新視野英語課程【第三版】讀寫教程2unit3

1、,,A Successful Career,Unit 3,NEW HORIZON ENGLISH COURSES,Book Two,,,,,Unit 3,A Successful Career,1Around the Topic,2Section A,3Section B,4Section C,Leading in,Exploring the Topic,Plus Activities,Warming-up,Text

2、 A,Exercises,Background Information,Reading Through,Exercises,Related Knowledge,Sample Reading,Exercises,Useful Terms,What dreams do you have in your life? Do you want to be rich and successful? There’s nothing you can’

3、t do if someone believes in you. Do you have friends and family who encourage you to work hard, especially when you feel down? Or maybe you’re the one who supports others in achieving success. One of the greatest gifts y

4、ou can give to yourself is to set a goal and try your best to achieve it. Remember though: Don’t be afraid to take risks!,Everyone hopes to have a successful career. Yet what kind of person can be regarded as successful

5、in his/her career? What should a person do in order to be successful? Different people may have different ideas.,Work in pairs and ask each other the following questions while checking (?) the answers and providing your

6、own in the blanks. Please notice that the questions are open-ended with no right or wrong answers.,1 Who do you think is a person with a successful career?,I think it is someone who___________.,My partner thinks it is

7、someone who________.,earns a lot of money is in a high social position is famous in his/her field does a job he/she likes and does well,2 In order to be successful in one’s career, what must a person do

8、?,I think he/she must,My partner thinks he/she must,be in good health receive higher education learn many things in different fields have special knowledge of a certain field have such qualities as

9、 being honest, hard- working, persistent (有毅力的), etc.,Directions: You will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and answer the following questions.,1. What dreams do you have in your life?,2. How will you prepar

10、e yourself for your future career?,key,key,Suggested answer: Everyone has his own dream in his life. My greatest desire is to be a successful technical executive with high salary. Therefore I can greatly improv

11、e the quality of my life. And the most important thing for me is that I can get enjoyment and the Sense of achievement in my job.,Return,Suggested answer: Firstly, I will build a solid foundation Of the profes

12、sional knowledge both theoretically and practically. In addition, I will learn lessons from other people and perfect my character. Moreover,I will seize opportunity by the forelock.,Return,Listen and answer the follo

13、wing questions,3. What kind of person can be regarded as successful in his/her career?,4. What should a person do in order to be successful?,key,key,Suggested answer: In my opinion, a successful person in his/her

14、 career needn’t to be famous in his/her field or earn a lot of money or in a high social position. As long as he/she likes his/her job and does well, he/she is successful and respectable, no matter what job he/she

15、has.,Return,Suggested answer: For my part, first of all, one must hold a right attitude toward the challenges in career because business is made up of both victories and defeats. Second, one should work hard

16、 towards the goal no matter what difficulty he may meet with. Third, one should learn to cooperate with others so as to get help from others. The last but not the least important, one should have clear mind to catch

17、 good opportunity.,Return,My First Job,Section A:,What makes a good employee? How to be a good employee? What are the characteristics of a good employee? Read the following passage, discuss with your classmates, and som

18、e words and phrases may be helpful to you.,In today’s society, it is very challenging to find good employees. Good hires are not happening by accident or luck anymore. Yet, employers also realize that valuable employees

19、are quickly becoming rare commodity. There is a lot of confusion these days whether a person is competent or not. Most times, employers don’t know what kind of workers they have hired until it is too late. Hiring the wro

20、ng people may lead to a serious disaster. Some skills are universal to every job, and others are job specific. All jobs require a good work ethic and problem solving. The profile of a good employee includes a variety of

21、personal attributes, work qualities, and being a team player.,reflective 善于思考的sociable善于交際的vigorous 精力充沛的optimistic樂觀的resolute 果斷的easy-going隨和的competent 能干的diligent勤奮的ent

22、erprising 有事業(yè)心的 experienced 有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的refined 文雅的 courteous 有禮貌的articulate 表達(dá)力強(qiáng)的humorous 幽默的,take criticism gracefullycultivate good

23、relationships with your co-workersvolunteer or be active in projects to get the job donebe quiet and work (shut up)be part of the solutionsoffer to pick up a loose end for someone else show up for work on timetake

24、on a new project with enthusiasm offer new ideas to your leadership behave professionally,My First Job,My first real long-term job was at a local diner called Mel’s Place. I worked there for seven years and learn

25、ed so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress.,Para. 1,我的第一份工作我第一份真正長久的工作其實(shí)是在本地的一個叫“梅爾之家”的小餐館當(dāng)服務(wù)員。我在那兒干了7年，學(xué)到很多東西，尤其是從一位女服務(wù)員海倫那里學(xué)到了很多。,Helen was in her 60s, had red hair, and tons of self-respect—something I was

26、 really lacking. I looked up to Helen because she was doing what she loved—serving people—and nobody did it better. She made everyone smile and feel good, customers and fellow-workers alike.,海倫六十多歲，紅頭發(fā)，

