New Horizon English Book 2 Unit Ten Getting a Good Job

1. New Horizon EnglishBook 2Unit TenGetting a Good Job

2. Content • Leading-in • Exploring • Reading through • Studying through • Understanding questions • Assignments • Reading More • Practical writing

3. Read Through • Before start the text, please discuss the following questions: 1. What is your first consideration when you are looking for a job? high salary nice co-worker good employer good environment a big company etc.

4. 2. What do you think is the most important factor for a successful interview? • Confidence • Good preparation • Knowledge about the job • Good manners • Appropriate clothes

5. Study Through • Language Points: • Words: • qualify v.(使）具有资格 • ⊙ What do you think qualifies a woman as a good mother? • qualification n. • bitter adj. 激烈的 • ⊙ Bitter hatred for one’s enemy. • equal adj.平等的；相同的 • ⊙ The twin are of equal height. • equally adv. • guidance n. 指导，引导 • ⊙ My parents have given me a lot of guidance on choosing a career. • guide v.

6. 5. hunt n.搜索；追寻 ⊙ I had a good hunt for this book. v. 搜寻；寻找；打猎 ⊙ The police are hunting for an escaped criminal. 6. professional adj. 专业的；职业的 ⊙ She does well as a professional woman and as a mother. 7. foul v. 弄脏 ⊙ The oil spill has fouled more than one beach. 8. slim adj.微小的；渺茫的 ⊙ slim hopes of success 9. block n.障碍物 ⊙ The water doesn’t run; there must be a block in the pipe. 10. compose v. 使镇定；组成 ⊙ Compose yourself and you will find the way out.

7. Expressions: qualify for 具有资格 foul up 搞糟 refer to 提到 compose oneself 镇定 do sth. with flying colors 成功做成 in advance 预先 wing it 临时行动 cross… off 划去;删除

8. Difficult sentences: • 1. (para2.) If you invest the same amount of energy into your job hunt as you would into your work, you will find a job much sooner. • 2. (para.6)If you foul up the first part, your chances of getting the job are extremely slim, no matter how well you handle the second part.

9. 1. If you put the same amount of energy into your job search as you would put into your work, it will take you much less time to find a job. • 2.If you do badly in the first part of the interview, most likely you won’t get the job, no matter how well you do in the second part. 下一页 返回上页

10. 3.(Para.7) I call the first part the “30-Second Road Block”, because research has shown that most employers judge their candidates’ suitability in the first 30 seconds. I call the first part the “30-Second Road Block”, because research has shown that most employers decide whether their candidates are the right person for the job within the first 30 seconds.

11. Understanding Questions • 1. What are the three sample questions that all interviewers will ask? • 2. What are the basic points that a candidate should consider before an interview? 返回

12. Assignments • Read the text aloud after class. • Recite paragraph 10 of the text. • Prepare the question to text B: Get some information about Churchill. • Finish the exercises.

13. Reading More • Before reading the text, get familiar with words: revolution n. 革命 eagerness n. 热切 eager adj. willing adj. 愿意的 joint adj. 联合的 continually adv. 频繁地 input n. 投入;输入 distant adj. 疏远的 distance n. passive adj. 消极的 active adj.积极的 recommendation n. 推荐 recommend v.

14. Expressions: go off 出发 boil down to 等于是… come alive 活跃 move on 更换工作 lighten up 别担心 get one’s nose out of joint 使心烦 call a spade a spade 直言不讳 ruffle one’s feathers 使人不高兴 let sb. In on sth. 告知 be oneself 显示真我 on one’s best behavior 举止得体 for the long run 长期

15. Understanding Questions: • According to the author, What are the signs of the wrong boss? (P109) • How do you know when you’ve found the right boss? (p110)

16. Practical Writing (Revision) • Practice what we have learnt this term: Invitation Letter Letters of Acceptance or Declination Application Forms Timetables/ Schedules Hotel Ads. Faxes Memos Notices

17. The End Good-bye