高一英语Finding jobs教案2.docVIP

Unit 16　Finding jobs Ⅰ.Brief Statements Based on the Unit A person has to have a job in order to support himself and his family.Experts believe that there are about 40 000 different types of jobs in the world.Then how can we choose a suitable job?Choosing the right job is a difficult job in itself.This unit shows us a few steps which help us think about jobs which we might enjoy doing after school or university.It also tells us how to apply for a job,how to fill in a job application and how to conduct an interview.They are very important and helpful for the students to choose a career in the future.So students should learn this unit carefully. Ⅱ.Teaching Goals 1.Discuss job and career plans. 2.Talk about likes and dislikes,wishes and expectations. 3.Integrative language practice. 4.Write a personal statement. Ⅲ.Background Information Choosing a Career To begin with we should remember,I think,that most people cannot choose their careers.They simply have their jobs forced upon them.This may be because they lack the training necessary for any other work (another job),or because of economic circumstances(情况),or because they live in a place where there is a limited choice of occupations,or because their fathers and grandfathers have always followed a certain profession.The Indian born of peasant parents in a country village has,for example,few opportunities of becoming anything but a peasant. But if one is lucky enough to be able to choose the work one is going to do,how should one make one’s choice,and at what age?One’s choice clearly depends on what one wants to get out of one’s work.Does one want to become famous?Should money be considered the most important thing?Is success the chief aim in life?Or should one aim at a career which gives one happiness or selfrespect?Should one only do a job that benefits the community or mankind as a whole,and for which one has some talent,no matter whether one likes it or not?Or is anything one does worth doing as long as