Module11 Unit1 Careers and skills
Reading 1
Thoughts on the design:
本节是Reading主阅读理解课，阅读课要达到“知识与技能”、“过程与方法”、“情感与态度”的三维目标。学生通过读要了解文章的语言知识和文化背景知识，掌握阅读技能，形成良好的阅读策略；老师在阅读的过程中始终扮演着指导者的角色，通过各种不同手段和媒介，正确引导学生“如何读”；最后在学生理解文本的基础上，对其进行价值观方面的深化。
Teaching aims:
After learning the Reading part, the students will be able to:
1. understand the three types of jobs by reading carefully;
2. enhance their reading ability and learn the reading strategy: reading for opinion in a text;
3. know when choosing a career, they should consider all the aspects of a job and every job in the society has its advantages and disadvantages.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead in
First of all, give students 2 questions to discuss with each other:
1. What is the first thing you would take into consideration when choosing your future career: salary, working conditions, interpersonal relationship, working hours, personal interest in the job , the qualities you have for the job or other factors? Why?
I would take personal interest in the job and the qualities for the job into consideration first. First, interest is the best motivation. If you have interest in the job, you will devoted yourself to the job without any complaint and try every means to improve your perfermance in work. Second, your qualities are also very important. If you are suitable for the job, you will feel at ease when working and can overcome obstacles easily.
2. What do you think of the following jobs: actors, lawyers, cleaners, bus drivers, DJs, gourmets (美食家)？Can you talk about some advantages and disadvantages of these jobs?
1) I think actors and lawyers are very decent jobs. They can earn lots of money and can be the envy of others …
2) I think cleaners and drivers are very tiring jobs. They should work very hard: get up very early, work very long ours and earn less money. But we should also show respect for them and thank them.
3) I think DJs and gourmets are very exciting jobs. People can work flexible hours and have a lot of freedom …
[Explanation]
导入的问题都是和工作相关的，让学生讨论，一是提高学生的兴趣，活跃课堂气氛；二是问题内容很好地为课文阅读做好了铺垫，让学生在阅读之前，阐述自己对某些不同类的工作看法和观点。在情感上做好准备。
Step 2 Reading comprehension
Fast Reading:
Read the article quickly and answer the following questions.
1) What does the author discuss in the article?
Different types of career and jobs to choose from.
2) Can you give two examples of the so-called glamorous jobs?
A model, an actor.
3) Which jobs look dull but are actually very important?
Shop assistant, drivers, barbers, cleaners.
2. Careful Reading
1) Analyze the structure of the text
2) Help students understand each part step by step
Para One
(1) What is last year of high school a time for?
A time for hard work and also a time to reflect.
(2) Choose the meaning of “reflection”.
A. to make light turned back
B. to cause an image in a mirror
C. to think carefully about something, sometimes for a long period of time.
(3) What are the three types of jobs the author talks about?
popular jobs unusual jobs everyday jobs
(4) Guess the meaning of the word “options”.
A. different choices B. jobs C. careers
Para Two & Three
(1) When choosing a career, what is the author’s advice?
Consider all the aspects of a job.
(2) What do unsuccessful actors, actresses and models have to do?
They have to work as waiters and waitresses.
(3) What do successful ones have to do?
They have to spend long hours traveling, deal with constant media attention, be very thick-skinned, go on diet to keep young and beautiful, have painful surgery to make their faces and bodies look more attractive.
(4) What is the author’s attitude towards the successful career?
Maybe a career as a local grocer or flour-covered baker would be a better option.
(5) What are some other popular professions?
Lawyer businessman
(6) What are the problems with these professions?
Stress and pressure, work long hours, hurt people, involve facing moral issues.
Para four
(1) List the unusual jobs mentioned in the paragraph.
Noise pollution testers, beer tasters,
Fireworks display designers, testers of amusement park rides.
(2) What job did the man in the Grand Canyon National Park do?
Check noise pollution in the park zone.
(3) Which sentence shows the author’s positive attitude toward these unusual jobs?
All these people love their jobs, which might not be popular, but are interesting regardless.
Para five
(1) List the ordinary jobs in this paragraph.
Shopkeepers, drivers, barbers, cleaners.
(2) What attitude of the author’s do the following words express?
1) … many ordinary jobs may look plain, but they are necessary to our society.
2) These jobs may not seem very attractive, but they are all important.
3) These people, who perform such ordinary but vital tasks, allow people to go about their daily lives.
The author is in favour of the ordinary jobs.
Para six
Find out the words which show the author’s positive attitude and negative attitude.
