文本内容:
高中英语北师大版选择性必修第三册课文英汉对照Unit7Lesson1EQ:IQLesson1EQ:IQ EQIQSuccess Comeswith aHigh EQMoststudents doan IQIntelligence Quotienttest earlyin theirschool life.Even iftheynever seetheir results,they feelthat theirIQ iswhat determineshow welltheyare goingto doin life.When theysee otherstudents doingbetter thanthem,they usuallybelieve that thosestudents have a higherIQ andthat thereis nothingthey cando tochangetheir situation.However,new researchinto EQEmotional Quotientsuggests thatsuccessis notsimply theresult of a high IQ.大多数学生会在学生生涯早期做智商测试即使从未看到过测试结果,他们也认为是智商决定了自己日后生活中的表现当看到其他学生比自己优秀,他们通常会认为那些学生智商更高,无论做什么也改变不了自身这一劣势然而,最新的情商研究表明,成功并不仅仅是高智商的结果While yourIQ tel Is you how intelligentyou arc,your EQtelIsyouhowwe11you useyourintelligence.Professor Salovey,who inventedthe termEQ,gives thefollowingdescription:at work,it is IQ that gets youemployed,but itis EQthatgetsyou promoted.Supported byhis research,Professor Saloveysuggests thatwhen predictingsomeone*sfuture success,their character,as measuredby EQtests,might actuallymatter morethantheir TQ.智商表明你到底有多聪明,而情商表明你如何善用智慧最先使用情商一词的沙洛维教授这样描述帮你找到工作的是智商,但让你升职的是情商在其研究的基础上,沙洛维教授建议,在预测某人未来的成功时,由情商测定的性格实际上可能比智商更重要Professor Saloveymay becorrect.For example,have youever wonderedwhy someof thesmarteststudents inyour class,who youthink deservegood grtides,sometimes endupfailing examsPerhaps theirfai lureis becauseof their1ower EQ.People areoftenmistaken inthinking thcitthose with high IQsalways havehigh EQsas well.Thisassociation canexist,but itis justas possiblefor someonewith a low IQto havea highEQor someonewith ahighIQto havealowEQ.沙洛维教授或许是对的举个例子,你有没有想过,为什么班里那些最聪明的学生,那些你认为本应取得好成绩的学生,有时却考试不及格也许他们的失败是因为情商较低人们常误以为高智商的人也同样拥有高情商这种关联可能存在,但同样也有可能低智商拥有高情商,或者高智商的人拥有低情商Tt isgenera]ly believedthat peoplewithhighEQs areopen tonew ideasand havepositiveattitudes towardslife.They arealso lesslikely tobe troubledby internalproblems.Ontheother hand,there islittledoubtthatpeople withlowEQsoftenhave problemsgettingon withother peopleand dealingwith difficultsituations;hence theyhaveaharder timeadjustingin lifeand in their careers.人们普遍认为,情商高的人容易接纳新思想,对待生活积极乐观,很少为自身问题所困扰另一方面,情商低的人毫无疑问往往在与人相处、解决困难方面存在问题因此,他们适应生活和职业生涯中的变化也就更困难People generallybelievethata person*sIQis determinedby birth.However,most socialscientistsagree thatEQ hasa lotto dowith education.Some aretrying tostudy thepossibilityof improvinga person,s EQ,especially interms of**people kills,such asunderstandingand communication.人们普遍认为人的智商是一出生就决定了的然而,大多数社会学家认为,情商与教育有很大关系一些科学家正试图研究提升情商的可能性,特别是“人际技能”方面,例如理解和沟通Professor Mayer,recognised bymany asa leadingexpert inthe studyof changesto people*s EQs,recently announcedthe resultsofastudy onsenior secondaryschool students.Whenstudents wereintroduced tothose who had disabilities,they foundthat,afterwards,thenon-disabled studentswere morewilling tohelp peoplewith difficulties.Compared tostudentswhohadnot beeninvolved inthe study,they also showeda betterunderstandingof thedisabled students,feelings.There wasalso anobvious changeinthedisabledstudents,attitudes.Theybecame morepositiveaboutlifeand morewillingtotrynew things.梅尔教授是公认的人类情商变化研究领域的顶级专家,他最近公布了一项针对高中生的研究结果他们发现,介绍学生认识有残障的学生之后,这些身体健全的学生会更愿意帮助残隙人士与未参与这一研究的学生相比,他们能更好地理解残障学生的感受同时,残障学生的态度也发生了明显的变化,他们对待生活更加积极,更愿意尝试新事物Altogether,the resultsof studiesshow thatEQ isas important,if notmore importantthanIQ.To getahead inthe worldand leada happysuccessful liferequires gettingonwell withother peopleand beingable tounderstand andreact tosituations inthe bestwaypossible.A highEQ isnecessary forthis-the higherthe better.And thefact thatitmight bepossible toraise EQsmeans thatschools needto makesure thattheir studentsarereceiving aneducation theyreally need,not solelybased onIQ buton developingtheentire character.总之,一系列研究表明情商即使不比智商更重要,至少也是同等重要要在这个世界上出人头地,过上快乐乂成功的生活,必须要与他人融洽相处,并能够以最好的方式理解和应对各种状况要做到这些高情商必不可少,而且是越高越好此外,情商是可以后天提高的,这就意味着学校需要确保学生接受真正所需的教育,是全人发展的教育,而不仅仅是基于智商的教育。