新编大学英语3答案

Unit 4 Career Planning

(P158)

Post Reading

³ Reading Comprehension

1. Understanding the Organization of the Text

1) Introduction (Para.1)

Career planning does not necessarily follow routine or logical steps.

2) Students’ weaknesses in career planning (Para. 2)

i) Most students choose from a very narrow group of occupations.

ii) 40 to 60 percent of the students choose professional occupations, but only 15 to 18 percent of the work force is engaged in professional work.

iii) Young men lack interest in fields that offer many job opportunities.

iv) A third of the students are unable to express any choice of occupation.

3) Serious flaws in the ways many people make decisions (Para. 3~5)

i) complacency – ignoring challenging information

ii) defensive avoidance – resorting to wishful thinking or daydreaming

iii) hypervigilance – searching frantically for career possibilities and seizing on hastily invented solutions

4) Keys to career planning (Para. 6~11)

i) Study yourself.

ii) Write your career goals down.

iii) Review your plans and your progress periodically with another person.

iv) If you choose a career that does not fit you, you can start over.

5) Changes in careers (Para. 11~13)

i) Few changes involve downward movement; most involve getting ahead. ii) Job changes and career shifts occur at all ages.

6) Conclusion (Para. 14~15)

Although there is no sure way to make career plans work out, there are things that you can do now to shape your career possibilities.

2. Understanding Specific Information

1) T 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T 8) T 9) T 10) F

11) T 12) F

3. （略）

Vocabulary Practice

1. 1) acceptable 2) efficiency 3) implications 4) instability 5) rationalize

6) evaluation 7) unforeseeable 8) invention 9) hastily 10) probability

11) professional 12) challenging 13) defensive 14) personality

2. 1) in case 2) Every so often 3) resort to 4) talk over 5) start over

6) in reality 7) at stake 8) seized on 9) leading to 10) take stock of

3. 1) programs 2) way 3) technical 4) both 5) provided 6) who

7) such 8) needed 9) opportunities 10) when 11) to 12) Completion 13) holding 14) early 15) hire 16) promote 17) up 18) educating

Translation

1. 几年前他心脏动了一次大手术。(undergo)

He underwent major heart surgery several years ago.

2．我们估计完成这项工作要花一个星期。(estimate)

We estimated that it would take a week to finish the work.

3．许多妇女发现从事一种职业同时又要孩子是很困难的事。(pursue)

Many women find it difficult to combine pursuing a career and having a child / children.

4．你可以爱一个人而不一定要跟他/她结婚。(necessarily)

You may love someone without necessarily wanting to marry him/ her.

5．她不接电话时我只好站在她窗外叫她。(resort to)

When she didn’t answer the telephone, I resorted to standing outside her window and calling up to her.

6．可能下雨——你最好带把伞，以防万一。(in case)

It may rain --- you’d better take an umbrella (just) in case.

7．英国要求召开最高级会议(summit)来审视世界秩序中发生的根本变化。(take stock of)

Britain has requested a summit to take stock of the fundamental changes in the world order.

8．她非常虔诚，因此对死并不惧怕。(hold)

She is very religious, so death holds no fear for her.

Part Four Writing and Translation

(P 195)

2. Translation Practice

From Chinese into English

A. Interviewer: Do you have a boyfriend?

Applicant: Yes.