1、Unit 14CareersToday, I am honoured to share my advice on career choosing with you.1Choose what you love. If youre doing a job that you like, work itself can give you a feeling of satisfaction, and your career can also be a lot of fun. Interest is the best guide and the source of the success; its sim
2、ply logical that there is a connection between liking your job and being successful at it. When you have own strengths and value your own interests, you can choose a career that you will love.2Choose what youre good at.Any profession needs people who have mastered certain skills and possessed certai
3、n qualifications. No one can master everything in just one lifetime, so when youre choosing a career, choose what youre good at, and youll benefit from bringing your strengths into full play. Think carefully about how you compare with other people, and choose a profession that doesnt conflict with y
4、our strengths but instead makes the best use of them.3Choose a career thats in demand. Society needs always evolving;old opportunities are constantly disappearing and new ones are constantly being created. Old hot commodity can be replaced tomorrow by what no one saw coming. So when youre planning y
5、our career, try to figure out what society needs, and choose whats in demand.4Choose whats profitable. Your ultimate goal when choosing a career is to find something that will make you happy. But your happiness will probably be influenced by your income too. A sensible choice of career orientation i
6、s related to whats valuable from societys point of view and from your own. So when you make your choice, look for something that combines prestige and a good salary with other factors that are important to you. That way youll end up with a career thats most beneficial to you.开启快乐学习之旅对于现代社会的人来说,职业选择是
7、一个严肃的问题,涉及生存乃至价值实现。在选择职业时,我们要综合社会需要、个人兴趣特长、自我人生价值的实现和自我收益,权衡计较,才能做出更好的选择。SectionWarmup & Lesson 1.重点单词1error n. 错误2reward n. 奖赏,报酬v. 报答,酬谢3charge vt. 收费,要价;控告n. 负责;费用,要价4consult vt. 请教,咨询;查阅5opic n. 资料,数据6income n. 收入7aid n. & v. 援助,帮助8quarrel vi. 争吵,吵架9bonus n. 奖金,红利,额外津贴10opic n. 题目,话题11chemist n.
8、 化学家chemistry n. 化学12receptionist n. 接待员receive vt. 收到receipt n. 收据,收条reception n. 接待13insurance n. 保险insure vt. 给保险,为投保14guidance n. 指导guide vt. 指导,引导15casual adj. 随意的,非正式的casually adv. 随意地16summary n. 摘要,总结sum v. 总结.核心短语1be_rude_to 对(很)无礼2quarrel_with_sb. 和某人争吵3make_sure 确信4set_an_example 树立榜样5ake
9、_charge_of 对负责;接管,控制6keep_calm 保持镇静7send.off 将寄出;发出8run across 跑着穿过;偶然遇到或看到 9so far 迄今为止 10rather than 与其倒不如,不是而是 11spend time (in) doing sth.花时间做某事 12under the guidance of 在指导下 13be stuck in 陷入;卡住 14consult sb. about sth.就某事请教某人 .经典句式1have problems (in) doing sth.“做某事有困难”A friend is having_problems
10、_writing a plot summary for a book report.一个朋友在写一个读书报告的内容简介时遇到一些问题。2“疑问词不定式”结构作know的宾语Make sure they know what_to_do.确保他们知道自己该做什么。3while引导时间状语从句Tell your friends a story, while you are waiting for help.在等待帮助时,给朋友们讲个故事。4“keep宾语宾语补足语”结构,本结构中形容词作宾补 keep_your_desk_tidy at all times.一直保持你的桌面整洁。1.n./v.ist
