浙大新编大学英语第三册课件Unit 8.ppt

Book Three Unit Eight Nature and Nurture Unit Eight Task 1: Nature? Task 2: Nurture? Task 3: Nature or Nurture? Task 4: Video Clip Task 5: Proverbs and Sayings In-Class ReadingTwins, Genes, and Environment 状语从句的翻译 状语从句的直译法 状语从句的倒译法 状语从句的转译法 写作实践：Which has a stronger influence, heredity or environment? 相关链接 Thanks for Your Attention ! 1) 父母遗传很重要； 2) 后天环境影响起关键作用； 3) 我们是先天遗传与后天环境的综合产物。 Directions: Write a composition on the topic: Which has a stronger influence, heredity or environment? Your composition should be no less than 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: Which has a stronger influence, heredity or environment? Which is more important in shaping a person’s character, heredity or environment? First, let us examine the influence of heredity. A kind-hearted mother may expect a child who is also gentle and kind. An engineer father who used to get high marks in mathematics tests is very likely to have a son or daughter who is also good at math and plans to be an engineer, maybe because the child inherits the “math gene” from the father. Stubborn (顽固的) parents are likely to have children who are as hard to turn as a donkey (犟牛般的子女). However, the environment also plays a key role in molding many of a child’s characteristics. Environment can change a person no matter what one inherits from parents. Exercise, sports and good food, for example, can make a person grow taller and stronger, which explains the reason why young Chinese are obviously bigger and taller than their grandparents. Intelligent professionals’ children are not necessarily intelligent, so intelligence is not inherited. On the other hand, the son of a thief is not necessarily a thief. In conclusion, we are the product of nature and nurture. It is family, schools, and society that work together to shape who we are. Therefore, both heredity and environment have great influence on a person’s personality. Heredity creates a person, but environment can cr