Unit 2 Occupations
Time 3*90'
Objectives
Focus
Warming up
2.1 Saying what you do
2.2 Telephoning
2.3 Finding out information about
people
Sum-up
Assignment
Objectives
When the learners finish learning this
unit,they should be able to providing
and collecting job-related information
Content
Focus
Skills for communication on the
phone
Content
Warming up
In business practice,one has to provide or
collect job-related information,For
example,you may not be satisfied with
the information only about my name or
age,you'd like to know my
profession( what my job is),my working
place (who I work for),how to contact me
(my phone number and e-mail,or even
QQ).
In this unit we'll learn how to deal with
information related to job,as well as
practice the skills of talking on the phone.
Content
2.1 Saying what you do
A Listening.
1,Read the two business cards and
work out what they are in common.
Content
1) What information is provided in the
card on the left and the one on the
right?(Company,card owner,position,the
address of the company,the contacting
ways.)
2) What they are in common.? (Company,
position,the address of the company,the
contacting ways.)
3) What can you draw after doing such a
study on the cards?( A business card
should only carry the information related
to business,)
2,Discuss.
Content
3,Listen and judge who is
called.
Suggested answer,George Braun
Content
B,Presentation
1,Work out the people’s jobs in the
illustration.
2,Check the answer.
Suggested answer,1) receptionist/
secretary,2) marketing manager,3)
receptionist
4) secretary,5) executive,6) engineer,7)
supervisor Content
3,Put the jobs in the box under
correct headings.
Suggested answer:
Professional &
technical
Administrative Clerical & office
lawyer Sales manager secretary
accountant executive typist
engineer supervisor receptionist
doctor administrator Sales clerk
Content
4,More jobs should be provided as
they are very common in
international business,such as,
broker,inspector,auditor,teller,
programmer,and etc.
5,Ask students to add more to the
table.
Content
2.2 Telephoning
A Presentation and listening
1,Listen and find,
1) How many people does
Fergusan talks to?
2) Who does she want to talk to?
2,Check the answer.
Suggested answer,1) Three,
2) George Braun,Content
B Language focus
1,Practise telephone conversation with
the guiding of the flowchart.As phone
calling skills are one of the basic aims in
oral English course,students usually
have acquired some useful expressions
verbally,But they still can’t do that as
they lack practice,By doing D,they can
see how important practice is in skills
learning,
2,Demonstration,Content
C Say the Names of these companies in B.
1,Ask students to find out the names on
their own from any source.
2,Checking,
Suggested answer,JVC is Japan Victor
Company,BASF is Badische Anilin and
Soda-Fabrik,IBM is International Business
Machines,ICI is Imperial Chemical
industry,BMW is Bayerische Motoren
Werke,AEG is Allegemeine Elektrizitats
Gesellschaft,AT &T is American Telephone
& Telegram.
3,More companies,TCL,P&G,LG,GC,
and etc.
Content
2.3 Finding out information about people
A Listening
1,Review what information a business
card should carry.( A business card
should only carry the information
related to business,such as
company,card owner,position,the
address of the company,the
contacting ways.) Content
2,What information is missing in the
cards?
( 1) family name,2) company’s
address,3) Fax number,
4) company,5) position,6)
Telephone number,7) E-mail
address )
Content
3,Listen and work out what information is
missing? The first time catch the missing
information and put in on the card,The
second time try to catch the way for
collecting information related.
Suggested answer,
1) Oliveira,2) Rua Cachambi,22260-000,
Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
3) 55 21 394 6845,4) Oceania,5)Sales
representative,6) 813 3827 4848,
7)ytaka@sales.com.jp Content
B Language focus
Take down the questions employed in
collecting information:
By doing this task,students learn how to
collect information related to job.
Suggested answer:
1) What’s her surname?
2) What’s her address?
3) What’s her Fax number?
4) Who does he work for?
5) What does he do?
6) What’s his telephone number?
7) Does he have an E-mail address?
Content
C Presentation
1,Study the phone numbers.
This section is aimed at training the
skills with numbers.
Some other numbers can be prepared
as to make the practice more interesting.
2,Students should be aware of the way
presenting numbers:
1) xxx xxx,2) xxxx xxxx,3) xxx
xxxx,4) xxx xxxx xxxx,Content
Sum-up
In this unit,we learn
1,general jobs in
business,( accountant,executive,
supervisor,auditor,inspector,
manager,receptionist,and etc.)
2,general catalogue of jobs in
business,(administrative,
professional,clerical.) Content
3,way to provide one’s job
information (I work for___,I work as
____,my telephone number is
_________)
4,way to collect one’s job
information (Who do you work for?
What do you do?What is your
telephone number?)
5,What information should a
business card carry? (Company,card
owner,position,the address of the
company,the contacting ways.) Content
Assignment
1,Design a business card for your
self.
2,Oral practice on how to get
information about one’s job on phone
Content