11、n.chemist 化学家receptionist 接待员physicist 物理学家 typist 打字员artist 艺术家 pianist 钢琴家scientist 科学家2taken.of动词短语take charge of 负责take account of 考虑到take advantage of 利用take care of 照顾take control of 控制课文预读Everybodys good at something!Do this personality test and find the right job for you.A friend is having p
12、roblems writing a plot summary for a book report. She asks you to help her. What would you do?a)Help her after school. Tell her to phone you if she needs any more guidance.b)Give her a model paragraph and tell her the names of some helpful books.c)Suggest ways to write a clear, accurate summary.d)Te
13、ll her to make a timetable so she can finish the plot summary and book report on time.You are working for an institute that gives aid to the poor in a small village. Your boss tells your team to repair an old pump near a river. What would you do?a)Ask the villagers what they want. Ask them to give y
14、ou advice.b)Choose a certain job that you think you could do well, such as collecting data. Then plan how you could do the job well.c)Try to improve the design of the pump. Look at the river and see if there is a better place to build the pump.d)Ask everybody in your team to do certain jobs. Make su
15、re they know what to do. Choose one of the hardest jobs for yourself to set an example.personality/psnlti/n. 性格,个性,人格have problems (in) doing sth.做某事有问题/困难have trouble/difficulty (in) doing sth.have trouble/difficulty with sth.做某事有麻烦/困难summary/smri/n. 摘要,总结summarize v. 总结in summary总的来说guidance/aIdns
16、/n. 指导paragraph/prrf/n. 段落accurate/kjrt/adj. 正确无误的timetable/taImteIbl/n. 时间表;时刻表institute/InstItjut/n. 机构;学院give aid to给帮助aid/ed/n. 援助,帮助the poor穷人“theadj.”表示一类人或事物。that引导定语从句,且在从句中作主语。pump/pmp/n. 泵,抽水机what在此引导宾语从句,在宾语从句中作want的宾语。that引导定语从句,修饰先行词job。data/deIt/n. 资料,数据 database n. 数据库if引导宾语从句,其中to bu
17、ild the pump是不定式作定语,修饰a better place。make sure确保;弄清for sure无疑,肯定sure enough果然“疑问词to do”在句中可以作主语、宾语或表语。本句中what to do作know的宾语。set an example(to sb.)(给某人)树立榜样for example例如以上部分译文人各有专长!做一下这个性格测试,找到适合你的工作。1一个朋友在写一个读书报告的内容简介时遇到一些问题,她向你寻求帮助。你会怎么做呢?a)放学后帮助她,并告诉她如果需要更多指导可以给你打电话。b)给她(写)一个示范段落,并告诉她一些有帮助的书的书目。c)
18、就如何写一个清晰、准确的简介提些建议。d)让她制订一个工作时间表,以保证她按时完成内容简介和读书报告。2你在一个小村庄的旨在帮助穷人的机构里工作,你的老板要求你的工作团队在一条河附近修缮一个旧水泵。你会怎么做?a)询问村民有什么要求,征求他们的意见。b)选择一项你认为擅长的工作,例如收集资料。然后计划如何做好这项工作。c)尽量改善水泵的设计,观察小河,查看是否有更适合建造水泵的河段。d)给团队中的每个人分配一些工作,确保他们知道自己该做什么。你自己选择一项最艰巨的工作以给他人树立榜样。You are on a school trip and the coach has an accident
19、when a deer runs acrossthe road. No one is hurt, but you are stuck on a forest road with no traffic. It is getting dark and it has started to snow. What would you do?a)Talk to anybody who looks afraid or worried. Tell them not to worry.b)Keep calm. You know that the situation is not really dangerous
20、 and somebody is going to get help.c)Tell your friends a story, while you are waiting for help.d)Take charge of the situation. Ask a small group to go to the nearest village to get help. Tell everybody on the bus to put on more clothes to keep warm.Last week your teacher asked your class to perform