27、自尊心很強(qiáng)——這是我當(dāng)時(shí)真正缺乏的東西。我敬佩海倫，因?yàn)樗谧鏊鶡釔鄣氖隆哟櫩汀覜]人比她做得更好。她使每一個人，無論是顧客還是同事，都面帶笑意，心情愉快。,Para. 1,I also learned how important it is to take pride in life’s little achievements: when I helped out in the kitchen, for examp

28、le, nothing made me feel better than preparing the eggs and serving them just the way the customers wanted.,Para. 2,我還學(xué)到了重要的一點(diǎn)，那就是為生活中取得的小小成就感到自豪。比如，我在廚房里幫忙的時(shí)候，沒有什么比完全按照顧客希望的方式做好雞蛋、給他們端上更讓我感到高興的了。,Being a waitress really

29、 changed my life. One of my regular customers, Fred Hasbrook, a salesman, always ate the same thing every day. As soon as I saw him walking towards the diner, I would put his order in without him even needing to

30、 ask.,Para. 3,當(dāng)女服務(wù)員確實(shí)改變了我的一生。我的一個常客，弗雷德·哈斯布魯克，是個推銷員，他每天總是吃同樣的東西。我一看到他朝小餐館走來，就會把他想點(diǎn)的東西準(zhǔn)備好，他甚至都不需要開口。,Thanks to the confidence I picked up from Helen, I dreamed of having my own restaurant one day. Unfortunately, w

31、hen I called my parents to ask them to lend me the money, they said, “We just don’t have it.”,Para. 4,因?yàn)閺暮惸抢飳W(xué)到了自信，我夢想著有一天能擁有自己的餐館?？上?，當(dāng)我打電話向我父母借錢時(shí)，他們說：“我們實(shí)在沒錢?！?The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “ What’s wrong,

32、Sunshine? You’re not smiling today.” I shared my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I could do so much more if somebody would just have faith in me.”,Para. 5,第二天，弗雷德見了我，問道：“出什么事了，陽光女孩？今天沒見你笑。”我把我的夢想告訴了

33、他，說：“弗雷德，我知道，只要有人相信我，我還能做很多事情。”,He walked over to some of the other regulars at the diner, and then gave me $50,000 the very next day—along with a note that I still have. It reads, “ Good people with a dream should h

34、ave the opportunity to make it come true.”,Para. 6,他向小餐館的其他幾個常客走去，第二天就交給我50,000 美元，還有一張我至今還保留著的紙條，上面寫著：“擁有夢想的好人應(yīng)該有機(jī)會讓夢想成真?！?I quickly went to a bank, where the money was invested for me. In the meantime, I conti

35、nued working at the diner, making plans for the restaurant I would one day open. Sadly, the money was not invested well, and I lost it all.,Para. 7,我很快去了一家銀行，這家銀行替我拿這筆錢做投資。與此同時(shí)，我一邊繼續(xù)在小餐館工作，一邊盤算著自己開店。讓我難過的是，這筆錢投資失敗，我血本無回。

36、,At that time, I found myself thinking about what it would be like to be a stockbroker, and decided to apply for a job at the bank. Even though I had no experience, I was hired and ended up doing quite well. E

37、ventually, I even paid Fred and my customers back the $50,000, plus 14 percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.,Para. 8,就在這時(shí)，我開始考慮去試著做一個股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人，于是決定申請一份銀行的工作。我雖然沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)，但還是被雇用了，并且做得非常好。后來，我甚至

38、還把50,000美元還給了弗雷德和其他顧客，外加每年14%的利息。五年后，我終于有能力開了自己的公司。,Recently, I received a thank-you note from Fred that will forever be printed on my heart. He had been sick, and wrote that the money I sent him had helped t

39、o cover his mounting medical bills. His letter read, “ I’m so glad I invested in you.”I’m so glad I had that first job.,Para. 9&10,最近，我收到弗雷德的一封感謝信，這封信將永遠(yuǎn)地印在我的心上。前一陣他病了，并說是我寄給他的錢幫他支付了拖欠的醫(yī)療費(fèi)。他在信里說：“我真高興當(dāng)時(shí)在你身上投資?！?/p>

40、我真高興當(dāng)時(shí)做了那第一份工作。,From the first job as a waitress at a local dinner, the author learned a lot for her later successful career. From her fellow waitress Helen, she picked up self-respect, loving her own job, confidence an

41、d taking pride in life’s little achievements; with the help of a customer Fred Hasbrook and other regulars, she made her first investment though failed unluckily. Thanks to those experiences, she later became a successfu

42、l stockbroker and paid the customers back and also opened her own company.,Main Idea,Structure,Meaning: In fact, the first real job that I had for a long time was at a small local restaurant that went by the name “Mel’

43、s Place”.,My first real long-term job, though, was at a local diner called Mel’s Place.,Meaning: I worked there for seven years and gained So much experience. In particular, I learned a lot from a waitress who also wo

44、rked there.,I worked there for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress.,Meaning: Helen was over 60 in age. Her hair was red, and she had great respect for and pride in herself—a qual

45、ity that I really didn’t have.,Helen was in her 60s, had red hair, and tons of self-respect—something I was really lacking.,I looked up to Helen because...,Meaning : I respected and admired Helen because...,Meaning: ...

