Experiencing English 2
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
In this unit,you will
? first listen,and then learn to ask about job
opportunities and go for job interviews;
? read about online job applications and first job
experiences;
? learn new words and expressions;
? write your own résumé;
? visit Culture Salon for some new terms in careers;
? check goals.
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Listen
Talk
and
Part I
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Directions,Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing
words,Click here to listen.
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
What kind of job are you looking for? The classified ads are a good place to begin a
1.______ for employment,They are a great resource to learn about what companies
look for in employees and 2,_____ a little information about the company as
well.Applying and interviewing for a job requires skills worth developing.Being able to 3,
________ one's strengths,effectively communicating with 4,_________,having a
desire to learn more about the 5,_________,and displaying enthusiasm can
sometimes make up for inexperience,As you look at the pictures,think about the
different 6,____________ each profession or vocation requires,A construction worker,
a waiter and a farmer may not need higher education for their pursuits,but it 7,
________ helps,Secretarial work requires less education than being a teacher or a
doctor,but each job is important in society,
While becoming a teacher requires a 8,_________ of four years study at a
university,teaching entails constant learning,Understanding deeply the subject matter
being taught and discovering the 9,__________ of students are just two areas of 10,
______________ for teachers,Many studies continue to research how to effectively
teach and how to teach students to effectively learn,In one way or another,we are all
teachers,
search
offer
identify confidenceemployer
qualifications
certainly
minimum
learning styles
importance
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Dialogue Samples
Dialogue 1
job counselor; job opening;qualifications;
temporary; permanent; what are the hours;
full-time; starting starting salary; basic benefits;
health insurance; sick leave; paid vacation; apply
for application; personnel office
Others:
human resources; candidate; position; post;
to look for / hunt /land a job; candidate; applicant;
cover letter; résumé; requirements
You got to know them:
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Dialogue Samples
You got to know them:
Dialogue 2
experience; lay off; temporary assignment;
future career plan; part-time; available; strengths;
reliable; opportunity to advance;
(expected) salary
Others,
skills; abilities; personality; business trip;
communicative skills; people person;
ambitious; prospect
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Communicative Tasks
Task 2,Interview for a job
Goal,practice how to ask questions at an interview
Task 1,Asking about a job opening
Goal,practice how to ask about a job opening
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Pair Work
Directions:
Choose either of the two communicative
tasks and practice with your partner,When
you are ready for a presentation,go to the
teacher to give your performance.
Read
Explore
and
Part II
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Passage A
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Contents
? Related Information
? Lead in
? Skim it
? Scan it
? Review it
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Related Information
? JobTrak.com
? CareerBuilder
? Houston Chronicle.com
? Yahoo
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
JOBTRAK.COM is the largest and
most popular job listing service on
the Web for college students,MBAs
and alumni.
Through its exclusive partnerships
with career centers nationwide,
JOBTRAK.COM allows you to reach
job-seeking students and alumni
from your choice of more than 1,000
colleges and university career
centers,MBA programs,and alumni
associations,JOBTRAK.COM is
utilized by more than 450,000
employers,http://www.jobtrak.com/
JobTrak.com
http://static.jobtrak.com/job_search_tips2/
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
CareerBuilder is an online recruiting
and job awareness service,Job
seekers are exposed to more than
300,000 updated jobs,representing
more than 25,000 of the top
employers in almost every industry
and field,
http://www.headhunter.net/
CareerBuilder
More than 6 million who visit CareerBuilder each month,In addition,
employers have access to more than 4 million active resumes in
CareerBuilder's extensive resume database,
CareerBuilder makes it easy for
employers to reach the audiences
they want and hire the talent they
need to get the most out of their
return on investment,
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Houston Chronicle.com
Houston Chronicle.com is an integrated website for daily
information,including news,sports,entertainment,AD search,
classified,etc.
http://www.chron.com/
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
The Homepage of Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/
Drawing some 220 million visitors
each month,Yahoo! lays claim to
the top spot among Internet
portals,Its Web site features a
search engine and directory that
helps users navigate the Web,It
also aggregates content from a
variety of sources,including news,
financial information,and
streaming media,and offers
registered users personalized Web
pages,free e-mail,and calendars,
The company has localized Web
sites in 25 countries,
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Pictures
Before reading Passage A,describe the following pictures,
Free career sites like Careerbuilder that enable job seekers to search for jobs
on dozens of the best careers
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Questions
1,Do you often log on? What do you usually
do online?
