Unit_14_Careers_Lesson_1_Your_choice

Lesson 1 Your Choice

Unit 14 Careers

北师大版Unit 14

electrician

plumber

receptionist

politician

vet

architect

Your choice: Do the following personality test and find the right career for you!1. A friend is having problems with a composition. She asks you to help her. What would you do? a. Help her after school. Tell her to phone you if she has any problems. b. Give her a plan of how you would write the composition. Tell her the names of books where she can find information. c. Suggest ways of writing attractive and interesting compositions. d. Ask her to organise a work timetable so she finishes the composition on time.

2. You are working for a charity in a small village. Your bass tells your team to repair an old bridge across a river. What would you do?a. Ask the villagers what they want. Ask them to give you advice. b. Choose a specific job that you think you could do well, such as collecting wood. Then plan how you could do the job efficiently. c. Try to improve the design of the bridge. Look at the river and see if there is a better place to build the bridge. d. Ask everybody in your team to do specific jobs. Make sure they know what to do. Choose one of the hardest jobs yourself to set an example.

3. You are on a school trip when the coach has an accident. No one is hurt, but you are stuck on a forest road with no traffic. It is getting dark and it has started to snow. What would you do?a. Talk to anybody who looks afraid or worried. Tell them not to worry. b. Keep calm. You know that the situation is not really dangerous and somebody is going to help. c. Tell your friends a story, while you are waiting for help. d. Take control of the situation. Tell everybody not to panic. Ask a small group to go to the nearest village to get help. Tell everybody on the bus to put on more clothes to keep warm.

4. Last week your teacher asked your class to perform a short play for the school. So far, nothing has been done and there are only ten days before the performance. What would you do?a. Offer to take part and ask others to so the same. Help people to learn their lines. b. Organise some of the practical things, such as costumes, scenery and sound effects c. Think of ideas for the play. Write the dialogue and show it to the class. d. Offer to direct the performance. Choose people for different roles.

If most your answers were: a: You are helpful/ patient/ generous. Your ideal job is one in which you work with people---helping, training or curing them. e.g. doctor, nurse, teacher, school worker.

b: You are reliable/organised/logical/careful. You are good at practical things. You are a good person to work with figures, computers, machines, plants or animals.

c: You are emotional/creative/flexible. You are imaginative and creative and you would be good as a journalist,designer or artist of some kind. d: You are strong/confident/motivated. You are a natural leader and would be a good manager of other people in a busin

ess.If your answers were mixed, you are probably suited to a job in which you can use your different skills and abilities. For example, as a manager of a computer company you would use your practical abilities(b) and leadership abilities(d).

1. emotional a. 1) full of emotions 充满感情的 eg: emotional music 抒情音乐 2) having emotions that are easily excited 感情易激动的 eg: an emotional woman 多情女子 2. flexible a. easily bent without breaking 容易弯曲的 flexibility n. 柔韧性 3. generous a. 1) giving; ready to give, freely 慷慨的 eg: He is generous with his money/ in giving help. 他用钱大方(慨于助人)。 It was generous of them to share their house with the refugees. 他们真慷慨，让难民住在他们家 2) plentiful; enough 足够的 eg: a generous harvest 大丰收

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4. logical a. able to reason correctly 符合逻辑的 eg: a logical mind/argument/conclusion 有推理能力的头脑；条理分明的辩论；合逻辑的结论

5. specific a. 1) detailed and precise 详细而精确的 eg: specific orders明确的命令 2) relating to one particular thing 特殊的 eg: The money is to be used for a specific purpose. 该款将用于特殊用途。 6. efficient a. 1) capable 有能力的 eg: an efficient secretary 能干的秘书 2) producing satisfactory results 有效的 eg: efficient methods of teaching 有效的教学方法