Module 2《A Job Worth Doing》introductionReading and vocabulary学案1外研版必修5.docx

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Module2《AJobWorthDoing》introductionReadingandvocabulary学案1外研版必修5

Period1:

Reading—TheHumanTrafficSignal

Objectives

●TolearnaboutjobsdonebypeopleinEnglish

●Tolearntoreadwithstrategies

Focus

Words

offer,respect,direct,freeze,earn,sign,apply,require,suffer,double

Expressions

inparticular,onaverage,intheory,inpractice,passby,take…forgranted,haveanefforton…,takeup,takenoticeof,inresponseto

Patterns

1.Oneroadinparticular,whichgoesnorthfromLaPaz,isconsideredthemostdangerousroadintheworld.

2．Ononesidethemountainsrisesteeply;ontheothersidethereisasheerdrop,whichinplacesishundredsofmetresdeep.

3.Thedropissogreatthatanyoneinsidethevehicleisluckytosurvive.

4.Timoteohasanunusualjob---heisahumantrafficsignal.

AidsMultimediafacilities,tape-recorder,photos,diagrams

Procedures

▇Warmingupbylearningabout“jobhunting”

Goodmorning,class.TodayweshalltakeUnit2:

AJobWorthDoing.Butfirstwehavetofindajob,thatis,tohuntajob.

"Jobhunting"istheactoflookingforemployment.Itisalsoknownasjobseeking.Theimmediategoalofjobseekingisusuallytoobtainajobinterviewandultimatelyaformofemployment.

Thepeopleinthepicturesonpage11aredoingjobsofdifferenttypes.

Whatareyougoingtodointhefuture?

Nowgotopage12.Let’sreadaboutanunusualjob.Themaninthearticleisworkingasatrafficlightortrafficsignal.Doyouthinkitstrange?

Atrafficlightortrafficsignalisasignalingdevicepositionedataroadintersectionorpedestriancrossingtoindicatewhenitissafetodrive,rideorwalk,usingauniversalcolorcode.Yes,thismanisworkingasasignalingdevice,notformoneybutforhelpingpeople.

▇Beforeyouread

Pleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.

▇Whileyouread

Cut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.

TheHumanTrafficSignal

1______________

At3，500metres，Lapaz，inBolivia，isthehighestcapital/intheworld.Lifeishard/athighaltitude,andthemountainsmakecommunicationdifficult．Manyroadsareinbadcondition/andaccidentsarefrequent.Oneroad/inparticular,whichgoesnorth/fromLaPaz,isconsidered/themostdangerousroad/intheworld.Ononeside/themountainsrisesteeply;ontheotherside/thereisasheerdrop,which/inplaces/ishundredsofmetresdeep.Althoughthereisnotalotoftraffic,onaverage，onevehiclecomesofftheroad/everytwoweeks.Thedropissogreatthatanyone/insidethevehicle/islucky/tosurvive.Intheory,theroadcanonlybeused/bytraffic/goinguphill/from8/inthemorning,andbytraffic/comingdownhill/from3/intheafternoon.Butinpractice,fewdriversrespecttherules.

2__________________

But/thankstooneman，thedeathtollhasfallen.TimoteoApazaisagentle46-year-oldman/wholives/inavillage/nearthemostdangerouspartoftheroad，knownlocallyaslacurvadelDiablo（theDevil’sBend）．Timoteohasanunusualjob---heisahumantrafficsignal.Everymorning/heclimbsup/tothebend/withalargecircularboard/inhishand.Theboardisred/ononeside/andgreen/ontheother.Timoteostands/onthebend/anddirectsthetraffic.Whentwovehiclesapproachfromoppositedirections/theycan'tseeeachother,but/theycanseeTimoteo.Timoteoisavolunteer.Nooneaskedhim/todothejob,andnoonepayshim/forit.Sometimes/driversgivehimatip,sothathehasjustenoughmoney/toliveon.But/oftentheyjustpassby,takingthehumantrafficsignal/forgranted.

3______________

So/whydoeshedoit?

Beforehevolunteeredtodirectthetraffic,Timoteohadhadlotsofjobs.Hehadbeenaminer/andasoldier.Then/oneday/whilehewasworkingasalorrydriver/hehadacloseencounter/withdeath.Hewasdrivingalorryloadofbananas/whenhecameofftheroad/atabend/andfellthreehundredmetres/downthemountain.Somehow/hesurvived.Hewasinhospital/formonths.Then,afewyearslater,hewascalledout/inthenight/tohelppullpeopleoutofabus/whichhadcrashed/atlacurvadeldiablo.Thislastexperiencehadaprofoundeffect/onTimoteo.Herealisedthathewaslucky/tobealivehimself,and/feltthatitwashismission/inlife/tohelpothers.Andso/everymorning,weekin,weekout,fromdawntodusk,Timoteotakesuphisplace/onthebend/anddirectsthetraffic.

▇Afteryouread

CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBookandmakeyourownsentenceswiththem.

