高中英语 备战高考 外刊精度与练习专题 16 （学案）.pdfVIP

备战2020年高考 外刊精度与练习专题 16 （学案） What’s a narcissist like? 自恋者是什么样的人？ 语篇导读： 自恋者对自身重要性的错觉和缺乏 “羞耻感” 的特征可能会让你恼火，但心理学 家在经过研究后说自恋者可能比大多数人更快乐。本期 “随身英语” 围绕表明这种性 格特征好处的研究展开讨论。 Step 1 Vocabulary 词汇表 personalities 词汇性格: infuriate 使大怒 ittakesall sortstomakeaworld stressed 焦虑的，紧张的 世界之大，无奇不有 depressed 抑郁的，消沉的 character trait 性格特征 emotionaldamage 情感伤害 narcissism 自恋，自我陶醉 heightened 加强的 narcissist 自我陶醉者，自恋者 shameless 无耻的 without acareintheworld 无忧无虑 over-confident 过分自信的 empathy 同理心 shrinkingviolet 腼腆的人，害羞的人 arrogant 傲慢的，趾高气扬的 retiring 不爱与人交往的，孤僻的 self-important 高傲自大的 evolution 进化 Step 2 Reading and understand It takes all sorts to make a world – so some say. Nobody is the same, and our different personalities and character traits make uswhat we are.Wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? But if someone doesn’t behave or think like you, it can be frustrating.And there’s one personality type that can be very difficulttodealwith -narcissism. Narcissists consider themselves the most important person. They’re only interested in their own life,without a care in the world about thepeople around them.Their lack of empathy makes them come across as arrogant and self-important. If you know someone like this, their narcissistic attitudes might irritate you.But you might find it even more irritating to know that, according to new research, they are likelytobehappier than otherpeople. An ongoing study of narcissism by researchers at Queens University Belfast has found such people might infuriate others but are less likely to be stressed or depressed. Writing about the research, the BBC’s Sean Coughlan says “They might have trampled over others and lef