Mini Test 4 Section 2
We have been reading about how people’s perceptions(感知,感觉) often differ from reality. What does this mean that perceptions differ from reality? Yes? Well, it means that people may think something’s true, when the in reality it is not, I mean when the opposite is true. Yes, that’s what it means when perceptions differ form reality. Now, today we’re going to look at a really clearly case a where certain perceptions held byow Americans can differ considerably from reality. The example I’ m using today is about what Americans think about multimillionaires(千万富翁) and what researchers haves discovered to be true about the multimillionaires. For class today, you’ve were supposed to answer thea short questionnaire about millionaires that I handed out last week. Do you have ayour questionnaires with you? Let’s take a look at them. How many of you have felt that a the typical American multimillionaire wouldill drive a new car? How about a five-year old car? How many of you thought that the tipical American multimillionaire would prefer to eat caviar(鱼子酱) or other expensive foods? How many of you guessed club sandwiches(总汇三明治)? How many of you thought thefelt that a tipical American multimillionaire spent over one thousand dollars on a suit? How many of you guessed it was under 400 dollars? And finally, how many of you felt that the tipical American multimillionaire used sense of ccents-off(象征性优惠的) coupons (商家的优待券) when buying food and household products? And how many did not? Let’s see you a show off hands(举手表决). Wow, not too many of you have your hands up. Well, you are in the same bapollpark (相近;棒球场) with most people. Most people think that the typical American multimillionaire has the most expensive car, the most expensive food, and the most expensive clothes and doesn’t worry about pennies. And you seem to have the same idea. Now, remember our main point that perceptions can differ from reality. Several studies have been done about how perceptions of really the wealthy American’s differ from a real American multimillionaires. Across the board(全面的[地], 包括所有的人在内的[地]), Americans have an imagine of Multimillionaires spending a whole lot of money perhaps quite carelessly. Although there is a certain percentage of wealthy people who fit this image or parts of it. Studies have shownd that the majority of American multimillionaires look like ordinary people. They drive old vehicles, eat everyday American food, shop at discount stores, use coupons and are very, very frugal(节俭的, 朴素的). In fact, typical wealthy Americans live under their means(金钱, 财富). They save money when everyanyone else’s spending. Today I am going to give you five case studies of typical American Multimillionaires. For next week, I’d like you to read the case studies(个案研究)d and see if it they more closely fit of the general American perceptions of the American Multimillionaire and or the findings of the studies we read about this week. See you Monday.
Mini Test 5 Section 2
Hello, everyone. Today we’ll be talking about the historical background of the song “Yankee(北方佬：美国北方的土著人或居民，尤指内战期间的联邦军队的士兵) Doodle(傻子)”. Now, this is ,of course, a song that American children learn ined a nersiry the nursery(幼儿园). It does have a pleasant rhyme(韵, 押韵) or rhythm(节奏, 韵律) that make it easy to learn. And it also provides an interesting perspective on attitudes at the time of the American Revolution(美国独立战争). Now, let’s think about the words to Yankee Doodle. How many have of you known the words to thise song? You,all should? Let’s see a show of hands. Yes, everyone seems to know the words. Now, wouldill anyone like to singay it for us? Let’s see a show of hands for on this. Any volunteers? No one? There is not a single hand up. OK, then, if no one wants to sing it for us, let me put up the words for you. Here is are the words to Yankee Doodle. And let’s think about the perspective these words provide on the prevailing(占优势的, 主要的, 流行的) attitudes at the time of the American Revolution. This words frefrain(. h3 W- }& F) d8 q
[乐]副歌) should be quite familiar to you. Yankee Doodle came to town writing riding on a pony(矮种马，小型马). He stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni [(18世纪伦敦装模作样学欧洲大陆派头的)时髦男子; 浮华少年, (泛指)花花公子]. Now, we’ll focus on three words in the song: Yakee, Doodle and macaroni.
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