Unit 9 Applying for a Job Section I

Unit 9 Applying for a Job Section I Listening and Conversation Section II Reading Comprehension Section III writing and Translating back

Section I Listening and Conversation back

Section I Listening and Conversation Part I Leading in Part II Putting in use Part III Further Practice for better use Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance back

Part I Leading in 1. Pre-class Work 2. Revision 3. Warming up for the new class back

1. Pre-class Work • Collect some posters, notices and announcements of job applying. • Find out the expressions for talking about holidays and making friends as many as possible. back

3. Warming up for the new class 1) Present your collections； 2) Teacher’s comment and put the collections into a data bank for students’ reference； 3) New materials presentation. back

Sample 1 Having a Job Interview A: L: — A: L: A: A= April L=Li Hello. Please come in and sit down. Your name is Li Fan, I see. . . Yes. So why don’t you tell me about yourself first, Mr. Li? Uh, certainly. My name is Li Fan. I’m from Shanghai, but I’m living in Binhai now. I graduated from Binhai Applied Technology College last year. OK. Very good. What job are you applying for? — a full-time job in sales. What courses did you take in your college? My major was clothing design. Really? Do you have any sales experiences? Yes. After graduation, I worked as a salesman for a company for one year. What about languages? I can speak English very well. I see your English is clear. And you dress professionally, too. Hmm. Please wait one moment. . . next

Sample 2 Applying for a Job C: Y: C= Campos Y=Yu Come in. Please sit down. Thanks, Mr. Campos. I’m Yu Lihong. OK, what can I do for you, Mr. Yu? I saw your ad for a production technologist yesterday. And I want to apply for that position. Oh. Would you tell me why you are interested in that job? working in Precascon Machine Factory for two and a half years. Why do you want to leave the present job? Well, I’d like to work in a large company like yours that offer more opportunities for growth. C: Y: C: Application form. You’ll be hearing from us within two weeks. Thank you for giving me the chance. You’re most welcome, and good luck. next

Part II Putting in use 1. Situations 2. Acting and Commenting back

1. Talk about a lecture on interpersonal relationship. 2. Inquire about the donation for a seriously ill student. 3. Talk about the time and location of a fashion show. 4. Ask the clerk the ticket fair for a classical music concert. back

Part III Further Practice 1. Furthering and Practicing 2. Listening and completing 3. Responding back

1. Furthering and Practicing Practice the dialogues on Page 152 of the Textbook in groups, and try to further them back

2. Listening and completing • Listen to a dialogue and complete it by filling in the blanks on Page 154 of the Textbook (Exercise 3). Also work in groups. back

3. Responding • Practice Exercise 2 on Page 155 of the textbook orally. • Give the English equivalent of the Chinese. • The whole class work together back

The Dialogue • • • I: Y: • • • • I: Y: I: Y: Please come in and sit down. Make yourself comfortable. Thank you. May I ask why you are interested in this job? 1 ____________. (当我看到贵公司在《中国日报》上登载的广告，我决定试一试。) Well, I’ve always enjoyed a challenging job. Why do you want to change your job? 2 ____________. (我想尝试做不同的作。) How long have you been in your present job? Two years. Does your present employer know that you are planning to leave the company? 3 ____________. (是的，我跟他谈过此事。) If we hire you, how soon can you start? 4 ____________, (嗯，我得需要两周的时间) of course, after you give me the green light. Is there anything else you’d like to know? back 5 ____________. (现在没有。) Well, I enjoyed talking with you. We’ll call you within a week with an answer. 6 ____________. (谢谢。感谢您抽出间来跟我面谈。)

Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance 1. Match after you listen 2. Judge after you listen 3. Make after you learn 4. Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance 5. Assignment back

1. Match after you listen • With the given diagram, listen to a dialogue, match the information in Column A with the choices in Column B. back

2. Judge after you listen Listen to a dialogue, make a choice from A, B, C or D to each of the questions given on the blackboard. back

3. Make after you learn • Make a short dialogue of your own back

4. Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance • • Check the answers to 1 and 2; Give brief explanations; Score your own paper; Hand in your papers. back

5. Assignment • • A. Workbook P 136— 1 -5 B. Read fluently the passage on page 160 of your Textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary. back

Section II Reading Comprehension back

Section II Reading Comprehension Part I Leading in Part II Comprehension and Practicing Part III Further Practice Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance back

Part I Leading in 1. Revision 2. Warming up for the new class back

1. Revision • • Recite the seven practical sentences for tourism. Answer teacher’s questions according to Passage for tourism. back

2. Warming up for the new class Work in groups of four or five to talk about one of the social activities. back

Part II Comprehension and Practicing 1. Checking and Explaining 2. Retelling back

