1、Lesson 2 Personalities and JobsDo you think there is necessary connection between“personalities and jobs”?athletic,confident,creative,independent,intelligent,neat,outgoing,patient,selfish,sharpCan you think of some words about personalities?Look at the photographs and guess what kind of job they do.
2、politicianWhat personalities do you think they have?lawyerteacherDo you want to be a teacher?Why?doctorWhat characteristics a doctor needs have?journalistastronaut singersportsman sportswomancomputer expertLike Bill Gates!farmer Farmers play an important part in society,do you think so?Work in pairs
3、 and discuss the following questions.2.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?Complete each sentence with a word from the Key Words
4、 box.athletic,confident,creative,independent,intelligent,neat,outgoing,patient,selfish,sharp 1.A _ person is someone who is sure that he or she can do something or deal with a situation successfully.confident2.A person with a _ mind is able to think and understand things very quickly.sharp4.A _ pers
5、on can wait for a long time for something without getting angry or worried.patient3._ person would care only about themselves and not about other people.Selfish5.Someone _ is good at producing new ideas and good ideas.creative6.Someone _ is clever and good at understanding ideas and thinking quickly
6、.intelligent7.Someone _ likes to meet and talk to new people.outgoing8.Someone _ is able to do things by themselves and in their own way.independent9.A _ person likes to keep things tidy.10._ like to exercise and are good at sports.neatAthletic Listen to a class discussion and answer the questions.U
7、se the Strategies to help you.1.Which student believes that computer programmers are not sociable but they have to be creative.Xiao Dong2.What characteristics do the students think that tour guides should have?Independent,communicative and well organized.They can deal with unexpected situations and
8、problems.3.Li Liang said,“They must never give up.”which job is he talking about here?Farm technicians4.What is Wang Shus opinion about people who wish to be nurses?Caring and concerned for other people.They want to help others.5.Who wants to be a doctor?Cao WenListen again and write down at least f
9、ive ways of giving opinions.1.My impression is that a lot of computer programmers are not very sociable.2.It seems to me that they have to be creative.3.As I see it,farm technicians are very important in our country.Your Opinion4.I couldnt agree more.5.Im certain that this is a very exciting job.6.T
10、hats cool!7.I would have thought that some of you might like to work inListen to the dialogues and complete the Function File.Mn,Anything else,Really,Thats interesting,Yes,RightShowing interest1.A:Did you know that Alice can speak three languages?B:_?I find that very hard to believe.2.A:I feel that
11、air lines should not allow new-born babies aboard their long distance flights.Really B:_,I quite agree.3.A:I ve just seen Ian holding a bunch of flowers and walking into restaurant.B:_.He told me he was going to the library!4.A:Do you remember what I said about?Anything else Yes B:_.A:Well,it means
12、that when things are going well.5.A:It really makes me mad like that pink shirt!B:_?Right MnA:Yes!I really dislike it when6.A:well only go camping if the sun is shinning.Otherwise well go to the cinema and watch the new Jackie Chan movie.B:_.I just wanted to seeThats interestingListen to the sentenc
13、e.Repeat and draw arrows to show rising or falling intonations.1.Would you?Thats great!2.Youre right there!3.Thats excellent.4.Thats cool!Good for you!Complete the passage with the correct words in brackets.Jackie is an(1)_(independent/independence)dolphin trainer.She used independentto work at Sea
14、World but she prefer the(2)_(independent/independence)of making her own decisions.She loves her job because she says that dolphins are one of the most(3)_(intelligent/independenceintelligentintelligence)animals on earth.Jackie believes that any animal trainer has to have two important characteristic
15、s.The first is(4)_(patient/patience).Animals take a long time to train so you have to(5)_patiencepatient(patient/patience)with them.The second characteristic is(6)_(confident/confidence).Animals react well to(7)_(confident/confidence)people.I asked Jackie if there was any otherconfidenceconfidentani
16、mal with almost the same level of(8)_(intelligent/intelligence)as the dolphin and do you know what she replied?“human,of course!”intelligenceSpeakingChoose a job from the list below and write notes about the say what qualities and skills are needed for the job.architect,astronaut,accountant,engineer,dentist,fire fighter,poet,translatorWould you enjoy doing these jobs?Discuss in pairs.Showing interest using the language in Function File.HomeworkWrite sentences about your best friend and say what job would be suitable for him/her.Give reasons.