21、a short play for the school. So far, nothing has been done and there are only ten days until the performance. What would you do?a)Offer to take part and ask others to do the same. Help people to learn their lines.b)Organise some of the practical things, such as costumes, scenery and sound effects.c)
22、Think of topics for the play. Write the dialogue and show it to the class.d)Offer to direct the performance. Choose people for different roles.on prep. 在进行中on说明活动在进行或状态在持续。to be on business在工作 to be on holiday/vacation度假中to be on leave在休假deer/dI/n. 鹿run across跑着穿过run across还有“偶然遇上”的意思。when在此引导时间状语从句
23、。stick v. 卡住;陷入;粘住be stuck in.陷入中stick to坚持(规则、诺言等);固守who引导定语从句,修饰先行词anybody。keep calm保持镇静keep是连系动词,calm是形容词,作表语。keep warm保持温暖keep fit保持健康take charge of接管,控制in charge of管理(表示主动,主语一般是人)in the charge of.由管理(表示被动,主语一般是物)介词短语作后置定语修饰everybody。perform/pfm/v. 做,履行,执行performance n. 表演,演出;执行performer n. 表演者,
24、演员so far表示“迄今为止”,多与现在完成时连用。by far大大地,得多far and wide到处far from远非,完全不take part (in)参加take part in指参加活动并在其中负有责任。join指参加组织,成为其中的一员。attend仅表示“go to”,自己并不起积极作用。join in指参加比赛或某种具体活动。line n. 台词direct/drekt/v. 导演以上部分译文3在一次学校组织的旅游中,长途车在躲闪一只跑着穿过马路的鹿时出了事故。虽然无人受伤,但你们被困在了没有车辆的林间小路上。天渐渐黑了,还下起了雪。你会怎么做呢?a)和那些看上去恐惧或焦虑
25、的人交谈,告诉他们不必担心。b)保持镇静。你知道情况并不是真的危险,会有别人去寻求救援的。c)在等待救援的时候,给你的朋友们讲个故事。d)控制局势。派一小队人去最近的村庄寻求帮助。告诉车上的每个人多穿衣服以保暖。4上周你们老师要求你们班准备一个要在学校表演的短剧。离表演只剩下10天了,但到目前为止,你们还什么都没有做。你会怎么做呢?a)主动要求参加,并请其他人也参加。帮助别人记台词。b)安排具体事宜,如服装、场景和音效。c)为短剧出谋划策。编写对白,让全班同学看。d)主动要求做导演,选择演员饰演不同的角色。课文理解Task One:Fast ReadingWhat is the main id
26、ea of the text?AEverybody has strengths and does well in something.BIt is a personality test, which is of help in job hunting.CIt gives a chance to find your advantages.DIt is a passage describing different personalities in life.答案:BTask Two:Careful Reading.Judge the following statements True or Fal
27、se.1When a friend has problems writing a plot summary, the best way to help him is to ask him to search information on the Net.(F)2The coach on a school trip was knocked down and hurt by a sheep.(F)3The new pump was broken because the villagers didnt operate properly.(F)4The teacher asked the class
28、to perform a play but the students have done nothing so far.(T).Choose the best answer according to the passage.1How many ways are mentioned to help solve the problem in each situation?ATwo.BThree.CFour. DFive.答案:C2What does the boss ask your team to do in the second situation?AHe asks us to help hi
29、m write a plot summary.BHe asks our team to repair an old pump near a river.CHe asks us to give advice to him.DHe asks us to improve the life standard of the villagers.答案:B3How to set an example while you work with others?AChoose one of the hardest jobs for yourself.BAsk for no pay.CAsk everyone els
30、e to do a certain job.DMake sure others know what to do.答案:A4What can you do to help solve the problem in the third situation?ATell those looking worried or afraid not to worry and keep calm.BTell our friends a story while waiting.CAsk a small group to go to the nearest village to get help and tell