2,What's an online application? Have you
ever tried it?
3,Do you think the Internet will be used more
extensively in your lifetime?
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Read passage A within a couple of
minutes and try to tell:
1,What the text is about?
2,What is the author’s opinion about finding a
job via the Internet?
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Reference key:
1,The text tells 5 stories about finding a job
via the Internet.
2,He / she believes that the Internet is a
powerful tool for job hunting.
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – finding the details
Directions:
Read passage A carefully and work with your
group members,Try to fill in the following table
with the information you get from the text,The
most efficient three groups will be graded for
today’s classroom performance.
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – finding the details
name experience site logged
on
job
found
starting
salary
time for
response
check the answer
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review it – retelling the story
Passage A Oxford University
name experience site logged
on
job
found
starting
salary
time for
response
Retell Passage A with the help of the following table
My First Job
Passage B
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Contents
? Related Information
? Lead in
? Skim it
? Scan it
? Review it
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Related Information
? Louis Caldera
? U,S,Military Academy
? Los Angeles
? Suze Orman
? Monterey-Jack
? Omelet
? Merrill Lynch
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Louis Caldera
Louis Caldera became the 17th Secretary of the Army on July 2,
1998,after nomination to that post by President Clinton and
confirmation by the United States Senate,He was born in El Paso,
Texas,and was raised in Whittier,California,He began his public
service career as an Army officer and as a lawyer,After graduating
from West Point,he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S,
Army from 1978 to 1983,He rose to the rank of Captain and was
awarded the Meritorious Service Medal,His assignments included
serving as a military police platoon leader,a battalion intelligence
officer,and a battalion executive officer,He later served in the U.S,
Army Reserve,
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
U.S,Military Academy
United States Military Academy is a public,coeducational military college at
West Point,New York,maintained by the United States Department of the
Army to train and educate students to be officers in the United States Army,
Founded by the Congress of the United States in 1802,the academy was the
first school of engineering in the country,Because of a maximum enrollment
limit,cadets must be nominated to attend,Women were first allowed into the
academy in 1976.
http://www.usma.edu/
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a city in
southwestern California and
the seat of Los Angeles
County,Located on the Pacific
Ocean,it is the second most
populous city in the United
States,exceeded only by New
York City,It is one of the
nation’s major industrial,
commercial,and financial
centers,Los Angeles is also
noted for its balmy climate,
lush scenery,motion-picture
and television industries,
freeways,and occasional
earthquakes,Hollywood located in the
northwestern part of Los Angeles
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Suez Orman
Suze Orman is the author of The Courage To
Be Rich which debuted in the #1 spot on the
New York Times bestseller list after just one
week on sale,In 1999,Smart Money
magazine recognized Suze as one of its top
thirty "Power Brokers" in a special report
that profiled those individuals who most
influenced the fund industry and affected our
money,Suze Orman's other #1 New York
Times bestseller,The 9 Steps to Financial
Freedom was released in April 1997,Prior to
stablishing The Suze Orman Financial Group
in 1987,Ms,Orman,a Certified inancial
Planner¨ professional,served as Vice
President of Investments for Prudential
Bache Securities from 1983-87,From 1980-83,
she was an Account Executive at Merrill
Lynch,A sought-after speaker,Suze Orman
has lectured widely throughout the United
States,helping people change the way they
think about money,http://www.suzeorman.com
http://www.bookbrowse.com
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Monterey-Jack
Monterey-Jack is firm,cheddar-type cow's milk cheese with a very pale
yellow color,a buttery,bland taste and melts easily,They can be served
as part of appetizer plates and salads,offered as dessert course,and
make great sandwiches either alone or combined with meats and
vegetables,Most melt well and can be used as ingredients in omelets,
quiches and other specialties,They can also be grated or chopped and
used to top pastas,Mexican specialties and other dishes.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Omelet
A Omelet is a savory dish made by mixing together the yellow and
transparent parts of an egg and frying it,usually with small pieces of
other food.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Pictures
Before reading Passage B,describe the following pictures.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Questions
1,Have you had any work experience?
