1、Unit 7 CareersLesson 3 MEET THE NEW BOSS:YOU老师:xxx课型:阅读课Key WordsKey Words词汇学习词汇学习第一部分ACTIVATE AND SHAREText ReadingText Reading课文学习课文学习第二部分Up until the 1980s,people in many countries regularly followed in their parents footsteps by working in the family business or joining the same profession as th
2、em.Youd follow your father to sea,onto the farm or into the workshop.Youd follow your mother into the kitchen or the+年份年份s 表示年代表示年代继承某人的事业继承某人的事业sewing room.In your grandparents time,there was the prospect of doing the same job from graduation until retirement.How times have changed!Most people now
3、have no intention of following in their parents footsteps or even staying at one job for very long.in ones time 在某人的时代在某人的时代做某事的可能性做某事的可能性不打算做某事不打算做某事停留在停留在很长一段时间很长一段时间In fact,planning to work in the same field or industry for your entire working life just isnt practical anymore.One reason for this
4、is technology.The skills you have now are unlikely to remain relevant and be enough to help you through your entire career.In fact,they will probably be out of date very soon.And then what will you do?Work hard?事实上事实上不大可能不大可能.相同的相同的足够做足够做.过时的过时的努力工作努力工作 Win the lottery?Hope for the best?You might be
5、 lucky.These strategies might bring you a nice,comfortable life:working at a job you like,earning a decent salary and retiring while youre still young and healthy.But most of us today have to look beyond the little box called career.中彩票中彩票挣着一份薪水挣着一份薪水往好处想往好处想超越超越.看问题看问题If you think you can work eigh
6、t hours a day and build a career,think again.You might be able to keep your job if you finish what you are asked to do,but this is hardly a recipe for great career success.Instead,youd better keep looking for smarter ways to do your work.成就一番事业成就一番事业要求做要求做能做某事能做某事.的秘诀的秘诀寻找寻找 Youll need to be a risk
7、taker,an innovator,a problem solver,and a hard worker.Keep doing this,and you can become an expert or a specialist in something one day.You have a chance to choose to build a career,rather than being told to stay or to go.冒险者冒险者某方面的专家某方面的专家不断做某事不断做某事有机会做某事有机会做某事而不是而不是Jobs and occupations come and go
8、 at an amazing pace these days.If you think you cant be replaced by software,or your job cant be outsourced to some robots on the moon,you are wrong.What if your job disappears after working for 10 years in the field?You may have to go back to the被被.替代替代at a/an+adj.+pace以以.的速度的速度在这个领域在这个领域月球上月球上要是要是
9、.会怎么样呢?会怎么样呢?回到回到classroom and be retrained in order to qualify to work in another field.In fact,in all likelihood,you will have to do this multiple times.But you can be prepared for developments and changes before you are thrown out of a career.It is entirely your choice to learn,or to be forced to
10、 learn.为了为了多半,十有八九多半,十有八九很多次很多次赶出,扔掉赶出,扔掉对对.有准备有准备被迫做被迫做In short,if you want to succeed in a 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.Are you ready for this?doing 成功(做)成功(做)培养技能培养技能总之总之实际上实际上.不再不再it is up to sb.to do sth.做某事取决于某人做某事取决于某人what和和how并列,引导宾语从句并列,引导宾语从句为为.做好准备做好准备