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WhatsYourJob,Daddy?,CONTENTS,Introduction,Astimegoesby,thesamequestionhastwodifferentanswers:“WhatsYourJob,Daddy?”.Notsolongago,thechildrenthoughttheirfathersjobwasmakingsomethingorfixsomething.However,whatdotheirfathersdoasworkingnowadaysseemstobenotunderstoodbychildrenatall.Dataprocessor,publicrelationsandsystemsanalystseemtobenonsenseexplanationstoachild.Whatthechildcouldseeinhisfatherworkplaceisreadingpaper,deliveringpaper,carryingpaper,andotherjobsallthathecannotimagine.,QuestionsandAnswers,1.Whatstheprevious/thepresentjobofthefathers?,Directions:Thefollowingquestionsareallrelatedtocollegestudentsasafreshman.Readthesequestionsandsaysomethingaboutyourownexperiences.,2.Whatresultthedifferenceofthepreviousjobandthepresentjob?,3.Giveashortdescriptionofthepresentjob?,IntensiveReading,Notsolongago,whenaparentsaidhewasofftowork,thechildknewverywellwhatwasabouttohappen.Hisparentwasgoingtomakesomethingorfixsomething.Theparentcouldtakehischildtohisplaceofbusinessandlethimwatchwhileherepairedacarorbuiltatable.Nowadays,afewfathersstillfixenginesandbuildtables,butmostdonot.Mostfatherssitinglassbuildingsdoingthingsthatcannotbeunderstoodbychildrenatall.TheanswerstothequestionWhatkindofworkdoyoudo,Daddy?arelikelytobeuttermysteriestoachild.,Para.1-2,Para.3-4,Isellspace.Idomarketresearch.Iamadataprocessor.Iaminpublicrelations.Iamasystemsanalyst.Suchexplanationsmustseemnonsensetoachild.Howcanhepossiblyimagineanyoneanalyzingasystemorresearchingamarket?Inthecommoneverydayjob,nothingismadeanymore.Thingsarenowmadebymachines.Verylittleisrepaired.Themachinesmakethingsinsuchafashionthatthethingswillquicklyfallapart.Repairswillbetooexpensive.Thusthebuyerisencouragedtothrowthethingawayandbuyanewone.Ineffect,themachinesaremakingjunk.,Para.5-6,Thehandfulofpeopleremotelyassociatedwiththesemachinescan,ofcourse,telltheirchildrenDaddymakesjunk.Mostoftheworkforce,however,isremotefromjunkproduction.Whatdothesepeopledo?Considerthetypicaltwelve-storyglassbuildinginthetypicalAmericancity.Nothingisbeingmadeinthisbuildingandnothingisbeingrepaired,includingthebuildingitself.Constructedasapieceofjunk,thebuildingwillbediscardedwhenitwearsout,andanotherpieceofjunkwillbesetinitsplace.,Para.7-8,Still,thebuildingisfilledwithpeoplewhothinkofthemselvesasworking.Atanygivenmomentduringthedayperhapsone-thirdofthemwillbetalkingintotelephones.Mostoftheseconversationswillbeaboutpaper,forpaperiswhatoccupiesnearlyeveryoneinthisbuilding.Somejobsinthebuildingrequirementofillpaperwithwords.Therearepersonswhotypeneatlyonpaperandpersonswhoreadpaperandmakenotesinthemargins.Somepersonsmakecopiesofpaperandotherpersonsdeliverpaper.,Para.9-10,Somepersonsmailpaper.Somepersonstelephoneotherpersonsandaskthatpaperbesenttothem.Otherstelephonetomakesureaboutwherepaperreaches.Somepersonstalkaboutpaper.Inthegrandestoffices,menapproveofsomepaperanddisapproveofotherpaper.Theelevatorsarefilledthroughoutthedaywithyoungmencarryingpaperfromfloortofloorandwithvitalmencarryingpapertobediscussedwithothervitalmen