1、1Unit 10 Career Planning2Lead-inText A:How to Change the WorldText B:How Will You Measure Your Life?3Lead-inLead-in4Lead-in DiscussionHow do you think is ones personality related to his career?What traits should a person have to be a successful business man?What is your ideal career?And what prepara
2、tions have you made for it?5 Discuss with your partner what personalities or skills are needed for each of the following jobs?Educator Sales people PR HR Politician ArtistsLead-in Discussion6Study the following personality models and then discuss with your partner about your personalities and the ty
3、pes of jobs you each may fit.Lead-in Discussion7Prentice Hall,2001Chapter 8ExtroversionAgreeablenessConscientiousnessEmotional StabilityOpenness 8Prentice Hall,2001Chapter 88Hollands Personality-Job Fit Theory TypePersonalityOccupationsRealisticInvestigativeSocialConventionalEnterprisingArtisticShy,
4、Stable,PracticalAnalytical,IndependentSociable,CooperativePractical,EfficientAmbitious,Energetic Imaginative,Idealistic Mechanic,Farmer,Assembly-Line WorkerBiologist,Economist,Mathematician Social Worker,Teacher,CounselorAccountant,ManagerBank TellerLawyer,SalespersonPainter,Writer,Musician 9 1.How
5、does personality affect career?Some employment opportunities require applicants to take exams,often including personality tests.This places the personality as a key determinant of whether a person does or does not get a position.If someone is rejected for a position because of a personality mismatch
6、,it becomes more likely that the next occupational choice will lean toward a different field.Lead-in Hints10 A person with a personality not suited to the job will perform far worse than a well-suited person.Put an introvert in a job that requires constant communication,and you might be looking at s
7、omeone that performs poorly on a day-to-day basis.Other fields,such as creative and design fields,need to be occupied by people with an aptitude for inventiveness.Mismatches can produce poor job performance and ultimately lead to alternative career choices.Lead-in Hints11 Success isnt always about m
8、atching a job to a personality;it can also result from the personality opening up more opportunities in the work force-often through effective networking.Extroverts tend to have a much larger network than introverts,affecting the number of external connections they have to the work force.This will p
9、lace them at a distinct advantage if it means they wind up with more occupational choices.Lead-in Hints122.What traits do you need to be a successful entrepreneur?Strong leadership qualities Highly self-motivation Strong sense of basic ethics and integrity Willingness to fail Serial innovators Compe
10、titive spirit Understanding the value of a strong peer networkLead-in Hints133.What other factors may affect ones career?Apart from personality,other factors affecting ones occupational choice may include:Education Family environment Salary Interest/hobbies Dignity and respect Opportunity Peer group
11、sAnd others?Lead-in Hints14Lead-in Career Cartoons What can you get from the cartoons?15Lead-in Career Cartoons16Lead-in Career Cartoons174.Discuss the following career planning charts.Are they reasonable to you?1)Lead-in Career Ladder182)Lead-in Career Ladder19Design your own career ladder and exch
12、ange it with your friends.Lead-in Career Ladder20 Click the website to learn more about how to plan your career.What do you think of the“Career Joke”in your book?What lesson can you learn?Lead-in Website 21Text AText AHow to Change the WorldHow to Change the World22Structural AnalysisPara.Main Topic
13、sPara.1-5Alan and his friend Karl were skiing,discussing which run to take.Para.6-45Alan was confronted with three job opportunities and wondered which one was the most suitable for him.Para.46-62Unknowing which job to choose,Alan drove to his favorite cousins to seek for her opinion.23Part I Questi
14、ons about Part IQ1.Whats the main idea of Part I(Para.1-5)?Alan and Karl hesitated at which run to take for their skiing as there were many of them,with each offering different opportunity and views,indicating the difficult decision Alan needed to make about the next stage of his career.24Q2.How is
15、this part related to the theme of the whole text?This part works as the prologue to lead the reader into the story,in which the writer has indicated the problem Alan is now confronted with,namely,too many opportunities for him to choose from.This may immediately arouse readers interest as the proble
16、m is quite out of their expectations.Part I Questions about Part I25Q3.What is the similarities between Alans skiing and his career decision?1)Both involve several choices which respectively offers different opportunities and views.2)Both requires him to be well equipped with different skills,and ge
17、t physically and mentally ready.Part I Questions about Part I26Q4.What can we infer from this part about Alans characteristics?Through the detailed description of Alans behavior and language,we may infer that he is a brave,risk-taking young man with a determined will.But he is also a little bit inde