2,When did you get your first job?
3,Do your parents encourage you to work part-
time? Explain.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Read passage B within a couple of minutes and
try to tell:
1,What the text is about?
Passage B My First Job
2,From Louis Caldera and Suze Orman’s
story,try to explain what is,American dream”.
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Reference Key:
1,It is about Louis Caldera and Suze Orman’s first
job experience and the lessons they learned
from it.
2,From these two people’s story,we can learn
that,American dream” means,An individual who
comes from a lower class can achieve his
success by hard working.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – group discussion
Directions,Read passage B carefully and try
to tell what lessons you can learn from the first
work experiences of Louis Caldera and Suze
Orman,Each lesson you find will be rewarded a
bonus of a star,Make sure you are not
repeating a lesson already mentioned by
others,A secretary is needed to come to the
front of the class and write down all they
lessons you will find.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – group discussion
Reference Key
Passage B My First Job
1,One should have discipline and work ethic.
2,It is importance to balance life’s competing
interests,
3,There is dignity in all work
4,Hard work pays off
5,The support from people around us is important
for one’s success
6,One should have self-confidence
7,One should have self-respect and love his work
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – group discussion
Passage B My First Job
8,One should pursue his dream
9,One should try one’s best to make his dream
come true
10,One should make a plan for the future
11,One should seize any opportunity
12,One should be honest
13,Do not hesitate to ask help from people who
can help you
14,One should be optimistic in difficulties
……
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review it – retell the story
Passage B My First Job
Work together with your partner and try to retell Passage B.
One of you is supposed to retell the story of Lois Caldera,
another is supposed to retell Suze Orman’s first job
experience.
Write
Unit 2
Jobs and Career
Produce
and
Part III
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
General Writing
Passage B My First Job
Write a passage on the topic My Dream Job,
according to the outline given below in English.
1,What’s your dream job.
2,Why are you interested in it.
3,In which way you are preparing for it.
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Practical Writing
Aim of writing a résumé,to make a great
first impression on your potential employer
Format,table
Contents:
essential elements,name,contact ways,
objective,education,experience,skills
additional elements,personal Data,
conference,awards,honors,activities,
reference,clubs,related course
Passage B My First Job
Résumé
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Practical Writing
Language style,objective,simple and
formal English.
Sample 1
Sample 2
Reference Article
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Culture Salon
Blue,white,pink and gold-collar Workers
Once there was a real distinction in
clothing between blue-collar workers and
white-collar workers out of which the
figurative sense of manual versus clerical
staff evolved,Recently the term pink-
collar worker has been invented to
describe the female equivalent of the
(assumed male) blue-collar worker,which
is particularly applied to women who
assemble electronic equipment and run
back-office data-entry systems (the term
may have originated in the title of a book
by Louise Kapp Howe in 1977),
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Culture Salon
Blue,white,pink and gold-collar Workers
More recent still are gold-collar workers,highly-skilled
individuals who know a great deal about several areas
of their company's work,are frequently crucial to its
continuing profitability,and who - it is argued - must be
managed by techniques that take their special qualities
into account,
The term was reportedly invented by Professor Robert
E,Kelley of Carnegie Mellon University,and forms the
title of his 1985 book on managing this new type of
employee,He also uses the term gold-collar manager for
those who supervise them,Other terms which have
been used are knowledge worker (itself at least 15 years
old,though it hasn't yet reached most dictionaries),new
economy worker,and professional eclectic,
Passage B My First Job
Review
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
This Unit
of
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review of Unit 2--Dictation
Directions,Take out a piece of paper and
get ready for dictation of the words and
expressions in this unit,Sign your name and
your group’s name at the bottom of the
paper,
After the dictation,the teacher is going to
take one copy of the dictation from every
group and give your dictation paper to
another group to check,The final score of
the chosen paper is to represent his group’s
performance.
