Listening_in 视听说 Book 4 Unit 1 教学课件

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4 We are polite, cheerful and we have a good social manner, which would contribute to the working environment. Then we can work hard, be efficient, and get the work done properly, so that we will help the work of others who may depend on our work.
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3 Listen to Passage 1 again and choose the best way to complete the sentences.
Answers
1 (b) 2 (d) 3 (a) 4 (d) 5 (c)
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Watch the video and find out what advice Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, the world’s two richest men, give students to succeed in career.
typical working hours
office clothes
meal breaks overtime
holidays
The US 9 to 5
For men, jacket and tie or open neck shirt, sometimes jeans one hour yes; paid for each 15 minute period after the first hour two weeks a year; three weeks after five years
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3 Of course the general economic conditions are likely to make a big difference. Also changes in national or local policy for employment of working conditions. Generally as China develops we expect working conditions to get better.
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Malcolm Gladwell (1963–) is an Anglo-Jamaican best-selling writer who was educated in Canada and studied history at the University of Toronto. He was a science writer for The Washington Post before becoming a writer for The New Yorker . His books look at Interesting social and scientific ideas in order to help people to think about the world differently.
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Coconut picker
Watch the news program. It reports a job we are not familiar with. If you had chance, would you like to try this job? Why or why not?
company benefits
lease a company car; a pension plan and a health care plan
It depends: maybe a company car, living accommodation, school for children, lunch and travel costs, gasoline, health insurance …
Brazil 8–5 or 9–6, but people usually work longer casual and informal, but neat and tidy
one hour yes, very often; not paid
30 working days
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8 Work together and complete the China column.
typical working hours office clothes meal breaks overtime holidays retirement age pay day company benefits
The US
retirement age men: 65; women: 62 or 63
Brazil
men: 65 or after 30–35 years’ work; women: after 60
pay day
twice a month; at some companies may the beginning and twice a month; middle of the month others once a month
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2 The media and the market are two other factors: The media give publicity to some people but less or none to others and the market makes a great difference to the financial rewards.
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Word Guessing Game
Additional activity
Work in pairs. One of you will explain the words listed on the next page. The other one try to guess what the word is, without looking at the word.
money, luck genius …
Do you think you meet any of these criteria for a successful career?
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2 Listen to Passage 1 and check (✓) the criteria for a successful career which the following people meet.
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overqualified
gofer
counselor
extrovert competent
mock
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recruit gasoline
autobiography
elite outlier
troubleshooter
intriguing
thought-provoking
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China
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9 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Well, they all have some advantages: For salaries we think the US would be best and the American working hours look the most comfortable. For holidays and retirement conditions, China looks best. For company benefits, all countries have something to offer.
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3 There seems to be no reason why success and happiness can’t go together. Perhaps successful people are neither happier nor more unhappy than the rest of us, but we know about their unhappiness in the media.
☐ an annual bonus
☐ opportunities to travel ☐ housing
☐ a pension
☐ recreation facilities
☐ a cafeteria
☐ a company car
☐ job security
☐ a good salary
☐ long vacations
6 Work in groups of three.
Student A Turn to Page 121. Student B Turn to Page 122. Student C Turn to Page 124.
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7 Work together and complete the US and Brazil columns.
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2 In office jobs, you may start early in the day and work long hours, but this is balanced in some cases by getting a long lunch break. Of course, a lot of these conditions vary between working in a government office or in a private company.
☐ flexible working hours
☐ transportation allowance
Now discuss which ones you’d like to be offered and number them in order of importance.
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Passage 1 1 Look at the photos and discuss
who is the most successful and why.
Example answer
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Now work in pairs and discuss what criteria for a successful career are.
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Passage 2
5 Work in pairs and discuss which of the following benefits you are likely to be offered in your first job.
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☐ medical care
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4 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
Example answers
1 Well, none of my friends or family could be considered successful but Yao Ming and Zhang Ziyi seem to meet these criteria. Obviously they both have natural talent or genius in their fields. They were both affected by timing. They both had lucky breaks.
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4 Exceptionally successful people will become leaders in sciences or arts and later their achievements can help society and bring benefits to everybody. However, if the average person does not get the opportunities, this does not seem fair.