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Module 2 A job worth doing
Period One
Teaching aims:
1. Help the Ss have some information of the present jobs. 2. Develop the Ss' ability of reading comprehension. Teaching aids: Multimedia Teaching procedures: Step 1. Lead-in
Show Ss some pictures and have a free talk. Step 2. Introduction (vocabulary and speaking)
Activity 1: Can you name some of the jobs? And what are the jobs of your family members? teacher, headmaster, worker, barber, hair-dresser, officer, official, policeman, firefighter, banker, doctor, nurse, vet, engineer, cook, postman, official, secretary, typist, busboy, manager, pilot, sailor, seller, waiter, librarian, architect, designer, director, actor, actress,… Activity2: Introduction-brainstorming (2m) Describe the job with as many words as possible. exciting stressful well paid dangerous cool-looking come into chaos have gun on duty Step 3. Discussion
Look at the six pictures on page 11 and discuss with your partner: 1. Where are they? 2. What do they do? 3. What are they doing?
4. What do you think of the jobs?
Discuss what sort of job you would(not) like to do and why. I want to be a _____, because it _________________________.
OR: I don’t want to be a _______, because it__________________________. Step 4. Dialogue making
1. Make a dialogue with your partner and talk about which one in these jobs you like best and which you don’t like most and why (you can use the words in the box). 2. Say what sort of job you would like to do and why. Step 5. Vocabulary and reading 1. Do you know other jobs?
accountant barber biochemist businessman businesswoman cook electrician miner policeman secretary Secretary General of the United Nations volunteer
2. Matching: Match the words in the box with their meanings. a. We ask this person to put electricity in homes. b. This person works underground. c. He or she prepares meals in a restaurant. d. This scientist studies the chemistry of living things. e. You go to this person to get your hair cut. f. This person works in an office. g. This person knows a lot about money. h. He or she works in business. i. This person must do many things – including directing the traffic. j. This person has offered to do a job – and may not be paid for doing it. 3. Sorting. Now divide the jobs into modern and traditional.
Modern: accountant, biochemist, businessman/ businesswoman, electrician 4. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. a. Where is the man standing? b. What is he holding?
c. Can the bus driver see the lorry? d. Can the lorry driver see the bus? e. How is the road?
f. Why is the man standing there? g. Is his work dangerous? Is it helpful?
h. How much money do you think he will receive from standing there and doing such work? Step 6. Skimming
Read the passage and match the headings in activity 3 on page 13 with the paragraphs. Step 7. Vocabulary and Reading 4 – scanning Read the first paragraph and answer the questions. 1. Where is La Paz? 2. What is its altitude?
3. Which road is the most dangerous there?
4. Are there any rules of using it? Do people respect them? Step 8. Reading
1. Read the last two paragraphs and choose the correct answers in part 4. 2. Read the whole passage again and finish activity 5. Step 9. Exercise
Traditional: barber, cook, miner, policeman, secretary, volunteer Find the words or phrases in the passage which mean: 1. A nearly vertical fall
2. A form of transport, especially one with an engine and four wheels 3. To still be alive, after being in an accident 4. The total number of dead (e.g.in an accident) 5. A part of the road which is not straight
6. To be used to something that you don’t see its true value and don’t show thanks. 7. To make someone think hard 8. A reason for living Step 10. Check the answers
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(Answers: 1. sheer drop 2.vehicle 3. survive 4. death toll 5. bend 6. take for granted 7. have a profound effect on 8. mission in life) Step 11. True or False
1. The mountains make communication easy.
2. Many roads are in bad condition and accidents are unfrequented. 3. Timoteo has an unusual job.
4. He climbs up to the bend with a large square board in his hand. 5. Some one asked him to do the job.Step 12. Language points
1. At 3,500 metres, La Paz, in Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world. Life is hard ____________ (在高海拔地区), and the mountains make communications difficult. 2. Many roads are ______________(处于不好的状态) and accidents are frequent.
3. One road ___________ (尤其，特别), which goes north from La Paz, is __________(认为) the most dangerous road in the world.
4.___________(一边) the mountains rise steep, ____________(另一边) there is a sheer drop, which in places is hundreds of metres deep.
