conduct political campaigns, and to pred ict consumer spend ing. In fact, there id hardly any aspect of modern society that has not been influenced in some way by research in the field of psychology I. Preparation 1. Describing the pictures on page 32. Picture 1: The patient looks sad. He is coming out of the hospital, carry ing a test report in his hand. Judging from the black cloud hanging over the hospital, the drooping flowers and trees, and the report with the word""on it, we can assume that he has had a series of tests Picture 2: The man is lying in bed. The doctor has obviously prescribed all kinds of medicine because there bottles of pills on the table beside the bed. There is also a piece of paper with the word"will"written on it. The man is also depressed that he has written his will because he thinks he is going to die Picture3: The man appears extremely happy. The sun is shining over the hosp ital. The flowers and trees are upright. The doctor has told the man that he does not have cancer after all. (The report he is carrying has an X through the word"cancer". )On seeing this result, he cant believe his eyes Picture 4: The sun is shining, the trees are full of fruit and the hospital has disappeared. The man is happy. He appears to be singing or whistling. He takes a racket and heads off to play tennis. He is healthy and energetic again 2. Getting to know your classmates Possible reasons for the beliefs and feelings t Those who love shopping may have a lot of money to spend and take delight in doing shopping Sometimes they have a sense of accomplishment after shopping done. In other cases, when people are in low spirits, they tend to do a lot of pping Y Some people don' t eat beef because of their religion. For example, Hindus do not eat beef. others do not eat beef because of their family habits Y Bus service in some places is very poor. Buses are usually crowed and dirty. That is why people don t like to ride on a bus and when they are on a bus, they will get sick. The result will probably be that they hate rid ing on a bus even more Y Those who love to talk to themselves are often timid and reserved (shy ) They express their own feeling by doing so. Some people do so because they are not sure of themselves. They can practice talking to others in imag ination, i.e. by imagining that they are facing other people and talking with them t Some people are terrified of snakes because some snakes are very poisonous Other people hate them because they are ugly and disgusting People sometimes associate violence and ghosts with darkness. In the darkness people usually feel lonely and helpless Y Some people think they are too fat when compared with those slim people around them. In most parts of the world, people are worried when they gain weight and ry every means to keep thin. Everyone hopes to be good-look ing or beautiful and follow the trendconduct political campaigns, and to predict consumer spending. In fact, there id hardly any aspect of modern society that has not been influenced in some way by research in the field of psychology. II. Preparation 1．Describing the pictures on page 32. Picture 1: The patient looks sad. He is coming out of the hospital, carrying a test report in his hand. Judging from the black cloud hanging over the hospital, the drooping flowers and trees, and the report with the word “Cancer” on it, we can assume that he has had a series of tests. Picture 2: The man is lying in bed. The doctor has obviously prescribed all kinds of medicine because there bottles of pills on the table beside the bed. There is also a piece of paper with the word “will” written on it. The man is also depressed that he has written his will because he thinks he is going to die. Picture3: The man appears extremely happy. The sun is shining over the hospital. The flowers and trees are upright. The doctor has told the man that he does not have cancer after all. (The report he is carrying has an “X” through the word “cancer”.) On seeing this result, he can’t believe his eyes. Picture 4: The sun is shining, the trees are full of fruit and the hospital has disappeared. The man is happy. He appears to be singing or whistling. He takes a racket and heads off to play tennis. He is healthy and energetic again. 2. Getting to know your classmates Possible reasons for the beliefs and feelings  Those who love shopping may have a lot of money to spend and take delight in doing shopping .Sometimes they have a sense of accomplishment after shopping is done. In other cases, when people are in low spirits, they tend to do a lot of shopping.  Some people don’t eat beef because of their religion. For example, Hindus do not eat beef. Others do not eat beef because of their family habits.  Bus service in some places is very poor. Buses are usually crowed and dirty. That is why people don’t like to ride on a bus and when they are on a bus, they will get sick. The result will probably be that they hate riding on a bus even more.  Those who love to talk to themselves are often timid and reserved(shy). They express their own feeling by doing so. Some people do so because they are not sure of themselves. They can practice talking to others in imagination, i.e. by imagining that they are facing other people and talking with them.  Some people are terrified of snakes because some snakes are very poisonous. Other people hate them because they are ugly and disgusting.  People sometimes associate violence and ghosts with darkness. In the darkness, people usually feel lonely and helpless.  Some people think they are too fat when compared with those slim people around them. In most parts of the world, people are worried when they gain weight and try every means to keep thin. Everyone hopes to be good-looking or beautiful and follow the trend