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Unit 3 The world Online
2.3 Extended Reading & Project
一、用单词的适当形式完成句子
1.________ (date) back to 1933, the South Lake Park in Changchun is located in the southwestern part of the Changchun city.
2.Not only did they bring snacks and drinks, but they also brought cards for ________ (entertain) when they had a picnic.
3.Lucy has decided to become a teacher in the university after_______(quit) her present job.
4.Joe is proud and stubborn, never ______ (admit) he is wrong and always looking for someone else ______ (blame).
5.________ (transport) goods by train can reduce pollution.
6.Those ________(wish)to join this club should sign here.
7.The movie was not a ________ (commerce) success.
8.It is an investigation into children’s understanding and ________ (appreciate) of art.
9.Many of the women are ________ (addict) to heroin and cocaine.
10.Cultures give us a sense of ________ (belong) in society.
二、阅读理解
We've all been there:those times you need to argue your point of view to someone who you know disagrees with you. You immediately go to your keyboard and start to type out that 280-character Twitter,the Facebook reply,or a paragraphs-long email. Surely the reason,logic and strong power of your written words will persuade whoever disagrees with you to see your point of view. But new research suggests a different idea.
That research was conducted by Juliana Schroeder,assistant professor of University of California,Berkeley,and her colleagues. In Schroeder's study of almost 300 people,participants were asked to watch,listen,and read arguments about subjects they agreed or disagreed with. They were asked to judge the character of the communicator and the quality of the argument. Schroeder's team found that the participants who watched or listened to the communicator were less dismissive(抵触的)of their claims than when they read that communicator's same argument.
The idea for her study came from a newspaper article about a politician. “One of us read a speech that w