新應(yīng)用大學(xué)英語第三冊 unit-1-Self-discovery (導(dǎo)入式)2

1、Unit 1 Self- discovery -Shirley XiongListen carefully and attentively Preview and review Do the homework carefullyDo not be late and absentDo not bring food into the classroomComments on this courseRadio: VOA, BBC, Crazy English, 21century, China dailyFamily Album U.S.A.English movies, TV Series, mu

2、sicCourse RequirementFinal ExamFinal ExamTotal scores: 100Casual marks:50%Final testing paper:50%Notice:1.There are two parts for your English course, reading and listening, 15% for each teacher on casual marks.2.The final testing paper marks 100, but only weighs 70% for your final scores and the fi

3、nal exam is in the 19th week this term.Course Requirement1.一個月完成2套四級試卷（除聽力部分的短對話和閱讀）2. 記熟試卷中的核心詞匯3. 強記 400-700核心詞匯4. 一個月進行聽寫一次5.了解國才考試Words that can be used to describe a persons personality active considerate intelligentaggressive careful sensitiveambitious dutiful determinedconfident responsible r

4、ealisticcooperative modest romanticenergetic honest logicalenthusiastic sincere courteoushospitable independent agreeablehumorous resourceful imaginativeopen-minded warm-hearted reliablePersonality In a general sense, the term personality refers to all the personal and moral characteristics that det

5、ermine the way a person thinks, feels, and acts in his or her social and personal relations.Contributing factorsBeing inheritedBeing influenced by some outside factors.personality type運動小達人，技術(shù)狂人，工作狂宅男，腐女 , 正太，蘿莉RedYellowBlueGreenThe Analysis of Personality紅色優(yōu)勢紅色優(yōu)勢紅色過當(dāng)紅色過當(dāng)藍色優(yōu)勢藍色優(yōu)勢藍色過當(dāng)藍色過當(dāng)黃色優(yōu)勢黃色優(yōu)勢黃色過當(dāng)

6、黃色過當(dāng)綠色優(yōu)勢綠色優(yōu)勢綠色過當(dāng)綠色過當(dāng) you are answering “who I am”, not “who I should be” or “who I wish I could be. Please keep this in mind and make the true reaction.Choose the answers base on your natural instinct and be honest to yourself. Personality Test計算方法：（1）計算前1-15題分數(shù)總和：A的總數(shù)( )B的總數(shù)( )C的總數(shù)( ) D的總數(shù)( )共計15分（

7、2）計算前16-30題分數(shù)總和：A的總數(shù)( )B的總數(shù)( )C的總數(shù)( ) D的總數(shù)( )共計15分（3）把兩部分的數(shù)目相加： 紅色：前A+后D的總數(shù)( ) 藍色：前B+后C的總數(shù)( ) 黃色：前C+后B的總數(shù)( ) 綠色：前D+后A的總數(shù)( ) 總計30分最終得出你的性格色彩結(jié)果，類似如例子：紅15藍3黃8綠4總分中數(shù)目最大的字母，是你的核心性格。其他字母代表你整個性格中的比例。如果某種顏色大于15，說明你是典型的此類性格，如果有兩種或三種數(shù)目非常接近，說明你是較復(fù)雜的組合性格。不存在的四種搭配不存在的四種搭配紅紅+藍藍、藍藍+紅紅黃黃+綠綠、綠綠+黃黃因為紅與藍、黃與綠是兩對完全相反的性格

8、。因為紅與藍、黃與綠是兩對完全相反的性格。Personality and CareerThey are calm, have k e e n i n s i g h t a n d enthusiasm. They are fascinated with the explorating spirit for the unkown world.Salesmen or Saleswomen: persuasive hard-working enthusiastic patient shrewd boastful,trickyTeachers knowledgeable patient, toler

9、ant humorous warm-hearted enthusiastic considerateDoctors patient skillful brave, calm confident alert, careful sympatheticPolicemen brave alert quick watchful responsible warm-heartedAccountants careful, cautious honest patient responsible accurate thoughtfulLawyers Persuasive, expressive eloquent

10、serious aggressive shrewd logical, calmTour Guides knowledgeable easy-going sociable humorous expressive energeticHosts or Hostesses humorous adaptable emotional expressive optimistic calmReporters hard-working punctual open-minded patient smart, energetic adventurous, calmSecretaries competent care

11、ful sensitive thoughtful tolerant cooperativeSpokesmen eloquent diplomatic intelligent talkative resourceful carefulWork in pairs and discuss the following questions.Conclusion Different jobs requires different personality. Jobs matching your personality can make you more efficient and successful.2.

