Unit 1 Careers and skills

There are many different jobs around the world. Look at the pictures of some different jobs below What qualities are needed for each of these jobs?

What jobs do you think are particularly suitable for men or women? Why?

Which job would you most like to do and least like to do ? Why?

Reading: Glamorous: guess the meaning of this word. Look at this girl. How glamorous she is! She has a glamorous face. It is very attractive. We see glamorous views in this picture. The views are very attractive. The party is exciting. It’s a glamorous party.

Skimming: 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?

Skimming: Read the article quickly and answer the following questions. 1.What does the author discuss in the article? Some of the options available to you and whether popular careers,more unusual jobs or everyday jobs are better suited to you.

Skimming: Read the article quickly and answer the following questions. 2.Can you give two examples of the so-called glamorous jobs? A model, an actor. 3.Which jobs look dull but are actually very important? Shop assistant, drivers, barbers,cleaners.

Scanning: Para One 1.What is last year of high school a time for? A time for hard work and also a time for reflection. 2.Choose the meaning of “reflection”. A.light turned back B.image in a mirror C.careful thoughts about something, sometimes for a long period of time.

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

Look at the pictures and tell which are popular jobs, which are unusual jobs and which are everyday jobs?

Para Two 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.

Para three. 1.What are some other popular professions? lawyerboss 2.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 driverbarber 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

Reading for opinion in a text.

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 impotant. 3)Remember that some glamorous jobs can be rather difficult. 4)Some ordinary jobs can be quite important.

Post reading: C1. (Page 4) How well did you understand the details of the article ? Read the article again and answer the following questions. 1.hard work and also a time for reflection. 2. popular,unusual,ordinary. 3. Dealing with media attention. 4.Lawyers, business persons and bosses. 5.well-paid and interesting. 6.Checking noise pollution in the park zone. 7.Because they are interesting. 8.Ordinary jobs.

C2 1. popular 2.unusual 3.unusual 4.ordinary 5.ordinary 6popular 7.ordinary 8.unusual 9.ordinary 10.popular 11.unusual 12.popular

D. 1—e 2—a 3—f 4—h 5—d 6—g 7—c 8—b E. 1 options 2 glamorous 3 travelling 4 diet 5 lawyers 6 decisions 7 moral 8 ambition 9 technical 10 society F. Discussion: 1.What do you think is the most interesting job in the world? 2.If you could choose to have an unusual job, what it would be and why? 3.When thinking about choosing your future job, what should you consider? Why?

Unit 1 Careers and skills