5. Although there is not a lot of traffic,___________(平均), one vehicle __________ (坠落) the road every two weeks.
6. _________ (理论上), the road can only be used by traffic …. But_________(实践上), few drivers ________ (遵守) the rules.
7. When two vehicles __________(接近) from opposite directions they can’t see each other. 8. Sometimes drivers give him a tip, so that he has just enough money to ______(继续生存). 9. But often they just pass by, _____ the human traffic signal __________(看作理所当然). 10. Then one day while he was working as a lorry driver he ______________________(跟死神打了个照面).
11. This last experience ___________________(对……有重大影响) Timoteo.
12. And so every morning,______________(一周又一周), from dawn to dusk, Timoteo
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6. He felt that it was others mission to do it.
________________ (占据他的位置) on the bend and directs the traffic. Step 13. Speaking
Imagine that you are a journalist of Topics in Focus, and your partner is Timoteo, please interview him by asking some questions, for example:
1. How old are you?
2. When did you start directing the traffic? 3. Why do you choose to do so? 4. How do you direct the traffic?
Step 14. Role-play
As a reporter, you just had read a report about Timoteo. So you want to have a face-to-face interview with him. Step 15. Homework
1. Try to remember the new words of this period. 2. Prepare a topic about the hero Timoteo
Period Two
Teaching aims:
1. Help the Ss grasp the language points in the text. 2. Enlarge the students vocabulary. Teaching aids: Multimedia /papers Teaching procedures: 1. offer: vt.&n. 提供
He offered me $2000 for the car. I accepted an offer of help. 2. Life is hard at high altitude, and the mountains make communications difficult.
make 此处为动词，“使成为，使变为”。 常接复合结构。即make +宾语+宾语补足语。做宾语补足语的可以是名词、形容词、省略to的不定式、过去分词等形式。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Sit down and make yourself comfortable. He make me repeat it.
I am afraid I can’t make myself understood. 3. condition:n.状况，状态, 后与介词of搭配
The astronauts soon got used to the condition of weightlessness. 4. particular: adj. 特定的
The accident happened on that particular day. He is very particular about his food. 5. consider: v. 考虑；认为
I considered changing my job, but in the end I decided not to. We consider him our friend.
6. on average=on the /an average: 平均
How many classes do you have every day on average?
every +基数+名词复数=every +序数+名词单数 意为 “每---” every two weeks=every second week =every other week He comes to see us every two days?
7. survive: v. 大难不死，死里逃生 She survived the accident. 8. in theory：理论上 in practice：实际上
In theory the train should arrive at 9:15, but in practice it is quite often late.
9. thanks to =because of 我们不是因为你才赢的。It was no thanks to you that we won. 10. 46-year-old为“数词+名词+形容词”构成复合形容词，也可不用连字符号而把名词变为复数形式，即46 years old。
It is a 100-year-old bridge.= It is a 100 years old bridge. 11. approach: n.&v. 靠近，方法，走近 我们听到火车开过来了。 你知道学习外语的最佳方法吗？ 他悄悄地走近那只鸟。
12. Every morning he climbed up to the bend with a large circular board in his hand. with +名词/ 代词 + 现在分词, 过去分词, 形容词, 副词, 介词短语作状语,表伴随情况。
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He lay still on the floor, with his dog sleeping beside him. He went out, without a word spoken. Don’t speak with your mouth full. He was standing there with his hands in his pockets. 13. But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted. taking the human traffic signal 为现在分词作状语，表示伴随情况。
现在分词作状语，可以表示时间、条件、原因、伴随、方式以及结果等。时间上，一般式表示的动作与谓语动词表示的动作同时发生或几乎同时发生；语态上，现在分词一般式往往表示主动的，所修饰的人或物是分词的执行者。
一听到那个消息，他禁不住大笑起来。Hearing the news, he couldn’t help laughing. （表时间）
因为穷，他买不起Being poor, he couldn’t afford a TV set. (表原因)
动动脑，你就会想出一个好办法。Using your head, you’ll find a good way.(表条件) 这个孩子坐在农舍前劈柴。The boy sat in front of the farm-house , cutting the branch. （伴随）
14. take…for granted：认为当然，不注意 我认为你想同我们一起去是理所当然的。