Above and Below the Norm. Variations in Intellectual Ability

Упр. 2. Составьте словосочетания из слов в левой и правой колонке и переведите их.

1. short	1. quotient
2. physical	2. level
3. mentally	3. child
4. IQ	4. attention span
5. average	5. problems
6. intelligence	6. retarded
7. medical	7. scores
8. poorly behaved	8. intelligence
9. minimally acceptable	9. IQs
10. low	10. examination
11. high	11. gifted
12. special	12. potential
13. full	13. attention
14. intellectually	14. IQs

Упр. 3. Найдите английские эквиваленты следующим словосочетаниям и предложениям:

1. Проявлять большой интерес к урокам	1. Lessons that involved working with hands
2. Уроки, на которых что-то делали руками	2. They arranged that he was evaluated by a psychologist
3. Отчаявшись	3. He managed to get by
4. Они договорились, чтобы его осмотрел психолог	4. To show great interest in lessons
5. Ему удалось переходить из класса в класс	5. Out of desperation
6. Они сильно давили на него, чтобы заставить делать что-либо	6. Far below the average
7. Намного ниже среднего	7. To reach their full potential
8. Добиться наиболее полного раскрытия их возможностей	8. They pushed hard to get him to do it.

Упр. 4. Прочитайте и переведите текст.

Bill never liked school very much. For the first few years he managed to get by, although his parents pushed hard to get him to do a minimally acceptable level of first- and second-grade work. He always seemed slower in learning things that the other children had no trouble with. He wasn’t exactly a poorly behaved child but his attention span was short and he had trouble following what was going on in class. He also seemed tired much of the time, but a physical examination ruled out any medical problems.

His teachers began to suspect that he was simply lazy and unmotivated, though he did, on occasion, show great interest in lessons that involved working with his hands. Finally, out of desperation, his teachers and parents arranged that he was evaluated by a psychologist. To their surprise, they found out he had an IQ of 63 – so far below the average that his score fell into the range of IQ score classified as mentally retarded.

Bill is one of more than 6,5 million people in the United States who have intelligence far enough below average to regard it as a serious deficit. Both those people with low IQs, known as the mentally retarded and those with unusually high IQs, referred to as the intellectually gifted, make up classes of individuals who require special attention to reach their full potential. (Adapted from R.S. Feldman “Understanding Psychology”)

Упр. 5. Заполните пропуски словами в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1. a psychologist	6. IQ	11. ruled out	16. unmotivated
2. poorly	7. follow	12. acceptable	17. involved
3. span	8. problems	13. suspect	18. range
4. evaluated	9. physical	14. lazy	19. retarded
5. score	10. pushed	15. interest in	20. tired

1. Bill wasn’t a … behaved child. 2. His problem was that he couldn’t … what was going on in class because his attention … was short. 3. Though he seemed … much of the time, he wasn’t ill and a … examination … … any medical … 4. But for the first two years at school his parents … him hard and he did a minimally … level of first- and second-form work. 5. Though his teachers started to … that he was … and … he wasn’t lazy. 6. He showed great … … lessons that … working with his hands. 7. It was a … who found out what Bill’s problem was. 8. The psychologist … Bill and found out that he had an … of 63. 9. According to it Bill’s … fell into the … of IQ scores classified as mentally retarded.

Упр. 6. Ответьте на следующие вопросы к тексту:

1. Why couldn’t Bill do well at school?

2. Who diagnosed Bill as mentally retarded?

3. How high was Bill’s IQ?

4. What does it mean?

5. But Bill managed to get by for the first few years at school, didn’t he?

6. Was he one of the top pupils, during his first and second grades?

7. What were the problems that interfered with his studies?

8. The doctor found some medical problems for it, didn’t he?

9. Bill’s teachers began to think that he was simply lazy and unmotivated, didn’t they?

10. Was Bill lazy at the lessons that involved working with his hands?

11. Who arranged his examination by a psychologist?

12. How many people in the US have intelligence far below average?

13. What are people with low IQs called (referred to)?

14. What are people with unusually high IQ called (referred to)?

15. What is necessary for the children of these two opposite groups to reach their full potential?

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