31、those on the bus to put on more clothes.DAll of the above.答案:D5Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last situation?ASomething has been done but there are only ten days before the performance.BThere are only eight days before the performance.CNothing has been done and there are
32、only ten days before the performance.DNo advice has been offered to solve the problem.答案:CTask Three:MicrowritingRead the text carefully and fill in the following blanks.It is _1_ (know) that everyone is good at something. However, before you find the right job for you, you should do a _2_ (person)
33、test. Now you can read the following situations to get a better understanding of yourself.1If your friend _3_ is having trouble _4_ (write) a summary consults you, will you give him _5_ example or just tell him to finish it on time?2You _6_ (ask) to repair an old pump for a small village. Is it good
34、 to have a discussion with your workmates? Or is it right to ask the villagers to buy a new _7_?3On a school trip, your group are lost when it is getting dark. Will you be in charge and ask companions to go the nearest village to get help? Are you willing to _8_ (comfortable) those who look afraid?4
35、In preparation _9_ a short play, what will you like to do? Take part and ask others to follow? Organize some _10_ (practice) things? Think of topics for the play? Offer to direct the performance?1known2.personality3.who/that4.writing5.an6are_asked7.one/pumpfort9.for10.practical1 (教材P21)The old lady
36、is offering a reward of $50 to anyone who finds her cat for her!老妇人拿出50美元当作为她找到猫的人的酬劳!give/offer a reward for(doing)sth.为(做)某事而给报酬/奖赏in reward(for)作为(对的)报答/奖赏reward sb. for(doing)sth. 因为(做了)某事而回报某人reward sb. with sth. 奖赏某人某物即学即用(1)Their efforts were rewarded with success.他们的努力获得了成功。(2)单句语法填空He sends
37、 her a book in reward for her help.They rewarded him for saving the child last month.She started singing to the baby and was rewarded with a smile.辨析比较rewardn. 指赏金、酬金或一些非金钱的报酬v. 表示“报答,酬谢”awardn. 指奖品、奖金,还可以指某种奖v. (正式地或官方地)授予、给予;(法庭)判给prizen. “奖赏,奖金,奖品”,多指在各类竞赛、竞争或抽奖中所赢得的奖(3)选用reward, prize, award填空Mi
38、ke was given a medal as a reward for his service.A prize was given to the person who had the winning number.He won the award for the best student of the year.(教材P21)Lawyers charge higher fees than doctors.律师收取比医生更高的服务费。(1)charge sb. for sth.因向某人收费charge sb. with sth. 控告某人某事(2)in charge of 掌握;负责in th
39、e charge of. 在某人掌管之下take charge of 掌管;负责;控制free of charge 免费即学即用(1)They charge a fixed rate for each transaction.他们对办理的每项业务收取一定的费用。(2)All the members who joined the club three months ago can use the equipment free of charge.三个月前加入俱乐部的成员可以免费使用这些设备。(3)He was arrested and charged with committing a vari
40、ety of crimes.他被捕并被指控犯有多种罪行。(4)单句语法填空Since the manager left his position, she has been in charge of the company.As long as youve paid in advance, we wont charge you for delivery.The traffic policeman charged the driver with speeding and fined him $50.The guide tells us that the Wellness Centre offer
