高中英语选择性必修第四册　Unit 5　Launching Your Career.docxVIP

选择性必修第四册Unit5LaunchingYourCareer

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Atallhoursoftheday，white-apronedbakersoccupythemselvesinworkingintheHotBreadKitchen，throwingflouracrossbutcherblocktables，fillingmetaltrayswithhand-shapedbread，andshiftingsteaming，freshbreadtocoolingshelves.TheonlybodiesatrestinthisNewYorkCitybakeryarepanswithbread，waitingtobesentintotheoven.Theskilledbakersturnoutaround25varietiesrangingfromclassicFrenchbaguettestocrispArmenianlavashcrackerswhichtheysellatfarmers’marketsandgourmetstores.

ButHotBreadKitchenismorethanabakery.It’sanonprofitdesignedtogiveforeign-bornwomentheskillsandsupporttheyneedtoestablishcareersintheculinaryarts.Overseeingdailyoperationoftheplaceandoftenrollingupherownshirtsleevestoinvolveinis35-year-oldfounderandCEOJessamynRodriguez.

Bymixingherlifelongpassionforsocietywithgreatfood，Rodriguezsaysshehascreatedherdreamjob.In2008，RodriguezlaunchedthebakeryinthesmallBrooklynapartmentshesharedwithroommates，hiringtwoimmigrantwomenasherfirstbakers.“Iwasdefinitelybreakingnewground，andwefacedalotofskeptics，”shesaysofthoseearlydays.“Butforeverypersonwhoquestionedit，therewerefivepeoplewhowereinterestedinsupportingus.”Today，HotBreadKitchenemploysastaffof35andoccupiesanearly5,000-square-footspaceinLaMarqueta，apublicmarketinEastHarlem.

ThewomenwhobakeandpackageHotBreadKitchen’sofferingsrangeinagefrom21to60.ComingfromlandssuchasHaiti，Nepal，andtheDominicanRepublic，somehavelivedintheU．S.foraslittleasayear.Others，includingproductionmanagerAntoniaGarcia，whoisoriginallyfromMexico，havecalledAmericahomeformorethanadecade.Thesewomen’sdiversehomelandsarereflectedinmanyofthebakery’sproducts，likeheritagetortillasandthewildlypopularm’smen，abutterybread.

TheprogramhasfarsurpassedRodriguez’s