Unit9 Jobs LTeaching Aims 1.Master the useful expressions in this unit. 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details ofa text: 3.Improve the student's speaking ability related to jobs II.Teaching Points 1.Ss are required to understand the conversations related to jobs. 2.Train the students'listening and speaking abilities. 3.Useful expressions and words:representative confused networking alumnus comic liberal arts have one's heart set on III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work 3.Role-play activities 4.Explanation IV.Teaching Periods Two teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Introduction When looking for a job,you usually get started by making inquiries for job openings that match your training,skills and interests.When such an opening turns up, you are required to apply for it by sending in your resume and some letters of references.If you are granted an interview.you need to get prepared for it.Inthis unit. we are going to leam how to contact an employer and ask about the availability of a position and how to answer some frequently asked questions at interviews? Step Two Micro-listening 1.Play the tape recorder for the students and ask students to make judgments about the speaker's occupation. 2.Check the answers
Unit 9 Jobs I. Teaching Aims 1. Master the useful expressions in this unit; 2. Train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a text; 3. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to jobs. II. Teaching Points 1. Ss are required to understand the conversations related to jobs. 2. Train the students’ listening and speaking abilities. 3. Useful expressions and words: representative confused networking alumnus comic liberal arts have one’s heart set on III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Role-play activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Introduction When looking for a job, you usually get started by making inquiries for job openings that match your training, skills and interests. When such an opening turns up, you are required to apply for it by sending in your resume and some letters of references. If you are granted an interview, you need to get prepared for it. In this unit, we are going to learn how to contact an employer and ask about the availability of a position and how to answer some frequently asked questions at interviews? Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students and ask students to make judgments about the speaker’s occupation. 2. Check the answers
3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures. Step Three Macro-listening 1.Explain the new words and expressions (I)representative n.代s理人person who acts on behalf of his/her company (2)confused adj.迷惑的puzzled,mixed up (3)networking n.网络查询process of talking to a lot of people on the Internet to get information (4)alumnus n.(男)毕业生man graduate,.esp.from a college or university(The word “alumna”is for a woman graduate and“alumni',for both men and women..) (⑤)comic n.滑稽的causing people to laugh (6)liberal arts the arts subjects of a university curriculum,including literature, philosophy,languages,history,etc.that give students a general education and teach students to think ()⑦have one's heart set on下决心做某事to make up one's mind to do something 2.Play the tape recorder for the students. 3.Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 4.Explain language and culture notes (1)Nike was his place...Nike was where he should work.As Dave loved sports and had played college baseball,he thought his proper job should be in the company that produces Nike sportswear. (2)He landed ajob.He succeeded in obtaining the job (3)...coming out with a new baseball video game.A new baseball video game was also going to be on sale in the market. 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book.Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises Step Four Oral Practice 1.Ask the students to do the Exercise of"A job interview"in pairs. 2.Ask them to retell the conversation"Paula Chandler is having an interview"in their words.Then ask some of them to retell it to the class. 3.Ask them to describe their ideal jobs.They should say:What it is.Where they
3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures. Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions (1) representative n. 代理人 person who acts on behalf of his/her company (2) confused adj. 迷惑的 puzzled, mixed up (3) networking n. 网络查询 process of talking to a lot of people on the Internet to get information (4) alumnus n.(男)毕业生 man graduate,esp.from a college or university(The word “alumna” is for a woman graduate and “alumni”, for both men and women.) (5) comic n. 滑稽的 causing people to laugh (6) liberal arts 文科 the arts subjects of a university curriculum, including literature, philosophy, languages, history, etc. that give students a general education and teach students to think (7) have one’s heart set on 下决心做某事 to make up one’s mind to do something 2. Play the tape recorder for the students. 3. Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 4. Explain language and culture notes. (1) Nike was his place... Nike was where he should work. As Dave loved sports and had played college baseball, he thought his proper job should be in the company that produces Nike sportswear. (2) He landed a job... He succeeded in obtaining the job. (3) ...coming out with a new baseball video game. A new baseball video game was also going to be on sale in the market. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book. Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1. Ask the students to do the Exercise of “A job interview” in pairs. 2. Ask them to retell the conversation “ Paula Chandler is having an interview” in their words. Then ask some of them to retell it to the class. 3. Ask them to describe their ideal jobs. They should say:What it is. Where they
