ReadingandThinkingUNIT5LAUNCHINGYOURCAREER

TeachingObjectivesandCorequalities:Knowledgeobjective:Tolearnvocabularyandexpressionsrelatedtoyourcareer.Abilityobjective:Tomastertheabilitytoreadforms.Emotionalgoal:Learntomakeareasonablecareerplanforyourfuture.Pre-readingCareeroptionsThebestpreparationforgoodworktomorrowistodogoodworktoday.—ElbertHubbard做好明天工作的最好準(zhǔn)備就是做好今天的工作。——阿爾伯特·哈伯德GetaheadstartonyourfuturecareerWhatdoes"headstart"meanhere?Howdoyouunderstandit?Whataresomeofthewaysthatcanhelppeopledecidewhichcareerisappropriateforthem?

Isitessentialthatteenagersdecideonacareerbeforetheybecomeadults?

Why?

Whatdoes"headstart"meanhere?Howdoyouunderstandit?

Youbeginearlierorfurtheraheadthansomeoneelse,whichwillbeanadvantagethathelpsyoutobesuccessful.

Whataresomeofthewaysthatcanhelppeopledecidewhichcareerisappropriateforthem?

Alotofpeopleusepersonalityteststoseewhatcareersmatchtheirpersonalities,andcareeraptitudeteststoseeifitisajobtheywouldenjoydoingandmighthaveanabilityat.Isitessentialthatteenagersdecideonacareerbeforetheybecomeadults?

Why?

Itdepends.Forthosewhoareambitious,itisbesttodecideandstartpreparingforthatcareerasearlyaspossible.Othersarebetteroffwaiting,becausetheydonotreallyhaveenoughlifeexperiencetoknowwhatcareerwouldbesuitable.WorkingoutWhatYouWanttoDo

Fromthetitle，whatdoyouexpecttoreadinthetext?While-reading

What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A.Theanswertothequestionwhatyoudo.B.Careeraptitudetests，ausefultoolforcareersuggestions.C.Anexampleofcareeraptitudetests.D.Thebesttimetostartconsideringpossiblecareers.Whatisthebesttimetothinkaboutyourpossiblecareers?A.Afteryougraduatefromthecollege.B.Whenyouaremarried.C.Whenyouareacollegestudent.D.Whenyouareatschool.2.Readthepassageandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1

A.Thebesttimetothinkaboutfuturecareers.Para.2 B.Therearemanykindsofcareeraptitudetests.Para.3 C.Thetesthelpstogetyourfuturetargets.Para.4 D.Findyourreallypassionatecareer.Para.5 E.Youngpeopleshouldthinkabouttheirfuturecareer.Para.6 F.Howthetesthelpstheparticipants.Para.7 G.Careeraptitudetesthelpstogetinsightonapossible

careerpath.Readthepassageandthinkaboutthesequestions.

Whatisoneofthemosteffectivewaysofhelpingyouseewhichcareersmayberightfor?Whatisveryimportantwhenyouarecompletingthetest?Accordingtotheparticipant'sworkpersonalitycode,whatcareerswouldyourecommend?Whatisoneofthemosteffectivewaysofhelpingyouseewhichcareersmayberightfor?Oneofthemosteffectivewaysofhelpingusseewhichcareersmayberightforusistocompletea"careeraptitudetest".Whatisveryimportantwhenyouarecompletingthetest?

Whilecompletingthetest,itisveryimportanttobehonest.Accordingtotheparticipant'sworkpersonalitycode,whatcareerswouldyourecommend?Graphicdesigner,photographer,engineerandsoon.Post-reading

Afterreadingthepassage，pleasefillinthefollowingblanks.

Youwillbeaskedaboutyourcareerwhen1.

(meet)withanewpersonbecausethejobyouhave2.

(define)whoyouare.However，it’shardforyoungpeople3.

(think)abouttheirpossiblecareers.So，oneofthemosteffectivewaysis4.

(complete)a“careeraptitudetest”.Theresultswilltellyouaboutyour5.

