Unit1Careersandskills活动一：课文理解Step1:WelcometotheunitStep2:ReadingcomprehensionFastReading:Readthearticlequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.①Whatdoestheauthordiscussinthearticle?②Canyougivetwoexamplesoftheso-calledglamorousjobs?③Whichjobslookdullbutareactuallyveryimportant?CarefulReading①Analyzethestructureofthetext②HelpstudentsunderstandeachpartstepbystepParaOne①Whatislastyearofhighschoolatimefor?②Choosethemeaningof“reflection”.A.lightturnedbackB.imageinamirrorC.carefulthoughtsaboutsomething,sometimesforalongperiodoftime.③Whatarethethreetypesofjobstheauthortalksabout?④Guessthemeaningoftheword“options”.A.differentchoicesB.jobsC.careersParaTwo&Three①Whenchoosingacareer,whatistheauthor’sadvice?②Whatdounsuccessfulactors,actressesandmodelshavetodo?③Whatdosuccessfuloneshavetodo?④Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthesuccessfulcareer?⑤Whataresomeotherpopularprofessions?⑥Whataretheproblemswiththeseprofessions?Parafour①Listtheunusualjobsmentionedintheparagraph.②WhatjobdidthemanintheGrandCanyonNationalParkdo?③Whichsentenceshowstheauthor’spositiveattitudetowardtheseunusualjobs?Parafive①Listtheordinaryjobsinthisparagraph.②Whatattitudeoftheauthor’sdothefollowingwordsexpress?a.…manyordinaryjobsmaylookdull,buttheyareasessentialaswatertoourbody.b.Thesejobsmaynotseemveryattractive,buttheyareallimportant.c.Thesepeople,whoperformsuchordinarybutvitaltasks,allowpeopletogoabouttheirdailylives.ParasixFindoutthewordswhichshowtheauthor’spositiveattitudeandnegativeattitude.ReadingStrategy：readingforopinioninatextReadthispartonpage3firstandthenletstudentsjudge:Whatattitudedothefollowingsentencesexpress?Negativeorpositive?①Itdoesnotseemthatglamorousnow,doesit?②Thesejobsmaynotseemveryattractive,buttheyareallimportant.③Rememberthatsomeglamorousjobscanberatherdifficult.④Someordinaryjobscanbequiteimportant.Step3:Doatask-basedreadingexerciseThelastyearofhighschoolisanimportanttime(1)youshouldworkhard,look(2)onwhatyouhavealreadydone,andaboveall,chooseajobwhichisbestsuitedtoyouforthefuture.Thejobsmentionedherecanbeclassifiedinto(3)categoriesasfollows.Categories(4)(5)Disadvantages(6)careersModels,actors,lawyersorbusinessmenThesejobscanbeimportant,exciting,well-paidorinteresting.Theycanbedull,difficultandsometimes,thepeoplewillbeundergreatstressand(8)MoreunusualjobsPeople(7)noisepollution,designingfireworksdisplaysortestingridesforparksThesejobsareusuallyinteresting.Theyarenotpopular.EverydayjobsShopassistants,drivers,barbers,orcleanersTheybenefitoursocietyalot,suchaskeepingstreetsclean,stoppingdisease(9).Theyareordinaryanddull.Tosumup,whateverjobyouchoose,youshould(10)inmindthatallofthejobsareimportantandhelpsocietyfunctionwell.Step4:SummaryTodaywearegoingtodiscusssomeofthe______availabletoyouand_____popularcareers,moreunusualjobs___everydayjobsarebettersuitedtoyou.Somejobsmay______veryexcitingbutareactuallyverydifficultandboring.In______thesepeoplehavetospendlonghourstravelling,dealwith_____mediaattention.Theyarealso_____hugepressuretoappearyoungandbeautiful.In_____,somepeoplefindmoreunusualjobsthatarebetter______totheirtalentsandinterests.Allthesepeoplelovetheirjobs,whichmightnotbepopular,butareinteresting_______.Similarly,manyordinaryjobsmaylookdull,buttheyareas_______aswatertooursociety.Thesepeople,who______suchordinarybutvitaltasks,allowpeopletogo_____theirda...