1. Checking and Explaining • True or false questions according to the passage on page 160 of the Textbook. • Answer questions in detail according to the passage. back

Language Points 1. present v. give away; introduce; show; put forward for consideration 给予；介绍；展现；提出 He presented her with a signed copy of his book. 2. recall v. remember; call back sth; send for or take back 记得；想起；召回；取回 I recalled that my luggage had been taken away. 3. perform v. carry out; act or show in a play; function 做；表演；表现 He performed a dance for them on stage. 4. convince v. cause sb. to believe or feel certain; persuade 说服；使信服；劝说 We convinced Anne to go by train rather than by plane. 5. assume v. suppose; begin to use; take upon oneself; pretend to be 假定；采用；承担；假装 I was often mistakenly assumed to be a Welshman because of my surname. 6. bound a. certain; having a firm intention; have a duty to obey; intend to travel to一定的；决意的；有义务的；驶往（某地）的 You are bound to succeed. next

1. (Para. 1) And going back further, I can still recall things about the stars that I should have long ago forgotten if not for my second-grade teacher, Miss Scorchiotti. . 再早些，我仍然记得有关星体的知识，若不是由于我二年级的斯高奇奥迪老师，我早就将其忘光了。 This is a complex sentence. That introduces a relative clause to modify the stars, followed by an if-clause of condition. Attention should be paid to the subjunctive mood used here; should have forgotten…with the latter part being an elliptical clause which can be assumed to be if it were not for… Example: If not for your help, we couldn’t have finished the experiment successfully. next

2. (Para. 5) She ruffled feathers around the company but was eager to let me in on what she thought and why. 她对公司上下指指点点，但却愿意让我了解她的想法和做事的原因。 Ruffle feathers is used here figuratively to mean become annoyed. The phrase let sb. in on sth. means to allow to here or to know a secret Example: Don’t get your feathers ruffled about it. You are not the boss here. 3. (Para. 7) Be yourself with them and see if the self they are with you is someone you want to learn from for a couple of years. 要与他们自然相处，看一看与你相处的人是否是你这两三年来想要学习的人。 Be yourself means behave naturally. The self is used as the subject in the if-clause, they are with you is a relative clause modifying self with that omitted. Example: You should be yourself if you want the audience to like your speech. back

2. Retelling the story • Read the passage again and retell the story in the first person. back

Part III Further Practice 1. Simulating and translating 2. Rewriting back

Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance 1. Translating 2. Assignment back

1. Translating • • • From childhood, Stew Leonard remembered wanting to be somebody, wanting to be noticed and appreciated. Stew Leonard decided to redesign his dairy business to suit the changing times and his personality. More than door-to-door service, Stew Leonard found out that customers wanted good milk prices. As the business grew, he created more and more of a Disneyland Dairy Store where customers might come and bring their children to be entertained. To Stew Leonard, the distinction between a supermarket and amusement park is slight, and not necessarily useful. Mr. Leonard clearly has the most fun greeting customers, and most are delighted to see him. back

2. Assignment 1. Workbook page 123 1 -3 2. Collect as many posters of social activities as possible back

Section III Writing and Translating back

Section III Writing and Translating Part I Leading in Part II Putting in use Part III Further Practice Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance back

Part I Leading in 1. Checking the assignment 2. Warming up for new class back

• Check the answers to comprehension exercises on the workbook orally and comment • Answer students; questions found in Passage 1 next

2. Warming up for new class • Ask the students to present their collections of resumes • Put their collections into the data bank on the blackboard back

Part II Putting in use back

Sample 1 Michelle Martin 214 Elm Street, Tuscan, AZ 43674 (645) 873 -9080/ martin@brim. com _______________________ Education Bachelor of Arts (文学学士) in Travel and Tourism / Graduation in May 1997 Summit State College, Marklesburg, AZ • President of Travel Club • Took courses in computer database management and accounting • Spent two summers in Europe, traveling a lot College Activities • In charge of (负责) the Travel and Tourism College Career fair in Senior year • Student government representative, two years Women’s intercollegiate (校际间的) tennis team, three years next

Sample 1 Awards and honors (奖励和荣誉) • Nominated (被任命 ) for Best Travel and Tourism Major in junior year • Earned first prize in high school writing contest Experience 1997— 1999—Lonesome Street Steak House, 11 Market street, Tuscan Waitress and cashier (收银员) 1993— 1997—Volunteer (自愿 ) work: Tuscan Recreation Committee Organized summer activities for 6 to 10 -year-olds Helped arrange cultural activities for the city

