中阶文化|第71集：自测版纯净原声

音频一：

A stereotype is a simplistic or exaggerated image that humans carry in their minds about groups of people. For example, lawyers are shrewd and dishonest is a popular stereotype.

音频二：

Many respondents rate women with golden hair as less intelligent than other people, and red heads as more temperamental. Women with red or golden hair are victims of the common practice of stereotyping.

音频三：

We should reject stereotypes, because they force all people in a group into the same simple pattern. They fail to account for individual differences, and the wide range of characteristics among members of any group.

重点词汇：

stereotype /'stɛrɪətaɪp/ n. 刻板印象

simplistic /sɪm'plɪstɪk/ a. 过于简单的

exaggerated /ɪg'zædʒə'retɪd/ a. 夸张的

shrewd /ʃruːd/ a. 精明的，狡猾的

dishonest /dɪsˈɒnɪst/ a. 不诚实的

respondent /rɪ'spɑndənt/ n. 受访者 原型是 respond vi. 回复

例句：Nobody there to respond to me. Nobody there for me to fix, help, serve, support.

人声: John Gray

temperamental /'tɛmprə'mɛntl/ a. 情绪化的

victim /'vɪktɪm/ a. 受害人

reject /rɪˈdʒɛkt/ vt.反对

account for 解释/占去…比例

characteristic /kærəktə'rɪstɪk/ n. 特点 注意character的含义是角色和字符

例句1：…and insert some of my own ideas into the character.

在角色中加入我的理解

人声: Tim Kang

例句2：I once heard that the Chinese character for crisis is made up of two other combined characters, dangerous and opportunity.

我听说，中文里表示“危机”的两个汉字，一个是危险，一个是机遇。

人声: Ed Schafer

跟读训练：

一、

A stereotype is a simplistic or exaggerated image that humans carry in their minds about groups of people.

刻板印象是人们在脑海中对某些群体简单而夸张的形象。

For example, lawyers are shrewd and dishonest is a popular stereotype.

举个例子，律师精明且不诚实就是一个流行的刻板印象。

二、

Many respondents rate women with golden hair as less intelligent than other people, and red heads as more temperamental.

很多受访者将金色头发女性评定为比别人笨，红色头发女性为更加情绪化。

例句：We've seen him rate women on their appearance, ranking them from one to ten. We've seen him embarrass women on TV and on Twitter.

我们看过川普给女人外貌打分儿评级。我们看过川普在电视里在推特里 embarrass 女性。

人声: Hillary Clinton

Women with red or golden hair are victims of the common practice of stereotyping.

红色或金色头发的女性就是刻板印象常见做法的受害者。

三、

We should reject stereotypes, because they force all people in a group into the same simple pattern.

我们要反对刻板印象，因为他们迫使群体中的所有人被归入到相同简单的类型中。

They fail to account for individual differences, and the wide range of characteristics among members of any group.

它们（指刻板印象）无法解释个体差异，以及任意群体中广泛的特点。