unit2 Jobs and careers-Passage A.ppt

1、Unit Two Jobs and Careers,personal interest salary opportunity for promotion, travel, etc working hours working conditions contribution to the society the opinion of other people,What factor will influence you in choosing a job? And number them in order of importance,Lead-in What kind of job are you

2、 looking for? The classified ads are a good place to begin a for employment. They are a great resource to learn about what companies look for in employees and a little information about the company as well. Applying and interviewing for a job requires skills worth developing. Being able to ones stre

3、ngths, effectively communicating with , having a desire to learn more about the , and displaying enthusiasm can sometimes make up for inexperience. As you look at the pictures, think about the different each profession or vocation requires. A construction worker, a waiter and a farmer may not need h

4、igher education for their pursuits, but it helps. Secretarial work requires less education than being a teacher or a doctor, but each job is important in society.,search,offer,Identify,confidence,employer,qualifications,certainly,While becoming a teacher requires a of four years study at a universit

5、y, teaching entails constant learning. Understanding deeply the subject matter being taught and discovering the of students are just two areas of for teachers. Many studies continue to research how to effectively teach and how to teach students to effectively learn. In one way or another, we are all

6、 teachers.,minimum,learning styles,importance,Passage A Your Dram job: A Click Away,Less than a month from graduation day, Theresa Smith of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, had yet to find the right job. The career placement center referred the liberal-arts major to JOB-TRAK, an Intern

7、et site listing 45,000 entry-level positions. Smith selected four keywords: Chicago, business, marketing and full-time. Immediately she found 45 jobs meeting her criteria, including one as an assistant to an administrator at the University of Chicagos business school. Four weeks later she was hired

8、at a starting salary of $32,000.,refer v. 提到，谈到参考，参阅涉及关于 让我查查笔记，找到确切的数字。 Let me just refer to my notes to find the exact figures.,搭配 refer to the dictionary 查字典 refer to as 把称作,I didnt know the word. I had to a dictionary.(CET4) look out B)make out C) refer to D) go over 答案：C,I had no training, says

9、 Smith, but the Internet was extremely easy to use. Id never have known about this job without it. Smith is one American who clicked her way into a job. Steven Tools is another. In 1996, the Rockville, Md., resident came across an employment site named CareerBuilder. He had just been promoted to dir

10、ector of marketing for a company that produces tradeshow exhibits and wasnt looking for a job. But curious, he decided to give it a try.,come across v. 碰上 我在古董店里发现了这个珍贵的老花瓶。 I come across this old precious vase in the antique shop.,用法 come across sb./the,Tools filled out a profile with the keywords

11、marketing manager and entered his electronic-mail address. Within a week his computers mailbox was filling up with available positions. Two interviews later he jumped to a new job. The Internet is like hiring a personal assistant, says Tools. Effortlessly you can become aware of opportunities that m

12、ay elevate your career.,fill out 填写同fill in 请填写一张申请表。 Please fill out an application form.,fill up 装满，占满 请填写一张申请表。 He has filled up the tank with gas. 沟渠被泥堵住了。 The ditch filled up with mud.,Even a couple of years ago, most job listings on the Internet were in high-tech fields. Today, non-technical j

13、obs - salesclerks, bank tellers, secretaries, for example - are the fastest growing segment of Internet employment opportunities. Most major newspapers and trade publications have online versions of their classified listings, enabling job-seekers to scan for work available across town, in another st

14、ate, or around the world.,Madeline Gragg and Nedzad Dozlic are still another two who clicked their luck online. In 1996, Madeline Gragg, a 28-year-old high school teacher from St. Louis, wanted a change. When a friend mentioned teaching English in Japan, Gragg was intrigued. She visited the popular

15、Yahoo! website and typed teaching English in Japan for a list of employment opportunities. She then followed the procedure for the online application. A week later she received a call and set up an interview with a recruiter in Chicago and got the job.,set up 建立，创立同establish 创（记录） 这家公司由现任经历的祖父创建。 Th

16、e business was set up by the grandfather of the present manager 他创了奥运一万米跑步的新纪录。 He set up a new Olympic record in the 10,000 meters.,Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committeeto investigate the incident.(CET4) were set up B) was set up C) be set up D) set up 答案：C,Nedzad Do

17、zlic, 27 years old, was scanning the Houston Chronicles Web site for the latest baseball trades. While online, he decided to check out the classifieds and spotted a job for a driver at a local car dealership. A refugee of the war in Bosnia, Dozlic had had a variety of jobs but was now ready for some

18、thing new. He read more about the position on the dealers Internet site and called the number listed. Two days later he was hired. Its really funny, he says, I was just checking sports, and I ended up with a better job.,check out 检查，核实 请替我核实一下这条消息。 Please check this information out for me.,spot vt.认

19、出，发现 n.斑点，污点 她在人群认出了她的朋友。 She spot her friend in the crowd. 她的声誉没有斑点瑕疵。 There isnt a spot on her reputation.,The tomato juice left brown on the front of my jacket. (CET4) spot B) point C) track D) trace 答案：A,refugee n.难民 难民正涌过边界。 Refugees were pouring across the frontier.,搭配 a refugee camp难民营 a poli

20、tical refugee政治难民,Another valuable use of the Internet is to research potential employers. When Wendy Mello started her job search in the summer of 1997, she logged on to CareerBuilder, where she learned of a human resources opening at Arbitrons, a media-information-services company in Columbia, Mar

21、yland. With a click of her mouse, Mello sent her rsum to the company via e-mail and soon received an invitation for an interview.,learn of 获悉，得知，了解 得知他生病，我很难过。 Im sorry to learn of his illness. 他从报纸上获悉儿子成功的消息。 He learnt of his sons success in the newspapers.,To find out more about the company, she c

22、licked on to Artitrons home page and that of its parent company, Ceridian Corp., where she reviewed an annual report and the companys financial performance. Mello also wanted to know how much shed have to earn to maintain her present standard of living. Using an online salary calculator, she typed i

23、n her current salary, $34,000, and Baltimore (the nearest big city to Columbia). Within seconds her computer flashed $44,000. Because of the salary calculator, I knew what to ask for, says Mello.,annual a.每年，年度的，一年一次的同yearly 这本大学年刊在学生中很流行。 The college annual is very popular among students.,搭配 an annual meeting/visit 一年一度的会议/访问 an annual income/rainfall 年收入/年雨量,Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property dama