大学体验英语综合教程2第三版Unit2电子教案

大学体验英语综合教程2第三版Unit2电子教案

Unit 2 Jobs and Careers Objectives:

? first listen, and then learn to ask about job opportunities and go for job interviews

? read about online job applications and dream jobs ? write about how to find a potential job ? practice the use of unreal conditions ? write your own résumé

? visit Culture Salon to learn to tell the difference between job and career

I Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away 1. Summary

Since most students will choose to work after graduation, job-hunting is of great importance to them. They will write plenty of résumés about their education and send them to the companies they want to work for. It takes both time and energy to do so. Now, thanks to the development of the Internet, job-hunting has become much easier. Job-hunters can find a job just by clicking a mouse on the computer. Many of them make their dream come true through the Internet.

This article describes the experiences of five people who used online sources to look for new jobs. Theresa Smith used the JOB-TRAK website to find an administrative assistant’s job at a university.

Steven Tools used the CareerBuilder website to find a marketing management position. Madeline Gragg used Yahoo! to find a job teaching English in Japan. Nedzad Dozlic used a newspaper website to find a driver’s job with a car dealership. Wendy Mello used CareerBuilder to find a position in human resources for a media-information-services company. Mello also used another website to calculate the cost of living in her new location and to decide what salary to request. All these are typical examples of online job searches, since many different types of jobs can now be found this way.

2.Language Points

1. career: a job or profession for which one is trained and which one intends to follow for the

whole of one’s life Examples:

There are many more careers open to women now than fifty years ago. Florence Nightingale made nursing her career.

2. refer to: 1) send (someone or something) to (usually someone else) for decision or action

Examples:

The Local Court has referred the whole case to the High Court. The dispute between the two countries was referred to the United Nations. 2) mention; speak about

Examples:

Don’t refer to the matter again.

The speaker referred to his past experience.

3. criteria: (pl.) an established rule, standard, or principle, on which a judgment is based

Examples:

What criteria do you use when judging the quality of a student’s work?

There are several criteria of a good school.

4. salary: fixed (usually monthly) pay for regular work Examples: My father draws his salary at the end of every month.

Don’t spend all of your salary. Try to put something away each month.

5. resident: a person who lives ( in a place) and is not just a visitor Examples:

The local residents were angry at the lack of parking spaces. The residents of the town are proud of its new library.

6. come across: meet or discover, especially by chance Examples: I have just come across a beautiful poem in this book. She came across some old letters in the course of her search. 7. curious: eager to know or learn Examples:

The boy was curious about everything he saw. Miss Matfield threw a curious glance at her.

8. fill out / in: put in (whatever is needed to complete something) Examples:

After Tom passed his driving test he filled out an application for his driver’s license.

The policeman filled out a report of the accident. 9. fill up: make or become completely full Examples:

The room soon was filled up with people. The rain has filled up the ditches again.

10. available: able to be got, obtained, used, etc. Examples:

A limited number of seats are still available.

There were no tickets available for Friday’s performance. 11. elevate: make better, higher, or more educated Examples:

The clerk was elevated to a managerial position.

The government is trying to elevate the living standards of the people.

12. scan: look through quickly Examples:

He scanned the newspaper while having his breakfast.

He scanned the articles that might give the information he needed. 13. procedure: an action or set of actions necessary for doing something Examples:

Writing a check is quite a simple procedure.

We have worked out a new set of procedures for using this machine.