12、 What characteristics have you got that are good for this kind of job?1. What job do you want to do? Why?3. What will you have to do to get this job? What skills will you need and what exams will you have to pass? Self-discoveryDo you think there is necessary connection between “ personalities and j

13、obs” ?Task 2 Work in pairs. Fill in the forms, compare your self-assessment with your partners impression of you, and then report it to the whole class.Task 1Task 21. For many of my peers, this decision would have been with anxiety. 該句可以理解為：If many of my peers had faced the three choices, they would

14、 have felt anxious. 表示與過去事實相反的虛擬語氣中，條件從句的謂語用had +過去分詞，主句謂語則通常用would have +過去分詞，也可根據(jù)情況使用should / could / might + have +過去分詞。 e.g. He would have forgotten the boys birthday if you hadnt reminded him.2. Growing up, we were told by guidance counselors, career advice books, the news media and others to “

15、follow our passion.” 現(xiàn)在分詞growing up在句中作時間狀語，也可以用while doing的形式。 e.g. (While) working in this factory, he did very well.3. This advice assumes that we all have a pre-existing passion waiting to be discovered. 1) assume: v. 假定，假設(shè)e.g. They assume his innocence before getting the evidenceagainst him. We

16、 assume that everyone is kind and self-disciplined in his inner heart. 4. If we have the courage to discover this calling and to match it to our livelihood, the thinking goes, well end up happy.1) match. to: 將與相匹配e.g. It takes more processing to match the outgoing signal to the return signal.2) the

17、thinking goes: 這種觀點認為，其中g(shù)o 是“ 說，表達”的意思。5. This constant doubt generates anxiety and chronic jobhopping. 1) generate: v.產(chǎn)生；使形成e.g. The labor secretary said the reforms would generate new jobs. The company burns coal to generate power. 2) chronic: a. 長期的e.g. He suffered a lot from the chronic disease

18、these years.6. The alternative career philosophy that drove me is based on this simple premise.alternative: a.可供選擇的；n.替代e.g. We have two alternative flights to go to Shanghai. New ways to treat headache may provide an alternative to painkillers.7. Or, with the advance from my first book, I could hav

19、e hunkered down in a quiet town to write. 1） 該句可以理解為：If I had kept writing and made further efforts, I could have settled down in a quiet town to be a writer. 2） with短語作條件狀語可用if改寫為完整的虛擬語氣從句，此用法還常見于without, but for。8. And at a place like MIT, youre surrounded by brilliance, which can make you questio

20、n whether you belong. 1）該句可解釋為：At a top university like MIT, the students around you are so clever and outstanding that you may lose self-confidence and wonder whether you are a qualified member of this university.3) be meant to: 應(yīng)該要，注定要e.g. I was meant to be taking notes in class, but I just daydre

21、amed.【比較】 mean to do: 打算，意圖，企圖 mean doing: 意味著e.g. I had meant to leave on Sunday. The reform means liberating the productive forces. 2) what I did: 名詞性從句作表語，即表語從句。表語從句的引導(dǎo)詞在陳述句中用that, as if 或as though；在一般疑問句中用whether；在特殊疑問句中用相應(yīng)的疑問詞。e.g. This is where our problem lies. 3) once: ad. 一次；曾經(jīng)e.g. We once

22、walked across the frozen river and reached the mysterious forest. 【拓展】once and for all:徹底地e.g. We have to resolve this matter once and for all.wonder表示表示“想知道想知道”、“對對感到懷疑感到懷疑”、“納悶納悶”，后面也常接，后面也常接 who, what, when 等引等引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，相當(dāng)于導(dǎo)的賓語從句，相當(dāng)于want to know的用法。的用法。e.g. I wonder why she did that.2) the grass mi

23、ght be greener on the other side of the occupational fence的字面翻譯是：籬笆另一邊的草可能會更綠。但是，在翻譯習(xí)語或俗語時通常需要使用兩種語言相對應(yīng)的習(xí)慣性表達方式，因此可譯為：這山望著那山高。e.g. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。The author mentions three career choices.The author analyzes different philosophies.The author proves his idea by telling hi

