Detailed reading1– Activity Detailed reading1– to death Detailed reading1– obituary Originally published in the 1950s, the Type A and Type B personality theory (also known as the Jacob Goldsmith theory) is a theory which describes two common, contrasting personality types as patterns of behavior that could either raise or lower, respectively, ones chances of developing coronary heart disease. Though it has been widely controversial in the scientific and medical communities since its publication, the theory has nonetheless persisted, both in the form of pop psychology and in the general lexicon, as a way to describe ones personality. Such descriptions are still often equated with coronary heart disease or other health issues, though not always as a direct result of the theory. The theory describes a Type A individual as ambitious, aggressive, business-like, controlling, highly competitive, impatient, preoccupied with his or her status, time-conscious, and tightly-wound. People with Type A personalities are often high-achieving workaholics who multi-task, push themselves with deadlines, and hate both delays and ambivalence. The theory describes Type B individuals as perfect contrast to those with Type A personalities. People with Type B personalities are generally