(共19张PPT)
UNIT 7
CAREERS
To revise the vocabulary presented in the unit.
To fill in the blanks in four short texts with the unit target lexis and the unit target structures.
To correctly order sentences that form a short text.
To complete the Unit Diary for this unit and reflect on what you have learnt.
Chen Xi introduces ideas about IQ and plete his introduction with the correct form of the words and phrases below.
get ahead, deal with, predict, adjust, deserve,
get you employed, association, lower, internal, hence
Up until quite recently, it was believed that IQ was the most important measure of intelligence and those with high IQs were the ones who 1____________ in life.
get ahead
However, experts now say that EQ is as important if not more in 2_________ whether someone will be successful in life. Professor Salovey, the expert who invented the term, explains that in the workplace IQ 3________________ but EQ gets you promoted.
People with high EQs are described as happy, sociable and can 4_________ well in all areas of their lives and careers. They can manage their emotions and are less likely to be troubled by negative 5__________ feelings and thoughts.
get ahead, deal with, predict, adjust, deserve,
get you employed, association, lower, internal, hence
predicting
gets you employed
adjust
internal
Those with low EQs struggle 6____________ challenges and difficult situations; 7__________ are more stressed and unhappy.
There can be an 8__________ between IQ and EQ but not always. People who have high IQs may not be emotionally intelligent and vice versa. For example, if students who are highly academic and intelligent fail to achieve the grades they 9__________ in exams it may be because they have 10________ EQs.
get ahead, deal with, predict, adjust, deserve,
get you employed, association, lower, internal, hence
to deal with
hence
association
deserve
lower
Chen Yang presents some advice on career plete the passage using the correct form of the words and phrases below.
I recently spoke to Ms Xue about the skills we will need in years to come and the future 1___________ for jobs and careers. According to Ms Xue, in the future a lot of 2___________ office and factory jobs will disappear. We need to have many skills which we can start developing now.
logical thinking, comprehension skill, reliable, persuade,
critical thinking, financial skill, trend, routine
trends
routine
One of the most important is 3_______________, which is the ability to analyse and evaluate information. 4_______________, which is the ability to use our reason well, will be highly useful in the workplace, as it will help us use our knowledge 5______________ others. 6__________________ will be highly valued and companies will always appreciate a 7_____________ person who they can trust to do their job. Even outside the workplace, there are important skills we will need. For example, good 8______________ will benefit us greatly when we start earning money and have financial responsibilities.
logical thinking, comprehension skill, reliable, persuade,
critical thinking, financial skill, trend, routine
critical thinking
Logical thinking
to persuade
Comprehension skill
reliable
financial skills
Li Zhen now talks about how job trends change over plete the passage with the correct form of the words and phrases below.
Things have changed so much since our parents’ and grandparents’ time, especially when it comes to jobs and careers. When our parents were starting to find work, the 1_________ of staying in the same 2__________ for your entire life was very common. Nowadays, that idea would be considered really unusual!
prospect, remain relevant, earn a decent salary, innovator
specialist, occupation, multiple times, pace, be qualified, essential
prospect
occupation
There will be new 3___________ 21st century skills that we will have to have. For example, a university degree is still useful, but technology developments mean that many skills we have now are unlikely 4________________ in the future. 5_____________________ is one thing, but if we really want to succeed in our careers we have to be 6____________, thinking of new and exciting ways to do things.
prospect, remain relevant, earn a decent salary, innovator
specialist, occupation, multiple times, pace, be qualified, essential
essential
to remain relevant
Earning a decent salary
innovators
It won’t be enough to have only a general understanding of our area of work but we should keep learning until we become 7_________. And given that people will not stay in the same career for long, we can expect that we will have to go back to education and training at some stage 8_____________ to work in another field. In fact, we might have to do that 9_____________!
Jobs change at an amazing 10_________ these days, and if we can keep up, we can have really exciting and rewarding future careers.
prospect, remain relevant, earn a decent salary, innovator
specialist, occupation, multiple times, pace, be qualified, essential
specialists
to be qualified
multiple times
pace
Chen Xi's teacher gives a short speech about future job plete the speech with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1___________(give) the fast pace of the job market now, 21st century employees 2___________(face) with challenges that their parents never experienced. 3___________(compare) to previous generations, standards 4___________ (set) higher for them and they 5___________(expect) to have more qualifications and a wider range of new and essential skills.
Given
are faced
Compared
are set
are expected
6__________(require) to innovate constantly, 21st century employees need to be ready to adapt to new challenges and roles quickly. 7__________(throw) into a hyper-connected workplace, today’s graduates will also have to 8__________(prepare) to move around to jobs at different companies.
There are also plenty of advantages to this new working world. 9__________(design) to be more dynamic and inspiring, working environments will be more exciting than offices of the past.
Required
Thrown
prepare
Designed
Workers will happily enjoy many extra benefits, such as gyms and games rooms, 10__________(provide) by companies. Alternatively, if someone prefers more independence, technology will allow for greater opportunities for self employment and starting their own business.
provided
One of the graduates from Chen Xi's school gives them some advice on job interviews. Order the sentences (a-f).
Then write down the questions that you could ask to get this advice.
a For the same reason, they also don’t reply to many of the applicants who send them their CVs.
b In addition, they usually ask candidates to take a literacy test after the interview.
c Moreover, if you are lucky enough to get an interview with them, you should come to the interview well-prepared.
d Due to the large number of applications the company receives, they only ask a small number of applicants to come in for an interview.
e Since the company pays well and offers secure jobs, the candidates that do make it through the interview process always say “yes” to the job that is offered.
f As the company is determined to find the right candidates, they will ask a lot of detailed questions to find out what you know about the company.
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5
3
1
6
4
UNIT DIARY
Useful words and expressions for talking about features of careers in the past and future:
Three impressive sentences I’d like to remember from this unit:
Things I can do that will help me when I’m applying for a job:
The part I like/dislike about this unit:
Review the words, expressions and grammar of this unit.
Write a short passage about your dreaming job in 100 words.