Positive attitude: quite important
Negative attitude: rather difficult
[Explanation]
这一部分是阅读理解的主题和重点。在阅读步骤上，学生在老师的引导下完成有序的任务：第一任务是学生完成第一遍阅读——快速阅读（scanning），回答三个表层的问题；然后老师从文章整体结构下手，理清文章脉络；之后进行各个部分的精读，其中有提问、有选择、列举，老师还给出一些图片，帮助学生理解并提高兴趣，并在最后两部分的分析中为下一步reading Strategy做好铺垫。
Step 3 Reading Strategy：reading for opinion in a text
1. Ask students to read this part on page 3 first and then let students judge:
What attitude do the following sentences express? Negative or positive?
1) It does not seem that glamorous now, does it? N
2) These jobs may not seem very attractive, but they are all important. P
3) Remember that some glamorous jobs can be rather difficult. N
4) Some ordinary jobs can be quite important. P
2. Ask students find more sentences that tell the opinions of the author.
3. Draw a conclusion: It is clear that the author is biased in favor of ordinary careers and dislikes some popular careers.
[Explanation]
阅读策略的介绍和了解是提高阅读能力和水平的一个关键的因素。在高考中就有一类题是考查学生对全文和作者的观点偏向的考查，所以这个阅读技巧是非常重要和实用的。这个步骤后，学生就知道了要从文章中的某些细节——形容词、语气词等来判断观点的偏向。
Step 4 Filling the blanks according to the text
So many jobs to choose from
The last year of high school is an important time (1) you should work hard, look (2) on what you have already done, and above all, choose a job which is best suited to you for the future. The jobs mentioned here can be classified into (3) categories as follows.
Categories
(4)
(5)
Disadvantages
(6) careers
Models, actors, lawyers or businessmen
These jobs can be important, exciting, well-paid or interesting.
They can be dull, difficult and sometimes, the people will be under great stress and (8)
More unusual jobs
People(7) noise pollution, designing fireworks displays or testing rides for parks
These jobs are usually interesting.
They are not popular.
Everyday jobs
Shop assistants, drivers, barbers, or cleaners
They benefit our society a lot, such as keeping streets clean, stopping disease
(9) .
They are ordinary and dull.
To sum up, whatever job you choose, you should (10) in mind that all of the jobs are important and help society fun_ction well.
Key: 1. when 2. back 3. three 4. Examples 5. Advantages
6. Popular 7. checking 8. pressure 9. spreading 10. keep/bear
Step 5 Exercise
阅读文章，选择正确答案，回答问题。
The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones. They are not flat, either. They often have high hills and deep valleys(谷). There is some plant life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert, but it does not fall often enough for most plants.
The deserts of the world are not uninhabited (not lived by people). People also live outside the oases(绿洲), but these people are not farmers. They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.
The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is not enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and their goats and camel hairs with the people of the oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable. No man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water.
1. According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ________.
A. clay
B. rock
C. sand
D. stones
2. The underlined word “hospitable” has the meaning of being.
A. brave
B. cruel
C. strange
D. kind
3. In the desert _______.
A. it rains in spring only
B. it rains for a short time every month
C. there is some rain, but far from enough
D. the rainfall is just enough for the plants
4. People live _______.
A. only inside the oases
B. only outside the oases
C. both inside and outside the oases
D. in places with regular rainfalls
5. From the passage we know that life _______.
A. is hard in deserts
B. is happy in deserts
C. is impossible in deserts
D. in deserts in much better now
答案：
C D C C A
Step 6 Homework
阅读文章，了解其大意，然后选择正确选项填空。
To find out how the name Canada (1) _____ we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of discovering and (2) _____ more land, of extending trade (3) _____ their borders(边境) and spreading their (4) _____ across the world. In 1535, Francois Ⅰ, kind of (5) _____, ordered a navigator(航海家) (6) _____ Jacpues Cartier to explore the New World and (7) _____ a passage to India.
Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, (8) _____ he wanted to explore(勘察). He did not know (9) _____ to expect but he (10) _____ that this gulf was just an arm of the (11) _____ between two lands. If it was he would soon be on his (12) _____ to the Far East. So he sailed up along the St. Lawrence River. (13) _____, instead of reaching (14) _____, he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the (15) _____ called it. It was at this point that the term “Canada” (16) _____ the country’s history. Obviously the (17) _____ “Canada” came from an Indian word “kanada”, which (18) _____ village. Cartier first used it when he (19) _____ Stadacona or Quebec What a huge “(20) _____” Canada is.
