Unit_9_what_is_intelligence_anyway.ppt

1、What is intelligence anyway?,Isaac Asimov,1920-1992 Russian-born American writer, former professor of biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine, and author of more than 200 books.,Intelligence is a term usually referring to a general mental _ to reason, solve problems, think abstractly, l

2、earn new material, and _ from past experience. Intelligence can be_ by many different kinds of tasks. _, this ability is expressed in many aspects of a persons life. Intelligence_ a variety of mental processes, including memory, learning, _ , decision-making and reasoning. Yet no _ accepted definiti

3、on of intelligence exists, and people continue to_ what, exactly, it is. _ questions remain: Is intelligence one general ability or several independent systems of abilities? Is intelligence a _ of the brain, a characteristic of behavior, or a set of knowledge and skills?,Definition of Intelligence,T

4、he IQ, or the Intelligence Test,A standardized test used to establish an intelligence level rating by measuring an individuals ability to form concepts, solve problems, acquire information, reason, and perform other intellectual operations.,A sample IQ test,Take the IQ test below to see how intellig

5、ent you are.,Some people maintain that IQ tests are just for fun. Others argue that they are indeed testing mans intelligence. Whats your opinion?,Different Quotient,（1）IQ（Intelligence Quotient） （2）EQ（Emotional Intelligence Quotient） （3）AQ（Adversity Intelligence Quotient ） （4）MQ（Moral Intelligence Q

6、uotient ） （5）DQ（Daring Intelligence Quotient ） （6）FQ（Financial Intelligence Quotient ） （7）MQ（Mental Intelligence Quotient ） （8）WQ（Will Intelligence Quotient ） （9）SQ（Spiritual Intelligence Quotient ） （10）HQ（Health Intelligence Quotient ）,不同的“商”,（1）IQ（智商） （2）EQ（情商） （3）AQ（逆商） （4）MQ（德商） （5）DQ（胆商） （6）FQ（

7、财商） （7）MQ（心商） （8）WQ（志商） （9）SQ（灵商） （10）HQ（健商）,1. IQ （智商）,This is a representation of the number of indicators of the level of human intelligence.（Observation, memory, thinking ability, imagination, creativity and so on） 这是一种表示人智力高低的数量指标。（观察力、记忆力、思维力、想象力、创造力等）,2. EQ（情商）,Manage their own emotions and i

8、nterpersonal capabilities. 管理自己的情绪和处理人际关系的能力.,3. AQ（逆商）,The ability to pressure the face of adversity, or the ability to withstand failures and setbacks. 面对逆境承受压力的能力，或承受失败和挫折的能力。,4. MQ（德商）,A persons moral character. （Include caring, respect, tolerance, honesty, responsibility, peace, loyalty, courte

9、sy，humor and other virtues. ） 指一个人的道德人格品质。（包括体贴、尊重、容忍、宽容、诚实、负责、平和、忠心、礼貌、幽默等）,5. DQ（胆商）,A persons courage, courage of the measure, reflects a spirit of adventure. 一个人胆量、胆识、胆略的度量，体现了一种冒险精神。,6. FQ（财商）,The financial management capability, particularly in investment income capacity. 理财能力，特别是投资收益能力.,7. MQ

10、（心商）,This is to maintain mental health, relieve stress and maintain good mental state and dynamic capabilities. 就是维持心理健康、缓解心理压力、保持良好心理状况和活力的能力,8. WQ（志商）,Refers to the will of a persons quality standards.（Including the tenacity of purpose, decisiveness, self-control and so on） 指一个人的意志品质水平（包括坚韧性、目的性、果

11、断性、自制力等方面）,9. SQ（灵商）,The essence of things, the ability and intuitive insight thinking. 对事物本质的顿悟能力和直觉思维能力.,10. HQ（健商）,Individuals with health awareness, health knowledge and health reflection of ability. 指个人所具有的健康意识、健康知识和健康能力的反映.,Aptitude Test,An aptitude test is any of a variety of tests which are

12、used to predict how successfully an individual will be in future study or work.,Achievement scale; scare; scarce; scar; scarf She was scared at the scarce scar across his cheek that was scored by a scale ruler and she covered it with scarf. The normal length of human life is three score and ten, 70,

13、 according to the Bible. *decade; quarter; dozen,1.Against a normal of 100: under a normal score of 100 2. base: 1) lowest part of anything, esp. the part on which sth. rests or supported *What is the base of love? 2) place at which armed forces, expeditions, etc. *a naval base; an air base *basic 3

