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1、学术英语 社科,Academic English for Social Sciences,3,Unemployment Unemployment has been a serious global social issue in recent years. Both politicians and economists are making great efforts to find ways to reduce the unemployment rate, though the result is not always satisfactory. The texts in this unit
2、 may give you some insights into this issue.,Unit 3 Unemployment,Unit Contents,Text A,Text B,Text C,Listening,Speaking,Writing,Lead-in,Lead-in,Lead-in task,Unit 3 Unemployment,Lead-in,Task 1 Watch a video clip and complete the following sentences according to the information you have heard.,Unit 3 U
3、nemployment,1 Eric, president of CollegeClickTV.com, is invited to give college grads _.2 College grads of this generation have _ which is an advantage that not everybody has.,tips of finding a job,incredible talents,Lead-in,Unit 3 Unemployment,3 College grads who have _ or _ are more likely to find
4、 jobs.4 College grads can apply to graduate school right now for _ and higher education, in order to ride out this recession and this extremely _.5 Knowledge is power and education will always _. Now watch it again and check your answers.,working experience,do Internships,a professional degree,weak
5、job market,pay off in a long-term,Text A,Critical reading and thinkingDifficult sentencesEnglish language for academic purpose,Specialized vocabularyCollocationsSignpost languageFormal English,Unit 3 Unemployment,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Unit 3 Unemployment,Text AnalysisRead Te
6、xt A and answer the following questions.1 Why can losing a job be the most distressing economic event in a persons life?,Because people rely on their labor earnings to maintain their standard of living, get income and get a sense of personal accomplishment.,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Te
7、xt A,Unit 3 Unemployment,Text Analysis2 What happens to a country when it keeps its workers as fully employed as possible?,3 What are the two categories of the unemployment problem?,The result of it is achieving a higher level of GDP.,They are long-run problem and short-run problem.,Text A,Critical
8、reading and thinking of Text A,Unit 3 Unemployment,Text Analysis,We can consider whether unemployment is a short-term or long-term condition. Long-term means it is a big problem; short-term means it is not a big problem.,5 What does sectoral shift (结构性变化) mean?,Sectoral shift means the change in the
9、 composition of demand among industries or regions.,4 How can we judge how serious the problem of unemployment is?,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Unit 3 Unemployment,Text Analysis6 What ways can be used to facilitate job search?,There are many ways to facilitate job search, for examp
10、le, government program, government-run employment agencies, public training programs, newspaper ads, Internet job sites, university placement offices, headhunters and word of mouth.,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Unit 3 Unemployment,Text Analysis,7 Do you have suggestions that may he
11、lp the government tackle the problem of unemployment?,Then Do Task 1 and Task 4 on Page 50 and 51.,Text A,Difficult sentences,Unit 3 Unemployment,It is not surprising, therefore, that politicians campaigning for office often speak about how their proposed policies will help create jobs. (Para. 1), “
12、Office” in this sentence means a position in a large and powerful organization, especially a government. It can be used in phrases “run for office (try to be elected)” or “take office (begin to work in a position)”.,Text A,Difficult sentences,Unit 3 Unemployment,Even if some frictional unemployment
13、is inevitable, the precise amount is not. (Para. 9), Even if we cannot avoid frictional unemployment, we can affect the extent of frictional unemployment.,Specialized vocabulary,natural rate of unemploymentGDPcyclical unemploymentsectoral shift,Text A,English language for academic purpose,Unit 3 Une
14、mployment,自然失业率,国内生产总值,周期性失业,结构性变化,Collocations,Text A,English language for academic purpose,maintain standards of living a sense of personal accomplishment reduce self-esteem campaign for office stand idle ups and downs job vacancies cut back on production and employment facilitate job search give
15、out information,Unit 3 Unemployment,Signpost language,Comparison: Similarly; likewise; both; same; resemble; parallels; in the same mannerContrast: on the other hand; in / by contrast; however; while; whereas; nevertheless; different; instead (of); conversely; rather than,Text A,English language for
16、 academic purpose,Unit 3 Unemployment,Comparison and contrast signals & clue words,Text A,Unit 3 Unemployment,2,Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with the ones that are more daily-life.,English language for academic purpose,Formal English,1 and information about job candidates and job vacancies is disseminated slowly among the many firms and households in the economy.,
