2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Grammar and usage

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Look at some idioms and change idioms to plain English in each sentence. Jack did not achieve good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead. (a very clever person) We are leaving for London tomorrow, rain or shine. (no matter what difficulties we face)

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Sherry really enjoyed chemistry, so writing an essay about it was a child’s play. (Anything that is easy to do.)

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 e.g. I thought the exam would be a piece of cake, but it was much harder than expected. (something very easy)

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 Don’t worry about having butterflies in your stomach before the interview. Nervous feeling

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 become extremely angry 2. A: “ Was your father upset when you came home at 3 AM? ” B: “ He was more than upset. He blew his top! ”

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 “ Can you help me with this problem? I’ve been beating my brains out with it, but I just can’t solve it.” try very hard to understand or do something.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 A: “ I don’t believe what Bob said. Why is he bad-mouthing me? ” B: “ He’s probably jealous of your success. ” say unkind, unflattering, embarrassing (and probably untrue) things about someone.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 A: “ Is something wrong? ” B: “ Not really, but I feel kind of down in the dumps. ” depressed; blue.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Part A 1. If you are cool as a cucumber, you are____. A. very calm B. panicked 2. It is raining cats and dogs, you would______. A. call a vet B. take an umbrella A B

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 If it is not your cup of tea, you would_____. A. like it B. not like it 4. If something costs an arm and a leg, _______. A. you have to go to hospital. B. it is expensive B B

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 If someone says, “ I have butterflies in my stomach ”, they are________. A. nervous B. having a good meal A 6. If you say that someone is holding firm, you are saying that they_______. A. are holding a hard object. B. believe in something strongly. B

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Wang Chunlan is telling her cousin about how she got her first job. Read her story and fill in the blanks using the idioms from part A. You may need to make changes in some cases. Part B

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Answers: (1) my cup of tea (2) held firm (3) raining cats and dogs (4) an arm and a leg (5) had butterflies in my stomach (6) as cool as a cucumber

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Task

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 When reading an advertisement, we should pay more attention to 1) _____________________________ 2) _____________________________ ______________________________ 3) _____________________________ Skill building 1: Understanding a job advertisement Read this part and answer the following questions: what position is being offered. what sort of person the company is looking for. how to apply for the job.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Step 1 Listening to a job advertisement A. Listen and take notes. Then fill in the blanks on page 26. B. Listen again and complete the notes.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Answers A.1. United2. China 3. services 4. managers5. management 6. research7. weekend 8. Business Administration 9. English10. work hard B.11. full CV12. the 14th of June/ 14 June/ June 14

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Discuss Suppose you are very interested in the job advertisement and you want to apply for this job. What could you do first? 1. search for more information about the company 2. discuss it with parents or friends 3. ask a careers officer for advice 4. writer a cover letter 5. prepare a CV

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Read the following example of a covering letter and underline all the examples of the applicant’s qualifications, experience, skill and personal qualities. C.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 graduated from Jingnan University in 2008 with a diploma in Computer science. have been working as a software engineer for Hanyang Computers 1. Qualifications: 2. Experience:

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 a team player and get along well with other people; work on my own; honest and hard-working have good fluency in English and have no problem communicating with English speakers 3. Skills: 4. Personal qualities:

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Talk about your personal qualities: a team playerwilling to learn have the motivation to succeed hard-workingenthusiastic good at communicating with others

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Skills building 3 formatting a covering letter 1. Why should we write a good covering letter? It will increase our chances of getting a job. 2. What should your letter be like? It should not be more than one page long and should only contain information relevant to the job advertised.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 How many paragraphs does a usual 4. What should you say in para one? 5. What should you say in para two? Four. Why I am writing and where I saw the advertisement. Give my background and experience. My abilities and achievements, my qualifications experience and skills to those mentioned in the ad. Ask the reader to look at your CV.

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 My personal qualities linked to those mentioned in the ad. I’m available for an interview. Read it through very carefully. Check for spelling and grammar mistakes. Check that nothing missed. 6. What should you say in para three? 7. What should you say in para four? 8. What should you do after you have finished the letter?

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 To ask someone else to read it. When I am certain that it is definitely without mistakes. 9. What had you better do when your letter is ready? 10. When should you send your letter?

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 You are a would-be graduate from Tsinghua university majoring in English. Write a letter to a company applying for a position. Your letter should include: 1. An introduction of yourself. 2. Your qualification for the position. 3. Asking for an interview. write a covering letter Homework

2015 年下学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13