14、. figure: 1) Double figures. He has an income of six figures. 2) I saw a figure approaching in the darkness. 3) He is a figure in our college. *Figure out:,Make a big fuss over sb. flatter sb. too much *在女孩子面前, 他特别会吹. He makes a big fuss over himself in front of girls. 2. KP.: kitchen police ( a mil

15、itary duty of helping the cooks prepare and serve the food, wash the dishes, and clean up the kitchen),1.职务; 职业; 职员; 职责; 职称;职能; 职位 duties( post); occupation( profession; vocation); staff; duty( obligation; responsibility); title; function; position( post) 2. Complacent: self-satisfactory; pleased wi

16、th oneself 3. expect: expect; inspect; aspect; respect; prospect Our dean _all of us can _the experts who will come to _ our college, which is all the teachers_; in this _, I approve of him.,Text Analysis,intelligence n. power of learning, understanding and reasoning; mental ability智力 average intell

17、igence,intelligent,adj. having or showing intelligence 智力的 a lively and intelligent conversation More and more people believe that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.,Intellectual n. / adj.,n. 知识分子 Eg：Teachers, artists and other intellectuals urged political parties to launch a unit

18、ed movement against government. 教师们、艺术家们和其他知识分子们敦促各政党发动一场反政府的联合运动。 Adj. 智力的，聪明的，理智的 Eg：High levels of lead damage the intellectual development of children 高含铅量会损害儿童的智力发育,*1) intelligent intelligent: modify clever human beings and animals 2) Intellectual: modify a person who has much knowledge and is

19、 clever,anyway: at all; on earth 现代这个社会究竟缺少什么? What is this modern society lack of, anyway? 什么都不缺, 只缺真情: Nothing anyway. It is lack of true feelings.,Para 1,aptitude n. natural ability or skill能力，才能 My cousin _(有演说的才能) . has an aptitude for speaking,aptitude: natural ability or skill *She has an apt

20、itude for dealing with people. *ability; competence; capability; capacity attitude; altitude; aptitude; gratitude; attribute(n./v.) 1)He shows an _ for singing. 2)The _of Mount is about 8848 meters. 3)_ is everything. 4)The land is easy to change, but the _of a man is difficult to alter. 5)He _his s

21、uccess to fortune/aptitude/diligence 6)No words can express my _to you.,aptitude, competence, genius, talent ,gift write in a list or a record取得；登记 我以我的名字登记这辆车。 I registered the car in my name. Students have to finish registering for new course by the end of April.,complacent:,adj. self-satisfied; p

22、leased with oneself自满的；自鸣得意的 They held a complacent attitude towards the problem. After setting the world record, he became complacent.,academic:,adj.1) scholarly, theoretical, not practical 学术的；学究的 That idea is only of academic interest. There will be an academic discussion on the subject this afte

23、rnoon.,2) of a college or university学院的 She doesnt wish to work in a factoryshe wants an academic career. He didnt receive any prize in this academic year.,worthy:,adj. deserving值得的 This book is worthy of careful study. Two points in this report are _(特别值得注意). especially worthy of notice,Actually, t

24、hough, dont such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by the people who make up the intelligence tests-people who have intellectual bents similar to mine?,然而，实际上，难道这类分数不是仅仅意味着我很善于回答那些编制智力测验的人们 智力爱好跟我类似的人们 认为值得回答的那类学究

25、式的问题吗？,The subject of the sentence is “such scores”, the predicate is “mean”, and the object is the clause “that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions”. “That are considered worthy of answer by the people” is an attributive clause modifying “academic questions” while “who make u

26、p the intelligence tests” is another attributive clause modifying the word “people”.,Para 3,by sbs estimate: according to sbs judgment 根据某人的估计 This tree is at least 700 years old by my estimate. _(根据我们的估计), we can win this game. By our estimate,hasten:,v. go fast; be quick赶快；急忙 Upon hearing her sons

27、 injury, she hastened to the hospital. Seeing the chairman was to end the discussion, the speaker hastened to his conclusion.,explore,vt. Search or examine thoroughly 探索；探究 Many people have spent their whole life exploring the universe. Our greatest interest is to _(探究我们新发现的洞穴). explore the newly di

28、scovered cave,divine oracles,oracles ：the oracle of Apollo at Delphi,指古希腊神话中Apollo神在Delphi地方发布的神谕； 极聪明可靠的预测；或是意义模糊而模棱两可的论断。比较汉语表达“如接到圣旨”，虽然也表示了一种恭敬的心态，但少了几分虔诚，多了几分诚惶诚恐的畏惧心理。,Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hastened to him with it, watched him anxiously as he explored its vitals, and list

