1、To read and talk about career trends from the past and for the future.To read for specific information and for critical thinking.To notice and practice using collocations when talking about careers.Name some jobs in the past and in the future.What do you think are the typical features of careers in
2、the past? What about in the future? What may have caused the changes? How can you get yourself prepared? Use the phrases below to help you.Features of careers in the pastFeatures of careers in the futureCauses of the changesPreparations neededto follow in ones parents footsteps, to stay at one job,
3、to work in the same field, to be a risk taker, to be replaced by, to be prepared for, to develop new skills, to keep a job for the entire working lifen.脚步声脚步声Will jobs of the future be the same with those in the past?What causes the changes?How will these changes influence us?How can you get yoursel
4、f prepared?You are going to read an article about future careers. Look at the title of the lesson. Tick the topics that you think will be mentioned.How jobs and occupations will change?How to become an employer?How to adapt to the new job trends?How to avoid losing your job in the future?Read the pa
5、ssage, and discuss the questions:How to become a boss?Whats the writers opinion on future careers?What does “Boss” mean in the title?What tradition and tendency of jobs do the pictures show?Why are you going to be the new boss?Meet the New Boss: YouWhere can you find the writers opinion? Where can y
6、ou find supporting ideas? What are the supporting ideas?How does the author argue and illustrate his ideas? Does he tell you the right ideas first or list wrong assumptions first, and why? How jobs and occupations will changeHow to become an employerHow to adapt to the new job trendsHow to avoid los
7、ing your job in the futureCheck the answer. Tick the topics that you think will be mentioned.我我们可以使用：通们可以使用：通过描述当过描述当前社前社会现象、人们普遍关注的会现象、人们普遍关注的事、目事、目前前存在的问题等来引出语篇主题的导入方法。此外存在的问题等来引出语篇主题的导入方法。此外，还，还可通过今可通过今昔对比的昔对比的方法来导入语篇主题，即从描写过去的情景入手，通过方法来导入语篇主题，即从描写过去的情景入手，通过与目与目前情前情景的对比引出文章的主题，继而表明全文的中心思想景的对比引出文章
8、的主题，继而表明全文的中心思想。本文本文就采用了这种导入方法。就采用了这种导入方法。课文首段使用了一个具体的过去时间状语课文首段使用了一个具体的过去时间状语Up until the 1980s，描，描述述了过了过去情景：去情景：20世纪世纪80年代之前，许多人通常会追随父母的脚年代之前，许多人通常会追随父母的脚步，在步，在家族家族企业中工作，或者选择与父母相同的职业企业中工作，或者选择与父母相同的职业。TEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE 开头段落有方情景描述有法开头段落有方情景描述有法接接着使着使用用Youd follow your father Youd follow your mother
9、 .等等例子进一步解释了这种例子进一步解释了这种现象现象。同。同时，作时，作者指出在祖父母那个年者指出在祖父母那个年代，很有可能从毕业到退休你都做代，很有可能从毕业到退休你都做着同着同样的工作。接下来，作者样的工作。接下来，作者通过通过How times have changed!这句话自然而这句话自然而然地然地将时间过渡到了将时间过渡到了现代。现在大多数人不愿意再追随父母的脚步，甚现代。现在大多数人不愿意再追随父母的脚步，甚至不至不愿意长时愿意长时间做同一份工作。通过今昔对比，本段引出了文章的话题：间做同一份工作。通过今昔对比，本段引出了文章的话题：时过时过境迁，工作环境已发生巨大改变境迁，
10、工作环境已发生巨大改变。在。在今后的写作中可以尝试使用今后的写作中可以尝试使用这种今昔对比式的情景描述这种今昔对比式的情景描述法来法来引出文章主题。引出文章主题。Complete the information according to the article. Then talk in pairs about future careers based on the article.Jobs in the past:How to succeed in a 21st century career.Jobs in the futureJobs in the past:How to succeed
11、in a 21st century career:Jobs in the futureWrong assumptionsReasonsYou shouldWorking in the same field or industry for a long timeYou would do the work your parents did.develop new essential skills.You can work eight hours a day and build a career.Technology will change.stay up to date with technolo
12、gyIt will not bring career success.become an expert or a specialist in sth.You cant be replaced by software, and your job cant be outsourced to robots.Jobs disappear.be prepared for developments and changes before you are thrown out of a careerIn the last paragraph the writer asked a question “Are y
13、ou ready for this?” What is the writers purpose? A. To make readers recall the key points mentioned above. B. To make readers agree with his/her opinions on future career trends. C. To make readers relate to themselves and think about their future career.1. Why does the writer think the “new boss” i
14、s “you”?2. On what points do you agree or disagree with the writer? Give your reasons.3. In paragraphs 2-4, the writer discusses some of the wrong assumptions. Why does the writer do this?1. Why does the writer think the “new boss” is “you”? The author stated clearly at the end: If you want to succe