Sample 2 Tao Weimin 262 Tunxi Road, # 104 Hefei, Anhui Province The People’s Republic of China Job Objective An electronic technician(技术员) with opportunity for advancement Employment Highlights 1999 —Present Technician, Huayang Electronics Instrument Plant, Hefei, Anhui, China • Preparing detail drawings for manufacturing purposes. • Working with engineers and designers on experiments for improving quality. 1990 — 1999 Mechanic, Bengpu Hardware Factory, Bengpu, Anhui, China. • Employed as a maintenance mechanic, repairing all types of equipment in the workshop. • In charge of keeping machinery running in a plant with 2 000 workers. next

Sample 2 Educational Background 1988 -1900 Took courses in Mechanical Maintenance at Bengpu Mechanical Training Center. Graduated with a diploma 1982 -1986 Bengpu No. 6 Middle School Miscellaneous: Took several training programs and continued self-study in (其它) the field of machine design and manufacture Personal Data Born: September 10, 1969 in Bengpu, Anhui, China Nationality: Chinese Sex: Male Martial Status: Married with one daughter (婚姻状况) Health: Excellent References: References are available upon request.

Part III Further Practice back

1. Presenting new material Ask the students to read the resume. Jiang Huaiming 27 Huanghe Street Zhengzhou Henan Province, China Tele: 0371 4587902 Job Objective: A position related to the protection of environment. Education and training: March — July 1999 Professional training on analyzing polluted water in Tokyo University. Training Certificate July 1997 Graduated from Southwest Professional College, majoring in Environmental Engineering next

Work experience: Sep. 1999 to present Henan Agriculture Research Institute July 1997 to Feb. 1999 Huanghe Power Plant, assistant engineer, responsible for the control of polluted water Personal Data: Born: March, 1974, in Qingdao, Shandong Province Sex: Male Health: Excellent Marital status: Single Interests: Reading, playing football and traveling References: References are available upon request

2. Ask the students to fill in the resume again with their own personal information back

Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance 1. Grammatical rules concerning comparison of adjectives and adverbs 2. Applying 3. Self-assessment and Guidance 4. Assignment back

1. 1. 2. Grammatical rules Point out the topic sentence and supporting sentences in the following paragraph Manual labor is one of the principal development resources in any industrializing country, as the following examples demonstrate. To begin with, plowing fields, planting and harvesting crops, and raising livestock are all important to development and require people who work with their hands. Secondly, mining natural resources, building roads and bridges, and constructing dams for irrigation and electrical power are also important to development and also require people who know how to use their hands skillfully. Finally, the establishment of efficient transportation and communication systems, essential services in a modernizing economy, relies heavily on a labor force of expert craftsmen who take pride in their manual skills. And of course, the manufacture as well as the maintenance of machines of all kinds demands a large number of trained mechanics and technicians. Clearly, in agriculture and in industry, the progress of a country depends back on the busy hands of its working people.

2. Applying Read the following paragraph. One or more irrelevant sentences were added to it. Identify these irrelevant sentences and cross them out. My Favorite Hobbies I enjoy three hobbies in my free time. My first hobby is playing with my two-year-old son. I especially like to teach him new words. He listens very carefully to me and copies what I say. I also like to take him for walks. When his small hands cling to my hand, I feel so close to him, and his wide smile warms my heart. If we play ball, he gets excited and screams with joy. Unfortunately, the ball makes the neighbor’s dog bark. My second hobby is watching TV with my son. We watch Sesame Street together almost every day. It helps us learn English. The English on the news is too fast and really frustrates me. My son sits beside me, and sometimes we laugh until the tears come. My third hobby is planting flowers in my garden. When I am watering the flowers, I feel a joy like the joy I feel when I am feeding my son. When I see the plants and flowers grow up inch by inch, I think of how my son is growing up, too. I wish the snails would stop eating my plants, though. These three hobbies fill me with a special pleasure like none I have ever experienced before. next

B. Correct the errors in the following sentences • Combine the following sentences to make a paragraph with the first one as the topic sentence. You may add some words, phrases or even sentences to make the paragraph smooth and coherent. a. Owning a car can be expensive. b. First, you have to purchase the car itself. c. You get the cheapest car in the showroom. You will end up paying about $6, 000. d. You don’t have enough money for the car, and you have to finance it. e. You have $6 000 only, and you can get a loan from the bank, but with a high interest rate. f. Buying the car is just the beginning of your expenses. g. You have to buy gasoline. You buy it at over a dollar a gallon. h. You drive an average of 100 miles a week. You spend $6 to $10 a week. i You have to spend money for maintenance, such as tune-ups and lubrications. next

4. Assignment • • • Textbook Page 171 -7 Collect some schedules Write down all the expressions and patterns to making arrangements for conferences, preside over meetings, interview managers, make appointment with clients or managers or have conversations in offices, etc. . back