1、1Unit 6 Earn as you learn?FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY2apply the reading skill understanding signal words3write a simple research report with paragraphs of listing4translate postpositive attributives5develop an awareness of keeping a balance between study and part-ti
2、me jobsuse the key language to talk about positive and negative effects of taking part-time jobs1 Objectives Section A To work or not to work That is the questionProject of the unitInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectProject forecastingInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing
3、your skillsPresenting your project Project of the unitLead-inWatch the video clip and discuss the following questions in pairs.Step 1What work did Paige and Eddie do?Why did Eddie want to get the job?Project of the unitLead-inTalking about part-time jobsTaskThey took a part-time job as waiter and wa
4、itress.Eddie wanted to get the job because he had no money.Work in groups and discuss the following questions.Step 21.If you are going to work part-time,what job would you like to take?Why?2.Do you think taking part-time jobs while learning is good or bad?Explain your reasons.Project of the unitLead
5、-in1.If you are going to work part-time,what job would you like to take?Why?I would like to work as a teaching assistant in kindergarten,because I really enjoy spending time with children.I would like to work in a company,because in the future I plan to establish my own business.The part-time job wo
6、uld give me some ideas of how to run a company,and what job a boss should do,etc.Project of the unitLead-inAdvantages Disadvantages Acquire communicative skillsBe too busy with work and neglect other responsibilitiesGain work experienceEndanger health because of less time to restBuild connections fo
7、r future careerNot have much time to spend with family and friendsLearn to manage timeMake pocket money Project of the unitLead-in2.Do you think taking part-time jobs while learning is good or bad?Explain your reasons.Lead-inInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your project Project
8、 of the unitProject forecastingPlease get prepared by doing the following activities.You have had a basic understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of taking part-time jobs in college.But how does working affect your school performance in a real sense?Thats what you are expected to learn and
9、 talk about in this unit.By the end of this unit,you will conduct a survey on how part-time jobs affect university students performance based on a questionnaire.Then summarize your findings and write a report.Project of the unitEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectProject of the unitGlobal un
10、derstandingDetailed understanding Inspiring your thoughtsIts a reference to a quote from Shakespeares Hamlet:“To be,or not to be,that is the question.”For Hamlet it is a life-or-death question.Here the author means“to work or not to work”is an important question,which requires careful consideration.
11、Look at the title of Text A and think about its meaning.Inspiring your thoughtsGlobal understandingTask Global understanding of the text Step 11)What type of writing is the text?How do you know that?Its a report of research.Tips:research,data,result 2)What parts are included in the text?Objective,me
12、thods,findings,explanations,and conclusion.Skim the text and answer the following questions.Step 2Inspiring your thoughtsGlobal understandingGlobal understandingEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectProject of the unitDetailed understanding Inspiring your thoughtsRead the text again and answer
13、 the following questions.1)What is the objective of the research?2)What methods are used to do the research?3)What are the findings of the research?4)How does the author explain the findings?5)Whats the conclusion?Task 1Detailed understanding of the textInspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding1
14、)What is the objective of the research?To measure the impact of employment on student achievement.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued2)What methods are used to do the research?Comparing the grades of studentsContrasting students commitment to studyFollowing students over tim
15、eAssessing the effects of different employment patternsInspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued3)What are the findings of the research?Working students have less time to do school assignments.get less rest and eat less healthy meals and are often too tired from work to study.lose
16、 interest in school.use drugs and alcohol more often than non-working students.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued4)How does the author explain the findings?Working long hours seriously affects school performance and commitment.Working for about 10 hours per week or less doe
17、s not seem to affect school performance much.Normally more disengaged students are more likely to work long hours,and working makes them even less devoted to study.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued5)Whats the conclusion?Students should work no more than 10 hours per week i
