1、 Lesson 4 Job Trends Unit 14Objectives:Students will be able to get the general idea and the details of the text by using the reading strategies. understand the development of the job market. What kind of job do you like most?DiscussionWhat kinds of jobs do you want to find?creativesteadyinteresting

2、comfortablesafefit yourselfwell paidJobswriter typingcreativityExercise 1 In pairs discuss these questions. The Key Words may help you.Key Words:Job areas: agriculture, coal mining, information technology, the media, professional services, shipbuilding, steelSkills: communication skills, computer sk

3、ills, driving,language skills, organizational ability, typingQualities: co-operation, creativity, cultural awareness, flexibility, initiative, motivation 1.What job areas have become more important in the last decade?2.What jobs have become less important?3.What skills and qualities are useful to ge

4、t a good job nowadays?Prediction: What does the text will talk about ? Change of jobs Possible development of the job market Read to learn:Texts with sentences gapsReading Strategies: 1. First,read the text to get the general idea. What does the whole text talk about ?2. Read each paragraph with a s

5、entence gap again and identify the topic of paragrph 3,4,5,6,8. para 3: The job areas will be most affected by changes. para 4: Information technology will be booming. para 5: Few people will have a job for life. para 6: Companies will operate in different ways. para 8: Businesses will be more inter

6、national. 速讀文章寫出文章大意Whats the main idea of the passage? (no more than 20words)_ To predict the future job trend, analyzing the skills andqualities people need to meet the challenge. 3. Read the sentences before and after the gaps, thinking of clues about the missing sentence.4. Then,look at the miss

7、ing sentences and find out the linking words. on the other hand because of however first of all also 5. For each gap,find a sentence that matches the topic of the paragraph and links with the sentences before and after it. (Exercise 2 )Answer:1 d 2 a 3 b 4 f 5 e 6 c Second Reading Read the article a

8、gain and answer these questions.1. What is “future shock” ? The speed of change that affects peoples lives and work.2. What is one of the job areas of the future? Information technology.3. How will jobs change? People will have different contracts, not work for one company.6. What personal benefits

9、will the new situation bring? You can work at home, live where you want, continue your studies and have a lot more free time.4. How will companies change? They will be organised more democratically. 5. What skills and personal qualities will people need? Communication skills, computer skills, workin

10、g with people from different cultures. 細讀文章并完成梗概Alvin Tofflers written a book Future Shock,which predicts rapid changes will arrive soon for 1. _ nations. Now people are beginning to 2. _ Tofflers ideas. Some important changes 3. _. Companies will 4. _ in different ways. advancedpay attention totake

11、 placeoperateSo good 5. _ skills will be extremely important. Since businesses will be more 6. _, understanding other peoples mind, 7. _ and 8. _ will be very important. Try to improve 9. _ skills since new 10. _is the driving force behind these rapid changes which changes the way people work and of

12、fers many other ways of working. communicationinternationalculturehistorycomputertechnologyWhat does the title “Survival of the Fittest” mean?Because of the constant change of the job market, you have to keep learning new things and developing new skills so that you can survive. How should you do in

13、 order to better adapt to the constantly changing society ? If possible, write down the future plan.Write down and polish your future plan.Language points Use the table below to classify these words from the text that often go together.decrease rapidly, become international, start ones own business,

14、 feel comfortable, find (something) difficult, have an advantage, have free time, pay attention, respond quickly, take a deep breath verb+ noun verb+ adverb verb+ adjective have an advantagedecrease rapidly become international start ones own business;have free time;pay attention;take a deep breathr

15、espond quickly feel comfortable; find (something) difficult Complete the sentences below with the correct form of expressions from Exercise 6.1. I never really _ speaking in a foreign language.2. If you look at unemployment, it _ in the past few months.feel comfortable decrease rapidly 3. We get so

16、much homework that I dont _ to relax.4. Id like to _ one day and not work for a boss.5. Drivers have to _ to avoid accidents.6. I _ in maths. I even _arithmetic _.have free time start my own businessrespond quickly have an advantage finddifficult Complete the vocabulary networks with words from this

17、 list:bored, my own business, an accident, a job, an exam, an excuse, somebody a favor, a good time, home, your homework, married, a mistake, money, a bonus, a suggestion, your bestan examsomebody a favor your homework your best an excuse a mistake money a suggestion do5. 6. 7. 8.make1.2.3.4. my own

18、 business an accident a joba good time bored home married a bonus 9. 10. 11. 12.have13. 14. 15. 16.getMatch the words given: havehave start start have have pay pay take take decrease decrease respond respond become become feel feel find find attention attention rapidly rapidly international international an advantage an advantage free time free