Unit 9 What is Intelligence,Anyway? 658
Unit 9 What is Intelligence, Anyway?
Education and Intelligence ■Ve are faced with the 9 3 paradoxical fact that education 8 4. 65 has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. ---Bertrand Russell
Education and Intelligence ◼ We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. ◼ ---Bertrand Russell
Blank Filling:listen and fill in the blanks Intelligence is a term usually referring to a general mental capacity to reason,solve problems,think abstractly,learn new material,and profit_from past experience.Intelligence can be measured by many different kinds of tasks.Likewise this ability is expressed in many aspects of a person's life Intelligence draws_on_a variety of mental processes, including memory,learning,_perception,decision-making and reasoning.Yet no_universally_accepted definition of intelligence exists,and people continue to _debate what, exactly,it is.Fundamental questions remain:Is intelligence one general ability or several independent systems of abilities?Is intelligence a property of the brain,a characteristic of behavior,or a set of knowledge and skills?
Blank Filling: listen and fill in the blanks Intelligence is a term usually referring to a general mental ________ to reason, solve problems, think abstractly, learn new material, and ______from past experience. Intelligence can be _________ by many different kinds of tasks. , this ability is expressed in many aspects of a person’s life. Intelligence ___a variety of mental processes, including memory, learning, ____, decision-making and reasoning. Yet no _____accepted definition 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? capacity profit measured Likewise draws on perception universally Fundamental debate property
Introductory Remarks ■What is intelligence?” Isaac Asimov,the famous American writer,offers his interpretation of intelligence in the text.He knows from his own experience that intelligence is not absolute. He has scored amazingly high on various scholastic aptitude tests,but the high scores simply mean that he is very good at answering that type of academic questions.In terms of IQ's, he is highly intelligent and may be labeled as a "genius;"but in the auto-repairman's eye,he is not even“smart,”just because he is so goddamned educated
Introductory Remarks ◼ “What is intelligence?” ◼ Isaac Asimov, the famous American writer, offers his interpretation of intelligence in the text. He knows from his own experience that intelligence is not absolute. ◼ He has scored amazingly high on various scholastic aptitude tests, but the high scores simply mean that he is very good at answering that type of academic questions. In terms of IQ’s, he is highly intelligent and may be labeled as a “genius;” but in the auto-repairman’s eye, he is not even “smart,” just because he is so “goddamned educated
Structure ■ Part1 (Para.1-2)I have been scoring high in intelligence tests all my life 3 but it only means that i am good at 8 answering certain types of academic questions. Part 2(para.3-4)Intelligence is not absolute and it is decided by the society one lives in. Part3 (Para.5-7)My auto repairman played a joke on me, which seemed to prove me a moron
Structure ◼ Part1 (Para.1-2) I have been scoring high in intelligence tests all my life but it only means that I am good at answering certain types of academic questions. ◼ Part 2 (para.3-4) Intelligence is not absolute and it is decided by the society one lives in. ◼ Part3 (Para.5-7) My auto repairman played a joke on me, which seemed to prove me a moron
Para.1 No one at the base had ever seen a 2 figure like that and for two hours they 9 3 made a big fuss over me. 8 . 65 ■ make a fuss of/over sb:give someone a lot of attention and treat one well关爱备 至，过分爱护 e.g.They made a great fuss of the new baby. ■ She doesn't see her granddaughter very often so she makes a real fuss of her granddaughter when she does make a fuss about sth对..大惊小怪
Para.1 ◼ No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that and for two hours they made a big fuss over me. ◼ make a fuss of/over sb: give someone a lot of attention and treat one well 关爱备 至，过分爱护 ◼ e.g. They made a great fuss of the new baby. ◼ She doesn’t see her granddaughter very often so she makes a real fuss of her granddaughter when she does. ◼ make a fuss about sth 对…大惊小怪
Para.2 All my life I've been registering scores 12 like that,so that I have the complacent 9 3 feeling that I'm highly intelligent,and I 8 expect other people to think so,too. ■ (1)register: ■ v.put information into an official list or record登记，注册 ■ e.g.I registered the car in my name. Students have to finish registering for the new course by the end of April
Para.2 ◼ All my life I’ve been registering scores like that, so that I have the complacent feeling that I’m highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so, too. ◼ (1) register: ◼ v. put information into an official list or record 登记，注册 ◼ e.g. I registered the car in my name. ◼ Students have to finish registering for the new course by the end of April
Para.2 n.an official list or record of names, 2 items,etc.登记表，注册簿 9 3 8 4. 65 e.g.The old man finally found the register of births and deaths. (2)complacent:adj.self-satisfied; pleased with oneself自满的，自鸣得 意的 e.g.After setting the world record,he became complacent
Para.2 ◼ n. an official list or record of names, items, etc. 登记表，注册簿 ◼ e.g. The old man finally found the register of births and deaths. ◼ (2) complacent: adj. self-satisfied; pleased with oneself 自满的，自鸣得 意的 ◼ e.g. After setting the world record, he became complacent
Para.2 Actually,though,don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic 9 3 8 questions that are considered worthy of 5 answers by the people who make up the intelligence tests-people with intellectual bents similar to mine? (1)worthy:adj.deserving sth.like respect,admiration or support,,etc.值得 的 e.g.This book is worthy of careful study ■ Two points in this report are especially worthy of notice
Para.2 ◼ Actually, though, don’t 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 with intellectual bents similar to mine? ◼ (1) worthy: adj. deserving sth. like respect, admiration or support, etc. 值得 的 ◼ e.g. This book is worthy of careful study. ◼ Two points in this report are especially worthy of notice
Para. (2)bent:n.special natural skill or 2 interest嗜好，倾向 9 3 e.g.She has a scientific bent. 8 . 65 He has a natural bent for music. ■ (4)Translate the sentence into Chinese 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 究式的问题吗？
Para. ◼ (2) bent: n. special natural skill or interest 嗜好，倾向 ◼ e.g. She has a scientific bent. ◼ He has a natural bent for music. ◼ (4)Translate the sentence into Chinese ◼ 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 究式的问题吗？