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review of Unit 1-Key to Dictation
financial refugee detailed
click come across refer… to
check out stress invest
mature sour concept
discount balance pay off
make ends meet to this day generate
tendency scarce keen
commercial advertisement relate to
seek after result in launch
pressure prospect spring from
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review of Unit 1-Relative Vocabulary
Directions,Your are allowed 5 minutes to work with
your group and try to find words about jobs and
career as many as possible,Then you are going to
choose a representative from your group,
Representatives from each group should speak aloud
a word about jobs and careers in turn,Those fail to
give the word or repeat a word mentioned should
stand up,and another representative from the same
group is to take his place,Groups with nobody
standing up is to be graded A,Groups with one
student standing up is to be graded B
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Goal Checking
On a scale of A to E,where A stands for "very well",B for "well",C for
"moderately well",D for "not very well",and E for "not at all",rate how
well you have achieved the goals set at the beginning of this unit.
? A B C D E ask about job opportunities and go for job interviews
? A B C D E understand the two reading passages
? A B C D E use the new words and expressions
? A B C D E write your own résumé
? A B C D E understand the new terms
If you have given yourself a C or lower rating on any of these goals,
please:
? -visit the Experiencing English website for additional help.
? -review the section that you found difficult.
? -ask your teacher for extra help.
? -work with a peer or form a study group to reinforce your progress.
Passage B My First Job
Thank You!
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
In this unit,you will
? first listen,and then learn to ask about job
opportunities and go for job interviews;
? read about online job applications and first job
experiences;
? learn new words and expressions;
? write your own résumé;
? visit Culture Salon for some new terms in careers;
? check goals.
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Listen
Talk
and
Part I
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Directions,Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing
words,Click here to listen.
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
What kind of job are you looking for? The classified ads are a good place to begin a
1.______ for employment,They are a great resource to learn about what companies
look for in employees and 2,_____ a little information about the company as
well.Applying and interviewing for a job requires skills worth developing.Being able to 3,
________ one's strengths,effectively communicating with 4,_________,having a
desire to learn more about the 5,_________,and displaying enthusiasm can
sometimes make up for inexperience,As you look at the pictures,think about the
different 6,____________ each profession or vocation requires,A construction worker,
a waiter and a farmer may not need higher education for their pursuits,but it 7,
________ helps,Secretarial work requires less education than being a teacher or a
doctor,but each job is important in society,
While becoming a teacher requires a 8,_________ of four years study at a
university,teaching entails constant learning,Understanding deeply the subject matter
being taught and discovering the 9,__________ of students are just two areas of 10,
______________ for teachers,Many studies continue to research how to effectively
teach and how to teach students to effectively learn,In one way or another,we are all
teachers,
search
offer
identify confidenceemployer
qualifications
certainly
minimum
learning styles
importance
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Dialogue Samples
Dialogue 1
job counselor; job opening;qualifications;
temporary; permanent; what are the hours;
full-time; starting starting salary; basic benefits;
health insurance; sick leave; paid vacation; apply
for application; personnel office
Others:
human resources; candidate; position; post;
to look for / hunt /land a job; candidate; applicant;
cover letter; résumé; requirements
You got to know them:
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Dialogue Samples
You got to know them:
Dialogue 2
experience; lay off; temporary assignment;
future career plan; part-time; available; strengths;
reliable; opportunity to advance;
(expected) salary
Others,
skills; abilities; personality; business trip;
communicative skills; people person;
ambitious; prospect
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Communicative Tasks
Task 2,Interview for a job
Goal,practice how to ask questions at an interview
Task 1,Asking about a job opening
Goal,practice how to ask about a job opening
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Pair Work
Directions:
Choose either of the two communicative
tasks and practice with your partner,When
you are ready for a presentation,go to the
teacher to give your performance.
