北师大版高中英语课文Unit14Careers

1、学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考Unit 14 CareersWarm-upTapescript1Woman: Good morning. Can I help you?Man: Yes, I have a booking in the name of Jones.Woman: OK, just a moment. Right, Mr Jones, it's for two nights, isn'tit?Man: That's right. And could I have .2Man 1: Can I help you, sir?Man 2: Mmm, I'm

2、looking for a jacket, a sports jacket.Man 1: Right, let me see, if you'd like to come over here. What sizeare you? We have a nice choice of .3Man: This castle was one of the most important in England. The firstrecord of it is from 1135, when it belonged to thede Lacy' family. Then,in the thi

3、rteenth century, two towers, which you can see on the left, wereadded. One curious fact is that .4Woman: Right, Mr Stephens, can you tell me when the pain started?学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考Man: Well, I suppose it started on Christmas Day. I had a big lunch at my daughter's, and then sat down to watch TV

4、. When I got up, I couldn't move my arm.Woman: OK, let's have a look .Lesson 1 Your ChoiceEverydbody's good at something!Do this personality test and find the right job for you.1A friend is having problems writing a plot summary for a book report. She asksyou to help her. What would you

5、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 helpfulbooks.c) Suggest ways to write a clear, accurate summary.d) Tell her to make a timetable so she can finish the plot summaryand book report on time.2Yo

6、u are working for an institute that gives aid to the poor in a small village.学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考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 you advice.b) Choose a certain job that you think you could do well, su

7、ch 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 sure they know what to do. Choose one of the hardest jobs for yoursel

8、f to set an example.3You are on a school trip and the coach has an accident when a deer runs across the 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

9、 not toworry.b) Keep calm. You know that the situation is not really dangerousand somebody is going to get help.c) Tell your friends a story, while you are waiting for help.学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考d) Take charge of the situation. Ask a small group to go to the nearest village to get help. Tell everybody o

10、n the bus to put on more clothes to keep warm.4Last week your teacher asked your class to perform 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

11、their lines.b) Organise some of the practical things, such as costumes, scenery and sound effects.c) Think of topics for the play. Write the dialogue and show it to theclass.d) Offer to direct the performance. Choose people for different roles.Lesson 2 InterviewsTapescriptWoman: Good morning. Take a

12、 seat.Oliver: Good morning. Thank you.学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考Woman: My name is Judith Wainwright. I'm the personnel manager for Camp Elizabeth Holidays. And you are Oliver Blackstone?Oliver: That's right.Woman: I see that you're in your last year at school.Oliver: Yes, I'm doing my“ A” le

13、vels this summer. I hope to go touniversity to study civil engineering.Woman: So why do you want to work with us at Camp Elizabeth?Oliver: Well, your company has a good reputation. I know some people who have been to your camps and they say everything was well-organised. I enjoy working with childre

14、n and I'd like to get some more work experience.Woman: What experience do you have?Oliver: I help with the youth club at school. I've organized sports andtrips to various placesto concerts and plays and things like that. Woman: Mm, what qualities do you think are important for the job? Olive

15、r: I'm sorry, what do you mean exactly?Woman: I mean, the qualities you need to work with children and organise sports and other activities.Oliver: Well, you certainly must have patience. A lot of patience! And another important thing is enthusiasm. You've got to show children that you enjoy

16、 things. And, well, you also have to be careful. Accidents学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考can happen very easily, so you need to be well-organised. And of course you have to have good morals.Woman: OK, are there any questions you would like to ask me?Oliver: Er, yes, just one thing. Could you tell me what kind of

17、 accommodation there is for people working at the camp?Woman: Yes, most monitors have their own rooms, but some will have to share. We decide on the basis that the older monitors get the first choice.Oliver: Right, I see.Woman: Well, thank you, Oliver. I'll be getting in touch with people next w

18、eek.Oliver: Thank you very much. Goodbye.Tapescript1Woman: What qualities do you think are important for the job?Man: (polite) I'm sorry, what do you mean exactly?2Woman: What qualities do you think are important for the job?Man: (bored) What's that?3Woman 1: What qualities do you think are

19、important for the job?学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考Woman 2: (rude) I'm sorry, what do you mean?4Woman: What qualities do you think are important for the job?Man: (polite) I'm sorry, could you say that again?5Woman 1: What qualities do you think are important for the job?Woman 3: (polite) Would you mind

20、 repeating that, please?Lesson 3 Nine to FiveThe Road to SuccessAs a child,Wang Junyan never dreamed of becoming a famousperson on TV.“ I never thought about going on TV because my familydidn't even have one until I was in junior high school!” she explainNow Wang Junyan is the presenter for Univ

