Unit3CareersandskillsReading课件高中英语译林版（2020）选择性

Unit3ReadingCheckyourhomeworknotleastneedthesalaryenablesbtodo...befinanciallyindependentitiscertainlytruethatjointhelabourforceitcouldbearguedthat...begearedtowards/to...preparesbfor...earn/makealivingbynomeansmotivateustoentertheworldofworkattainourgoalsone...oranotherpursuethosedreamsadvanceconfidentlyinthedirectionofone’sdreamendeavortodo...meetwithasuccessunexpectedbedrivenbyhispassionforflyingbeengagedin...PhrasesinReading(P30-31)befondof...givesbagreatsenseofachievementandsatisfactionprovideroomforpersonalgrowthpractiseourskillsconstantlyandcontinouslyexcelinwhatwedorapidlychangingworkplacekeepupenergyefficiencyanticipatethenewpositionsitiscertainthat...affordtobesatisfiedwiththestatusquobetteradaptourselvestonewcircumstancesbereadyandwillingtoacquirenewskillsaddtooursenseofachievementmovealongourchosencareerpathbenefituspersonallycontributetothehealthofsocietyatthemostbasiclevelbelikegearsinamachinefunctionproperlyPhrasesinReading(P30-31)

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beabouttowitnessmassivechangesitisanticipatedthat...automaticworkplaceresultinthelossofcertainjobsthoseinvolvingintensephysicallabourkeepupwithnewtechnologiesplaceemphasisongetemployeesoutoftheircomfortzonenotnecessarilynot...butrather...bepromotedtosuperiorpositionsbemovedsidwaysmeetone’sneedsattachimportanceto...putaheavyfocuson...machineoperatingandsoftwareprogramminglooktohirepeoplecommunication,cooperationandleadershipdespitethat,whetherornotsucceedinkeepourpassionfor...effectivelyinteractwithco-workerssharpenourabilitytoadaptPhrasesinReading(P33)Beforereading1.Whatdoyouthinkaresomeofthereasonswhywework?2.Whatdoyouexpectfromyourfuturecareer?Whether

weworktoliveor

livetoworkisoneofthemostfrequentlyaskedquestions.Themagazinearticlebelowdiscussessomeoftheimportantreasonswhywework.Think?Possibleanswers1.Whatdoyouthinkaresomeofthereasonswhywework?Ithinkoneoftheprimaryreasonswhyweworkistoearnaliving,asithelpscoverourfinancialneeds.Forsomepeople,however,theymightchoosetoworkbecausetheyfeelpassionateabouttheirwork.Besides,manymaylookatthebiggerpictureandwanttowork

tocontributetosocietyasawhole.Possibleanswers2.Whatdoyouexpectfromyourfuturecareer?Iexpectmyfuturecareertoprovidemewithgoodfinancialbenefits,toarousepassionwithinmeandtobenefitmysocietyinsomeway.Whilereading(1)Whydoesthesignof“gear”replacetheletter“o”intheword“work”?(2)Whydoesthetitleinvolvetwooppositeideas?Thesignof“gear”makesthetitlevividandinteresting.Meanwhile,itstandsforwork,thusimpressingreaderswiththetopic.Asatitleofamagazinearticle,presentingtwooppositeideasarelikelytoarousereaders’curiosityandkeepthemreadingon.1.Focusonthetitleandthepictureofthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.2.Readthemagazinearticleandcompletethechartbelowwiththemainideaofeachparagraph.IntroductionPara.1:ConclusionMainBodyPara.4:Para.5:Para.2:Para.3:Thereareotherimportantreasonsthatmotivateustoentertheworldofworkbesidesearningaliving.Throughtheworkwedo,ourgoalscanbeattainedandourpersonaldreamsachieved.Workcanhelpdevelopourskills,thusprovidingroomforpersonalgrowth.Workcontributestothehealthofsociety.Ourworkhelpsusmakealivingaswellasmakealifeforourselvesandforothers.3.Readthearticleagainandfillinthefollowingtable.