46、 she was doing what she loved—offering The meals to the customers—and she did this better than anyone else.,... she was doing what she loved—serving people—and nobody did it better.,Meaning: She made everyone smile and

47、 feel good, whether they were customers or fellow-workers.,She made everyone smile and feel good, customers and fellow-workers alike.,Meaning: I also learned how important it is to feel satisfied and pleased with what

48、 I had done successfully, even though it might be something of little importance...,I also learned how important it is to take pride in life’s little achievements...,Meaning: Fred Hasbrook, whose job was selling thing

49、s, came to eat the same thing at our diner every day and was always served by me.,One of my regular customers, Fred Hasbrook, a salesman, always ate the same thing every day.,Meaning: ... for example, I was most pleased

50、 if I could cook the eggs and offer them to the customers exactly in the way they wanted.,... when I helped out in the kitchen, for example, nothing made me feel better than preparing the eggs and serving them just the

51、 way the customers wanted.,Meaning: Since he came to eat the same thing every day, as soon as I saw him walking towards the diner I knew what he would order, and then I would tell the kitchen to prepare the meal for

52、him even before he asked me to do so.,As soon as I saw him walking towards the diner, I would put his order in without him even needing to ask.,Meaning: I learned from Helen that I should believe in myself, and because

53、of this, I thought about opening a restaurant of my own some day in the future.,Thanks to the confidence I picked up from Helen, I dreamed of having my own restaurant one day.,Unfortunately, when I called my parents to

54、 ask them to lend me the money...,Meaning: Unfortunately, when I phoned my parents to borrow some money from them...,Meaning: What’s the matter, my dear?,What’s wrong, Sunshine?,Meaning: I told him about my dream and sa

55、id...,I shared my dream with him and said...,Meaning: I know I could accomplish many more achievements if somebody would just trust me.,... I know I could do so much more if somebody would just have faith in me.,Meaning

56、: He walked over to some of the other regular customers at the diner and told them about my dream. They decided to lend me $50,000, and Fred gave the money to me the next day, together with a note that I still keep

57、now.,He walked over to some of the other regulars at the diner, and then gave me $50,000 the very next day—along with a note that I still have.,Meaning: “Good people should have the opportunity to realize their dreams

58、just as they wish.”,“Good people with a dream should have the opportunity to make it come true.”,Meaning: I quickly went to a bank and asked the bank to invest the $50,000 for me.,I quickly went to a bank, where the mo

59、ney was invested for me.,Meaning: (The bank was helping me invest the money,) but at the same time, I still worked at the diner...,In the meantime, I continued working at the diner...,Meaning: I found that I was thinki

60、ng of working as a stockbroker...,... I found myself thinking about what it would be like to be a stockbroker...,Meaning: Even though I had never been a stockbroker before, I got the job and did it quite well in the e

61、nd.,Even though I had no experience, I was hired and ended up doing quite well.,Meaning: In the end, I even paid Fred and my customers back the money they had lent me; in addition to the $50,000, I paid them 14 % inter

62、est on that money every year.,Eventually, I even paid Fred and my customers back the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest.,Meaning: Recently, I received a thank-you note from Fred that I will remember for all futur

63、e time.,Recently, I received a thank-you note from Fred that will forever be printed on my heart.,Meaning: He had been sick, and wrote that with the money I paid him back, plus the interest I gave him, he was able to p

64、ay the increasing amount of money for his medical treatment.,He had been sick, and wrote that the money I sent him had helped to cover his mounting medical bills.,Meaning: I’m so glad I believed in your dreams enough t

65、o lend you the money.,I’m so glad I invested in you.,New words,diner fellow ton self-respect lack serve alike pride,achievement salesman confidence lend sunshine faith invest mea

66、ntime,stockbroker apply eventually plus annual forever print mount bill,Phrases and expressions,tons of look up to (somebody) take pride in help out as soon as pick up dream of (so

67、mething/doing something) share (something) with (somebody) have faith in (somebody),come true in the meantime apply for end up invest in,n. [C] a small restaurant beside the road （路邊的）小餐館 e.g. Small as it is, t

68、he diner serves delicious food. 這家小餐館雖然小, 東西卻很好吃。,diner,比起大飯店，我們還是喜歡在那家小餐館吃飯。,We prefer eating at the diner to big restaurants.,Practice :,,v. eat dinner [正式]進(jìn)餐 e.g. I have sausages, eggs and chips. Let’s dine