15、ed in the 21st century career, you will have to develop new essential skills. Lifetime security from one employer is no longer certain or even likely. The truth is that you are the boss of your career, and it is up to you to decide what you can do and how well you can do it. This means that you are
16、responsible for your future.2. On what points do you agree or disagree with the writer? Give your reasons.3. In paragraphs 2-4, the writer discusses some of the wrong assumptions. Why does the writer do this? The writer uses this way to emphasize what is wrong and invite readers to pay more attentio
17、n on what he or she says about the real trend about the future. The writer discusses some of the wrong assumptions in order to make the readers reflect and realize that what common people think at present will no longer be true in the future and that they have no other choices but to walk out of the
18、ir comfort zone and be their boss.Find verbs in the article to complete the collocations.1. _ in ones parents footsteps 2. _ the same profession3. _ the lottery 4. _ a decent salary5. _ a career 6. _ new essential skillsfollowjoinwinearnbuilddevelopn.专专业业;行业行业n.彩票彩票;碰运气的事碰运气的事n.工资工资adj.相当好的相当好的;可接受的
19、可接受的 adj.极重要的极重要的;最基本的最基本的Complete the sentences with the collocations.1. John _ and became a sailor. 2. Mary is determined to _ in banking after she graduates from university.3. You have to _ to stand out in the competitive job market.followed in his fathers footstepsbuild a careerdevelop new essen
20、tial skills4. You must keep learning and work hard, instead of daydreaming to _.5. He _ of $200,000 a year.6. Tom _ as his mother to become a teacher.win the lotteryearns a decent salaryjoined the same professionTick the sentences that show irony. Then discuss your answers. Explain the examples of i
21、rony.Writers sometimes use irony (sarcasm, exaggeration and humor). We can infer that he/she is not serious and wants to draw the readers attention.e.g. Work hard? Win the lottery? Hope for the best?Recognizing IronyYou might be lucky. These strategies might bring you a nice, comfortable lifeBut mos
22、t of us today have to look beyond the little box called “career”.If you think you can work eight hours a day and build a career, think again.If you think you cant be replaced by software or your job cant be outsourced to some robots on the moon, you are wrong.Why does the writer use irony?What are t
23、he effects? (to satirize, to make an expression humorous and witty, to indicate the intimate relationship between the speaker and listener)Find some situations where irony is often used and try to tell its functions.Search online and find out what jobs have disappeared in the past 10 years. What new
24、 jobs do you think will appear in the next 10 years? How should we face the job trends?In the past, people in many countries regularly _ by working in the family business or _ as them. However, changes have taken place since the 1980s.To start with, planning to work _ for your entire working life is
25、nt practical any more. followed in their parents footstepsjoining the same professionin the same field or industryBesides, for great career success, its almost impossible for you _ and build your career. Lastly, there is potential risk that your work can be _ by software or some robots. All these ch
26、anges require you _ if you want to succeed in a 21st century career.to work eight hours a dayreplacedto develop new essential skillsqualify, relevant, security, prospect, specialist the possibility that something will happen directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered s
27、omeone who knows a lot about a particular subject, or is very skilled at it to have the right to have or do something, or to give someone this right protection from bad things that could happen to youMatch the words with the correct meanings.prospectrelevantspecialistqualifysecurityIdeal is the beac
28、on. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.Leo Tolstoy Draw a graph to illustrate the structure of the text. Search online to find out what jobs may probably appear in the next 20 years. Write a short passage about one job that youd like to do (but your parents might oppose). Try to argue reasonably and state how you will get prepared for the job in 100 words.