1. A. came from B. came up C. came about D. came across
2. A. farming B. controlling C. finding D. fighting
3. A. beyond B. behind C. because D. between
4. A. faith B. goods C. guns D. tools
5. A. Quebec B. Canada C. France D. India
6. A. name’s B. name C. naming D. named
7. A. search B. search for C. searched D. searched for
8. A. which B. that C. it D. where
9. A. where B. when C. what D. how
10. A. hoped B. decided C. suggested D. insisted
11. A. ocean B. river C. stream D. lake
12. A. path B. road C. boat D. way
13. A. Then B. Therefore C. However D. And
14. A. Asia B. Europe C. America D. Africa
15. A. Asians B. Europeans C. Americans D. Indians
16. A. came B. went C. entered D. walked
17. A. word B. country C. place D. sound
18. A. meaning B. means C. meant D. mean
19. A. referred to B. spoke to C. looked to D. went to
20. A. village B. country C. state D. place
答案：
1. C 11. A
2. B 12. D
3. A 13. C
4. A 14. A
5. C 15. D
6. D 16. C
7. B 17. A
8. A 18. B
9. C 19. A
10. A 20. A
课件22张PPT。Reading 1 So many jobs to choose from!Module11 Unit1课件描述：
本课件条理清晰地呈现了文章的结构，对三种不同类型的工作做了很全面的解释。从而告诉学生选择职业时， 应该考虑工作的各个方面，理性地看待每份职业。
Lead-in Discussion:What is the first thing you would take into consideration when choosing your future career: salary, working conditions, interpersonal relationship, working hours, personal interest in the job , the qualities you have for the job or other factors? What do you think of the following jobs: actors, lawyers, cleaners, bus drivers, DJs, gourmet (美食家)？
Can you talk about some advantages and disadvantages of these jobs?Read the article quickly and answer the following questions.1. What does the author discuss in the article?
2. Can you give two examples of the so-called glamorous
jobs?
3. Which jobs look dull but are actually very important?Different types of career and jobs to choose from.A model, an actor.Shop assistant, drivers, barbers, cleaners.Fast readingThe
development
of a textA titleA beginning
paragraphBody
paragraphsA concluding
paragraphSo many jobs
to choose fromPara 1Para 2,
3, 4, 5Para 6The development of a text2-354Ordinary jobsUnusual jobsPopular jobsCareful readingPara One
1. What is last year of high school a time for?A time for hard work and also a time to reflect.2. Choose the meaning of “reflect”.
A. to make light turn back
B. to cause an image in a mirror
C. to carefully think about something, sometimes for a
long period of time.Careful reading3. What are the three types of jobs the author
talks about?popular jobs
unusual jobs
everyday jobs4. Guess the meaning of the word “options”.
A. different choices B. jobs C. careersPara Two & Three1. When choosing a career, what is the author’s
advice?Consider all the aspects of a job.2. What do unsuccessful actors, actresses and
models have to do ?They have to work as waiters and waitresses.3. What do successful ones have to do?They have to spend long hours travelling, deal with
constant media attention, be very thick-skinned, go on diet to keep young and beautiful, have painful surgery to make their faces and bodies look more attractive.4. What is the author’s attitude towards the successful
career?Maybe a career as a local grocer or flour-covered
baker would be a better option.5. What are some other popular professions?lawyerbusinessman
6. What are the problems with these professions?Stress and pressure, work long hours, hurt people,
involve facing moral issues.Para four
1. List the unusual jobs mentioned in the paragraph.noise
pollution
testerbeer tasterfirework
display
designertesters of
amusement
park rides2. What job did the man in the Grand Canyon National
Park do?To check noise pollution in the park zone.3. Which sentence shows the author’s positive attitude
toward these unusual jobs?All these people love their jobs, which might not be
popular, but are interesting regardless.Para five 1. List the ordinary jobs in this paragraph. shopkeeperdriverbarbercleaner2. What attitude of the author’s do the following words
express?
1) … many ordinary jobs may look plain, but they are
necessary to our society.
2) These jobs may not seem very attractive, but they are
all important.3) These people, who perform such ordinary but vital
tasks, allow people to go about their daily lives.The author is in favour of the ordinary jobs.
Para six
Find out the words which show the author’s positive
attitude and negative attitude.positive
attitude
negative
attitude
quite importantrather difficultWhat attitude do the following sentences express?
Negative or positive?Reading strategy1) It does not seem that glamorous now, does it?
2) These jobs may not seem very attractive, but
they are all important.
3) Remember that some glamorous jobs can be
rather difficult.
4) Some ordinary jobs can be quite important.NPNPIt is clear that the author is biased in favor of ordinary careers and dislike some popular careers.ConclusionSo many jobs to choose fromKey：1. when
2. back
3. three
4. Examples
5. Advantages 6. Popular
7. checking
8. pressure
9. spreading
10. keep/bearExercisesHomework