18、cisive at making important decisions.Part I Questions about Part I27 Q5.In Para.2,the author says“People think its miserable to have no options,he thought,but in a way,its more stressful to have too many.”Do you agree?Have you ever got similar experience?When we have no options,we may start to searc
19、h for one,and the aim is clear and well-defined.But when we have too many choices,especially when each offers different opportunities and risks,we need to spend more time analyzing the gains and losses and weighing their importance respectively,and it becomes more difficult for us to forsake any one
20、.Part I Questions about Part I28 Alan was feeling reflective.(Line 2,Para.2)Alans mind was engaged in thinking about something else.Part I Sentence Interpretation29diehard(Para.2)n.someone who opposes change and refuses to accept new ideasAlso adj.synonyms:blimp,fanatic,intransigent,stick-in-the-mud
21、example:a few diehard fans Part I Words and Expressions30entertained(Para.4)vt.to consider an idea,etc,or allow yourself to think that something might happen or be truesynonyms:harbor,hold,imagineexample:She could never entertain the idea of living in the country.entertain an idea/hope/thought etc.P
22、art I Words and Expressions31Chute:a channel down which falling materials are guided 斜道，溜槽Part I Notes32Q1.Whats the main idea of Part II(Para.6-Para.45)?Alan is now stuck in a difficult situationhe has too many job opportunities to choose from.He may either work in LSM to make money hand over first
23、,or join hands with Shirori to become a social entrepreneur,or get a promotion in his present company.Whatever choice he makes,his final aim is to make a difference in Help and Hope,the charity organization his mother had established before she died.Part II Questions about Part II33Q2.“Moguls in the
24、 Making”What does this sub-title imply?The word“mogul”here has a different meaning than the one in line 1,para.4.Here it means“someone who has great power and influence in a particular industry”,indicating Alan is a promising young man and is now in the process of growing into an influential person.
25、Part II Questions about Part II34Q3.In the sentence,“Karl had asked Alan,a bit delicately,how things were going.”(Para.6),what does word“delicately”suggest?The word suggests that Karls questions are well-designed and carefully asked,lest he would hurt Alan,whose mother had already died by this time.
26、Part II Questions about Part II35Q4.“But its so corporate,isnt it?”(Para.10)What does this sentence mean and why did Karl say this to Alan?The sentence means that Grepter,the company where Alan is now working,is too big and well-established to undertake any reform.Everything has been set in fixed pr
27、ocedures or rules that it nearly becomes bureaucratic and there is no more opportunity.Karl is trying to sound Alan out so as to suggest him moving to his own company.Part II Questions about Part II36Part II Questions about Part IIQ5.What project is Alan in charge of in the present company now?Alan
28、is responsible for a merger with a Swiss company,Schweitzer,which was the biggest deal hed ever worked on.He has invested plenty of time and energy in it and it is really a good test of his ability.37 I mean,sure theres risk,but its mainly about being smarter than the average bear.(Line 3,Para.20)In
29、 this sentence,Karl encouraged Alan to move the new post,where the latter could make a lot of money as he was smart and risk-taking.“Bear”refers to someone who sells shares or when they expect the price to fall.Part II Sentence Interpretation38Part II Sentence InterpretationIn his mind he ticked off
30、 all the requirements.（Line 3,Para.33）The sentence suggests that Alan has successfully accomplished all the requirements for this merger and the decision from the top would be a positive one.39flat out (Para.10)a)as fast as possible example:Everyones working flat out to finish on time.b)(American En
31、glish)in a direct and complete way=straight out ask/tell somebody flat out example:She asked him flat out if he was seeing another woman.Part II Words and Expressions40dangled(Para.10)v.to offer something good to someone,in order to persuade them to do something synonyms:lure,tempt example:A good pa
32、y package and a company car were dangled in front of her.Part II Words and Expressions41Part II Words and Expressionsinflated(Para.17)inflated prices,amounts,etc.are high and unreasonable grossly/vastly/hugely inflated example:Company directors are paid grossly inflated salaries.2)inflated ideas,opi
33、nions etc.about someone or something make them seem better,more important etc.than they really are example:He has a very inflated opinion of himself.42Part II Words and Expressionsmake a mint(Para.25)make a large amount of moneyexample:She made a mint on the stock exchange last year.43Part II Words