.,Para.11-12,Whatisachildtomakeofallthis?Hisfathermaybesoimportantthatheluncheswithothermenaboutpaper.Supposehebringshissontoworktogivetheboysomeideaofwhatworkisallabout.Whatdoestheboyseehappening?Hisfathercallsforpaper.Hereadspaper.Perhapshescowlsatpaper.Perhapshemakesanangryredmarkonpaper.Hetelephonesanothermanandsaystheyhadbetterlunchoverpaper.,Para.13-14,Atlunchtheytalkaboutpaper.Backattheoffice,thefatherordersthepaperretypedandreproduced,andthensenttoanothermanforcomparisonwithpaperthatwasreproducedlastyear.Imaginehispoorsonafterwardsthinkingoverthemysteriesofworkwithafriend,whoaskshimwhatsyourfather?Whatcantheboyreply?,utter:adj.完全的;十足的,他完全是一派胡言。-Whatutterrubbishhetalked!,e.g.-Heisanutterfool.他真是个大笨蛋!,publicrelations:公共关系;公关工作,e.g.:Shesapublicrelationsofficerinabigcompany.她是一家大公司的公关人员。,资助本地剧院有利于我们公司的公共关系。,Givingmoneytothelocaltheatrewillbegoodforourcompanyspublicrelations.,analyst:n.C分析者;化验员analyze:vt.分析,老师试图分析他们失败的原因。,e.g.:Theyanalyzedthesituationcarefullybeforemakingadecision.他们做决定之前,对形势进行了认真分析。,Theteachertriedtoanalyzethecauseoftheirfailure.,handful:C少数的;C一把,1.只有少数人通过了这次考试。,e.g.-Onlyahandfulofpeoplespokeatthemeeting.只有少数人在会上发言。,e.g.:ahandfulofsmallchange一把零钱,Onlyahandfulofstudentspassedtheexam.,2.她手里拿了一把坚果。,Sheisholdingahandfulofnuts.,production:n.U生产;U产量,1.生产关系,e.g.-AutomobileproductionisalargeindustryinJapan.汽车生产是日本的一大产业。,e.g.-Thereisasharpfallintheyearlyproductionofthefarm.该农场年产量大幅下跌。,-therelationsofproduction,2.统计数字显示,本月钢产量上升。,-Statisticsshowthatsteelproductionisupthismonth.,Thinkofas:把当作;认为,把我看作好朋友好了。,e.g.-WeallthinkofMr.Blackasourhead.我们都认为布莱克先生是我们的头儿。,Thinkofmeasafriend.,occupy:vt.使某人忙碌;占有(位置、空间或时间),1.这项任务让他忙碌了一整夜,e.g.-Thenewcomerswereoccupiedinwritingletterhome.新来的人忙着给家里写信。,-Myfreetimeisfullyoccupiedbywritingpoems.我的空闲时间全部用来写诗了,Theassignmentoccupiedhimallnightlong.,2.花园的大部分空间都是树。,Thetreesoccupymostoftheroominthegarden.,makeofsth.:理解;解释,没人能读懂他的书。,e.g.-Idontknowwhattomakeofhiswords?我不知道如何解释他的话,Nobodycanmakeofhisbook.,Pleasenoticethefigurativeuseofangryinthissentence.Itisatransferredepithet(修饰转移).Amarkcannotbeangryorhappy.Itisthepersonwhomakesthemarkthatisangry.Soangryistransferredtomodifythemark.,Perhapshemakesanangryredmarkonpaper.,over:在期间,1.他一边喝酒一边休息。,e.g.-Holdameetingoverdinner.边吃饭边开会。,Hewasrelaxingoveraglassofwine.,TestYourself,SectionA:Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.,nowadaysdatavitaltypicaloccupythroughoutproductionafterwards,1.Thispaintingisfairly_ofhisearlyworks.2.Weusedtolistentotheradioalot,but_wemostlywatchtelevision.3.Thestory_mostofthefrontpageofthenewspaperonMonday.4.Itrained_thenight.,typical,nowadays,occupied,throughout,5.Whenwillthenewrangeofcomputersgointo_?6.Wehadtea,and_wesatinthegardenforawhile.7.Its_thatyousendthatapplicationformoffbythetwenty-thirdofthismonth.8.Ourtaskistoanalyzethe_thathavebeenstoredinthecomputer.,production,afterwards,vital,data,1.Thissortofhotfoodistypical_thefoodinthesouthofthecountry.2.Thosethinshoeswillwear_quickly.3.Canyoumakeanything_thisstrange
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