新视野大学英语第四册读写教程unit.pptx

Unit 10 :Section AHow to Cultivate “EQ”Lead-inBackground InformationText StudySummaryWritingBackLead-in Our topic today is “EQ”. EQ, as defined in Howard Gardner’s book, is “the level of one’s ability to understand other people, what motivates them and how to work cooperatively with them”. The latest study implies that emotional intelligence or EQ, not IQ, has become the hot ticket for success in life. Thus, more and more individuals are interested in cultivating their EQ. Lead-in返回 Now that EQ is the hotter ticket for success, it seems likely that every one of us is eager for what EQ is made up of. To sum up the contents of our discussion, it consists of major qualities as follows: Self-consciousness—the ability to notice the flow of one’s feelings or emotions; Self-control—the ability to keep bad moods under one’s control; Self-motivation—the ability to mobilize positive feelings to pursue tough tasks; Self-regulation—the ability to delay impulse.FOR MORE Lead-in返回1. Self-awareness. The more knowledge students acquire about their emotions, the better pilots of their lives they will become.2. Enhancement of judgment. It isn’t events that matter but one’s ability to weigh them up.3. Integration of others’ perspectives. Their outlook on the world can be broadened through incorporating the useful views of others.4. Self-motivation. This is vital to their pursuits of happiness in adverse circumstances. Unlike IQ, EQ is acquired, not innate; in other words, it grows with one’s knowledge and experience. In this light, family, school and society contribute most to the buildup of one’s emotional intelligence. But to our great distress, intellectual culture figures so largely in our society, especially in both home and school, as to leave little room for the cultivation of EQ. The bitterest lesson we have learned from this failure is emphasized by the sharp rise in tragedies among students, such as murder, suicide, drug-taking, one-sided love and mental disorders. So th