Unit Two Psychology in Our Daily life Teaching aims: In this unit students are required to 1)get to know some useful information concerning the topic of the reading passages in this unit and to know more about english culture 2)do some preparation activities such as discussion, group work, etc. to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills 3)grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their 4 )read the in-class read ing passage in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the in-class reading passage to improve their reading comprehension, 5)do some post-read ing exercises and some after-class read ing to practice what they have got to know in class to improve their English comprehensive skills ; 6)translate some typical sentences into Chinese or English by using some expressions learned in the read ing passages to acquire some translating skills and better their translating abilities L. USeful information 1. Psychology is a young and growing science that touches on a broad range of human activities. In general, however one can say that psychology tries to explain why people cat, think, and feel the way they do 2. Psychologists are interested not only in how individual minds work but also in the various interactions of minds in society. It should be noted that psychology provides methods of analyzing and understanding human behav ior and emotion that are not based on moral codes 3. The whole field of psychoanalysis originated with the research of the Austrian doctor, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). According to his theories, people are driven by irrational(not being able to reason; illogical) forces or primitive instincts. Freud believed that the inner struggle between instincts and conscience often led to disaster which was manifested(show clearly) in the form of personal tragedies such as murder and suicide or collective tragedies such as war. He advocates(support) the use of psychoanalysis to help people control irrational forces. Much of Freud's work was based on his interpretation of dreams and sexual instincts 4. The whole field of psychology has evolved(develop) and expanded considerably since the early part of the twentieth century. There are now many branches of psychology and it is no longer limited to clinical(cold without feelings )work and the analysis of dreams 5. Men and women with training in psychology now work in many different careers ranging from therapists to advertising agents. The findings of psychological research are used help the victims of family violence, to design aptitude tests(性向测验),to carry out efficiency studies in the workplace, to develop educational strategies, toUnit Two Psychology in Our Daily Life Teaching Aims: In this unit students are required to : 1) get to know some useful information concerning the topic of the reading passages in this unit and to know more about English culture; 2) do some preparation activities such as discussion, group work, etc. to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills; 3) grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their vocabulary; 4)read the in-class reading passage in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the in-class reading passage to improve their reading comprehension; 5) do some post-reading exercises and some after-class reading to practice what they have got to know in class to improve their English comprehensive skills.; 6) translate some typical sentences into Chinese or English by using some expressions learned in the reading passages to acquire some translating skills and better their translating abilities. I. Useful information 1. Psychology is a young and growing science that touches on a broad range of human activities. In general, however one can say that psychology tries to explain why people cat, think, and feel the way they do. 2. Psychologists are interested not only in how individual minds work but also in the various interactions of minds in society. It should be noted that psychology provides methods of analyzing and understanding human behavior and emotion that are not based on moral codes. 3．The whole field of psychoanalysis originated with the research of the Austrian doctor, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). According to his theories, people are driven by irrational (not being able to reason; illogical) forces or primitive instincts. Freud believed that the inner struggle between instincts and conscience often led to disaster which was manifested (show clearly) in the form of personal tragedies such as murder and suicide or collective tragedies such as war. He advocates (support) the use of psychoanalysis to help people control irrational forces. Much of Freud’s work was based on his interpretation of dreams and sexual instincts. 4．The whole field of psychology has evolved (develop) and expanded considerably since the early part of the twentieth century. There are now many branches of psychology and it is no longer limited to clinical (cold; without feelings) work and the analysis of dreams. 5．Men and women with training in psychology now work in many different careers ranging from therapists to advertising agents. The findings of psychological research are used help the victims of family violence, to design aptitude tests（性向测验），to carry out efficiency studies in the workplace, to develop educational strategies, to