Сборник текстов по психологии для чтения на английском языке с упражнениями Г.В. Бочарова, М.Г. Степанова

Г.В. Бочарова,М.Г. Степанова

READ OFF!

Graded Reader with Exercises

Сборник текстов по психологии для чтения на английском языке с упражнениями

2 е издание, исправленное

Рекомендовано Редакционно издательским Советом Российской академии образования к использованию в качестве учебного пособия

Москва Издательство «ФЛИНТА»

2012

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УДК 811.111(075.8)

ББК 81.2Англ 923 Б86

Бочарова Г.В.

Б86 Read Off! Graded Reader with Exercises. Сборник текстов по пси хологии для чтения на английском языке с упражнениями [Элек тронный ресурс] / Г.В. Бочарова, М.Г. Степанова. — М. : ФЛИН ТА, 2012. — 208 с.

ISBN 978 5 9765 0298 7 (ФЛИНТА)

Пособие ставит своей целью ознакомление с разнообразной темати кой по специальности, усвоение психологической лексики, развитие навыков анализа аутентичных текстов разного уровня сложности.

Для студентов, аспирантов и преподавателей психологических фа культетов вузов.

УДК 811.111(075.8) ББК 81.2Англ 923

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Пособие “Read Off” предназначено для студентов психоло гических вузов и факультетов, которые владеют навыками чте ния на английском языке и желают совершенствовать свои зна ния.

Пособие ставит своей целью дальнейшее развитие навыков чтения литературы по специальности на разных этапах обуче ния.

Пособие состоит из трех разделов, охватывающих разнооб разную тематику: психология развития личности, межличност ные отношения, восприятие окружающей среды, стресс, депрес сия, различные нарушения психической деятельности и другие. Тексты, представленные в них, отличаются уровнем сложности.

Враздел I (Pre Intermediate Level) включены тексты, неболь шие по объему, содержательные по характеру и легкие для пони мания. Послетекстовые упражнения направлены на общее по нимание содержания текста, освоение новой психологической лексики.

Враздел II (Intermediate Level) включены тексты более слож ные в языковом отношении. Они больше по объему, а упражне ния после текста направлены на более внимательную и деталь ную проработку текста с целью его дальнейшего и подробного разбора.

Раздел III (Upper Intermediate) состоит из оригинальных тек стов более высокого языкового уровня, освещающих новые, со временные подходы к решению психологических проблем.

Вупражнениях упор сделан не только на расширение профес сионального вокабуляра, но и на подбор соответствующих объяс нений к определенным психологическим понятиям. Упражне ния направлены на обсуждение прочитанного, поиск конкрет

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ных фактов, объясняющих те или иные психологические яв ления.

В качестве текстового материала были использованы как уже признанные, ставшие классическими книги английских и аме риканских авторов по психологии, так и современные периоди ческие издания.

Настоящий сборник текстов по психологии на английском языке может быть использован как для аудиторного обучения, так и для самостоятельной работы.

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PA R T I

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T e x t 1

WHY DO WE RISK IT?

Risk sports are one of the fastest growing leisure activities. Daredevils try anything from organized bungee jumps to illegally jumping off buildings. These people never feel so alive as when they are risking their lives.

So, why do some people’s lives seem to be dominated by the “thrill factor”, while others are perfectly happy to sit at home? Some say that people who do risk sports are reacting against the society which they feel has become dull and uninteresting. David Lewis, a psychologist, believes that people today crave adventure. In fact, our culture has eli minated risk. “The world has become a safe place,” says Lewis. “People used to be able to seek adventure by hunting wild animals, or taking part in expeditions. Now they turn to risk sports as an escape.”

Risk sports have a positive side as well. They help people to over come fears that affect them in their real lives. This makes risk sports particularly valuable for executives in office jobs who need to stay alert so that they can cope when things go wrong.

I. Find English equivalents for the following words and expressions.

Сорвиголова; находиться под влиянием чего либо; противо действовать чему либо; страстно желать чего либо; искать при ключения; преодолевать страхи.

II. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions.

Risk sports; leisure activities; to eliminate risk; an executive; to stay alert; to cope with smth.

III.Rearrange the following statements as they occur in the text. (Give numbers.)

1. They turn to risk sports as an escape.

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2.They help people to overcome fears that affect them in their real lives.

3.Risk sports are one of the fastest growing leisure activities.

4.Daredevils try anything from organized bungee jumps to illegally jumping off buildings.

5.Risk sports have a positive side as well.

6.People who do risk sports are reacting against the society which they feel has become dull and uninteresting.

7.Risk sports are particularly valuable for executives in office jobs who need to stay alert so that they cope when things go wrong.

T e x t 2

ATTRACTIVENESS IN THE DARK

A student in an online college course remarked to me how he rarely had the confidence to speak out in regular, face to face classes. He confided he was not very attractive, and always hesitant to answer questions or engage in discussion. People usually ignored the comments he made in face to face classes, so he stopped making them after a while. But online, he found a place where people would not dismiss him because of his looks. The first time he joined in the text based group discussion, he included some humor along with a thoughtful remark about the topic. Several people responded within a day or two, agreeing with his views and taking his side in the debate. “This never happened to me in the classroom,” he said — not wistfully, but with wide eyed pleasure. Perhaps the Internet’s level playing field with respect to physical attributes will bring out his best and give him confidence to show his qualities — even in real life.

In some interactions, the Internet pulls the rug out from under our tendency to rely on good looks in interpersonal attraction, at least initially. This gives people an opportunity to get to know one another without the weight of all the physical attractiveness stereotypes. If interactive video and voice become more accessible and widely used,

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the equation will change again. But for the time being, perhaps just for this fleeting moment in history, beauty’s power is restrained. Without the physical appearance crutch, how do you decide whether the person on the other side of the screen could be a friend, a romantic partner, or your future spouse?

I. Find English equivalents for the following words and expressions.

Чувствовать себя уверенным; обычные занятия; при непосред ственном общении; в сети; принимать чью либо сторону в споре; физические особенности.

II. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions.

Interpersonal attraction; to rely on smth.; to become more accessible; to change an equation; a romantic partner; a future spouse.

III.Rearrange the statements as they occur in the text. (Give numbers.)

1.But for the time being, perhaps just for this fleeting moment in history, beauty’s power is restrained.

2.The Internet gives people an opportunity to get to know one another without the weight of all the physical attractiveness stereotypes.

3.But online, he found a place where people would not dismiss him because of his looks.

4.A student in an online college courses remarked to me how he rarely had the confidence to speak out in regular, face to face classes.

5.“This never happened to me in the classroom,” he said — with wide eyed pleasure.

6.He confined he was not very attractive.

7.People usually ignored the comments he made, so he stopped making them after a while.

8.If interactive video and voice become more accessible and widely used, the equation will change again.

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