21、erse TV's news programmes.I asked her how she had achieved success and she told me that beingcurious, working hard, and believing in what was true made her thesuccess she is today.“ It was my mother who taught me tos.beShecuriouhad a great love of everything in the universe and she taught me to

22、beinterested in mankind and nature, everything from plants to insects,Junyan told me.“ We would look in old nests to find birds' feathers andwe would even turn over stones to look at the little creatures there. I学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考loved doing that,” remembered Junyan. She said,“ My mother was ast

23、rong character. Although there were lots of difficulties to overcome, she never let her problems defeat her. She worked extremely hard to support me through school and during my time at Fudan University in Shanghai.Her attitude towards life will never stop influencing my thoughts and actions. ”After

24、 graduating from university,Wang Junyan became a reporter for a local newspaper. She said she chose to be a journalist because it is important that people grasp what is going on around them. I asked her if there was any special moment that made her realise this and she replied that it was after she

25、was asked to inspect an illegal business. Her report helped the people who had been affected and it also helped thegovernment inspect the company and catch the guilty people.“ Thatwhen I realised the importance of being a journalist,” said Junyan.“ Writing that report wasn't easy, but I realised

26、 that people neededtoknow and so I didn't give up,” Junyan told me.This paid off because shewon an award for the report. “ I discovered then that as long as I am committed and never give up I will be able to produce high qualityreports. ” That's exactly what Wang Junyanbeenhas doing as the f

27、ace of Universe TV.I asked Junyan what she liked most about her job and she said that although there wasn't much glory in a reporter's existence, she found it学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考interesting and challenging.“ I meet a lot of people and go to manydifferent places. I'm never bored with this j

28、ob!” She added that as areporter she needed many different skills and was constantly challengedto learn new things. Finally, I asked her if after many years she still feltcurious. Smiling brightly, she told me,ing that I “learnedNoth from mymother has ever left me.Today when I'm looking for stor

29、ies, I still feellike I'm turning over stones to see what might be hiding beneath!”TapescriptMost of us have ordinary, nine-to-five jobs. We interviewed someone whose job is very different. Huang Lili, 23, from Harbin, is a dancer.Journalist: When did you decide to be a dancer?Huang Lili: When I

30、 was at school. I wanted to do something exciting so I applied to a dancing school and got accepted. I love dancing. This is the life for me!Journalist: Describe a typical day. Huang Lili:Well, my days are usually very long. Yesterday, for example, I was practising until 10 o'clock and today I g

31、ot up early to practise bending. I'm working on a new act now, which I'm going to perform on stage for the first time here in Beijing next week.Journalist: Is your job dangerous?学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考Huang Lili: I . er . I've had a few accidents. Last year, I broke my wrist and last month I

32、twisted my ankle, but it doesn't happen that often so it's not that bad.Journalist: What are your plans for the future?Huang Lili: If things go well, I'll continue with dancing for another five or ten years. And after that, I want to be a coach and stay with the group!Lesson 4 Job Trends

33、Survival of the Fittest"Between now and the 21st century, citizens of the world's richest and most advanced nations will find it more and more difficult to keep up with the demand for change. For them, the future will arrive too soon. So begins Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock, written

34、 back in 1970.Now people are beginning to pay attention to Toffler's ideas because the speed of change is becoming increasingly fast. It is sometimes difficult to work out the patterns of change. What should you do? (1)学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考_. Take a deep breath and try to get a sense of the good th

35、ingsthe future has to offer.You don't need to be Einstein to predict the job areas which will be most affected by such change. Jobs in farming, coal mining and heavyindustry are decreasing rapidly. (2) _. Without doubt, the numberof jobs in information technology will multiply. There are current

36、ly over 100,000,000 computers in the world and by 2020 there will be 10 times more. (3) _.There are also many other important changes taking place. First,fewer and fewer people will have a“ job for life.” . (4) _According to MarkHastings of the Institute of Management, in the future, people will org

37、anize their working life around a variety of jobs, instead of working just for one division or branch of a company.Similarly, companies will operate in different ways. People will move around to do different jobs, rather than moving up in the company as before. Many more people will work for small,

38、dynamic companies which can respond quickly to changes in the market. Other people will give up working for a boss and start their own businesses. All this means that companies will require people who are flexible and can work on their own. (5) _.学习资料学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考Good communication skills will be extremely important. According to Dr Laurence Lyons of Future Work, women will be envied because they have an advantage in this area. James Traeger, spokesman of a government training organisation, explains t