My First Job 郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室
My First Job 郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室
Background knowledge Four steps one has to go through in looking for a job a Look for a post in news papers, on Tv, etc b. Write a formal application to the target company and follow up with a call C, Get an answer from the company d Be interviewed by the company
Background knowledge ▪ Four steps one has to go through in looking for a job: ▪ a. Look for a post in newspapers, on TV, etc. b. Write a formal application to the target company and follow up with a call ▪ c. Get an answer from the company ▪ d. Be interviewed by the company
Four types of the text Description (i ii)is painting a picture in words of a person place, object, or scene Narration(ic iX)writing includes stories, real or imaginary biographies, histories, new items, and narrative poems Exposition (i ai)is perhaps the type of writing that is more frequently used by a student, a scientist, or a professional exposition means expounding or explaining Argumentation (ii) essay tries to make the reader agree with its point of view and support it, to persuade him to change his mind or behavior, and to approve a policy or a course of action that it proposes
Four types of the text ▪ Description(描述) is painting a picture in words of a person, place, object, or scene. ▪ Narration (记叙)writing includes stories , real or imaginary, biographies, histories, new items, and narrative poems. ▪ Exposition(说明) is perhaps the type of writing that is more frequently used by a student, a scientist, or a professional, exposition means expounding or explaining. ▪ Argumentation(议论) essay tries to make the reader agree with its point of view and support it, to persuade him to change his mind or behavior, and to approve a policy or a course of action that it proposes
Types of the text Narration is the form of discourse generally used in novels, short stories and plays Narrative writing tells a story, either briefly or at some length. In a narrative piece of writing, the sequential occurrence of events is vital My first job is a short narrative passage
Types of the text ▪ Narration is the form of discourse generally used in novels, short stories and plays. Narrative writing tells a story, either briefly or at some length. In a narrative piece of writing , the sequential occurrence of events is vital . My first job is a short narrative passage
Writing style and structure of the text My First Job is a piece of Narration. Told in the first person, the text gives a vivid and detailed account of the author's applying for a job before going to college Six elements of a narration Time On a hot June morning Place At a school in a suburb of london Figures" and the headmaster
Writing style and structure of the text ▪ My First Job is a piece of Narration. Told in the first person, the text gives a vivid and detailed account of the author’s applying for a job before going to college. ▪ Six elements of a Narration ▪ Time On a hot June morning ▪ Place At a school in a suburb of London ▪ Figures “I” and the headmaster
events Cause - Part1-Line(1-5) Process---Part 2 _Line(6-38) Climax&End-Part 3 _Line(39-40 The story can be divided into three parts a. The first part (Line1-5)is about the reason for applying for a job b. The second part (Line6-38)is about the whole process of the interview c. The third part (Line39-40)is the ending ot the sto ry
▪ events Cause ---- Part1 - Line (1-5) ▪ Process-----Part 2 Line (6-38) ▪ Climax&End—Part 3 Line (39-40) ▪ The story can be divided into three parts: ▪ a. The first part (Line1-5) is about the reason for applying for a job. ▪ b. The second part (Line6-38) is about the whole process of the interview. ▪ c. The third part (Line39-40) is the ending of the story
Questions 1. What job was advertised in the local newspaper? 2. Why did" want to find a job? 3Did“” feel nervous when"" got there? Why or why not?
Questions ▪ 1.What job was advertised in the local newspaper? ▪ 2.Why did “I” want to find a job? ▪ 3.Did “I” feel nervous when “I” got there? Why or why not?
Detailed Study of the Story While I was waiting to enter university. I saw in a local newspaper a teaching post advertised at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from Where lived Attention: in this sentence, the object of the predict saw'--a teaching post is not in the normal order I saw a teaching post at a school in a suburb of ondon about ten miles from where lived advertised in a local newspaper Note: As the direct object a teaching post has a lengthy modifier, it needs to be postponed in order that the whole sentence has "end weight
Detailed Study of the Story ▪ While I was waiting to enter university. I saw in a local newspaper a teaching post advertised at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Attention: in this sentence, the object of the predict “ saw” ---a teaching post is not in the normal order. ▪ I saw a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived advertised in a local newspaper. ▪ Note: As the direct object “a teaching post” has a lengthy modifier, it needs to be postponed in order that the whole sentence has “end weight
sentence=old information +new information Old information=given information/known information New information Information focus =end focus Mr. Smith is a friend of my fathers. old information Mr. Smith New information=is a friend of my fathers He gave me a book/ he gave a book to me
▪ sentence=old information +new information ▪ Old information=given information/known information ▪ New information ▪ Information focus =end focus ▪ Mr. Smith is a friend of my father’s. ▪ Old information=Mr. Smith ▪ New information=is a friend of my father’s ▪ He gave me a book/ he gave a book to me
Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim be short of: have not enough, be in want of, be in lack of It was obvious that this young man was rather short of teaching experience fearing as I did So: fearing as I applied slim: small, slight; slender His chances of success were very slim She raised her two daughters with her slim income -The doctor will go on operating even though there is only a slim hope of success -The fashion model had a very slim figure He will have to slim if he wants to wear the sweater
▪ Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied , fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim . ▪ be short of: have not enough, be in want of, be in lack of ▪ It was obvious that this young man was rather short of teaching experience . ▪ fearing as I did so: fearing as I applied. ▪ slim: small, slight; slender ▪ His chances of success were very slim. ▪ -She raised her two daughters with her slim income. ▪ -The doctor will go on operating even though there is only a slim hope of success. ▪ -The fashion model had a very slim figure. ▪ -He will have to slim if he wants to wear the sweater