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1、2022年高中英语必修5Module2Period1：Reading-TheHumanTrafficSignalGoals To learn about jobs done by people in English To learn to read with strategiesProcedures Warming up by learning about “job hunting”Good morning, class. Today we shall take Unit 2: A Job Worth Doing. But first we have to find a job, that i
2、s, to hunt a job. Job hunting is the act of looking for employment. It is also known as job seeking. The immediate goal of job seeking is usually to obtain a job interview and ultimately a form of employment.The people in the pictures on page 11 are doing jobs of different types. What are you going
3、to do in the future?Now go to page 12. Lets read about an unusual job. The man in the article is working as a traffic light or traffic signal. Do you think it strange? A traffic light or traffic signal is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing to indicate when it
4、 is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code. Yes, this man is working as a signaling device, not for money but for helping people. Before you readPlease go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciat
5、ion and its spelling.While you readCut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.After you readCopy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book and make your own sentences with them.Expressions from: The Human Tra
6、ffic Signalat 3，500 metres，the highest in the world, at high altitude, make difficult, in bad condition, in particular, be considered the most dangerous road in the world, on one side, rise steeply; on the other side, a sheer drop, in places, hundreds of metres deep, a lot of traffic, on average， e
7、off the road, inside the vehicle, is lucky to survive. In theory, be used by traffic, go uphill, e downhill, in practice, respect the rules, thanks to, the death toll, a gentle46-year-old man, live in a village near the most dangerous part of the road，known locally as , have an unusual job, a human
8、traffic signal, climb up to, within ones hand, red on one side and green on the other, stand on, direct the traffic, approach from opposite directions, pay for, give a tip, have just enough money to live on, pass by, takefor granted, work as , have a close encounter with death, drive a lorry load of
9、, e off the road at a bend, fall three hundred metres down the mountain, in hospital for months, a few years later, be called out in the night, help pull out of a bus , have a profound effect on, be lucky to be alive, ones mission in life to help others, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk, take up
10、 ones place, on the bend Read to transfer informationThe Human Traffic SignalWhereWho and whatWhyAt 3，500 metres，La paz，in Bolivia，is the highest capital in the world. Many roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent. One road in particular, which goes north from La Paz, is considered the
11、most dangerous road in the world. But thanks to one man，the death toll has fallen. Timoteo Apaza is a gentle46-year-old man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of the roadTimoteo has an unusual job-he is a human traffic signal.Timoteo stands on the bend and directs the traffic. So wh
12、y does he do it? He realised that it was his mission in life to help others. And so every morning, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic.Learning to read in English1. Pay attention when you read and read as if it really matters. PAY ATTE
13、NTIONPAY ATTENTION andPAY ATTENTION.2. Stop talking to yourself when you read. People talk to themselves in 2 ways, by:vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and sub vocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read.3. Read in thought groups. Try to
14、 read in phrases of three or four words, especially in plete clauses and prepositional phrases. 4. Dont keep re-reading the same phrases. Poor readers habitually read and re-read the same phrase over and over again. 5. Vary your reading rate to suit the difficulty and type of writing of the text. Po
15、or readers always read at the same slow rate. An efficient reader speeds up for easier material and slows down for the hard. Reading more about “Kinds of Jobs”What kinds of jobs do people do? Some that I have been interested in at various times. Artist I include artists in all media, including words
16、, images, buildings, drama, dance and more. These people work with ideas and emotions as they are expressed in some kind of artifact, so let it include even the arts and crafts types who are usually sneered at by fine artists. I just dont have the vision to be much of an artist, although I have bursts of pretentiousness which make me want to be an artist of