(strength)andinterests，andprovideyouwithabetterchance6.

findingajobyoulike.Therearemanydifferentkindsoftestsbutitisimportanttobehonestwhilecompleting7.

—therearenorightorwronganswers.meetingdefinestothinktocompletestrengthsofthemOnetestasksthe8.

(participate)togradetheirpreferencesandthentheirtopthreescoresareusedtomakeacode9.

indicatestheirworkpersonalityandgeneratesalistofcareersuggestions.Toconclude，careeraptitudetestsare10.

(clear)averyusefultool.However，thesecrettoagoodcareerliesinyourownpassionatethings.participantsthat/whichclearlyLanguagepoints

Importantphrasesworkout解決asanadult作為成年人makeachoice做出選擇furthereducation繼續(xù)教育fromayoungage從小的時候getsomeinsighton對……有所了解makethemostof充分利用oconsideration考慮到……beappropriatefor適合decideonacareer選定一個職業(yè)anessentialexercise一項至關(guān)重要的鍛煉bouncearoundinone’shead(想法等)在某人腦子里晃來晃去showanaptitudefor表現(xiàn)出對……的天賦besuitedto/for適合……providesbwithsth為某人提供某物headstart起步前的優(yōu)勢getaheadstartin在……方面早做打算therestof剩余的lookback回顧inyearstocome多年之后assembleachestofdrawer組裝抽屜衣柜categoriseemployeeprofiles對員工檔案進行歸類gradeone’spreferencefor給某人的偏好打分arangof一系列indebt欠債focuson集中avarietyof各種各樣的divideup劃分handson親身實踐的people-oriented/detail-oriented以人為本的/注重細節(jié)的thesecrettoagoodcareer職業(yè)生涯成功的秘訣bepassionateabout對……充滿熱情bebasedon以……為基礎(chǔ)aimfor瞄準(zhǔn)；以……為目標(biāo)inconclusion總之bemeantfor專為……準(zhǔn)備agraphicdesigner平面設(shè)計師ImportantsentencesIsitessentialthatteenagersdecideonacareerbeforetheybecomeadults?青少年在成年之前就決定自己的職業(yè)是必要的嗎?【句式分析】本句是復(fù)合句。it是形式主語，that引導(dǎo)主語從句，該從句中使用了虛擬語氣，decide前省略了should。lt

is/was+adj.+that從句Itwasobviousthatouropponentswouldnotshowmercytous.很明顯我們的對手不會對我們?nèi)蚀取tis/was+adj.+that...句型中,形容詞若是essential,natural,strange,necessary,important,vital等，that從句要用虛擬語氣:謂語動詞用(should)do,should意為“應(yīng)該，必須”,可以省略，被動用(should)bedone.Timelimited,itisnecessarythatyou(should)setoffimmediatelytonegotiatewiththatcompany.時間有限,你有必要立即動身去和那家公司談判。IwishIhadthoughtmoreaboutwhatIreallywantedtodo.要是當(dāng)時我能對我真正想做的事情再多考慮考慮就好了。【句式分析】本句是復(fù)合句。wish是主句，賓語從句運用了與過去事實不符的虛擬語氣。wish后賓語從句中的虛擬語氣wish后的賓語從句用虛擬語氣，表示不能或難以實現(xiàn)的愿望。謂語有三種情況:(1)與現(xiàn)在事實不符:動詞過去式(be用were)(2)與過去事實不符:haddone(3)與將來事實不符:could/would/should/might+動詞原形·Johnwishesthathewereapartoftheroyalfamily約翰希望他是皇室的一員。Iwishtheteacherhadn’textendedthedeadline我希望老師沒有延長截止日期。Hewishesthegovernmentwouldnotnegotiatewithterroriststomorrow.他希望政府明天不會與恐怖分子談判。Ofcourse,whilecompletingthesesortsoftests,itisveryimportanttobehonest...當(dāng)然,在做這些測驗時,誠實是非常重要的……【句式分析】whilecompleting….是時間狀語從句的省略形式，whi