29、ened to his pronouncements as though they were divine oracles - and he always fixed my car.,然而，每当我的汽车出了毛病，我总是急急忙忙地去找他，焦急地注视着他检查汽车的主要部位，恭听着他的见解，仿佛聆听神谕一般而他总能把我的汽车修好。,Para 4,devise: vt. think out, plan想出；设计 Hes good at devising language games that you can play with students in class. He _(设计出了一种新方法) fo

30、r quicker calculation. devised a new method,intricate:,adj. complicated 错综复杂的 intricate lacework There are _(精致的纹样) on this cloth. intricate patterns,evaluation:,n. judgment 评估，评价 They took some samples of products for evaluation. _(这种新治疗方法的评价) cannot take place until all the data has been collected

31、. Evaluation of this new treatment,foist on:,把.强加于; .塞给 Hes religious but he doesnt try to foist his beliefs on everyone.,arbiter:,n. judge仲裁人，公断人 Experiment is the final arbiter in science. He acted as an arbiter.,Its numerical evaluation is determined by a small subsection of that society which ha

32、s managed to foist itself on the rest of us as an arbiter such matters.,What can we infer from the sentence? The author believed that only a small group of people in society determined what intelligence was and forced all the others to accept their ideas.,它的数值是由那个社会中的一小部分人决定的，他们作为这类事情的仲裁人已设法把他们的意志强加

33、在我们身上。,Para 5,dumb: adj. permanently or temporarily unable to speak 哑的 He was born dumb. They remained dumb at the meeting.,pick out,select挑选 She picked out a bottle of wine that she particularly liked.,Para 6,smugly: adv. complacently 沾沾自喜地 “I own three cars and two boats”, he said smugly.,Para 7,u

34、neasy: adj. awkward, not easy in mind or body 局促的，不安的 The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained. The boy _(度过了不安的一天) waiting for the news. spent an uneasy hour,And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. 我有一种不安的感觉：他的话不无道理。,Exercise,1. make so much fuss over; is worthy of; for sure; gr

35、anted; heartily; picked out; took it for granted; what has gone wrong; by my estimate; highly,2.,complacent; academic; hastened; intelligence; tried on; devise; verbal; uneasy; explored; registered; aptitude; evaluation;,3.,Well win for sure. Do you think the tall buildings in Shenzhen look/ are sim

36、ilar in appearance to the skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York? The number of mistakes you make determines the mark you will receive in an examination.,I keep telling myself never to take anything for granted. The final cost of the house was a lot higher than the builders original estimate. Mrs. Park

37、had an uneasy suspicion that her son was really guilty as charged.,4.,from under; from behind; from among; except on; until after; except for; except to; until after,1.,rosy cheeks; healthy activities; a fussy man; a cloudy sky; a funny story; watery eyes hearty wishes; wavy hair; tasty food; a leng

38、thy speech; a silvery voice; sunny day; a snowy winter; a noisy classroom,2.,sub consciousness; subcommittee; subtitle; substandard; subcontinent; sub average subplot; sublevel,3.,ad; plane; auto bike; doc; dorm exam; kilo; lab math(s); taxi/cab; zoo,plane (飞机) aeroplane airplane chute (降落伞) parachu

39、te phone (电话) telephonebus (公共汽车) omnibus copter (直升飞机) helicopter,ad(广告) advertisement memo (备忘录) memorandum mod(现代派的) moderndemo (示威游行) demonstration psycho (精神病患者) psychotic,Usage,intelligent intellectual; intelligent intellectuals intellectual,1.,How long did he tell you he waited? Which mountai

40、n did they say they tried to climb? When do you suggest we meet again? How many passengers do you suppose the boat takes?,Where did they say the ancient coins were found? Who do you think will be the likeliest candidate for the President? Why do you guess he chose to remain single? What do you expec

41、t he will buy as Christmas presents for his children?,2.,The fact that he works hard does not necessarily mean that he is a competent leader. His explanation that he didnt see the notice is unsatisfactory. The fact that he cheated on exams was revealed in the end.,Most of us dont agree with his view

42、 that there is no advantage in introducing the new method. The news that he won the first gold medal at the 23rd Olympic Games soon spread throughout the country.,His suggestion that intelligence is relative matter is not universally accepted. He seconded my motion that the vote be postponed. There

43、can be no doubt that Suzy is the right person for the job.,3.,We all thought it a pity that you were unable to attend our meetings. We consider it important that you should mind your manners. He didnt want it to be known that he was too ill to go on working. I regard it as important that every one o

44、f you should finish your homework on time.,He took it for granted that his father would come to his help if he got into trouble. We thought it highly probable that he might change his mind at the last minute. I think it likely that the train will be delayed by the dense fog. The doctor thinks it advisable that you st