Unit Three Career PlanningI. Theoretical basis:College English Syllabus (1999); College English Curriculum Requirements (2004) II. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1) get to know some useful information concerning the topic of the reading passages in this unit and to know more about English culture;2) do some preparation activities such as discussion, group work, etc. to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills;3) grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their vocabulary (acceptable, efficient, implication, occupation, personnel, pursue, straighten, undergo, resort, estimate, ambitious, conscientious, hastily, obedient, figure out, in case, take stock of);4) read the in-class reading passage in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the in-class reading passage to improve their reading comprehension;5) do some post-reading exercises and some after-class reading to practice what they have got to know in class to improve their English comprehensive skills.;6) translate some typical sentences into Chinese or English by using some expressions learned in the reading passages to acquire some translating skills and better their translating abilities.III. Teaching MethodologyMainly applying task-based approach and communicative one to construct a student –centered classroomThe whole learning and teaching proceed is tended to follow the model of pre-task------task cycle------post-taskIV. Time DistributionAccording to Ss’English learning traits and regulations, the focus of the learning strategies, and the English level of current students; we are going to finish this unit in 8 periods: Listening & Speaking (2 periods); In-class Reading (6 periods); Exercise & After-class Reading (1 periods); Further Development &Writing (1 periods).Period I&II listening and speakingI、Teaching Content1) T’s background knowledge introduction as recruitment and Ss’ discussion onthe topic of career planning, and enlarge their vocabulary on this unit.2) Listening of 1 passagesII、Teaching designPart One: Preparation1.What Are They?Describe pictures: There are fourteen pictures.Work in pairs and try to figure out the occupations of the people in the pictures on page 56.director●surgeon●air hostess●pilot●cook/chef●conductor●lawyer●receptionist●policeman●butcher●Doctor/physician●auto-repairman●scientist/research worker●nurse2.What kind of job would you like to do?What factors will influence you in choosing a job?----personal interests----salary----opportunity for promotion, travel, etc.----working hours----contribution to the society----the opinions of other peoplePart Two: Listening-centered Activities1.Explain the new words (image, irritation, survey, investigator, prejudice,technique, accountant, estate agent, majority, subordinate, rosy, rating, sensible, gloomy)2.Listen to Section One twice and take notes.3.Listen to Section Two twice. Look for the mistakes in the printed interviewand correct then according to what you hear from the tape.4.Listen to Section Three twice and fill in the missing information.5.Discuss the following questions in groupsa)What is your impression of these professions?b)Do you have prejudices against them? If so, what are your prejudices?c)What factors will influence you in choosing a job?Part Three: Assignmentto prepare the new words on the textbook.Period 3&4 ReadingI、Teaching ContentThe title of the text is ―Career Planning‖(intensive reading). Language points explanation, exercise.II、Teaching Objects1)Understand and master new words and phrases: course of action, hyper-, inreality, not much, at stake, confront, face, resort to, seize on, work out, in case,every so often, take steps to do sth, talk over, etc.3) Improve Ss micro-reading skills and the ability of thinking, inference andjudge in English.III、Teaching DesignA. GreetingB. Check the assignment: new words dictationC. Pre-Reading ActivitiesWork in pairs and discuss the following questions.1. Are you planning your future career? If so, what is the career you are aiming for?2. how are you preparing for your future career？Enriching Your Word Power1. invent -inventorlogical -illogicalmoral -immoralpursue -sued, -suinge.g. Bad luck pursued us. 厄运纠缠着我们。

2. formula: ①a symbolic representation of the composition or of the composition andstructure of a compound 分子式：The chemical formula for water is H2O.②a prescription of ingredients in fixed proportion; a recipe配方:This is the secret formula for a new medicine.③a method of doing or treating something that relies on an established,uncontroversial model or approach准则，方案:Drinking and driving is a formula for trouble.The employers and the union leaders have agreed an acceptableformula for wages.雇主和工会领袖已就工资问题达成了一个可行方案。