24、s story.The author advises young people to strive.What are the three career choices the author confronted with?a job offer from microsoftan acceptance letter from the computer science doctoral program at MIThanding in the manuscript for my first nonfiction book, which opened the option of becoming a

25、 full-time writer. Paragraph 1MITUniversity of the WorldThe school motto isMind and Hand(既學(xué)會動腦,也學(xué)會動手)The Massachusetts is located in the northeast of America. M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e o f Technology was founded by a famous natural scientist W i l l i a m B a r t o n Rogers in 1861

26、. Tuitionmatriculate rateCampusMain GateCampusDomitoryCampusBuilding for Computer ScienceCampusLibraryCampuslaboratoryAdvice - guidance counselors, career advice books, the news media The advice assume that_To a small group of people, _Part 2 (Para 2-7)we all have a pre-exsiting passion waiting to b

27、e discovered To the rest of us, _ this advice makes sensethis philosophy puts a lot of pressureWhat is the authors career philosophy?The alternative career philosophy that drove me is based on this simple premise:a sense of _Part 2 (Para 2-7)The traits that lead people to love their work are general

28、 and have little to do with a jobs specifics.the feeling that _autonymyyoure good at what you do Which career path does the author choose?I decided after only minimal deliberation to go to MIT. (Para 8)The author analyzes different philosophies when making a choicePart 2 (Para 2-7)What are the resul

29、ts of the choice?During my initial years as a graduate student,not skilled to _Part 3 (Para 8-11)I certainly didnt enjoy an unshakable sense that I had found my true calling. make contibutions to research literatureThere are so many_ brillianceWhy?What are the results of the choice?TodayPart 3 (Para

30、 8-11)The most important lesson I can draw from my experience is that _ love has nothing to do with figuring out at an early age that I meant to be a professor.What is the advice the author gives us?Part 4 (Para 12)I offer this advice: _ Passion is not something you follow. it is something that foll

31、ows you DiscussionHow to choose our careers?The match of man and career(人職匹配理論)Recognize your own ability, interest, or other charactersThe opportunity of study, promotion prospects, salary3 factors Developing self-awareness the prerequisite (條件條件) for success The match of man and careerThe subjecti

32、ve conditions match the careerTop 10 future careers actuary精算師 3G engineer 3G工程師 declarant報關(guān)員 internet media professional網(wǎng)絡(luò)媒體人才systems integration engineer系統(tǒng)集成工程師 simultaneous interpreter 同聲傳譯environmental engineer環(huán)境工程師 physician 醫(yī)師logistics specialist物流師 certified public accountant注冊會計師 Task 1 Comp

33、lete the following summary according to the text. Write no more than three words on each line.SUMMARYThree career choicesThe three career choices I was confronted with in my senior year include working in Microsoft, entering the doctoral program at MIT, and becoming a writer.Career philosophyMany ad

34、visors gave the suggestion of following your passion.In my opinion, only a small group of people had the true calling.I had the alternative philosophy that the traits like a sense of autonomy and the feeling that youre good at what you do and are having an impact on the world were more important for

35、 your choice._Task 1 Complete the following summary according to the text. Write no more than three words on each line.SUMMARYMy own storyMy career option when graduating from college was to enter MIT.The beginning years of my career were rough, but I believed that as you worked hard, your competenc

36、e and sense of fulfillment would grow, and accordingly, your engagement in your job would grow.A piece of advicePassion is not something you follow. Its something that will follow you as you put in the hard work to become valuable to the world._Task 2 Paraphrase the following sentences, paying atten

37、tion to the underlined part.1 I had also just handed in the manuscript for my first nonfiction book, which opened the option of becoming a full-time writer.I had also just handed in the original pages of my first nonfiction book, which gave me another choice of being a full-time writer.2 This advice

38、 assumes that we all have a pre-existing passion waiting to be discovered.This advice presumes that we all have the passion that already exists in our inner heart, yet to be found out.3 Decades of research on workplace motivation back this up.Tens of years of research on workplace motivation support

39、s this idea._Task 2 Paraphrase the following sentences, paying attention to the underlined part.4 Returning to my story, I decided after only minimal deliberation to go to MIT.When it comes to my story, I only thought about it for a short time and then made my decision to go to MIT.5 During my initi

