UnitFourUnitFourWhat’sBeingGifted?What’sBeingGifted?giftn.Agiftissthyougivesbasapresent.giftedadj.givensth.asapresentagiftedpersonagiftedpersonissomeonewhohasbeengivenbyGodtheabilityfordoingsthasapresent.giftednessnounformofgiftedGeniusisonepercentinspiration,ninety-ninepercentperspiration.---ThomasA.AdisonEveryoneisbornwithgenius,butmostpeopleonlykeepitafewminutes.---EdgardVareseImaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge.---AlbertEinsteinGeniuscanberecognizedbyitschildishsimplicity.---ChineseProverbSectionOneWhatisGiveninGiftedness?WordsbeforereadingThisisaspecialunitthatrequiresstudentstothinkdeeplyaboutwhatisbeingdiscussed.Thefirsttext,“Whatisgiveningiftedness,”invitesdeepreading,thinkingandreflection.Althoughthereisnotmuchnewvocabularyinthereading,theideasexpressedthroughthosesimplewordsareprofound.Perhapseverybodyhopestobe“gifted”inonewayoranother.Butwhatdoesbeinggiftedmean?Beencouragedtotalkaboutwhatyouunderstandbeinggiftedtobe,andwhatnewinsightsyouhavegainedafterstudyingtheunit.Irememberalittlegirloncetellingmeabouthercat.Shesaidshewassurehercatwasarealcat,meaningthathercathadfullyrealizeditscat-ness.Why?“BecauseItakecareofitsowell,”shesaid.Obviouslythecatenjoyedbeingacatinherhouse,althoughI’msureitwasunawareofhowmucheffortonthepartofotherswentintomakingitpossibleforittobeitself.…I’msuremycatdidn’tknowhowmucheffortothercatshavetomaketomakethemselvesbetheircat-ness(findthemselves).Readthewholepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtell:True,False,orINP1.Theparentsofthechildprodigyontheviolinfelttheirdaughter’stalentwasverymuchapartoftheirlife.2.Accordingtothereading,agiftyoureceivecanshowhowwellthesenderofthegiftunderstandsyou.3.Aspecialandunexpectedgiftcanhelpthereceiverunderstandhimselforherself.4.Thetruevalueofgeniusistobringpeopletogetherintotheunderstandingofwhattheycanachieveintheirlife.5.Accordingtotheauthor,beinggiftedmeansbeingabletodiscoverthetalentinoneself.FalseINPTrueTrueTrueReadPartOneandtellthemainideaofit.Whatdetailsorexampleshastheauthorgiventosupporttheidea?Anygift,ifitisatruegift,issimplyagift,butagiftgivenforareasonisnotatruegift,itisalwaysintheserviceofsomethingelse.astoryofachildprodigy.thewomanworkinghardfor15yearsgotthegiftWhatdowegetbythetwoexamplesinthepassage?Somethingsaremeanttobe,whileothersthingsarenot.ReadPartTwoandtellthemainideaofit.Whatdetailsorexampleshastheauthorgiventosupporttheidea?Findingone’sgiftmeansbeingfound.Thechildprodigy’sgiftdependedontheappreciationandrecognitionofother.Aspecialwantedgiftthatonereceivedunexpectedlyshowedthattheonewhosentyouthegiftunderstoodyouwellenough,deeplyenough.ReadPartThreeandtellthemainideaofit.Whatdetailsorexampleshastheauthorgiventosupporttheidea?Atruegiftbringspeopletogether.Thesilencethatoccursoveranaudienceafterafinepoetryreading,orawell-playedpieceofmusic.Thepointisthatthemarkofatruegiftisitspowertobringforthotherpeople’sgifts----bringothersintoanunderstandingoftheirowngifts.FromSectionone,weknowbeinggiftedmeanssomethinghasbeenfreelygiven---aspecialtalent,acertainface,anabilityforlaughterandsong.Peoplemayfindtheirgiftsbytheappreciationandrecognitionofothers(beingfoundbyothers).Atruegiftcanalsobringforthother’sgifts---bringothersintoanunderstandingoftheirowngifts.1.beunawareof2.(ofmoney,time,effort)gointo(doing)sth3.preserve…from4.inamanner/way5.thatis6.intheserviceof7.winafullschola...
