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1、2014年职称英语综合类考试教材概况大意文章及译文（6）2014年职称英语考试时间为3月29日。小编为您整理职称英语教材中，概括大意部分的文章及译文，希望对您有所助益。HowWeFormFirstImpression1 Weallhavefirstimpressionofsomeonewejustmet.Butwhy?Whydoweformanopinionaboutsomeonewithoutreallyknowinganythingabouthimorher—asideperhapsfromafewremarksorreadilyobservabletraits.
2、2 Theanswerisrelatedtohowyourbrain,allowsyoutobeawareoftheworld.Yourbrainissosensitiveinpickingupfacialtraits,evenveryminordifferenceinhowaperson’seyes,ears,nose,ormouthareplacedinrelationtoeachothermakesyouseehimorherasdifferent1.Infact,yourbraincontinuouslyprocessesincomingsensoryinfo
3、rmation—thesightsandsoundsofyourworld.Theseincoming“signals”arecomparedagainst2ahostof“memories”storedinthebrainareascalledthecortexsystemtodeterminewhatthesenewsignals“mean.”3 Ifyouseesomeoneyouknowandlikeatschool3,yourbrainsays“familiarandsafe.‘‘Ifyouseesomeonenew,itsays,“new—potentia
4、llythreatening.”Thenyourbrainstartstomatchfeaturesofthisstrangerwithother“known”memories;Theheight,weight,dress,ethnicity,gestures,andtoneofvoiceareallmatchedup.Themoreunfamiliarthecharacteristics,themoreyourbrainmaysay,“Thisisnew.Idon’tlikethisperson.”Orelse,“I’mintrigued.“Oryourbrainm
5、ayperceiveanewfacebutfamiliarclothes,ethnicity,gestures—likeyourotherfriends;soyourbrainsays:“Ilikethisperson.”Butthesepreliminary“impressions”canbedeadwrong4.4 Whenwestereotypepeople,weusealessmatureformofthinking(notunliketheimmaturethinkingofaveryyoungchild)thatmakessimplisticandcate
6、goricalimpressionsofothers.Ratherthanleamaboutthedepthandbreadthofpeople—theirhistory,interest,values,strengths,andtruecharacter—wecategorizethemasjocks,geeks,orfreaks.5 However,ifweresistinitialstereotypicalimpressions,wehaveachancetobeawareofwhatapersonistrulylike.Ifwespendtimewithape
7、rson,hearabouthisorherlife,hopes,dreams,andbecomeawareoftheperson’scharacter,weuseadifferent,morematurestyleofthinking—andthemostcomplexareasofourcortex,whichallowustobehumane.词汇：trait特点，特征，特性host一大群，许多simplistic过分单纯化的categorical绝对的jock骗子geek反常的人stereotype对……产生成见humane有人情味的，人文的
