Unit 3 My First Job Robert Best

Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse.

Unit 3 My First Job Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Reading skill Guided writing Homework

Useful expressions

涂化妆品 申请一份工作 参加面试 广告公司 南京郊区 很小的机会 不灵活的跳舞者 萧条地区

Apply makeup Apply for a job Go for an interview Ad company The suburb of NJ Slim chances An awkward dancer A depressed region

Useful expressions

长满皱纹的额头 反对抽烟 解开鞋带 老掉牙的笑话 点滴知识 出生证 致命伤 依恋，喜欢

A wrinkled forehead Disapprove of smoking Undo the shoelace A stale joke Crumbs of knowledge A birth certificate A vital wound Be attached to

Useful expressions

山脉 称职的干部 在某人有空时 年薪 最后一根稻草 未来的工程师 最终目标 有失尊严

Mountain range A competent cadre At one’s leisure Yearly salary The last straw Prospective engineers Ultimate objective Beneath his dignity

Text interpretation

Warm-up questions

1. What kind of job do you want to have after

graduation?

2. What kind of person do you want to have as

your future boss?

3. When did you earn your first sum of money?

Text interpretation

Answer the questions

Speaking Activity 3 on p.58

What type is the text?

A. narration B. exposition C. description D. argumentation

记叙文说明文描述文议论文

Text interpretation

Main idea This text tells us about a high school graduate’s first

experience of looking for a job.

This story is generally organized in order of .A. time/sequence B. space C. logic

How would you organize a text of this type? See Part Division (coming soon)

Text interpretation Try to summarize each paragraph:1. I applied for a teaching post (the reasons).

2. I went for an interview (a long way to Croydon).

3. The school came into sight (external description).

4. The headmaster showed up (his appearance).

5. I was interviewed (internal description).

6. He introduced the teaching set-up (time, subject, etc).

7. The teaching set-up filled me with fear (reasons).

8. I mentioned the salary (the real boss mentioned).

9. I detested working under a woman (interview over).

Part division

Main IdeasParasParts

1 1

2 2-8

3 9

I applied for a teaching job.

I went for an interview.

I refused the job offer.

Text interpretation

Text interpretation

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Text interpretation

1. A thousand-li journey begins with the first step.千里之行，始于足下。

2. If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door!.

机会不来时，赶快装扇门。

3. A boss creates fear, a leader confidence.

老板使人畏惧，领导使人自信。

有所尝试，就等于有所作为。 4. Something attempted, something done.

Word family Applied, applicant, appliance, application,

applicant, re-pre-over-interview, advertising, global, native, downtown, urban, slender, slight, bony, embarrassing, depressing, bush, perfume, beard, approve of, groan, murmur, rotten tomatoes, addled eggs, rancid butter, sour milk, attachment, evident, composed of, made up of, vary, disqualified, casual, minus, divided by, constitution, etc.

More words on pp.60-62

Sentence structure

1. Jane proved (to be) a talented actress.

2. Before I could protest, he got to his

feet.

3. His study, judging by the crumbs on the

carpet, was also his dining-room.

Structures 2-4 on pp.63-4

Translation

1. She got a post as a cashier at a local bank. But she

was soon fired because she proved (to be)

incompetent.

2. It is obviously / clearly his young assistant who is

running the book store.

3. No sooner had the proposal been announced at the

meeting than she got to her feet to protest.

4. Bill has applied to Harvard University for a teaching

assistantship , but his chances of getting it are slim.

Translation

5. Being short of funds, they are trying to attract

foreign capital.

6. The room smells of stale air. It must have been

vacant for a long time.

7. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister

have little in common.

8. It is self-evident that the education of the young is

vital to the future of a country.

Reading skill

Making inferences while reading is a very

important reading skill. It helps you not only

to understand better but also to appreciate

more fully what you read.

Guided writing

Combining sentences with subordinating con

junctions or relative pronouns

Like coordination, proper subordination will a

lso help you to expand your sentence so as t

o achieve emphasis and variation.

外教社PPT

Homework Other exercises Recitation Text B Fast reading Review Preview Translation (p.66)

Don’t forget your plan & promise.