34、and Expressionsflush(Para.26)adj.if someone is flush,they have plenty of money to spendsynonyms:abundant,moneyed,in funds,rich,well-suppliedexample:Im feeling flush at the moment.44Part II Words and Expressionstick off(Para.35)to mark the things on a list with a tick toshow that they have been dealt
35、 with,chosen etc.example:1)As you finish each task,tick it off.2)Have you ticked off Kates name on the list?45hedge funda private investment fund that participates in a range of assets and a variety of investment strategies intended to protect the funds investors from downturns in the market while m
36、aximizing returns on market upswings 对冲基金对冲基金Part II Notes46Part II NotesOysters Rockefellerconsists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with various other ingredients洛克菲勒烤牡蛎洛克菲勒烤牡蛎47SchweitzerSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories,Inc.designs and manufactures solutions for protection,mo
37、nitoring,control,automation,and metering of electric power systems.The company provides secure communications;transmission,distribution,and generator and motor protection.施瓦哲工程实验公司施瓦哲工程实验公司Part II Notes48Part III Questions about Part IIIQ1:Whats the main idea of Part III(Para.46-Para.62)?Not knowing
38、 which one job to choose,Alan drove to his best cousins home for her advice,who showed full admiration and respect to Alans achievement,but who did not give effective advice in the end.Alan was still stuck in the fog.49 Q2:“Id be making a difference for some very unfortunate people right now,and tha
39、t would be gratifying,but”(Line 3,Para.58)What worries did Alan have with the California offer?What is omitted here?Alan worried that he might not be the right person for Shioris offer,as what he really wanted to do is to make more money to run his mothers charity.Therefore,he might want to say“but
40、Im not sure whether it is the right place for me to make a difference.”Part III Questions about Part III50 Rhetoric SpeechHis visits had a bittersweet side.Bittersweet is an oxymoron,which means“the yoking together of two expressions which are incompatible,so that in combination they have no conceiv
41、able literal reference to reality”.(Leech,1969:132)矛盾修饰法 e.g.The major again pressed to his blue eyes the tips of the fingers that were disposed on the edge of the wheeled chair with careful carelessness(Dombey and son)51Part III Sentence Interpretation 1.“But thats counting chickens.”(Line 7,Para.5
42、8)What does this sentence implicate about Alans opinion on the third offer?Literally,it means“its too early to feel joyful about this offer”.As this was a new merger project and Alan would be sent to supervise it,he was not sure if he was eligible for it or if this new position in Zurich would help
43、him achieve his objective-to make a difference in the world.Everything was still so vague and uncertain.52Part III Words and Expressions light-headed(Para.48)adj.unable to think clearly or move steadily,for example during a fever or after drinking alcoholsynonyms:dizzy,bird-brained,feather-brained,h
44、azy,delirious example:The sun and the wine had made him a little light-headed.53tumble(Para.48)vi.to move in an uncontrolled way synonyms:stumble,toddle,toppleexample:1)We tumbled out into the street.2)tumble into/through/out etc.Part III Words and Expressions 54dazzle(Para.54)synonyms:astonish,daze
45、,fascinate,impress,overwhelm1)if a very bright light dazzles you,it stops you from seeing properly for a short timeexample:The deer was dazzled by the headlights.2)to make someone feel strong admirationexample:As children,we were dazzled by my uncles good looks and charm.Part III Words and Expressio
46、ns 55chime(Para.64)v.to be the same as something else or to have the same effect:chime with example:Her views on life didnt quite chime with mine.chime in:to say something in conversation,especially to agree with what someone has just said:example:“Well miss you too,”the children chimed in.synonyms:
47、sound,strike,tinkle,tollPart III Words and Expressions56 57Structural Analysis The text is clearly divided by a list of subheadings,based on which the structure of the text goes as follow:Introduction:Para.1-6 Three questions concerning life and career:Para.7 Real source of a happy career:Para.8-9 C
48、reating a purpose for your life:Para.10-15 Reasonable allocation of your limited resources:Para.16-20 58 Introduction:The author starts with one of his speeches where he was invited to apply his model of disruption to analyzing Intels situation.Yet due to the limited time,he could not convey his ide
49、as thoroughly,indicating that even if you have a model(pre-planned path),you still need enough time to think,analyze and articulate.And it is the same with personal career planning.Para.1-659Three questions concerning life and career：The author encourages his students to apply his theoretical model
50、to themselves by answering three questions concerning their career and life,namely,how to design a happy career path,how to balance career and life and how to stay out of jail.As the text is abridged from a long article,it mainly focuses on the first question.Para.760 Real source of a happy career：R
