Reading Unit 1 So many jobs to choose from

Lead-in Discussion: What is the first thing you would take into consideration when choosing your future career: salary, working conditions, interpersonal relationship, working hours, personal interest in the job, the qualities you have for the job or other factors?

Read the article quickly and answer the following questions. 1.What does the author discuss in the article? 2.Can you give two examples of the so-called glamorous jobs? 3.Which jobs look dull but are actually very important? Different types of career and jobs to choose from. A model, an actor. Shop assistant, drivers, barbers,cleaners.

3.What are the three types of jobs the author talks about? popular jobs unusual jobs everyday jobs 4.Guess the meaning of the word “options”. A. different choices B. jobs C. careers Para One 1.What is last year of high school a time for? A time for hard work and also a time for reflection.

Para Two & Three 1.When choosing a career, what is the author’s advice? Consider all the aspects of a job. 2.What do unsuccessful actors, actresses and models have to do ? They have to work as waiters and waitresses. 3.What do successful ones have to do? They have to spend long hours travelling, deal with constant media attention, be very thick-skinned, go on diet to keep young and beautiful, have painful surgery to make their faces and bodies look more attractive.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the successful career? Maybe a career as a local grocer or flour-covered baker would be a better option.

5. What are some other popular professions? lawyer businessman 6. What are the problems with these professions? Stress and pressure, work long hours, hurt people, involve facing moral issues.

Para four List the unusual jobs mentioned in the paragraph. noise pollution tester beer taster firework display designer testers of amusement park rides

2.What job did the man in the Grand Canyon National Park do? To check noise pollution in the park zone. 3.Which sentence shows the author’s positive attitude toward these unusual jobs? All these people love their jobs, which might not be popular, but are interesting regardless.

Para five 1. List the ordinary jobs in this paragraph. shop assistant driver barber cleaner

2.What attitude of the author’s do the following words express? 1) …many ordinary jobs may look dull, but they are as essential as water to our body. 2) These jobs may not seem very attractive, but they are all important. 3) These people,who perform such ordinary but vital tasks, allow people to go about their daily lives. The author is in favour of the ordinary jobs.

Para six Find out the words which show the author’s positive attitude and negative attitude. positive attitude negative attitude. quite important rather difficult

The development of a text A title A beginning paragraph Body paragraphs A concluding paragraph So many jobs to choose from Para 1 Para 2, 3, 4, 5 Para 6 The development of a text Ordinary jobs Unusual jobs Popular jobs

What attitude do the following sentences express? Negative or positive? 1)It does not seem that glamorous now, does it? 2)These jobs may not seem very attractive, but they are all important. 3)Remember that some glamorous jobs can be rather difficult. 4)Some ordinary jobs can be quite important. N P N P

It is clear that the author is biased in favor of ordinary careers and dislike some popular careers.

So many jobs to choose from The last year of high school is an important time (1) you should work hard, look (2) on what you have already done, and above all, choose a job which is best suited to you for the future. The jobs mentioned here can be classified into (3) categories as follows. Categories(4)(5)Disadvantages (6) careers Models, actors, lawyers or businessmen These jobs can be important, exciting, well- paid or interesting. They can be dull, difficult and sometimes, the people will be under great stress and (8) More unusual jobs People(7) noise pollution, designing fireworks displays or testing rides for parks These jobs are usually interesting. They are not popular. Everyday jobs Shop assistants, drivers, barbers, or cleaners They benefit our society a lot, such as keeping streets clean, stopping disease (9). They are ordinary and dull. To sum up, whatever job you choose, you should (10) in mind that all of the jobs are important and help society function well.

Key ： 1. when 2. back 3. three 4. Examples 5. Advantages 6. Popular 7. checking 8. pressure 9. spreading 10. keep/bear