专业学位硕士研究生英语教程06修订版.docx

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专业学位硕士研究生英语教程06修订版

unit6

Employment

Preview

Inlife,wemayexperiencedifficultiesandtroubles.Losingajobmaybetheworstthingthatcouldeverhappentous.Butpersevere,andnevergiveup.Wewillprovethatwecanfindwaysbacktosuccessfulcareers.Sodon'tbeafraidtomoveonandtryyourwings.Rallyyoursupportsystem.Persevere!

Firingdoesn'tmeanyourlifeisover.Itmightturnouttobethebestthingthateverhappenstoyou.

PartI.TextReading

Warm-up

I.Lookingforacareeradvisor.

Stepone

Areyourecentlyunemployed?

Consideringanewcareer?

Oranewgradenteringthejobcompetition,andlookingforyourfirstjob?

Orareyouanexperiencedprofessional,seekingapart-timejob?

Nomatterwhereyouareinthecycleofwork,careeradvisorscanprovidevaluableguidanceandresourcestohelpyoumakeproductiveandappropriatecareerdecisions.

Direction:

Workinpairsorgroupstoguesswhatacareeradvisorcanhelpyou?

Youcanchoosethewordsandexpressionsinthefollowingellipse:

careerdevelopment/jobmarket/careercoach/careerassessment/careerexploration/jobsearching/resumewriting/interviewing/salarynegotiating/salaryinformation/careerresources/personalcriteria/qualification/polishingone'sskill/industrytrend/establishinggoals/productive/efficient/targeted/constructive/on-line/professional/valuable/appropriate

StepTwo

Trytobeacareeradvisor,andhelpotherstoseekajobintoday'schallengingjobmarket.Youaresupposedtogiveadviceonthefollowingaspects:

·Careerassessmentandcareerexploration

·Careertransitioninformation

·Jobfindingtechniques

·Personalmarketingplans

II.Attitudetowardajob.

Acommonreasongiventodismisspeopleisthatthey"don'thavetherightattitude."Whatdoesthismean?

Whatwouldbelookedatbythebossindeterminingaperson'sattitude?

Whatattitudesdoyouhavewhichcouldhaveaneffectonthetypeofjobyoushoulddo?

CIRCLEthosewordsthatapplytoyounow.

UNDERLINEthosewordsthatyouwouldliketoapplytoyou.

MyattitudetoWORKusuallyis:

slackdedicateddisorganizedefficient

effectiveambitiousindustriousinnovative

hardworkingsincerepersistenthyperactive

academicresponsiblepracticallazy

businesslikematureboredpositive

organizedpunctualreliableimmature

negativeadaptablepositiveunreliable

keen

MyattitudetomyWORKMATESusuallyis:

cooperativecheesedoffaloofindependentsuperior

inferiorequalsympatheticracistcaring

thoughtfulinspiringboredcompetitiveirritable

protectivehelpfulshyquarrelsometolerant

friendlytrustingpolitemoodypushy

aggressivesupportivesexist

MyattitudetoAUTHORITYusuallyis:

dependablerebelliousangrysubservientscared

eagertopleasestubbornloyalcautioussuspicious

happyargumentativesneakyopenassertive

passiveaggressivetolerantproudcynical

Ifyouwerefired,whatwouldyoudo?

·Beingpainfulanddejected,feellikehavingacry

·Feelhumiliated,andgiveupeversince.

·Analyzereasonsthatleadtodismissal.

·Findacareeradvisorforlandinganotherjob.

·Beginanothercareerexplorationbyyourself.

Text

IWasFired!

（fire开火<->ceasefire停火）

JoanHamburg1

[1]Freshoutof（Havingjustgraduatedfrom）BarnardCollegeandtheSpeedwriting（速记）Institute,Iwashired（employed）asasecretarytotheeditorofCoupon（优待券）Magazine.Tiny（small）circulation（发行量）,butarealjob.SonowIhadanincomeandanapartment（=flat公寓/住宅）inManhattan:

heaven（Paradise/Eden）forayoungwomanfromasmalltownonLongIsland.

[2]Like（prep.象）somanywomenofmygeneration（一代人）,Iwentstraight（directly）fromcollegetosecretarial（文秘）schooltolearnshorthand（速记）,orspeedwriting,despite（=inspiteof）thefactthatIhadalreadyco-writtenabookcalledNewYorkon$5aDay《在纽约生活一天只花5元钱》.

[3]Asaformer（theformer前者,thelatter后者；theformerhusband/wife/president）lefty（left-hander左撇子,左翼分子）turnedrighty,thankstoanoverzealous（过分热情的）teacher,Ihaddistinctly（obviously显然）illegible（难辨认的,字迹模糊的）handwriting（笔迹->calligraphy书法）--sobad（poorlearner差生=badstudent坏学生）thataftertakingdictation（口授/听写todictatealetter）,Icouldn'ttranslate（makeout看不清）it.Themagazinewas（Themagazinewasadvertise->Themagazinewasadvertisement->）advertisingdependent（靠/依赖的）,soinletterstotheheadsofmajorcorporations（公司,企业）,Iwastoldtooffer（give）themtheopportunitytoplace（put）theirads（advertisements）infourcolorsinourmagazineforthemere（only）priceof$10,000.Inadvertently（Carelessly不注意地）,thedinadsbecameans,andthepresidentofoneofthosebigcompanieswasinvitedto"havehisass（屁股）infourcolors"inourpublication（出版物）.

[4]Guesswhat（whatmight/wouldhappen