18、f they want to succeed in school.We should get rid of the wrong idea that early employment builds character.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingThink over the following questions and share your ideas with your classmates.1)Do you agree with the author on all the negative impacts of working
19、while studying?Why or why not?2)How to strike a balance between work and study?Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingTask 2Critical thinking1)Do you agree with the author on all the negative impacts of working while studying?Why or why not?Yes,I agree with the author on the negative impacts,s
20、uch as not getting enough rest,decreased school performance,abuse of drugs and alcohol.As ones time and energy are limited,working,even part-time,will affect ones study.No,I dont.I have many classmates who are working part-time to cover their tuition.They are responsible as they want to share the fi
21、nancial burden with their parents.They also study very hard for scholarships.In fact,working may benefit their study because they can apply what is learned in class in practice.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding2)How to strike a balance between work and study?It is no easy task for a work
22、ing student to strike a balance between work and study.The following tips may help.Good time management:Plan your time wisely and you can make the best of it.Modest working hours:Working too long can weaken your health and affect your school performance.Efficiency in work and study:Learn to work and
23、 study more efficiently because higher efficiency saves your time and energy.Good health:Get good sleep and do some exercise.After all,you can neither work nor study well if you are sick.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingStructure analysisPresenting your projectProject of the unitInspirin
24、g your thoughts Language highlighting Language learningLanguage focusParagraph(s)of listing Enhancing your skillsEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Find the words and phrases concerning the negative or positive influences of part-time jobs from the text and match them with their me
25、anings.Step 1Task 1Learning words and phrases concerning influences of part-time jobs on school performanceEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Adjectives VerbsPhrases academicdecreaseinterfere withsignificantaltercut classcommittedunderminetake a toll onstrikingwithdrawat risk(of)pe
26、rmanenterodeburn the midnight oilintensivedepressdrop outcontroversialformativedecreasealterunderminewithdrawerodedepressinterfere withburn the midnight oildrop outchange,or make sb.or sth.changebecome less or go down to a lower levelno longer take part in sth.make sb.feel very unhappygradually make
27、 sb.or sth.less strong or effectivegradually reduce the strength or importance of sth.work or study until late at nightleave a school or university before your course has finishedprevent sth.from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned1.The treatment is _ because it may have serious
28、 side-effects.2.Perhaps the most _ aspect of this computer is that it is so easy to use.3.Parents and our educational institutions play a vital role during the _ years of the young.4.Children with severe and _ learning difficulties should have the right to attend school,too.striking permanent contro
29、versial formativecontroversialstrikingformativepermanentEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Step 2Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.Step 3Choose some words or phrases from the above list to talk about the influences of part-time jobs on school performance.Some experts bel
30、ieve part-time employment has significant effect on students academic performance and undermines students commitment to school.They may have to work in the evening time,which can interfere with homework,sleep and diet.They may gradually lose interest in school and even drop out completely.Enhancing
31、your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Work in groups to add a list to your word bank that can be used in a research report to show methods,findings,explanations and conclusion.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Task 2Learning words and phrases that you can use in a research re
32、portParts of reportWords or phrasesMethodscompare,contrast,assessFindingsindicate,overall,on the other hand,approximately,seemingly,whereasExplanationscontribute to,owing to,lead to,in other words,in turnConclusionconclude,to summarizeSignal words of listing to begin with,first,also,second,additiona
33、lly,third,finally 1.contrast(Para.1)In this article,we contrasted the academic performances of working students with non-working pare two things,ideas,people,etc.to show how different they are from each other 使成对比；使成对照Translation:在这篇文章中，我们对比了打工学生和不打工学生的学习表现。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguag
