unit-7-阅读技巧、文化背景和好句子分析numbers-and-omens.ppt

UNIT 7: Numbers and Omens 数字与吉凶 Reading skills---scanning 1. How did Cutrona carry out her studies of college students? She compared their college entrance exam scores to grade point averages. Students also filled out questionnaires on their families. 2. What are the two key findings by Cutrona? Students with the cheerleading parents showed less anxiety about challenges; lower anxiety was linked to more self-confidence, which predicted better grades. Having supportive friends or romantic partners didnt affect grade point average.) 3. What is Cutronas conclusion based on her findings? Parents attitudes toward their children seem to affect the way students think of themselves and self-image seems to influence performance. Cultural and background notes 1)????? The I Ching or Book of Changes A compilation which records an ancient Chinese system of divination. In the system, an oracle is cast by flipping coins or more traditionally, by manipulating yarrow stalks. The oracle is one of 64 different hexagrams. The hexagram itself is composed of two trigrams, each consisting of three lines. Those lines are either straight (Yang) or broken (Yin). 2)????? Yin-Yang Meaning much more than just female/male, Yin-Yang are the Chinese terms for the basic polarities of the Universe. Yang is time, light, strong. Yin is space, dark, weak. Yang is the direction upwards； Yin downwards. Yang is the closed circle； Yin is the open angle. Yang is clockwise； Yin counter-clockwise. Yang is hard, resistant and tense； Yin is soft, yielding and relaxed. 3)????? the five elements Metal, wood, water, fire and earth. The following is the productive cycle of the five elements in ancient Chinese philosophy. Wood burns producing Fire.Fire leaves behind Earth.Earth is the source of Metal.Metal liquefies into flowing liquid like Water.Water then becomes the nourishment for the Wood. 4)????? Lao Tzu Also called Tao Te Ching (literally, the classic of the way of virtue), is attributed to Lao