Expressionsfrom:

TheHumanTrafficSignal

at3，500metres，thehighest…intheworld,athighaltitude,make…difficult,inbadcondition,inparticular,beconsideredthemostdangerousroadintheworld,ononeside,risesteeply;ontheotherside,asheerdrop,inplaces,hundredsofmetresdeep,alotoftraffic,onaverage，comeofftheroad,insidethevehicle,isluckytosurvive.Intheory,beusedbytraffic,gouphill,comedownhill,inpractice,respecttherules,thanksto…,thedeathtoll,agentle46-year-oldman,liveinavillagenearthemostdangerouspartoftheroad，knownlocallyas…,haveanunusualjob,ahumantrafficsignal,climbupto…,with…inone’shand,redononesideandgreenontheother,standon…,directthetraffic,approachfromoppositedirections,pay…for…,give…atip,havejustenoughmoneytoliveon,passby,take…forgranted,workas…,haveacloseencounterwithdeath,drivealorryloadof…,comeofftheroadatabend,fallthreehundredmetresdownthemountain,inhospitalformonths,afewyearslater,becalledoutinthenight,helppull…outofabus,haveaprofoundeffecton…,beluckytobealive,one’smissioninlifetohelpothers,weekin,weekout,fromdawntodusk,takeupone’splace,onthebend

■Readtotransferinformation

TheHumanTrafficSignal

Where

Whoandwhat

Why

At3，500metres，Lapaz，inBolivia，isthehighestcapitalintheworld.

Manyroadsareinbadconditionandaccidentsarefrequent.

Oneroadinparticular,whichgoesnorthfromLaPaz,isconsideredthemostdangerousroadintheworld.

Butthankstooneman，thedeathtollhasfallen.TimoteoApazaisagentle46-year-oldmanwholivesinavillagenearthemostdangerouspartoftheroad．Timoteohasanunusualjob---heisahumantrafficsignal.

Timoteostandsonthebendanddirectsthetraffic.

Sowhydoeshedoit?

Herealisedthatitwashismissioninlifetohelpothers.Andsoeverymorning,weekin,weekout,fromdawntodusk,Timoteotakesuphisplaceonthebendanddirectsthetraffic.

■LearningtoreadinEnglish

1.Payattentionwhenyoureadandreadasifitreallymatters.

PAYATTENTION

PAYATTENTIONand

PAYATTENTION.

2.Stoptalkingtoyourselfwhenyouread.Peopletalktothemselvesin2ways,by:

vocalizing,whichistheactualmovingofyourlipsasyouread,and

subvocalizing,whichistalkingtoyourselfinyourheadasyousilentlyread.

3.Readinthoughtgroups.

Trytoreadinphrasesofthreeorfourwords,especiallyincompleteclausesandprepositionalphrases.

4.Don'tkeepre-readingthesamephrases.

Poorreadershabituallyreadandre-readthesamephraseoverandoveragain.

5.Varyyourreadingratetosuitthedifficultyandtypeofwritingofthetext.

Poorreadersalwaysreadatthesameslowrate.Anefficientreaderspeedsupforeasiermaterialandslowsdownforthehard.

■Readingmoreabout“KindsofJobs”

Whatkindsofjobsdopeopledo?

SomethatIhavebeeninterestedinatvarioustimes.

Artist

Iincludeartistsinallmedia,includingwords,images,buildings,drama,danceandmore.Thesepeopleworkwithideasandemotionsastheyareexpressedinsomekindofartifact,soletitincludeeventheartsandcraftstypeswhoareusuallysneeredatbyfineartists.Ijustdon'thavethevisiontobemuchofanartist,althoughIhaveburstsofpretentiousnesswhichmakemewanttobeanartistofsomekind.What'sannoyingisthatIwillgetanideaforanoveloramovieoraTVshowbutthenitwon'tcrystallize,andthenIgetboredwithit.AtthemomentIamnotrespondingverywelltoart.Somethingaboutabstractionisfrustratingme,andithasadestructiveeffectontryingtoinventimaginaryworlds,eventsandcharacters.I'veneverbeenmuchforvisualarts,unlessyoucountgraphicarts.

Designer

Apersonwhoblendsaestheticswithpracticalproduction:

architectures,graphicartistsandprintdesigners,industrialdesignersandthelike.Gamedesigners,too,Iguess.ThisisthesortofworkIamprobablymostsuitedto,butIhavefoundthatbecauseitneedssomekindofpracticalimpetus,itisdifficulttocomeupwithprojectsindependently,atleastforme.Also,IfindthatIhavetrouble"seeing"variousdesignchoices--findingthesuitableone.Onedesignjobthatusedtoreallyinterestme,andwhichisreallyobscure,istypefacedesign.Igotprettyinterestedinitasateenager,butIjustcouldn'tgetintoitfulltime.IthinkIwaspartlydiscouragedbymyatrocious,left-handedpenmanship.Iamalwaysinaweofskilledcalligraphers.Iusedtospendhoursandhoursdesigningpostersorjustdrawingwords,butIcouldnotpaintthem,soIwouldcarefullyconstructtheoutlinesandthenfillthemin.

Technician

Aspecialistinatechnicalfield,usuallyrelatedtotheproductionoroperationofsomekindofspecializedequipment.Yougetalotofjobtitlesthatinclude"engineer"thatarenotengineers--thosearetechnicians.Audioengineers,forexample.Itsoundsfancier.Iwouldma