研究生英语课程课后答案(专硕)

Unit 1

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1. How successful you’ll be in making transitions among careers can at least be partially attributed to the amount of career planning and preparation you’ve done. (Para. 1) If you are well-prepared in making plans for your future career, the chances are that you might as well succeed in changing your career because how successfully you change your career may in part result from what preparations you’ve done in career planning.

2.Think of career planning as building bridges from your current job/career to your next job/career; without the bridge, you may easily stumble or lose your way, but with the bridge there is safety and directions. (Para. 2) You should regard making plans for your career as building bridges which are the transitions from your current job/career to your next job/career and may help you find the right door to the future.

3. And while career planning and career decision-making is an important aspect of your life, do not put so much pressure on yourself that it paralyzes you from making any real choices, decisions, or plans. (Para. 5)… don’t put too much pressure on yourself to make real choices, decisions, or plans.

4. To help you with your career planning, consider using the following exercises to their fullest potential. (Para. 6) … consider using the following exercises to their fullest degree/ as much as possible.

5. Reflect on the times and situations in which you feel most passionate, most energetic, most engaged — and see if you can develop a common profile of these situations.(Para. 9) Consider the times and situations in which you feel most excited, most vigorous, most engrossed— and try to generalize the features these situations have in common.

6. Remember those papers you had to write as a kid about what you wanted to be when you grew up? (Para. 13) Do you still remember when you were little you were asked to write about what you would like to be in the future?

7. Take the time to revert back to those idyllic times and brainstorm about your current dream job; be sure not to let any negative thoughts cloud your thinking. (Para. 13) Spend some time in returning back to these simple, peaceful and pleasant times and trying to think more about your current ideal job to make sure that no negative thoughts could make your thinking obscure /unclear.

8. Look for ideas internally, but also make the effort to explore/research other careers/ occupations that interest you. (Para. 13) You should not only look for ideas inside yourself/ at the bottom of your heart, but also explore/research other careers/occupations you are interested in from the outside.

9. Pinpoint the qualifications you need to move to the next step in your career or to make the move to a new career path. (Para. 18) Mark clearly the qualifications that are needed in career changing.

10. If you’re not sure, search job postings and job ads, conduct informational interviews, research job descriptions.

(Para. 18) If you’re not sure about the qualifications required in the new career, you should s earch job postings and job advertisements for those qualifications, take part in interviews in which you know something about the job, and study the list of general tasks, or functions, and responsibilities of a position..

11. Develop a timeline and action plans for achieving each type, being sure to set specific goals and priories. (Para. 20)

Make a timetable and action plans for achieving each type of qualification you need and remember to set concrete goals and decide what should be done first.

12. Businesses, careers, and the workplace are rapidly changing, and the skills that you have or plan for today may not

be in demand years from now. (Para. 21) Businesses, careers, and the workplace are rapidly changing, and the skills that you have mastered or you plan to master now may not be required or needed in the future.

13. Long-range career planning should be more about identifying and developing core skills that employers will always

value while developing your personal and career goals in broad strokes. (Para. 21) When planning career for the long