41、s services free of charge.A teacher was asked to take charge of the naughty boy.辨析比较fee“费用,学费”,指支付给律师、医生等的服务费,也可以是会费、报名费、学费等salary“薪水,工资”,一般指脑力劳动者的月薪或年薪wage“工资,工钱”,指相对短的时间内,以小时或周为单位,付给蓝领工人或非技术工人一次性的报酬fare车费;路费;票价(5)选用fee/salary/wage/fare填空Her wages are one hundred dollars a week.她的工资是一星期100美元。The fa
42、re to Guangzhou is 191 RMB.去广州的票价是191元人民币。The doctors fee was higher than we expected.医生的收费比我们期望的要高。How much salary does a teacher earn?教师的工资是多少?3 (教材P22)You are working for an institute that gives aid to the poor in a small village.你在一个小村庄的旨在帮助穷人的机构里工作。(1)n. U援助,帮助(2)vt. 援助,帮助(比help正式)即学即用(1)My fat
43、her will always come to my aid when Im in trouble.我有困难时父亲总是来帮我。(2)With the aid/help of my English teacher, I have made great progress this term.在英语老师的帮助下,这学期我取得了很大进步。(3)The students are collecting money in aid of charity.学生们正在为资助慈善事业募捐。(4)They all came_to_my_aid yesterday, which made me touched.他们昨天
44、都来帮助我,这让我很感动。(5)A man immediately rushed to the girl to give_her_first_aid and I joined in without hesitation.一个人立即赶来给女孩实施了急救,我也毫不犹豫地加入其中。(6)单句语法填空They were accused of aiding him with his escape.We should do our best to aid the disabled o_live (live) a better life.4 (教材P23)He should consult Mr Jense
45、n about the new account on the 24th.他应该向Mr Jensen咨询有关24日的新账户情况。consult sb./sth. (about sth.)请教某人/查阅某物consult with sb. 与某人商量;与某人磋商consult a dictionary/look up a word in a dictionary查字典即学即用(1)Considering how to choose a job, you can consult an experienced successful businessman.在考虑如何选择工作时,你可以向有经验的成功商人
46、请教。 (2)When in doubt about the meaning of a word, consult a dictionary.拿不准词义时,查阅词典。(3)If you have any doubts about your health, youd better consult_your_doctor at once.如果你对你的健康有任何疑问,最好立刻向你的医生咨询。(4)He often goes to my office to consult_me_about the method of learning English.他经常去我的办公室向我咨询关于学习英语的方法。辨析
47、比较consult“商量;咨询;查阅”,意为“查阅”时,通常接书、词典、地图等表示出处的名词作宾语refer to“涉及;提及;参考,查阅”,意为“查阅”时,可以与consult互换look up“(在词典中)查阅”,通常接查阅的直接内容作宾语5 (教材P23).dont quarrel with anyone.不要和任何人争吵pick a quarrel with sb.故意和某人争吵;向某人挑衅即学即用(1)He had a quarrel with his wife about the education of their children.他为了孩子的教育问题和妻子争吵。(2)They
48、 quarrelled with each other about money.他们两个因为钱争吵起来了。(3)She had_a_quarrel/quarrelled_with_her_husband_about who should do the housework.她与丈夫就谁应做家务吵了一架。巧学助记quarrel的近义词为arguePeople generally quarrel because they cannot argue.(Chesterton)人们通常因为不能辩论而争吵。(切斯特顿)1 (教材P22)You are on a school trip and the coa
49、ch has an accident when a deer runs across the road.在一次学校组织的旅行中,长途汽车在躲闪一只横穿马路的鹿时发生了事故。run out 跑出,离开,耗尽run out of 用光,用完run away 逃跑run into 偶然遇到,撞到run after 追逐即学即用(1)Do remember that it is very dangerous to run across the road.一定要记住跑着过马路是很危险的。(2)I ran across an old friend in the shop.我在商店里偶然遇到了一位老朋友。(
50、3)Have you told your parents your money is running_out?你已经告诉你父母你的钱快要用完了吗?(4)Just now, my dog was seen running_after a rabbit on the grassland.刚才,有人看见我的狗在草地上追兔子。2 (教材P23).listen rather than speaklearn as much as possible about your job and the company.多听少说尽可能多地了解你的工作和公司(1)prefer to do.rather than do.
