新视野大学英语视听说教程第三册第4单元教案

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Unit 4 The devil finds work for idle hands
Ⅰ. Teaching Plan (2 periods)
1st period: Lead-in; Listening (Pair discussions about career; Listening practice)
2nd period: Speaking (Oral English practice)
Ⅱ. Teaching Objectives
Students will be able to:
1handle resumes and prepare for job interviews;
2give advice;
3describe requirements;
Ⅲ. Lead-in (15 minutes)
Ask Ss to work in pairs discussing the following questions and then share their answers with the whole class.
1. What do you think people will choose: a low-paid job one likes, or a boring well-paid job?
Hint: a sense of achievement and happiness, a job close to one’s heart, in financial difficulty, afford the luxury, dream job, the top priority.
Possible answer:
I think many people prefer to find a job that they really like. After all, most people want to enjoy themselves rather than have plenty of money without a sense of achievement and happiness.
On the other hand, some people may choose a well-paid job instead of a job close to their heart to earn more money. If one is in serious financial difficulty, one can hardly afford the luxury of a dream job. Money is the top priority.
2. Do you think one’s character is important in finding a job? Why or why not?
Hint: lay emphasis on, candidate, educational background and work experience, career, contemporary society, coordination, professionally skilled, accomplish a large project, assume a leading position, subordinates, EQ (emotional quotient)
Possible answer:
I think it is. Although many employers lay emphasis on candidates’ education al background and work experience, some believe that candidates’ character is equally important for a successful career.
In contemporary society, many projects are so large that they require the coordination of a group of people rather than a sing le person’s effort. Therefore, a good team player is often welcomed. Professionally skilled people may not be able to accomplish a large project if they are easily angered and cannot get along with their colleagues.
If you want to assume a leading position, you should be firm of important issues while allowing your subordinates plenty of freedom.
In fact it is becoming increasingly common for companies to test candidates’ EQ (emotional quotient) before they decide to hire them.
3. Wh at courses are useful for one’s job?
Hint: turn out to be, future careers, basic courses, lay a solid foundation for, future development, enhance one’s ability, logical reasoning, literature, with great ease, sense of balance and beauty, of great relevance and value, career development.
Possible answer:
In fact, all courses may turn out to be useful in our future careers. The basic courses we take in the first two years of university lay a solid foundation for our future development. In the case of computer majors, for example, the math they have learned will enhance their ability for logical reasoning. The English courses they have followed will help them read the literature in their fields with greater ease. Art courses may increase their sense of balance and beauty.
However, the courses in their specialties are often of greater relevance and value for their career development. For instance, computer majors may find courses such as programming, computer network, database, and CAD (Computer Aided Design) more closely related to their future work.
4. What questions do you think are often asked in an interview? Why are they
asked?
Hint: gather information, acquire the basic knowledge, apply for, weaknesses and strengths, show your intelligence level, communicative skills.
Possible answer:
To start with, the interviewers may ask you about your education. In this way they can gather information to see if you have acquired the basic knowledge required for the job you are applying for.
Perhaps most of them will ask you about your work experience in this field to see if you have the necessary skills for the job you have in mind. Usually employers do not like an entirely I experienced employee.
They may also ask about your character, weaknesses and strengths to find out what kind of person you are. They may even ask you something that is not directly related to the job in question. Your answers tend to show your intelligence level and communicative skills.
Ⅳ.Listening (30 minutes)
1. Basic listening practice (Listening for dialogs relevant to job hunting; Ask Ss to listen to the dialogs carefully and choose the best answer).
Key: ①C ②D ③A ④C ⑤B
2. Listening In (Tasks 1-3)
Task 1: Tell me about yourself
1) Explain the language and culture tips.
2) Ask Ss to listen to the passage and then fill in the blanks.
Key: coast, was impressed by, shipping company, existing, cargo, communication skills, knowledge, potential clients, find customers, team spirit, her age, her parents, to learn.
Task 2: A Work Qualification Test
1) Explain the words and the culture tips.
2) Ask Ss to listen to the passage and mark the statements T(true) or F(false).
①F ②T ③T ④F ⑤T
3) Listen to the passage again and answer the questions.
Key for reference:
①he made his decision based on the wrong answers to the one question one missed, rather than on the correct answers.
②By writing “Neither do I”, it seems that Murphy copied the American’s answer on the test.
Task 3: A guide to a Successful Job Interview
1) Explain the words and the culture tips.
2) Ask Ss to listen to the passage and choose the best answer.
Key: ①C ②C ③B ④A ⑤D
3) Listen to the passage again and answer the question.
Key for reference: “why should we choose you?”, “Tell me about yourself.”, “What are your weaknesses?”, and “What are your strengths?”.
Ⅴ. Speaking (45 minutes)
1. Speaking Out: Handling resumes and preparing for job interviews, giving advice, describing requirements (Models1-3)
1) Explain the words and the culture. Let Ss get familiar with the useful expressions in this part, and learn to express the same meaning in a different way. Then practice speaking with these expressions.
2) Ask Ss to listen to the model dialogs one by one and pay attention to the underlined parts. (The underlined parts of the models present some useful expressions related to the topic of this unit.)
3) Watch the model videos once again and repeat the dialogs sentence by sentence, and role-play them in pairs. For the part “Now Your Turn” after each model, divide the class into pairs to do the exercises and then ask them to role-play the dialogs. Walk around the class and give help as needed. Encourage Ss to use their names to act out their parts.
Useful Expressions：
1）The useful expressions about job hunting that need explanation:
“to submit my resume by E-mail”
“to send in my resume vie E-mail”
“to fire off my e-mail resume”
“t o give me some tips about how to …”
“to look for a decent job”
“to sue somebody for sexual discrimination”
“to take legal action against …”
“to take somebody to court for …”
“to be qualified for”
“to have qualifications for”
“to search the Internet for”
2）The useful words and expressions for “requirements”:
①“you can / you might as well /Certainly/Sure/ Of course, etc.”
②“can you…; Could you…; you need to …, be sure to …, don’t …; etc.”
③“It’s reasonable to do …/ It makes sense to do …/ It goes without saying that…”
2．Let’s Talk
1)Ask Ss to listen to the dialog and then complete the table on P55.
2)Ask Ss to work in groups of three or four to have the discussion on P56. Walk around the class and give help as needed.
3)Ask some groups to report to the class.
Ⅵ.Assignment:
Further Listening and Speaking (P72)。