Read
Explore
and
Part II
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Passage A
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Contents
? Related Information
? Lead in
? Skim it
? Scan it
? Review it
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Related Information
? JobTrak.com
? CareerBuilder
? Houston Chronicle.com
? Yahoo
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
JOBTRAK.COM is the largest and
most popular job listing service on
the Web for college students,MBAs
and alumni.
Through its exclusive partnerships
with career centers nationwide,
JOBTRAK.COM allows you to reach
job-seeking students and alumni
from your choice of more than 1,000
colleges and university career
centers,MBA programs,and alumni
associations,JOBTRAK.COM is
utilized by more than 450,000
employers,http://www.jobtrak.com/
JobTrak.com
http://static.jobtrak.com/job_search_tips2/
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
CareerBuilder is an online recruiting
and job awareness service,Job
seekers are exposed to more than
300,000 updated jobs,representing
more than 25,000 of the top
employers in almost every industry
and field,
http://www.headhunter.net/
CareerBuilder
More than 6 million who visit CareerBuilder each month,In addition,
employers have access to more than 4 million active resumes in
CareerBuilder's extensive resume database,
CareerBuilder makes it easy for
employers to reach the audiences
they want and hire the talent they
need to get the most out of their
return on investment,
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Houston Chronicle.com
Houston Chronicle.com is an integrated website for daily
information,including news,sports,entertainment,AD search,
classified,etc.
http://www.chron.com/
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
The Homepage of Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/
Drawing some 220 million visitors
each month,Yahoo! lays claim to
the top spot among Internet
portals,Its Web site features a
search engine and directory that
helps users navigate the Web,It
also aggregates content from a
variety of sources,including news,
financial information,and
streaming media,and offers
registered users personalized Web
pages,free e-mail,and calendars,
The company has localized Web
sites in 25 countries,
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Pictures
Before reading Passage A,describe the following pictures,
Free career sites like Careerbuilder that enable job seekers to search for jobs
on dozens of the best careers
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Questions
1,Do you often log on? What do you usually
do online?
2,What's an online application? Have you
ever tried it?
3,Do you think the Internet will be used more
extensively in your lifetime?
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Read passage A within a couple of
minutes and try to tell:
1,What the text is about?
2,What is the author’s opinion about finding a
job via the Internet?
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Reference key:
1,The text tells 5 stories about finding a job
via the Internet.
2,He / she believes that the Internet is a
powerful tool for job hunting.
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – finding the details
Directions:
Read passage A carefully and work with your
group members,Try to fill in the following table
with the information you get from the text,The
most efficient three groups will be graded for
today’s classroom performance.
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – finding the details
name experience site logged
on
job
found
starting
salary
time for
response
check the answer
Passage A Your Dream Job,A Click Away
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review it – retelling the story
Passage A Oxford University
name experience site logged
on
job
found
starting
salary
time for
response
Retell Passage A with the help of the following table
My First Job
Passage B
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Contents
? Related Information
? Lead in
? Skim it
? Scan it
? Review it
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Related Information
? Louis Caldera
? U,S,Military Academy
? Los Angeles
? Suze Orman
? Monterey-Jack
? Omelet
? Merrill Lynch
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Louis Caldera
Louis Caldera became the 17th Secretary of the Army on July 2,
1998,after nomination to that post by President Clinton and
confirmation by the United States Senate,He was born in El Paso,
Texas,and was raised in Whittier,California,He began his public
service career as an Army officer and as a lawyer,After graduating
from West Point,he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S,
Army from 1978 to 1983,He rose to the rank of Captain and was
awarded the Meritorious Service Medal,His assignments included
serving as a military police platoon leader,a battalion intelligence
officer,and a battalion executive officer,He later served in the U.S,
Army Reserve,
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
U.S,Military Academy
United States Military Academy is a public,coeducational military college at
West Point,New York,maintained by the United States Department of the
Army to train and educate students to be officers in the United States Army,
Founded by the Congress of the United States in 1802,the academy was the
first school of engineering in the country,Because of a maximum enrollment
limit,cadets must be nominated to attend,Women were first allowed into the
academy in 1976.