51、宁可做也不愿意做would do.rather than do.宁可做也不愿意做would rather do.than do.宁可做也不愿意做(2)other than 除之外more than 远非;超过;非常or rather 更确切地说联想归纳rather than连接两个主语时,谓语动词和前面的主语保持一致。即学即用(1)Rather than travel by car, Id prefer to walk.与其乘车旅游,我宁愿步行。(2)I think he, rather than you, is to blame.我认为是他而不是你该受责备。(3)Theres nobody
52、here other than me.这里除了我没有别人。(4)I would_rather_stay_at_home_than/would_stay_at_home_rather_than/prefer_to_stay_at_home_rather_than go out on Sundays.周日我宁愿待在家里也不愿意出去。(5)单句语法填空Man has been fond of travelling rather than staying (stay) in one place.It is Jim rather than his parents who is (be) going to
53、 South Africa.3 (教材P23)keep your desk tidy at all times始终使你的课桌保持整洁at any time在任何时候at a time 一次,每次at one time 曾经,一度at no time 决不all the time 总是,一直at the same time 同时;不过,然而at times 有时,不时in no time 立刻,马上即学即用(1)We are ready to help her at all times.我们随时准备帮助她。(2)At one time I used to go skiing every wint
54、er.曾经每到冬季我就去滑雪。(3)Take two apples at a time.一次拿两个苹果。(4)At no time did they actually break the rules of the game. It was unfair to punish them.他们实际从未违反比赛规则,惩罚他们是不公平的。(5)选用time短语填空Hurry up! The concert will begin in_no_time.We cant hold the two meetings at_the_same_time.Youd better do one thing at_a_t
55、ime,_so that you can concentrate on it.They were good friends at_one_time,_but now they are in poor relationship.Generally speaking, my grandmother is nice and kind, but she can be very stubborn at_times.At_no_time should you give up studying.have problems/difficulty/trouble in doing sth.做事有困难,该句型中的
56、介词in可以省略。(1)have problems/trouble/difficulty with sth.在方面有困难(2)have a hard time (in) doing sth.做某事不容易Theres difficulty/trouble (in) doing sth./with sth.做某事有困难即学即用(1)Please dont hesitate to turn to us for help whenever you have problems with your study.不管什么时候你在学习上有困难,请不要犹豫向我们寻求帮助。(2)I have some troub
57、le in reading his handwriting.我认他的笔迹感到有些困难。(3)单句语法填空The woman had a hard time bringing (bring) up her three children.They had no difficulty finding (find) the way to the airport.Jack had fun in spending (spend) the whole evening playing cards.联想归纳problem为可数名词,故在此结构中应用problems或a problem;而difficulty/t
58、rouble在此结构中常用作不可数名词,故用原形。what to do是“疑问词不定式”结构。(1)“疑问词不定式”结构在句中可作主语、宾语、表语、宾语补足语等成分。(2)在“疑问词不定式”结构中,不定式必须用主动式而不能用被动式。即学即用(1)When and where to have the meeting hasnt been decided yet.何时、何地开会还未确定。(2)When to leave hasnt been decided yet.何时动身尚未决定。(3)单句语法填空He tells me how o_answer (answer) all the questio
59、ns in English.She had no idea which book o_read (read) first. So far, nothing has been done and there are only ten days until the performance.离演出只剩十天,但是到目前为止,你们还什么都没做。此句是一个由and连接的并列句。so far意为“到目前为止;迄今为止”,作时间状语时常与现在完成时连用。有类似用法的还有lately, recently, in the past/last few years, up to now等。即学即用(1)I have h
60、ad no reply from her so far.我至今没有得到她的答复。(2)The scientist is doing experiments no one has so far attempted.这个科学家正在做一项迄今为止没人做过的实验。(3)单句语法填空I have been pursuing what I want all these years, but so far I have_achieved (achieve) nothing.So far the search for the missing MH370 has_been (be) fruitless.单句语法
61、填空1He said that he had consulted his tutor about the travelling plan.2My question is where o_find (find) the answer.3Progress has_been (be) so far very good and were sure that the work will be finished on time.4I used to quarrel a lot with my parents about small things, but now we get along well.5Yo
62、u rather than I are (be) responsible for the accident.6The woman was rewarded with a new house for her contribution to the company last year.7I must set an example to this young friend.8Could I speak to whoever is in charge of International Sales, please?.完成句子1. So_far we have not found an effective
63、 way to cure AIDS.我们迄今尚未找到治疗艾滋病的有效办法。2I havent decided whether_to_accept the invitation or not.我还没决定是否接受邀请。3The police tried to keep_the_major_roads_open during the Olympics.警察们设法使主要道路在奥运会期间畅通无阻。4I have_some_problems_talking in English, although I have learned English for almost one year.虽然我已经学了近一年的英语,但是用英语交流还是有些困难。5It is amazing! I ran_across my roommate this morning who I hadnt met for 10 years.太令人惊讶了!今早我遇见了我十年未见的室友。