1、UNIT 7 CAREERSLESSON 3 MEET THE NEW BOSS:YOU目录页contentsPre-readingIPost-readingIVFast readingIILanguage and grammar VIII Careful reading HomeworkPre-readingPre-reading:Activate and shareWhat do you think are the typical features of careers in the past?What about in the future?What may have caused th
2、e changes?How can you get yourself prepared?Use the phrases below to help you.(Ex1)to follow in ones parents footsteps to stay at one job to work in the same field to be a risk taker to be replaced by to be prepared forto develop new skills to keep a job for the entire working lifePre-reading:Activa
3、te and shareFeatures of careers in the pastCauses of the changesFeatures of careers in the futurePreparations neededFast readingYou 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.(Ex2)Fast reading:Read and exploreHo
4、w jobs and occupations will changeHow to become an employerHow to adapt to the new job trendsHow to avoid losing your job in the futureRead the article.Check your prediction.(Ex3)Fast reading:Read and exploreCareful readingPair Work Complete the information according to the article.Then talk in pair
5、s about future careers based on the article.(Ex4)Jobs in the past:Wrong assumptionsReasonsYou shouldJobs in the futureHow to succeed in a 21st century career:Careful readingJobs in the past:You would do the work your parents do.Careful readingwrong assumptionsReasonsYou shouldworking in the same fie
6、ld or industry for a long timeCareful readingYou can work eight hours a day and build a career.You cant be replaced by software,and your job cant be outsourced to robots.Technology will change.It will not bring career success.Jobs disappear.stay up to date with technologybecome an expert or a specia
7、list in somethingbe prepared for developments and changes before you are thrown out of a careerJobs in the futureCareful readingHow to succeed in a 21st century career:develop new essential skillsGroup Work Think and share.(Ex5)1.Why does the writer think the“new boss”is“you”?2.On what points do you
8、 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?Careful readingGroup Work Think and share.(Ex5)1.Why does the writer think the“new boss”is“you”?Careful readingThe author stated clearly at the end:
9、If you want to succeed 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 youcan do it.This means
10、 that you are responsible for your future.Group Work Think and share.(Ex5)2.On what points do you agree or disagree with the writer?Give your reasons.Careful readingStudents own answer.Group Work Think and share.(Ex5)3.In paragraphs 2-4,the writer discusses some of the wrong assumptions.Why does the
11、 writer do this?Careful readingThe writer uses this way to emphasise what is wrong and invite readers to pay more attention 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 realise that what commo
12、n people think at present will no longer be true in the future and that they have no other choices but to walk out of their comfort zone and be their boss.Post-readingPost-readingFind verbs in the article to complete the collocations.(Ex6)1._ in ones parents footsteps 2._ the same profession3._ the
13、lottery 4._ a decent salary5._ a career 6._ new essential skillsfollowjoinwinearnbuilddevelopPost-readingComplete 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
14、job market.4.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.followed in his fathers footstepsbuild a careerdevelop new essential skillswin the lotteryearns a decent salaryjoined the same professionRecognising IronyW
15、riters sometimes use irony(sarcasm,exaggeration and humour).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?Skill BuilderSkill BuilderPair Work Tick()the sentences that show irony.Then discuss your answers.Explain the e
16、xamples of irony.(Ex7)You might be lucky.These strategies might bring you a nice,comfortable life But most 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 jo
17、b cant be outsourced to some robots on the moon,you are wrong.Post-reading Language and grammarFocus on Language:Difficult sentencesIn your grandparents time,there was the prospect of doing the same job from graduation until retirement.在你祖父母的时代，人在你祖父母的时代，人们有可能从们有可能从毕业到退休都做同毕业到退休都做同样的工作。样的工作。解析：解析：th
18、ere be+the prospect of sth/of doing sth 有有可能性可能性 graduation n 毕业毕业 retirement n 退休退休Page14Focus on Language:Difficult sentencesMost people now have no intention of following in their parents footsteps or even staying at one job for very long.如今大多数人不再想子承父业，甚至不愿长时间做同一如今大多数人不再想子承父业，甚至不愿长时间做同一份工作。份工作。解析
19、：解析：have no intention of doing sth 不打算做不打算做；无意做；无意做Page15Sentence BuilderNegative Expressionsunlikely to be have no intention of not anymore no longer hardly1.Most people now _ following in their parents footsteps or even staying in one job for very long.2.In fact,planning to work in the same field
20、or industry for your entire working life just is _ practical _.Focus on Grammar:Negative expressionshave no intention of notanymoreComplete the Sentence Builder with the expressions.(Ex8)Sentence BuilderNegative Expressionsunlikely to be have no intention of not anymore no longer hardly3.Skills you
21、have now are _ enough to help you through your entire career.4.But this is _ a recipe for great career success.5.Lifetime security from one employer is _ certain or even likely.Focus on Grammar:Negative expressionsunlikely to behardlyno longerFocus on Grammar:Negative expressionsComplete the sentenc
22、es with the expressions from the Sentence Builder.(Ex9)1.High grades are _ enough to guarantee success in a career.2.Keeping the same job for life is _ a realistic expectation _.3.The job you have today is _ the same as the job youll have in 20 years time.no longernotanymoreunlikely to beFocus on Gr
23、ammar:Negative expressions4.Its _ surprising he lost his job:he was always late and never met his deadlines.5.The company _ hiring more staff because it can use robots to do the work instead.hardlyhas no intention ofFocus on Grammar:Negative expressions unlikely to do sth 表示表示“不太不太可能做某事可能做某事”have no intention of doing sth 表示表示“某人或某组织没有做某某人或某组织没有做某事的意愿事的意愿”not anymore 表示表示“不再不再”no longer 表示表示“不再不再”hardly 表示表示“几乎不几乎不”VIHomeworkHomework:Express yourselfSearch online and find out what jobs have disappeared in the past 10 years.What new jobs do you think will appear in the next 10 years?