want to do it.What about the working hours. Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the"Home Listening"after class VI.References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 3大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4.大学英语实用语法讲解与练习.任福洪等主编.北京：国防工业出版社，2004 5.牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版），牛津大学出版社，2004 Appendix: 1 Manager Rudy,will you please make ten copies of this report? Rudy I'd like to,but the photocopier is out oforder Manager Then use the Xerox machine. Rudy It broke down one year ago. Manager:Oh,forget it then.Hey,I told you to put files on the"in"tray not on my desk. Rudy The pile is over ten feet high.I'm afraid it'll fall all over and bury you undemeath if I put this file on top of it. Manager Very funny.What's wrong with you today?You are my secretary and you are not supposed to talk to me in that tone of voice.Didn't you know that? Rudy What do you expect?I've been working for you for three years,and you've never given me a holiday.I don't feel well today because I have a terrible headache.I'm not in the mood for being gentle and polite.If you can't stand it,it's your problem.I'm not going to change because I think it suits you best. Manager:Keep your voice down,Rudy.I know you've had a hard day today,but you should at least show some respect for me.If you really don't feel
want to do it. What about the working hours. Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the “Home Listening” after class. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4. 大学英语实用语法讲解与练习. 任福洪等主编. 北京：国防工业出版社，2004. 5. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004. Appendix： 1. Manager ： Rudy， will you please make ten copies of this report？ Rudy ： I'd like to， but the photocopier is out of order. Manager ： Then use the Xerox machine. Rudy ： It broke down one year ago. Manager ： Oh， forget it then. Hey， I told you to put files on the "in" tray， not on my desk. . Rudy ： The pile is over ten feet high. I'm afraid it'll fall all over and bury you underneath if I put this file on top of it. Manager ： Very funny. What's wrong with you today？ You are my secretary and you are not supposed to talk to me in that tone of voice. Didn't you know that？ Rudy ： What do you expect？ I've been working for you for three years， and you've never given me a holiday. I don't feel well today because I have a terrible headache. I'm not in the mood for being gentle and polite. If you can't stand it， it's your problem. I'm not going to change because I think it suits you best. Manager ： Keep your voice down， Rudy. I know you've had a hard day today， but you should at least show some respect for me. If you really don't feel
well,go home.There isn't much work today anyway. Rudy I apologize for forgetting myself,but I do need some time off. Complaining about overtime A:You won't believe who's been elected to do overtime on the Baker account!Me! I've already logged in 20 hours of overtime! B:Wow!Why so much?I thought they were getting you an assistant A:They were supposed to,but so far nobody's turned up,and I'm left on my own to do the work.This is the first break I've had all day. B:They're really running you into the ground.Why don't you ask for some time off? You could take a long weekend and go away somewhere. A newly received award A:Philip,I was really glad to hear about your award.Congratulations B:Thanks,Denise.Actually,I was really surprised.I mean,there were a lot of qualified people out there. A:Sure.But the work you did was really exceptional!You definitely deserved it! B:Thanks a lot.I expect to see your name nominated pretty soon,too.You've been doing some great work! 常用表达道歉与接受道歉的表达方式： 致歉 Sorry. I'm really /awfully/terribly sorry. Icannot tell you how sorry Iam. Please forgive me.I don't mean that Please forgive my carelessness. Please excuse me.I have to run. 接受道歉 That's okay. It's nothing
well， go home. There isn't much work today anyway. Rudy ： I apologize for forgetting myself， but I do need some time off. 2． Complaining about overtime A: You won’t believe who’s been elected to do overtime on the Baker account! Me! I’ve already logged in 20 hours of overtime! B: Wow! Why so much? I thought they were getting you an assistant. A: They were supposed to, but so far nobody’s turned up, and I’m left on my own to do the work. This is the first break I’ve had all day. B: They’re really running you into the ground. Why don’t you ask for some time off? You could take a long weekend and go away somewhere. 3． A newly received award A: Philip, I was really glad to hear about your award. Congratulations! B: Thanks, Denise. Actually, I was really surprised. I mean, there were a lot of qualified people out there. A: Sure. But the work you did was really exceptional! You definitely deserved it! B: Thanks a lot. I expect to see your name nominated pretty soon, too. You’ve been doing some great work! 常用表达道歉与接受道歉的表达方式: 致歉 Sorry. I'm really / awfully / terribly sorry. I cannot tell you how sorry I am. Please forgive me. I don't mean that. Please forgive my carelessness. Please excuse me. I have to run. 接受道歉 That's okay. It's nothing
It doesn't matter at all. Never mind. Don't worry about that. Just forget it. 常用句型： I'm really sorry to be late again. I'm awfully sorry.I didn't realize. It was wrong of me. I hope you will excuse me I apologize for that. ...but I'm afraid I'll have to put off the meeting
It doesn't matter at all. Never mind. Don't worry about that. Just forget it. 常用句型: I'm really sorry to be late again. I'm awfully sorry. I didn't realize. It was wrong of me. I hope you will excuse me. I apologize for that. ...but I'm afraid I'll have to put off the meeting