http://www.usma.edu/
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a city in
southwestern California and
the seat of Los Angeles
County,Located on the Pacific
Ocean,it is the second most
populous city in the United
States,exceeded only by New
York City,It is one of the
nation’s major industrial,
commercial,and financial
centers,Los Angeles is also
noted for its balmy climate,
lush scenery,motion-picture
and television industries,
freeways,and occasional
earthquakes,Hollywood located in the
northwestern part of Los Angeles
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Suez Orman
Suze Orman is the author of The Courage To
Be Rich which debuted in the #1 spot on the
New York Times bestseller list after just one
week on sale,In 1999,Smart Money
magazine recognized Suze as one of its top
thirty "Power Brokers" in a special report
that profiled those individuals who most
influenced the fund industry and affected our
money,Suze Orman's other #1 New York
Times bestseller,The 9 Steps to Financial
Freedom was released in April 1997,Prior to
stablishing The Suze Orman Financial Group
in 1987,Ms,Orman,a Certified inancial
Planner¨ professional,served as Vice
President of Investments for Prudential
Bache Securities from 1983-87,From 1980-83,
she was an Account Executive at Merrill
Lynch,A sought-after speaker,Suze Orman
has lectured widely throughout the United
States,helping people change the way they
think about money,http://www.suzeorman.com
http://www.bookbrowse.com
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Monterey-Jack
Monterey-Jack is firm,cheddar-type cow's milk cheese with a very pale
yellow color,a buttery,bland taste and melts easily,They can be served
as part of appetizer plates and salads,offered as dessert course,and
make great sandwiches either alone or combined with meats and
vegetables,Most melt well and can be used as ingredients in omelets,
quiches and other specialties,They can also be grated or chopped and
used to top pastas,Mexican specialties and other dishes.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Omelet
A Omelet is a savory dish made by mixing together the yellow and
transparent parts of an egg and frying it,usually with small pieces of
other food.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Pictures
Before reading Passage B,describe the following pictures.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Lead-in Questions
1,Have you had any work experience?
2,When did you get your first job?
3,Do your parents encourage you to work part-
time? Explain.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Read passage B within a couple of minutes and
try to tell:
1,What the text is about?
Passage B My First Job
2,From Louis Caldera and Suze Orman’s
story,try to explain what is,American dream”.
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Skim it
Reference Key:
1,It is about Louis Caldera and Suze Orman’s first
job experience and the lessons they learned
from it.
2,From these two people’s story,we can learn
that,American dream” means,An individual who
comes from a lower class can achieve his
success by hard working.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – group discussion
Directions,Read passage B carefully and try
to tell what lessons you can learn from the first
work experiences of Louis Caldera and Suze
Orman,Each lesson you find will be rewarded a
bonus of a star,Make sure you are not
repeating a lesson already mentioned by
others,A secretary is needed to come to the
front of the class and write down all they
lessons you will find.
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – group discussion
Reference Key
Passage B My First Job
1,One should have discipline and work ethic.
2,It is importance to balance life’s competing
interests,
3,There is dignity in all work
4,Hard work pays off
5,The support from people around us is important
for one’s success
6,One should have self-confidence
7,One should have self-respect and love his work
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Scan It – group discussion
Passage B My First Job
8,One should pursue his dream
9,One should try one’s best to make his dream
come true
10,One should make a plan for the future
11,One should seize any opportunity
12,One should be honest
13,Do not hesitate to ask help from people who
can help you
14,One should be optimistic in difficulties
……
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review it – retell the story
Passage B My First Job
Work together with your partner and try to retell Passage B.