34、e highlighting Task 3Detailed learning of key vocabulary1.contrast(Para.1)Over half of part-time students say their finances are in good shape.In contrast,many non-workers say their finances are in poor shape.n.C,U a difference between people,ideas,situations,things,etc.that are being compared 差异；差别
35、Translation:一半以上的打工学生说他们的财政状况良好。相比之下，许多不打工的学生说自己的财政状况不佳。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 2.assess(Para.1)They are conducting a survey to assess the impact of part-time jobs on college students academic performance.vt.make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking
36、carefully about it 评价；评定Translation:他们正在进行一项调查，测评兼职对大学生学业的影响。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 3.overall(Para.2)Overall,I am very pleased about this new turn in my career.ad.generally 一般地；总体上Translation:总的来说，我对自己职业生涯中这一新的转变感到很满意。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage high
37、lighting 3.overall(Para.2)The overall result is that an increasing number of college students begin to take part-time jobs.a.(only before noun)considering or including everything 包括一切的；全部的Translation:总的结果是越来越多的大学生开始兼职。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting mit(Para.4)Before you sta
38、rt a job,consider how much time you want to commit and plan accordingly.vt.1.decide to use money,time,people,etc.for a particular purpose 投入（钱、时间、人力等）Translation:在开始一份工作前，你应该考虑一下你想投入多少时间，并制定相应的计划。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting mit(Para.4)Because so many factors lead individ
39、uals to commit crimes,it is extremely difficult to predict the trends.vt.2.do sth.wrong or illegal 犯（错误或罪行）Translation:由于造成个人犯罪的因素实在太多，因此要预测犯罪趋势是极其困难的。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting commit a crime,commit mit(Para.4)commitment n.the use of money,people or time for a particul
40、ar purpose（为某种目的）的投入committed a.willing to work very hard at sth.坚定的；尽心尽力的Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 1.Theyll have to _ more time to the school work if they want to win the scholarship.2.Students who work long hours may become less _ to school.3.Working heavily may sign
41、ificantly affect school achievement and _.commit committed commitmentFill in the blanks with the words in the box,and translate the sentences into Cmitcommittedcommitment如果想要获得奖学金，他们必须把更多的时间投入到学业上。长时间打工的学生对学习的投入可能会越来越少。长时间打工可能会严重影响学习成绩和学习的投入程度。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting
42、 5.interfere with(Para.2)Anxiety can interfere with childrens performance at school.prevent sth.from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned 妨碍；阻止Translation:忧虑紧张会影响孩子在学校的表现。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 6.owing to(Para.5)Owing to the poor financial situat
43、ion of his family,he had to do a part-time job as a freshman.prep.(fml.)because of sth.因为；由于Translation:由于家庭贫困，他不得不在大一时就开始打工。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Synonyms:due to,because of,thanks toOwing to,due to,because of,thanks to：The four phrases are prepositions(they come i
44、mmediately before a noun).They are not conjunctions(they cannot connect two parts of a sentence).Owing to and due to are slightly formal.They are often used in official notices and public statements.In spoken English,it is more usual to use because of than owing to or due to.Thanks to is used to exp
45、lain why sth.good has happened.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 7.contribute to(Para.9)Part-time work contributes to the improvement of students communicative ability.help to make sth.happen 促成，造成（某事发生）Translation:兼职促进了学生交际能力的提高。Tips:Whats the difference between“contribute to
46、”and“attribute to”?contribute to 表示“促成，造成（某事发生）”attribute to 表示“把归因于”Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Fill in the blanks with the two phrases,and translate the sentences into Chinese.Everyone on the team _ winning the game.队里的每一个人都为赢得这场比赛出了力。One should not _ ones error _ obje
47、ctive conditions.一个人不应该把自己的错误归咎于客观条件。contributed toattributetoEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 1.We have simplified and classified the data and the results are clear:The stakes are high.(Para.2)stakes:赌注；风险They finally rejected the idea of building a shopping center in the sm
48、all town because the stakes were high.Translation:他们最终还是放弃了在小镇上建一座购物中心的想法，因为风险太大了。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Task 4Sentence analysis2.Nevertheless,given that (Para.3)given that:taking sth.into account 考虑到；鉴于一般用在句首，后面接表示原因的句子。Given that I dont earn that much from the par
49、t-time job,I have to be sensible with money to relieve my parents of the financial burden.Translation:由于我打工赚不了那么多钱，所以我必须省着点花以减轻父母的经济负担。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 3.Whereas it is true (Para.4)whereas:although sth.is true of one thing,it is not true of another 但是；尽管；却Wher
50、eas taking part-time jobs may be beneficial,its undeniable that college students have to learn how to keep a balance between work and study.Translation:大学生兼职是有益的，但是不可否认的是，大学生必须学会在工作和学习中保持平衡。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 4.To summarize,convention has long held that early em
