Unit 6 Career Planning
Preview: Have you ever felt puzzled about your future? Making choices about your major, career, or graduate school is an important part of your experience of your life. In this unit, we’ll get to know some strategies select and plan a career path. The programs included are:
1. American Student lack of life skills
2. Most lucrative college degrees
3. What's the word that CEOs don't like the most?
4. Job-hopping
5. Chinese Business Etiquette
6. Does Happiness Equal Success?
Clip one: American Student lack of life skills
ⅠWarm up yourself
1. Besides studies, what else is also important for you to learn at college? Why?
2. Do you think what you are learning now will help you find a satisfying job?
ⅡEnlarge your vocabulary
CPA accountingCertified Public Accountant注册会计师
proficientadj.having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude熟练的,精通的
comprehendvt. get the meaning of something充分理解
negligentadj.characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern疏忽的,粗心的,不在意的
ⅢSharpen your ears
Listen for general understanding
1. What did a new study by American Institutes for Research find?
2. What is the people’s assumption about the college graduates?
Listen for detailed information
ⅣLoosen your tongue
Debate--- Knowledge or practical skills?
Which one do you think is more important? The knowledge, or the practical skills? Express and defend your view from the perspectives given below.
- From the perspective of a person who believes knowledge is more important.
- From the perspective of a person who believes practical skills are more important.
Clip two:Most lucrative college degrees
ⅠWarm up yourself
1. Why do your choose your current major?
2. What do you think are the best paying jobs in America and China? Why?
ⅡEnlarge your vocabulary
lucrativeadj. producing a sizeable profit有利益的,获利的,合算的
mechanicaladj. relating to or concerned with machinery or tools机械的,力学的
down-tick a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction低于前盘的股票市场交易
yieldv. give or supply生产
starbucks 星巴克(世界连锁咖啡零售商店
ⅢSharpen your ears
Listen for general understanding
- What is this interview talking about?
______.
- In general, what are the differences between the situation in 2006 and that of 2005?
______
Listen for detailed information
ⅣLoosen your tongue
Survey--- Creating a questionnaire about careers
Working in small groups, create a questionnaire to find out what each member is really looking for in a job. Consider these factors.(a large salary, rapid promotion, interesting work…)
Collect brochure or any other relevant information from your group members so that you can red and discuss your ideas.
Present the information you have found in the whole class.
Clipthree: What's the word that CEOs don't like the most?
1. Have you ever been in a job interview? What is your feeling when having a job interview?
2. What do you think can lead to a successful job interview?
ⅠWarm up yourself
resumen.a summary of your academic and work history简历,履历
tackn. a short nail with a sharp point and a large head大头钉
crouchv. bend one's back forward from the waist on down蹲伏,蜷缩
sinkv.fall or drop to a lower place or level下沉,使...低落,陷于
ⅡEnlarge your vocabulary
Listen for general understanding
1. What's the word that CEOs don't like the most?
______.
2. What are the basics of getting a job?
______.
Listen for detailed information
ⅣLoosen your tongue
Speech--- Outshine in a job interview!
Suppose you are a CEO of a famous internationalcooperation, what advice do you want to give to those applicants? Work in a group, prepare a short speech outshine in a job interviewgiving your suggestions to those people who are preparing for their job interview. When you are ready, share your ideas in the class.
Clipfour: Job-hopping
ⅠWarm up yourself
1. What kind of career would you like to follow after you graduate?
2. What factors are most important in a job for you?
ⅡEnlarge your vocabulary
peerv.look searchingly凝视,窥视
voluntarilyadv.out of your own free will自动地,以自由意志
resignationn.the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)辞职,辞呈compensation n. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)补偿,赔偿
ⅢSharpen your ears
Listen for general understanding
1. What does a survey made by the society for Human Resource Management show?
2. What is the main reason for most people who voluntarily quit their job?
Listen for detailed information
ⅣLoosen your tongue
Role-play--- Should Tom quit his job?
Tom works in a joint venture, but he is not satisfactory with the culture of his current company, so he is considering a job hopping. Tom’s father, a rather conservative person, thinks it would be a risk to quit the job. However, Tom’s girlfriend supports his idea and thinks it would be a new professional challenge.
Work in a group, play as Tom, Tom’s father and Tom’s girlfriend, defend your idea and find some examples to support your idea.
Clipfive: Chinese Business Etiquette
ⅠWarm up yourself
1. What do you know about the Chinese business etiquette?
2. What do you think is very important to a Chinese business relationship?
ⅡEnlarge your vocabulary
bribery n.the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage贿赂
undertone n. a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning隐含的意义
reciprocate v.act, feel, or give mutually or in return回赠，交换
wrap up finish a task completely结束
unpalatable adj.not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind不好吃
sea slug n.any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body海参
sauté: v.fry briefly over high heat炒
bullfrog n.largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice牛蛙
toast v. propose a toast to干杯
ⅢSharpen your ears
Listen for general understanding
1. What is the main idea of this video clip?
A. Chinese business customB. The Dinning custom in China
C. Dinning manner of ChinaD. Chinese business relationship
2. What can be inferred from this video clip?
A. Expensive gifts will do harm to the business relationship in China.
B. Drinking brings to a good business relationship in China.
C. Chinese business custom is related to the culture of China.
D. Chinese host will feel unhappy if you decline the white liquor.
Listen for detailed information
ⅣLoosen your tongue
Discussion--- How to build up a sound business relationship
Business relationship is the very important if one wants to get success in the market, and business etiquette is the key to a soundbusiness relationship. How to build up a good business relationship? Discuss in a group and list the essential factors to a business relationship, and explain your reasons.
Clipsix: Does happiness equal success?
ⅠWarm up yourself
1. How do you define “success”?
2. What do you think is the key to the success?
ⅡEnlarge your vocabulary
backward adv.at or to or toward the back or rear相反地
outshinev.attract more attention and praise than others比…更亮，胜过
top-notchadj.of the highest quality一流的，拔尖的
outlook n. 1. a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations. 2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future态度，前景
take stock of 斟酌，审度
ⅢSharpen your ears
Listen for general understanding
- Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. How to stay happyB. How to get success
C. Happiness and successD. Tips of happiness
- Which one of the following is not included in the passage?
A.Many people believe being successful brings happiness.
B.Happy people can do things better than those average people.
C.A fatter wallet can improve you happiness.
D.Being kind to others can make people happy.
Listen for detailed information
ⅣLoosen your tongue
Debating--- Arguments for or against success brings happiness
People hold different views toward the relationship between the happiness and success.Having watched the video, what’s your view? Express and defend your view from the perspectives given below.
Topic: Arguments for or against success brings happiness
- From the perspective of a person who believes success brings happiness.
- From the perspective of a person who believes happiness brings success.