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สาระการเรียนรู้ภาษาต่างประเทศ ช่วงชั้นที่ 4
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Pessimistic VS Optimistic
In a recent survey, college students were asked what kind of people they preferred to socialize with. The majority preferred to look on the bright side of life and to steer clear of pessimists. Pessimists were rated as less desirable study partners, campus party companions, or sports teammates.
The survey revealed that young people generally were optimists and tended to avoid pessimists because they assumed that their negative outlook meant they were generally hopeless, sad, and depressed. They feared that this negative view could rub off on them.
The consultants who carried out the survey said that few of the students interviewed were prepared to admit to pessimistic tendencies themselves and the majority agreed that, by definition, pessimists assumed that bad things were more likely to happen to them than to others.
Asked whether an optimistic attitude meant better mental health, less stress, and a longer life, while a pessimistic attitude increased the risk of an early death, many students didn’t know, while one girl said,” That’s something you ought to ask my parents.”
The consultants were able to draw the following conclusions : a) optimistic students tended to avoid pessimistic students; b) there existed a fear of the negative vibes transmitted by pessimists; and c) regarding the more long-term effects of being either an optimist or pessimist, it was difficult for the majority to comment with any certainty.
Vocabulary:
socialize (v) to spend the time when you are not working with
friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself
steer(v) to take someone or something, or cause them to go,
in the direction in which you want them to go
desirable (adj.) worth having and wanted by most people
reveal (v) to make known or show something that is surprising
or that was previously secret
assume (v) to accept something to be true without question or
proof
rub off (v) begin to have it because they have been with that
person and learnt it from them
consultant (n) someone who advises people on a particular subject
vibes (n) the general mood a person or place seems to have
and the way they make you feel
transmit (v) to pass something from one person or place to
another
Questions for discussing ( คำถามเพื่ออภิปราย )
คนที่มองโลกในแง่ดีและแง่ร้าย มีอิทธิพลในสังคมอย่างไร ( ยกตัวอย่าง )
Follow up activity (กิจกรรมเสนอแนะ )
ศึกษาข้อมูลด้านจิตวิทยาเกี่ยวกับบุคคลทั้งสองประเภทเพิ่มเติม
การบูรณาการ : สาระการเรียนรู้ภาษาไทย ,สังคมศึกษา ฯ, สุขศึกษา ฯ
แหล่งที่มาของข้อมูล: หนังสือ green light five by Ivor Williams and Dermot
Curley, สำนักพิมพ์วัฒนาพานิช / McGraw Hill .
https://dictionary.cambridge.org.
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