Unit 4 Career Planning(P158)Post Reading³ Reading Comprehension1. Understanding the Organization of the Text1) Introduction (Para.1)Career planning does not necessarily follow routine or logical steps.2) Students’ weaknesses in career planning (Para. 2)i) Most students choose from a very narrow group of occupations.ii) 40 to 60 percent of the students choose professional occupations, but only 15 to 18 percent of the work force is engaged in professional work.iii) Young men lack interest in fields that offer many job opportunities.iv) A third of the students are unable to express any choice of occupation.3) Serious flaws in the ways many people make decisions (Para. 3~5)i) complacency – ignoring challenging informationii) defensive avoidance – resorting to wishful thinking or daydreamingiii) hypervigilance – searching frantically for career possibilities and seizing on hastily invented solutions4) Keys to career planning (Para. 6~11)i) Study yourself.ii) Write your career goals down.iii) Review your plans and your progress periodically with another person.iv) If you choose a career that does not fit you, you can start over.5) Changes in careers (Para. 11~13)i) Few changes involve downward movement; most involve getting ahead. ii) Job changes and career shifts occur at all ages.6) Conclusion (Para. 14~15)Although there is no sure way to make career plans work out, there are things that you can do now to shape your career possibilities.2. Understanding Specific Information1) T 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T 8) T 9) T 10) F11) T 12) F3. （略）Vocabulary Practice1. 1) acceptable 2) efficiency 3) implications 4) instability 5) rationalize6) evaluation 7) unforeseeable 8) invention 9) hastily 10) probability11) professional 12) challenging 13) defensive 14) personality2. 1) in case 2) Every so often 3) resort to 4) talk over 5) start over6) in reality 7) at stake 8) seized on 9) leading to 10) take stock of3. 1) programs 2) way 3) technical 4) both 5) provided 6) who7) such 8) needed 9) opportunities 10) when 11) to 12) Completion 13) holding 14) early 15) hire 16) promote 17) up 18) educatingTranslation1. 几年前他心脏动了一次大手术。

(undergo)He underwent major heart surgery several years ago.2．我们估计完成这项工作要花一个星期。

(estimate)We estimated that it would take a week to finish the work.3．许多妇女发现从事一种职业同时又要孩子是很困难的事。

(pursue)Many women find it difficult to combine pursuing a career and having a child / children.4．你可以爱一个人而不一定要跟他/她结婚。

(necessarily)You may love someone without necessarily wanting to marry him/ her.5．她不接电话时我只好站在她窗外叫她。

(resort to)When she didn’t answer the telephone, I resorted to standing outside her window and calling up to her.6．可能下雨——你最好带把伞，以防万一。

(in case)It may rain --- you’d better take an umbrella (just) in case.7．英国要求召开最高级会议(summit)来审视世界秩序中发生的根本变化。

(take stock of)Britain has requested a summit to take stock of the fundamental changes in the world order.8．她非常虔诚，因此对死并不惧怕。

