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Unit 3
Unemployment
Text A
Critical reading and thinking of Text A
Text Analysis
Read Text A and answer the following questions. 1 Why can losing a job be the most distressing economic event in a person’s life?
Unemployment
Text A
Critical reading and thinking of Text A
Text Analysis 2 What happens to a country when it keeps its workers as fully employed as possible? The result of it is achieving a higher level of GDP.
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UnemplΒιβλιοθήκη yment• Text A
– Critical reading and thinking – Difficult sentences – English language for academic purpose
• Specialized vocabulary • Collocations • Signpost language • Formal English
incredible talents 2 College grads of this generation have _______________ which is an advantage that not everybody has.
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Unemployment
Lead-in
3 What are the two categories of the unemployment problem?
They are long-run problem and short-run problem.
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Unemployment
Text A
Critical reading and thinking of Text A
Because people rely on their labor earnings to maintain their standard of living, get income and get a sense of personal accomplishment.
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Unit 3
Unemployment
Unit Contents
Lead-in Text A Text B Text C Listening Speaking Writing
Unit 3
Unemployment
• Lead-in
– Lead-in task
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Unemployment
Lead-in
Task 1 Watch a video clip and complete the following sentences according to the information you have heard.
1 Eric, president of , is invited to give tips of finding a job college grads ________________.
Text Analysis 4 How can we judge how serious the problem of unemployment is? 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.
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 may give you some insights into this issue.
3 College grads who have _________________ working experience or do Internships are more likely to find jobs. ____________
4 College grads can apply to graduate school right now for __________________ a professional degree and higher education, in order to ride out this recession and this extremely ______________. weak job market 5 Knowledge is power and education will always pay off in a long-term Now watch it again and check your _________________. answers.