Unit 2 Jobs and Careers

1. Unit2Jobs and Careers

2. Unit2Jobs and Careers In this unit, you will • first listen, and then learn to ask about job opportunities and go for job interviews; • read about online job applications and first job experiences; • learn new words and expressions; • write your own résumé; • visit Culture Salon for some new terms in careers; • check goals.

3. and Unit2Jobs and Careers Part I Listen Talk

4. Unit2Jobs and Careers Directions: Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing words. Click here to listen. What kind of job are you looking for? The classified ads are a good place to begin a 1.___ for employment. They are a great resource to learn about what companies look for in employees and 2. ___ a little information about the company as well.Applying and interviewing for a job requires skills worth developing.Being able to 3. ___ one's strengths, effectively communicating with 4. ___ , having a desire to learn more about the 5. ___ , and displaying enthusiasm can sometimes make up for inexperience. As you look at the pictures, think about the different 6. ___ each profession or vocation requires. A construction worker, a waiter and a farmer may not need higher education for their pursuits, but it 7. ___ helps. Secretarial work requires less education than being a teacher or a doctor, but each job is important in society. While becoming a teacher requires a 8. ___ of four years study at a university, teaching entails constant learning. Understanding deeply the subject matter being taught and discovering the 9. ___ of students are just two areas of 10. ___ 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 teachers.

5. Unit2Jobs and Careers Directions: Listen to the following paragraphs and decide which picture is described in detail. Click here to listen.

6. Unit2Jobs and Careers • The photos are all related to job and career. Describe them to your classmates with the help of the following question. • What are the most effective ways to find a job? • What are the major procedures you need to know in applying for a job? • What kind of job would you like to pursue as your career? Explain.

7. and Unit2Jobs and Careers Part II Read Explore

8. Unit2Jobs and Careers Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away

9. Notes to the Text 1.The career placement center referred the liberal-arts major to JOB-TRAK, an Internet site listing 45,000 entry-level positions.(para. 1) The career placement center advices the student majoring in liberal arts to visit JOB-TRAK, a website containing 45,000 jobs for new workers. 就业指导中心建议这位文科生去查查JOB-TRAK网站，该网站上列出了45,000个初级水平的职位。

10. Notes to the Text 2. Smith is one American who clicked her way into a job. (para. 4) Casebeer is one American who found a job online. 不少美国人鼠标一点，就找到了自己的工作。卡塞比尔是其中一个，

11. Notes to the Text 3. "The Internet is like hiring a personal assistant," says Tools. "Effortlessly you can become aware of opportunities that may elevate your career." (para. 6) The Internet is like a personal helper. It can easily tell you about new chances to improve your career. “有了因特网，就像雇了一个私人助理，”图尔斯说。“你可以毫不费劲地留意到一些机会，让你的事业更上一个新台阶。”

12. Notes to the Text 4. Most major newspapers and trade publications have on-line versions of their classified listings, enabling job-seekers to scan for work available across town, in another state, or around the world.(para. 7) Most major newspapers and specialist journals have their job advertisements online, to help job-seekers quickly spot job vacancies anywhere in the world. 大型报纸和商务出版物的分类广告大多都有在线版， 求职者能搜索到市内、国内甚至国外的一些工作机会。

13. Notes to the Text 5. A refugee of the war in Bosnia, Dozlic had had a variety of jobs but was now ready for something new.(para. 11) Dozlic, who escaped from the war in Bosnia, had done several different jobs but was now ready to find a new one. 多兹里克是波斯尼亚的战争难民，曾从事过多种不同的工作，但现在他想换个工作。

14. Notes to the Text 6. To find out more about the company, she clicked on to Artitron's home page and that of its parent company, Ceridian Corp., where she reviewed an annual report and the company's financial performance. (para. 13) To learn more about the company she entered its website and the website of its headquarters, and studied it's the company's yearly report and financial situations. 为了了解该公司的更多情况，她又点击了Artitron的主页，以及它的母公司Ceridian Corp.的主页，查看了一份年度报告，以及该公司的财政状况。

