基础英语2课件Unit12

unit12Theimportanceofmoralintellegenceinchildrenbrainstormingqualitiesfaithfulsensiblesteadyaggressiveadaptableambitiousamiablestraightforwarddisciplinedcooperative1.Whatdoyouthinkis/arethemostimportantquality/qualitiesachildshouldpossess?2.Canparentsandthegeneralpublichelptocultivateintegrityinachild?Iftheycan,how?Ifnot,whynot?•IntelligenceQuotient•EmotionalIntelligenceQuotient•MoralIntelligenceQuotientUnit12Unit12thetenquotientsUnit12Unit12Unit1Culturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationThesooneryoutreatyoursonasaman,thesoonerhewillbeone.—WilliamJohnLocke1.QuoteCulturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformation2.MoralIntelligence:ParentsDoMakeaDifferenceYoungadolescencecanbeatroublingtime.Therearescoresofdisturbingindicatorstoproveitincludingthesteadyriseofimpulsivity,depression,suicide,violence,peercruelty,andsubstanceabuse.Inadditionweareseeingagrowingriseindisrespectforauthority,incivility,vulgarity,cheatinganddishonesty.We’vebeenrelentlessinoureffortstomakeachange.Butinallourinterventionstheoneareaoftenoverlookedisthemoralintelligenceoftheyoungadolescent.Moralintelligenceconsistsofthepersonal,social,mental,emotional,andmoralskillsthatmakeupsolidcharacterandguidemoralbehaviours.Itisthecapacitytounderstandrightfromwrong.Itmeanstohavestrongethicalconvictionsandtoactonthemsothatonebehavesintherightandhonourableway.Moralintelligenceiswhatayoungadolescentneedsmosttocounternegativepressuresanddowhat’srightwithorwithoutadultguidance.Cultivatingmoralintelligencemaywellbeourbesthope.Thelatestresearchconfirmsstrongmoralcharactercanbelearnedandhowteachingitcanenhanceourstudents’Culturalinformation3AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationCulturalinformation4AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationpro-socialbehavioursandreplacenegativeones.However,teachersarenottheirstudents’mostpowerfulmoralinstructors—parentsare.Unfortunately,parentsoftendon’tusetheirinfluenceduetomisconceptions.Globalreading1.Accordingtotheauthor,howseriousistheAmericanchildren'sproblemthatworriestheAmericanpeople?Theproblemissoseriousthatithasleftthemshaken,deeplyworried,andinsearchofanswers.Allthepeople,fromlawmakers,doctors,clergy,businesspeople,educators,parentstothegeneralpublicalike,havevoicedtheirconcerns.2.WhataretheothersignsthattheauthordescribesashorrifyingaboutAmericanchildren?steadilyincreasingcruelty,substanceabuseamongyoungerchildren,thegrowingdisrespectforparents,teachers,andotherlegitimateauthorityfigures,theriseofincivility,theincreaseofvulgarity,andwidespreadcheatingandcommonplacedshonesty.(para.3)3.Whatarepeople'sreactionstothealarmingstatisticsonchildren'smisconduct?Thenationisreactinginalarm:ithastriedvariousadministrative,judicialandeducationalstrategies;psychologistshavealsodevelopednewtheoriesonchildbehavious.(para.4)4.Whydoesthecrisisremaineventhoughpeoplehavemadefranticefforts?Theauthorbelievestheyhavemissedonecriticalfact,i.e.themoralsideofchildren'slives.Itismoralstrengththatchildrenneedmosttokeeptheirethicalbearingsinthisoftenmorallytoxicworld.(para.5)5.Accordingtotheauthor,howcanwebestprotectachild'smorallifenowandforever?Thebestwaytoprotectachild'smorallifenowandforeveristoenhancehismoralintelligence.(para.6)GlobalReading-Mainidea1MainideaStructuralanalysisInthispieceofargumentativewriting,theauthorfirststatesanobviousfact:theinAmericansocietywhichinvolvesAmericanchildrenhas“.”Thenshesuppliesreaderswithsubstantialstatisticsandevidencetoshowismanifestedinvariouswaysinschoolsandsociety,fromtheincreasingratestowidespreadandcommonplace.TheauthordescribesthefranticthenationhasmadehowtheproblemofAmericanchildren__________________________________________crisis______shaken,deeplyworried,andinsearchofanswersleftus_____________________________________________________________homicideandsuicide_______________________cheating_________dishonesty___________efforts_______GlobalReading-Mainidea2MainideaStructuralanalysisasareactiontotheproblem.However,sheregrettablyconcludesthat.Whatiscriticallyneeded,inheropinion,isto.Suchenhancementdependsonoureffortto.thecrisisremains___________________enhancechildren’smoralstrength____________________________________helpchildrennotonlythinkmorally,butalsoactmorally______________________________________________________________Structuralanalysis1MainideaStructuralanalysis1.What’sthelanguagestyleofthetext?Thispieceofargumentativewriting,shortasitis,bearssomedistinctivefeaturesofaresearchpaper,buttheabsenceofacademicterminologymakesitmoreaccessibletothegeneralpublic.2.Howdoestheauthorpresentherargument?Theauthorpresentsherargumentclearlyandlogicallywitheithersupportivestatisticsorquotationsofidentifiedsources.Structuralanalysis2MainideaStructuralanalysisParagraphsMainidea12Itpresentsthecrisisandthereasonswhyitneedstobetackledimmediately.3.Summarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.ItsuppliessomeofficialdatafromtheAmericanAcademyofPediatricsandstatisticalevidencetoprovetheacutenessofthecrisis.Structuralanalysis3MainideaStructuralanalysisParagraphsMainidea345Itprovidesmanysignsof