Benefitsfromwork

Socially

PersonallyEnableustopursueourdreams;

Ensureoursocietyfunctionsproperly;Benefitothers,advanceourcommunitiesandbringsuccesstoournation.Giveusasenseofachievementandgreatsatisfaction;Helpusdevelopourskills.(1)Accordingtothefirstparagraph,whydowehavetowork?Wehavetoworkbecauseweneedthesalarythatenablesustobefinanciallyindependent.(2)WhathelpedYangLiweibecomeapilotandlateranastronaut?Hispassionforflying.4.ReadthemagazinearticlecarefullyandfinishA2onPage32.(3)Whatshouldwedotoadapttoarapidlychangingworkplace?(4)Whatcanwetakeprideinaccordingtothelastparagraph?Wemustkeepupanddevelopnewskills.Wecantakeprideintheknowledgethathardworkisessentialforourindividualwell-beingaswellasforthebenefitofoursociety.4.ReadthemagazinearticlecarefullyandfinishA2onPage32.(1)What’sthefunctionofthefirstsentenceinthisparagraph?5.ReadParagraph4andanswerthefollowingquestions.Thefirstsentenceisatransitionsentence,servingasaconnectinglinkbetweentheprecedingandthefollowing.(2)Whydoestheauthorlistmanyjobsindifferentfields?Tostresstheideathatvariousjobskeepthesocietyrunningsmoothlyandnooneissuperiortoanother.(3)Whatdoesthephrase“inthisway”referto?Itreferstosteppingoutofourcomfortzoneandcommittingourselvestoworkingforthebenefitofothers.Ifyouwereaskedthequestion,“Doyouworktoliveorlivetowork?”,whatwould

youranswerbe?Somemightsaythatweworkbecausewehaveto,notleastbecause

weneedthesalary

that

enablesusto

befinanciallyindependent.Itiscertainlytrue

thatmostofusdo

jointhelabourforceonceourstudiesarecompleted.Indeed,it

couldbearguedthatoureducationisgearedtowards

preparingusforalifeofwork.

However,earningalivingisbynomeanstheonlyreasonwhywe

work—thereare

otherimportantreasonsthat

motivateustoentertheworldofwork.Throughtheworkwedo,ourgoalscanbeattainedandourdreamsachieved.All

ofushavehaddreamsofonekindoranotherandworkoftenenablesustopursue

thosedreams.HenryDavidThoreausaid,“...ifoneadvancesconfidentlyinthe

directionofhisdreams,andendeavorstolivethelifewhichhehasimagined,he

willmeetwithasuccessunexpectedincommonhours.”YangLiwei,forexample,

drivenbyhispassionforflying,becameapilotandthenChina’sfirstastronautin

space.Whereverourinterestsmaylieandwhateverourcareerchoicesmightbe,

workallowsustheopportunitytobeengagedinsomethingwearefondof,and

consequently,itcangiveusagreatsenseofachievementandsatisfaction.Workcanalsohelpdevelopourskills,thusprovidingroomfor

personalgrowth.

Whenwework,wemustpractiseourskillsconstantlyandcontinuouslyuntilwe

excelinwhatwedo.Ourrapidlychanging

workplacemakesitnecessaryforusto

keepupanddevelopnewskills.Twentyyearsago,positionsinsocialtechnologies

orenergyefficiencydidnotevenexist,anditisdifficulttoanticipatethenew

positionswhichwillemergetwentyyearsfromnow.However,itiscertainthatno

onecanaffordtobesatisfiedwiththestatusquo.Inordertobetter

adaptourselves

tonewcircumstances,wemustbereadyandwillingtoacquirenewskills.This

canaddtooursenseofachievementandourknowledgethat

wearedevelopingas

individualswhilewemovealongourchosencareerpath.Notonlydoesworkbenefituspersonally,italsocontributestothe

healthof

society.Atthemostbasiclevel,differenttypesofjobsarelikegearsinamachine.