15. Unit2Jobs and Careers Passage B My First Job

16. Notes to the Text 1. My parents imbued in me the concepts of family, faith and patriotism when I was young. (para. 1) My parents taught me to understand and love family, faith and motherland when I was a child. 我很小的时候，我父母就给我灌输了有关家庭、信念和爱国主义的观念。

17. Notes to the Text 2. I acquired discipline and a strong work ethic, and learned at an early age the importance of balancing life's competing interests - in my case, school, homework and a job. (para.3) I learned to be diligent and work hard, and even when I was very young, I learned to find time for doing different things - to go to school, to do homework, and to do my job. 我懂得了自我约束，养成了一种强烈的工作责任感，从小就懂得协调自己的多种兴趣的重要性——对我而言，就是协调好上学、家庭作业和工作的关系。

18. Notes to the Text 3. The experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to provide for themselves and their families, that is something we should honor. (para. 4) The experience taught me that any job people do to support themselves and their families deserves respect. 这种经历让我明白：所有的工作都有尊严，只要人们能自食其力，养家活口，就该受到尊重。

19. Notes to the Text 4. Thanks to the newfound confidence I picked up from Helen, I dreamed of having my own restaurant. (para. 7) With the new confidence I learned from Helen I hoped to own my own restaurant someday. 受了海伦的激励，我重新找到了自信，梦想开一家自己的饭店。

20. Notes to the Text 5. I shared my dream with him and said, "Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have faith in me." (para. 8) I told Fred about my hopes and said I knew I'd succeed if someone would trust me. 我给他讲了我的梦想，对他说，“弗莱德，我知道我可以做得更多，只要有人相信我。”

21. Notes to the Text 6. My investments soured, though, and I lost the money. (para.10) But my investments did badly and I lost the money. 然而，我的投资泡了汤，钱血本无归。

22. Notes to the Text 7. I got a thank-you note from Fred, which will be imprinted on my heart forever. (para. 12) Fred sent me a thank-you note which I will never forget. 弗莱德写了封感谢信给我，这封信将永远铭刻在我的心中。

23. Notes to the Text 8. Who else could have invested in a counter 'girl' with a million-dollar personality and watch that investment mature into a very successful career woman. (para. 12) Who else could have the chance to give a loan to a trustworthy waitress and watch her become a successful professional? 还有谁会投资在一个人格值百万的女店员身上，然后看着那笔投资成熟而产生一位成功的职业女性呢？

24. Culture Salon Blue, white, pink and gold-collar Workers Once there was a real distinction in clothing between blue-collar workers and white-collar workers out of which the figurative sense of manual versus clerical staff evolved. Recently the term pink-collar worker has been invented to describe the female equivalent of the (assumed male) blue-collar worker, which is particularly applied to women who assemble electronic equipment and run back-office data-entry systems (the term may have originated in the title of a book by Louise Kapp Howe in 1977).

25. Culture Salon Blue, white, pink and gold-collar Workers More recent still are gold-collar workers, highly-skilled individuals who know a great deal about several areas of their company's work, are frequently crucial to its continuing profitability, and who - it is argued - must be managed by techniques that take their special qualities into account. The term was reportedly invented by Professor Robert E. Kelley of Carnegie Mellon University, and forms the title of his 1985 book on managing this new type of employee. He also uses the term gold-collar manager for those who supervise them. Other terms which have been used are knowledge worker (itself at least 15 years old, though it hasn't yet reached most dictionaries), new economy worker, and professional eclectic.

26. Goal Checking On a scale of A to E, where A stands for "very well", B for "well", C for "moderately well", D for "not very well", and E for "not at all", rate how well you have achieved the goals set at the beginning of this unit. • A B C D E ask about job opportunities and go for job interviews • A B C D E understand the two reading passages • A B C D E use the new words and expressions • A B C D E write your own résumé • A B C D E understand the new terms If you have given yourself a C or lower rating on any of these goals, please: • -visit the Experiencing English website for additional help. • -review the section that you found difficult. • -ask your teacher for extra help. • -work with a peer or form a study group to reinforce your progress.

27. Thank You!