UnitSelfimprovement材料.ppt

Related information The National Honor Society of Secondary Schools (NHS)? established in 1921 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) to recognize and encourage scholastically outstanding high school students. * Related information National Association of Student Councils (NASC) Established in 1931 the leading organization for excellence in middle level and high school student councils. provides student councils and their advisers with the knowledge, skills, and resources that students need to become active, engaged leaders in their schools and communities. * Honors course An?honors student?is a person recognized for achieving high?grades?or high marks in their course work. An honors course is a class in which the most advanced students are placed. Most students placed in honors courses are highly motivated and dedicated to their educational experience. IQ: intelligence quotient 智力商数 * Unit 3 Self-improvement Contents Hot words, Revision Reading skills Pre-reading focuses Text study Functional training Exercises Writing * Hot words:“隐性就业”受青睐 在毕业季没有找到固定工作，索性不当“上班族”，而是开网店、自由撰稿、全职做家教的，这种非传统的隐性就业形式正越来越受到大学毕业生的青睐。 The number of college graduates who have chosen “unregistered employment” is growing as they face stiff competition at companies. 在公司面临激烈的竞争，因而选择“隐性就业”的大学毕业生数量在不断增加。 * “隐性就业”可以用unregistered employment表示，是指没有按照规范就业渠道获取固定职业的一种工作和生活状态。 选择这种方式的大学毕业生们没有签订劳动合同（labor contract），没有在政府劳工处注册登记。 选择“隐性就业”的人大多是自由职业者（freelancer）或者选择自主创业（self-employment）。 * 据人力资源与社会保障部（the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security）估计，今年的高校毕业人数将达749万，专家指出，“隐性就业”能有效缓解当下就业难的问题，分流就业压力（employment pressure）。 尽管“隐性就业”备受热捧，但最大的问题是没有和任何单位形成劳动合同关系，没有医疗、养老等社会保障（social security），一旦出现问题，合法权益（lawful rights and interests）将很难保障。 * Revision Three kinds of outlines a random outline a topic outline a sentence outline Main Components for an Effective Outline Parallelism, Coordination, Subordination and Division Two patterns of a comparison or contrast essay block arrang