40、al years as a graduate student, I certainly didnt enjoy an unshakable sense that I had found my true calling.During the first several years as a graduate student, I didnt have a sure and firm idea that I had found my true passion._Task 1 Work out the words on the left according to their meanings on

41、the right.1 brilliance genius or unusual mental ability2 preference a feeling of liking for something or someone more than something or someone else3 assume presume or take something to be true without proof4 competence the quality of being well-qualified physically and intellectually5 autonomy pers

42、onal independence or self-direction6 transform change or alter in form or appearance7 contribution individual efforts in a common endeavor in a cause8 occupational of or relating to a persons business or profession_Task 2 Complete the following sentences with the words given below. Change the form i

43、f necessary.transformliteraturecompetencepreferenceminimalexistassumecontribution1 According to existentialism, one of the main schools of Western philosophy, peoples personality and freedom should be respected.2 What you wear says something about you and people always think those who dress seriousl

44、y are more reliable and competent.3 In a town where many people are illiterate, it is time-consuming to make them understand and accept the new policy.4 She has contributed generously to the Red Cross in order to help the flood-stricken mountainous area._Task 2 Complete the following sentences with

45、the words given below. Change the form if necessary.transformliteraturecompetencepreferenceminimalexistassumecontribution5 He prefers / preferred to work alone rather than cooperate with this untruthful person.6 Peasant workers, as a new group in the process of our social transformation, have arouse

46、d many researchers attention to study their life and education.7 We had about ten hours warning in advance, so we were able to minimize the effects of the flood.8 His actions are based on a false assumption, so his efforts are all in vain._Task 3 Fill in the blanks in the following passage by select

47、ing suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once. When you enroll in a university, you commit yourself to at least a couple years of study. With motivation, youll learn more. Motivation is the inner power that pushes you towards taking action and towards (1) A.

48、It is powered by desire and (2) N. Compare a student who lacks motivation and hardly studies to a student who is highly (3) E and devotes many hours to his studies. Each student will (4) K get different grades and have different career choices.A) humbleB) stunninglyC) audienceD) contestantE) witness

49、esF) appealG) hitsH) lifestyleI) pursueJ) variousK) eventuallyL) transformingM) fulfillmentN) callingO) consider_Task 3 Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once. When choosing a career, one of the thin

50、gs you must (5) O is your hobbies. Websters Dictionary (6) G a hobby as “a (7) F outside ones regular occupation.” Maybe this is a rule you should break. After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation. The combination of hobby and skill are very compelling reasons t

51、o (8) I a particular career.A) humbleB) stunninglyC) audienceD) contestantE) witnessesF) appealG) hitsH) lifestyleI) pursueJ) variousK) eventuallyL) transformingM) fulfillmentN) callingO) consider_Task 3 Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You

52、may not use any of the words more than once. But do you have to always follow your passion? Rowe Cates said: “Following your passion is the worst career advice Ive ever got.” When (9) C on his words at the Huffington Post, Cal Newport writes: “The pig farmer is happy because hes making a great livin

53、g and does work thats useful to the world.” In other words, stop worrying that your career doesnt match your passion. Instead, find ways to make yourself more useful, and then youll find security and (10) M.A) humbleB) stunninglyC) audienceD) contestantE) witnessesF) appealG) hitsH) lifestyleI) purs

54、ueJ) variousK) eventuallyL) transformingM) fulfillmentN) callingO) consider_Task 1 Combine two short sentences into a long one after the model.Model: I worked hard and my competence grew. My engagement also grew. I worked hard and my competence grew, so did my engagement.Task 1 Combine two short sen

55、tences into a long one after the model.1 I have applied for membership in the club. Rubber has applied, too.I have applied for membership in the club, so has Rubber.2 Production is going up steadily. Peoples standard of living is going up accordingly.Production is going up steadily, so is peoples st

56、andard of living.3 Human culture inevitably changes as time goes by. The case is the same with the environment.Human culture inevitably changes as time goes by, so does the environment.Task 2 Rewrite the following sentences after the model by using subjunctive mood.Model: I didnt subscribe to the “f

57、ollow our passion” orthodoxy, so I didnt leave during those first years. Had I subscribed to the “follow our passion” orthodoxy, I probably would have left during those first years.Task 2 Rewrite the following sentences after the model by using subjunctive mood.1 He died before completing the manuscript, so he didnt elaborate it further.Had he been alive befo