One of you is supposed to retell the story of Lois Caldera,
another is supposed to retell Suze Orman’s first job
experience.
Write
Unit 2
Jobs and Career
Produce
and
Part III
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
General Writing
Passage B My First Job
Write a passage on the topic My Dream Job,
according to the outline given below in English.
1,What’s your dream job.
2,Why are you interested in it.
3,In which way you are preparing for it.
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Practical Writing
Aim of writing a résumé,to make a great
first impression on your potential employer
Format,table
Contents:
essential elements,name,contact ways,
objective,education,experience,skills
additional elements,personal Data,
conference,awards,honors,activities,
reference,clubs,related course
Passage B My First Job
Résumé
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Practical Writing
Language style,objective,simple and
formal English.
Sample 1
Sample 2
Reference Article
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Culture Salon
Blue,white,pink and gold-collar Workers
Once there was a real distinction in
clothing between blue-collar workers and
white-collar workers out of which the
figurative sense of manual versus clerical
staff evolved,Recently the term pink-
collar worker has been invented to
describe the female equivalent of the
(assumed male) blue-collar worker,which
is particularly applied to women who
assemble electronic equipment and run
back-office data-entry systems (the term
may have originated in the title of a book
by Louise Kapp Howe in 1977),
Passage B My First Job
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Culture Salon
Blue,white,pink and gold-collar Workers
More recent still are gold-collar workers,highly-skilled
individuals who know a great deal about several areas
of their company's work,are frequently crucial to its
continuing profitability,and who - it is argued - must be
managed by techniques that take their special qualities
into account,
The term was reportedly invented by Professor Robert
E,Kelley of Carnegie Mellon University,and forms the
title of his 1985 book on managing this new type of
employee,He also uses the term gold-collar manager for
those who supervise them,Other terms which have
been used are knowledge worker (itself at least 15 years
old,though it hasn't yet reached most dictionaries),new
economy worker,and professional eclectic,
Passage B My First Job
Review
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
This Unit
of
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review of Unit 2--Dictation
Directions,Take out a piece of paper and
get ready for dictation of the words and
expressions in this unit,Sign your name and
your group’s name at the bottom of the
paper,
After the dictation,the teacher is going to
take one copy of the dictation from every
group and give your dictation paper to
another group to check,The final score of
the chosen paper is to represent his group’s
performance.
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review of Unit 1-Key to Dictation
financial refugee detailed
click come across refer… to
check out stress invest
mature sour concept
discount balance pay off
make ends meet to this day generate
tendency scarce keen
commercial advertisement relate to
seek after result in launch
pressure prospect spring from
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Review of Unit 1-Relative Vocabulary
Directions,Your are allowed 5 minutes to work with
your group and try to find words about jobs and
career as many as possible,Then you are going to
choose a representative from your group,
Representatives from each group should speak aloud
a word about jobs and careers in turn,Those fail to
give the word or repeat a word mentioned should
stand up,and another representative from the same
group is to take his place,Groups with nobody
standing up is to be graded A,Groups with one
student standing up is to be graded B
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2 Job and Career
Goal Checking
On a scale of A to E,where A stands for "very well",B for "well",C for
"moderately well",D for "not very well",and E for "not at all",rate how
well you have achieved the goals set at the beginning of this unit.
? A B C D E ask about job opportunities and go for job interviews
? A B C D E understand the two reading passages
? A B C D E use the new words and expressions
? A B C D E write your own résumé
? A B C D E understand the new terms
If you have given yourself a C or lower rating on any of these goals,
please:
? -visit the Experiencing English website for additional help.
? -review the section that you found difficult.
? -ask your teacher for extra help.
? -work with a peer or form a study group to reinforce your progress.
Passage B My First Job
Thank You!
