新视野英语 读写教程.pdf

Unit Career Development Leading In and Exploring the Topic Leading In If you live long enough, chances are that you will have many changes in your life—there could be a change in your job, lifestyle or education. A positive outlook and willingness to accept changes will no doubt help you adjust well and know “the best is yet to come”.  新视野英语教程（第二版）·读写教程 4 Exploring the Topic In the world today, there are so many kinds of jobs, and these jobs are very different from those in the past. What’s more, there appears an interesting tendency—many of us are taking advantage of our spare time to attend varieties of training classes, to improve our com- puter competency, to further our foreign language skills, or to develop ourselves otherwise. This tendency has also involved many middle-aged people. We should all get ourselves fully ready to accept changes in our life, or to face the pressure from social competition. Please notice that the following questions are open-ended with no right or wrong answers. You should work in pairs and ask each other the questions, while checking (√) the answers and/or providing your own in the blanks. 1. What types of jobs do your father and your mother do? My father mother My classmate’s father mother Office clerk Office clerk Factory worker Factory worker Salesperson Salesperson Teacher Teacher 2. Besides book knowledge, what do you think is the most important practical