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1、高等院校研究生英语系列教材综合教程（上）INTEGRATED COURSEUnit 1 Unit 1 Planning your future careerContentStarting outReading FocusReading MorePractical TranslationFocused WritingFinal ProjectTask 1 Step One Work together with your partner and fill in the table with the attributes that you think make a good employer and
2、 a good employee on page 2.Starting outTask 1Starting outTask 1Reference:A good employeeCommon to bothA good employera strong sense of responsibilitygood healthgood verbal skillsloyalty to and respect for employersbeing intelligent and creativedecisivenessbeing diligenta sense of humorassertiveness
3、being obedientgreat communication skillsgood ability of financial managementcooperativenessgood ability in dealing with interpersonal relationshipsStarting outTask 1Starting outTask 1Step Two Choose the most important three attributes for people in each role, and give your reasons.Reference: employe
4、e: good health, cooperativeness employer: good health, great communicative skills,*Good health is the foundation for career development, whatever role one plays. For an employee, cooperativeness ensures the smooth progress of a work project, since many projects involve the cooperation of many worker
5、s. As an employer, he must be good at Communicating with different people, which is the guarantee of a pleasant interpersonal relationship in his business, along with the successful building up of the social network.Starting outTask 1Starting outTask 1Step ThreeBased on your work done in the previou
6、s two steps, tell each other what you would like to be after graduation, an employer or an employee? Give reasons for your choice.Words or phrases for your reference: run a business, in possession of business, be tolerant of be considerate of , ambitious, a sense of achievement manage, endure, confi
7、dent, good-tempered, cooperative open-minded, punctual, positive, flexible, generousStarting outTask 1Starting outTask 1Task 2 Read the four cases of job hopping on page 2 and judge whether they are beneficial or disadvantageous to the persons concerned.Starting outTask 2Starting outTask 2Task 3 Rea
8、d the following two pieces of parental advice on page 3 and discuss with your partner which one you would follow.Starting outStarting outWhatever you decide to do with your life, make sure its something practical. You will want to be able to make a good living for yourself and your family.2. We dont
9、 care what you set out to study; just make sure its something you enjoy.Starting outTask 3Starting outTask 3Job market in USThis years college graduates in US are faced with a hard test of job market . Listen carefully to a report on the high unemployment rate for American youth this summer and do t
10、he following exercise:Starting outStarting out1. The unemployment rate of people at 20 to 42 age bracket in May was 14.7%, five tenths percentage points lower than the national rate .Correction: The unemployment rate of people at 20 to 24 age bracket in May was 14.7%, five percentage points higher t
11、han the national rate.2. According to NACE, employment situation in 2007 was more optimistic, with more college graduates finding jobs and with a higher starting pay than in this year.Starting outStarting outFTExercise Directions: Based on the report youve just heard, tell whether the following stat
12、ements are True or False, make corrections if they are false. 3. Taking an internship program is an effective way to catch public attention.Correction: Taking an internship program is an effective way to get noticed , and then a job.4. Job market predictions tells that in the next 8 years graduates
13、with a degree in biomedical engineering are promising to secure a good job.5. Sarah Kramer found a job with a major IT company in Washington, after applying to about a hundred and fifteen jobs and going on fifty interviews.Correction: Sarah Kramer found a job with a major consulting company in Washi
14、ngton, after applying to about a hundred and fifty jobs and going on fifteen interviews.Starting outStarting outFFTAudio scriptJob Marketan Extra Hard Test for New College Graduates 10 June 2010 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. June means one more big test for many students finishin
15、g college - a test of the job market. Wish them luck. Americans age twenty to twenty-four faced an unemployment rate in May of fourteen and seven -tenths percent. That was five percentage points higher than the national rate. This week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said his “best guess“ is
16、for a continued economic recovery. But the central bank chief expects unemployment to remain high for some time because of slow job creation. So where does that leave this years graduates? Starting outStarting outAudio script The National Association of Colleges and Employers says about one-fourth of those who applied for a job have found one. NACE says that is up a little from last year. But the number