Theyworktoensurethatthemachinewecall“society”functionsproperly.Ina

successful,stableandproductivesociety,alljobsareequallyimportantandno

oneissuperiortoanother,soweshouldnothaveprejudiceagainstanyofthem.

Whetherwearescientists,lawyers,doctors,publicservants,consultants,clerks,

receptionists

orbutchers,weallmakeourrespectivecontributions.Moreover,there

arepeoplewhochoosetostepoutoftheircomfortzoneandcommitthemselves

to

workingforthebenefitofothers.Forexample,teachersinremoteruralareas

aredevotedtochangingthelivesofthepeoplewithlessaccesstotheadvantages

enjoyedbymanyothers.Inthisway,weworktoadvanceourcommunitiesand

bringsuccesstoournation.Whereverlifetakesusandwhateverchoicesarelaidoutbeforeus,something

worthrememberingisthatourwork,whendonewell,willnotonlyhelpusmake

alivingbutalsohelpmakealifeforourselvesandforothers.Wecantakepridein

theknowledgethathardworkisessentialforourindividualwell-beingaswellas

forthebenefitofoursocietyasawhole.After

reading1.

Inpairs,discussthefollowingquestions.(1)Howdoestheauthorexplainthecontributionsofvariousjobstothehealthofsociety?Whatistheadvantageofthiswritingtechnique?Theauthorusessimiletocomparethedifferenttypesofjobstogearsinamachine.Usingthisfigurativewritingtechniquehelpsreaderseasilyvisualizetheimportanceofeachjob’scontributiontokeepingsocietyfunctioning.(2)Whatisyouranswertothequestionofwhethertoworktoliveorlivetowork?Giveyourreasons.Myanswertothequestionis,“Iworktolive.”Workwillbeanimportantdimensionofmylife—theonethatprovidesfinancialsecurity,whichallowsmetoenjoysomeotheraspectsofmylife,suchaspersonalrelationships,hobbiesandentertainment.Myanswertothequestionis,“Ilivetowork.”Worktakesupabigpartofourlives.Itembodiesanimportantpurposeinourlife,andcontributestothedevelopmentofindividualsaswellassocietyasawhole.2.

Findoutwordsandexpressionshavingthesamemeaningof“work”.Line4jointhelabourforceLine15beengagedinsomethingwearefondofLine19excelinwhatwedoLine26movealongourchosencareerpathLine36changethelivesofthepeopleAccordingtorecentstudies,itseemsthattheworkplaceisabouttowitnessmassive

changes.It(1)

_________________thatsuchchangesarelikelytoincludeamore

automatedworkplace.Thiswillresultinthelossofcertainjobs,especiallythose

involvingintensephysical(2)

_______.Additionally,tokeepupwithnew

technologies,greateremphasiswillneedtobeplacedoncontinuoustraining,

whichwillgetemployeesoutoftheir(3)

____________.

Therefore,

progressin

theworkplacewillnotnecessarilymeanbeingpromotedto(4)

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positions,butrather

beingmovedsidewayssothatemployees’individualskillscan

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comfortzoneisanticipatedlabourcomfortzonesuperiorB1Besides,moreimportancewillbeattachedto“softskills”.Currently,aheavy

focusisputontrainingin“hardskills”,suchasmachineoperatingandsoftware

programming.However,inthefuture,

employerswilllooktohirepeoplewhoare

readyandabletolearn.Asaresult,employeeswillneedto(5)

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excellentsoftskillssuchascommunication,cooperationandleadership.Despite

that,any(6)

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againsteitherofthetwoskillswillnotbe

allowed.

Whetherornotwe(7)

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facethem.Wecansurviveandevensucceedintheworkplaceofthefutureifwekeepour

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