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Unit One Personality In-class Reading: The Misery of Shyness Words and Phrases: Accent口音 acquaintance熟人 assurance/ assured保险 circulate传播 contrast对比 criticism批评 eliminate 　　excessively过分地 inadequacy不适当 interpret口译 isolate使孤立 inferiority/ inferior差的 reasonable合理的’s best interests at heart Sentences： Worrisome thoughts are constantly swirling in their minds. 他们脑海中不断盘旋着一些使自己不安的想法。 It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people adversely. 显然这种不安的感觉会对人产生不利的影响。 Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority. 害羞的人对批评非常敏感；他们觉得批评正好证实了他们比别人差。 It is clear that, while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is detrimental, or harmful. 显然，尽管自我意识是一种健康的品质，过分的自我意识却是不利和有害的。 The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. 我们对自己了解得越多，就越容易充分发挥自己的潜力。 After-class Reading：Two Ways of Looking at Life Words and Phrases: Attach系上 confine界限 convinced确信的 despair绝望 disagreement不同意 dismissal解雇 divorce离婚 Enduring持久的 frown皱眉 furry 毛皮的 misfortune不幸 optimist乐观主义者 pessimist悲观主义者 prediction预测 reversal逆转 self-fulfilling setback挫折 startle吓一跳 undermine破坏 temporary暂时的…light run for in the mean time Sentences： His heart is overflowing with awe and gratitude for the beauty of her, the perfection. 她的漂亮和完美使他心中充满了敬畏和感激。 He picks up a furry little toy attached to the rail of the crib and shakes it, ringing the bell it contains. 他拿起系在婴儿床围栏上的小毛绒玩具摇了起来，玩具上的响铃发出叮叮当当的声音。 Not until a week later, when the baby shows her first startle to the loud sound of a passing truck, does he begin to recover and enjoy his new daughter again. 直到一周后，当孩子听到过路卡车的巨响而第一次感到吃惊时，他这才开始情绪好转，并又感到和新生女儿在一起的乐趣了。 The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this word, think about misfortune in the opposite way. 乐观主义者在面临同样的生活不幸时，则以相反的方式看待厄运。 Twenty-five years study has convinced me that if we habitually believe, as does the pessimist, th