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1、Unit 4 Jobs and Careers Interpretation of Quotations The purpose of work is to remove those who are living from a state of wretchedness and lead them into a state of blessedness. -Dante Wretched: Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy. Work can help people get out of unpleasant situations and
2、 refresh them with happiness. Work is, by its very nature, about violence to the spirit as well as the body; its above all about daily humiliations; its about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread; for recognition as well as cash; for astonishment rather than torpor. In short, for a sort
3、 of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying. Torpor is the state of being completely inactive mentally or physically, for example because of illness or laziness. The nature of work involves both physical and spiritual struggles. Beyond all other considerations, work is about constant
4、embarrassment and shame you feel about yourself every day. Work is a two-sided thing: on the one hand, one has to work to make money and maintain his/her livelihood; on the other hand , one gains spiritual delight and social recognition by working. Work is less boring than fascinating oneself. To su
5、m up, the purpose of work is to search for a meaningful life rather than to go through a routine and mechanical one. My object in living is to unite My avocation and vocation As my two eyes make one in sight Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes, Is the deed ever r
6、eally done For Heaven and the futures sake Notes: Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living. e.g. He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation. 他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。 The purpose of my life is to combine what I enjoy doing
7、with what I need to do for a living. It is ideal that we enjoy what we need to do and this is what we should pursue in our whole life. Section One: Pre-reading 1. What factors will you first take into account when choosing a job? Do you think it is important for us to get pleasures from our jobs? Gi
8、ve reasons. In what ways can ones profession affect ones life? Support your view with examples. What kind of career are you dreaming of? Why do you want to pursue such a career? What makes a successful career? Have you ever had a job interview? If yes, did you encounter any problems? Reading One: En
9、joy your job Check your comprehension A 1. You and people around you suffer if you dont like the job you do. 2. You can always choose a job environment agreeable to your nature. 3. we are all more creative than we believe ourselves to be. Check your comprehension B 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F Check you
10、r comprehension C 1. As the state of frustration remains, he becomes rebellious and bad-tempered, figuratively attacks people around him, and is unfriendly to and unhappy with the world. 2. If you are doing something you are interested in, it is just like you are wearing a heavy vest while running a
11、 race and you will feel exhausted easily. 3. When you are put in a job which is not agreeable to your personality, you will feel miserable and end up falling ill or suffering a nervous breakdown. 4. When a department head points proudly to one of his best salesmen and says, “When I first took Eddie
12、and put him in the position, he was not capable at all, he is actually admitting his creativeness in an unconscious way. 5. In my opinion, if everyone strives to do what he/she really likes, the world would become much more agreeable and humane. Check your vocabulary 1. “It is too late now to stop h
13、im, said Harris grimly. 2. After plowing through all those textbooks, it was a relief to read a novel. 3. This custom is totally alien to him, a new comer from Europe. 4. _Sheer_ chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea. 5. He has got the knack of getting people to listen.
14、6. Every day before she starts working, she is apt to tidy her office and make herself a cup of tea. 7. Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed prosperity would last forever. 8. She fritters away all her money on clothes and trips to the cinema. 9. To my mind, some scenes in this play are incredibly violent.