(hold)She is very religious, so death holds no fear for her.Part Four Writing and Translation(P 195)2. Translation PracticeFrom Chinese into EnglishA. Interviewer: Do you have a boyfriend?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Is he here, in this city?Applicant: No, he is in another city.Interviewer: Sorry, will not employ you.Applicant: Why not?Interviewer: You would not be keeping your mind on your work. What’s more, we do not want to see our telephone bill increase enormously because of you.B. Interviewer: Do you have a girlfriend?Applicant: No.Interviewer: Have you ever dated a girl?Applicant: Yes, but she didn’t want to date me.Interviewer: Do you want to date girls after you have a job?Applicant: I will set my mind on work first. I will not consider my marriage now.Interviewer: Sorry, we will not employ you.Applicant: Why not?Interviewer: You are lacking in the ability of dealing with interpersonal relationships. Also, you lack self-confidence.C. Interviewer: Do you have a girlfriend?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Is she pretty?Applicant: Not quite.Interviewer: Sorry, we will not employ you.Applicant: Can it be that a plain girlfriend will affect your company’s image?Interviewer: It’s not that. But our company engages in works of art. Your aesthetic judgment does not satisfy our company’s need.D. Interviewer: Do you have a girlfriend?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Is she pretty?Applicant: Very.Interviewer: Is she your first love?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Sorry, we will not employ you, because you lack the initiative in pursuing the better unceasingly.E. Interviewer: Is she pretty?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Is she your first love?Applicant: No, I had a couple of girlfriends before.Interviewer: Sorry, we will not employ you, because you would soonjob-hop.F. Interviewer: Do you have a boyfriend?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Is he very rich?Applicant: No.Interviewer: Sorry, we will not employ you, because your job is to work with money. I am afraid you cannot resist the temptation.G. Interviewer: Do you have a boyfriend?Applicant: Yes.Interviewer: Is he very rich?Applicant: Yes, he has his own company.Interviewer: Sorry, we will not employ you, because even your boyfriend’s company doesn’t employ you.Applicant: But that’s because his company doesn’t have a position suitable for me.Interviewer: What’s your major then?Applicant: Secretary.Interviewer: Sorry, we still cannot employ you. Pretty girls will affect our company’s work.Applicant: But I am not pretty.Interviewer: That’s even worse. If you are not pretty, our manager will not be interested in you.Unit 5 Language(P212)Post-ReadingReading Comprehension1. Understanding the Organization of the Text1) Introduction: the most important day in her life. (Para.1)2) Her feelings before her teacher arrived/her education began. (Para. 2-3)3) The first encounter with the teacher. (Para. 4)4) How she discovered words. (Para. 5-9)A. Her initial success in learning (Para. 5): She learned the spelling of a few words.B. The difficulties encountered in learning the meaning of words and her reaction. (Para. 6)C. Her new sight that everything had a name and each gave birth to a new thought. (Para. 7-8)D. Her feelings and her outlook on life before she fell asleep that night after her trip to the well-house. (Para. 9)2. Understanding the details1) I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrast between the two lives which it connects. (ll. 2-3)A. What do the two lives refer to?The two lives she led before and after the teacher came.B. What does it refer to?The day when her teacher came to her.C. What is the immeasurable contrast?Before the teacher came, she lived in a still, dark world in which there was no strong sentiment or tenderness. From that day on, she began to learn language and gain a new insight into life.2) On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant. (ll.5)Why did Helen consider March 3, 1887 an eventful day?Because the day marked a turning point in her life. On that day, the teacher came to her to reveal all things to her, including love.3) …when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line…(ll.17-21)A. White and dark are opposite in meaning. Then what does white darkness mean?It refers to a feeling of being lost, like a ship at sea almost incapable of finding her way in a white fog without sunshine. Helen Keller compares herself to a ship lost in thick fog, and is unable to find her way. Like the ship with her plummet and sounding-line, she is reaching out and crying wordlessly for light in the dark unknown world.B. What does her refer to?The ship.4) I was like that ship before my education began…(ll.22-23)How did Helen feel before her education began?She felt tense and anxious, waiting for something to happen with a beating heart.5) … and tried to make me understand that “d-o-l-l” applied to both. (ll.44-45)What does both refer to?Both the new doll and the big rag doll.6) Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that “m-u-g” is mug and that “w-a-t-e-r” is water, but I persisted in confounding the two. (ll.46-47)What does the two refer to?The words and the real objects.7) … and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. (ll .63-64) What is the mystery of language ? Words are the names of things./Everything has a name.8) That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! (ll .65-66)What does that living word mean?It suddenly dawned on Helen that the word “water ” referred to the wonderful cool thing flowing over her hand and the word itself became alive.9) …word that were to make the world blossom for me, “like Aaron ’s rod, with flowers ”. (ll .76-77)Why did Helen compare the world to “Aaron ’s rod ”?Because the world experienced a great change in Helen ’s mind after she discovered the mystery of words, just as Aaron ’s rod, which had been a piece of dead wood, burst into flowers with God ’s love.3. “How I Discovered Words ” When … Helen Keller ’sFeelingsshe stood on the porch, waiting for the teacher to comedumb, expectant Miss Sullivan spelled “doll ” in her hand interestedshe finally succeeded in making the letters for doll pleasant and proud the teacher tried time and again to teach her the connection between words and thingsimpatientshe felt the fragments of the broken doll at her feet keenly delighted she knew she was going out into the warm sunshine pleasant/happy she finally discovered the mystery of language in the well-house excited, eager to learnshe tried vainly to put the broken doll together repentant and sadshe lay in her crib at the close of the day joyful and hopefulSample:On the afternoon of the 3rd of March, 1887, before the teacher came, Helen Keller felt dumb and expectant, hoping for something that would open up her world. The first thing her teacher gave her was a doll and then she spelled the “d-o-l-l” in Helen” hand. When Helen Keller finally succeeded in making the letters for doll, she felt pleasant and proud. But when her teacher tried to help her make the connection between words and objects, she became impatient. Helen Keller expressed her dislike by dashing the doll on the floor. At that point, she felt keenly delighted. When she realized that her teacher was taking her out into the sunshine, Helen Keller was very happy. In the wellhouse, she discovered that “w-a-t-e-r” meant the wonderful cool something that was running through her fingers. The mystery of language was finally revealed to her. And she became excited and was eager to learn. When she returned to the house and tried vainly to put the broken doll back together, she felt sad and repentant. At the close of the day, when she was lying in her crib, she felt joyful and hopeful.4. Group DiscussionSample:Helen Ordinary PeopleLearn by touching, feeling Learn by imitating the shape Start by spelling……Learn by seeing , hearing Learn by imitating the sound Start by speaking aloud……Vocabulary Practice1．Section A 1) A 2) B 3) A 4) B 5) C 6) B 7) C 8) C 9) A 10) ASection B1) The soldiers ______ the attack after stopping for a little while. renewed2) The rules of safe driving ________ to everyone. apply3) It’s no use being sorry if you ________ in doing it. persist4) The cold winter was ________ by a stormy spring. succeeded5) I can’t just _________ everything to receive casual visitors. drop6) The details of the policy have not been ___________ yet. revealed7) The sight of the Great Wall filled me with _________. wonder8) It was on Sunday that Davis felt his loneliness most ____________. keenly9) He hunted ________ through his pockets for a piece of paper. vainly10) Father ________ on me the value of hard work. impressed2.1) It is known to all that children, unlike adults, apply rules ________. (conscious) unconsciously2) The ________ crowd in the streets waited for the queen to pass. (expect) expectant3) The birthday party and the movie have made this a(n) ________ night. (event) eventful4) China is a market of ____________ potential. (measure) immeasurable5) Children learn by ________. (imitate) imitation/imitating6) Language is something living and __________ changing. (continue) continually7) She treated the poor girl with ____________. (tender) tenderness8) She was getting very ____________ at having to wait so long. (patient) impatientTranslation1. Seeing all the people walking to and fro outside the office, I became more worried.2. He will see who is his true friend in time.3. That scientist’s experiment gave birth to a new drug.4. He had been shut In by illness for much of the winter.5. They would practice speaking English at the first opportunity.6. Everything she valued/treasured might be swept away overnight7. All the students are busy preparing for the finals towards the close of the term.8. They longed for green trees and open spaces..Part Four Writing and Translation(P 239)2. Translation PracticeFrom English into Chinese1) 他钦佩布朗太太，这使我感到很惊奇。