Module 2 A Job Worth Doing
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My Future Career Plan
As we all know, there are all kinds of careers around the world. Such as doctor, teacher, businessman, bank clerk and so on. Whoever you are, you have your own career, take Barrack Obama for example, his career is president, of course. For me, I’m just a student, I have no job. However, I want to obtain an ideal job in the future. Do you want to know my ideal future career?
When I was a little girl, a person who plays an important role in my life, we called her Miss Yang, my Chinese teacher. She was a very patient teacher. Every time, when I was in trouble and didn’t know how to solve it, she would not only guide me but also raise me up all the time, because of that, teachers formed such a supreme image in my heart that I want to pursue this career and no matter what efforts I will have to make.
As Lenin’s wife, Kcrupskaya, the educationalist of Former Soviet Union said ，no profession under the sun is more glorious than teacher! However, becoming a teacher is not easy, so, have you ever made a career plan for yourself? Whether you made or not, please listen to my future career plan.
Firstly, mastering a lot of knowledge. Teaching is a high demanding job with a wide range of knowledge. Therefore, I will try my best to read more books to make myself become a knowledgeable person.
Secondly, building strong self-confidence. There is a saying that “Self-confidence is the half of success!”. I believe the more self-confidence you have, the faster you will make your plan come true!
Last but not least, having a good personality. Teaching is an art. To be a good teacher, it needs patience. persistence and love just like my Chinese teacher Miss Yang and I will take a training which can provide me with the necessary qualifications to meet the requirements of a good teacher. I believe through my extra efforts I will gain excellent effects! As the proverb goes: ” Where there is a will, there is a way”! I believe my future career is not a dream!
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I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I get a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a
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deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start－there’s a dark period in-between where
you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.
The I met an agent(代理商)who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income,
just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal－that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck—of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract(合同)of the publisher—to be a published writer—is unbelievably rewarding．
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean? A．I was waiting for good fortune.
B．I was trying to find an admirable job. C．I was being aimless about a suitable job.
D．I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. 2. The author decided to write a novel________. A．to finish the writing course B．to realize her own dream C．to satisfy readers’ wish D．to earn more money
3. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel? A．Disturbed. B．Ashamed. C．Confident. D．Uncertain.
4. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph? A．It pays to stick to one’s goal. B．Hard work can lead to success.
C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.
D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something.
B
As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
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In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service.” Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one.” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs.” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green, and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. “What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas？”he asked.
“The letters？”
“I guess you never knew.” “Knew what？”
“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes 高二英语 第 3 页 共 8 页 4/12/2013 Q
and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as ________.
A. great chances to help other people
B. happy occasions to play with baby chickens C. exciting experiences with a lot of fun
D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies
6. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ________. A. Dad had a strong sense of duty
B. Dad was an honest and reliable man C. Dad had a strong sense of honor D. Dad was a kind and generous man
7. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most? A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years. B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl. C. Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.
D. Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.
8. The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is ________. A. offering analyses B. providing explanations C. giving examples D. making comparisons
9. What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?
A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole. B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year. C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.
D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families. 10. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. The Mail B. Christmas Letters
C. Special Mailboxes D. Memorable Travels
C
Spring is coming, and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing, our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to discourage visible tattoos(纹身), nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can't judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey(传递)certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often
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about what customers accept.
Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees(雇员)，because those people represent the companies to their customer.
As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best impression on our customers. There are plenty of well-qualified candidates, so it is not wrong to reject someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am open-minded, I can't expect all our customers are.
There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No company should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.
11．Which of the following is the newspaper editor's opinion according to Paragraph 2? A．People's appearances carry messages about themselves. B．Customers' choices influence dress standards in companies. C．Candidates with tattoos or nose rings should be fairly treated. D．Strange dress styles should not be encouraged in the workplace.
12．What can be inferred from the text? A．Candidates have to wear what companies prefer for an interview. B．What to wear is not a matter of personal choice for companies. C．Companies sometimes have to change to respect their candidates. D．Hiring managers make the best impression on their candidates.
13．Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A．Employees Matter B．Personal Choices Matter C．Appearances Matter D．Hiring Managers Matter
14．The author's attitude towards strange dress styles in the workplace may best be described as________. A．enthusiastic B．negative C．positive D．sympathetic
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Go and find a job!
Do you see yourself in your early 20s already wearing a smart suit and using a company phone? Recent trends have seen young people looking for internships rather than Saturday jobs. But should people be expected to do a 'proper job' at all while they're still young?
For many, weekend or evening work is a rite of passage that may involve cleaning toilets, milking cows or operating the machine that puts jam into a doughnut.
Holding down a part-time job as a teenager or student may not be glamorous. But it's a
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chance to dip one's toe into the world of work and take a crucial first step into adulthood.
But the number of young people doing a Saturday job has halved in 15 years, according to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. The economic downturn has made it tougher for young people to find any kind of job. For those seeking a career, there is now greater pressure to target their chosen profession and gain work experience.
Those who go on to successful careers often mention their days of waiting tables or picking fruit as formative experiences. Actor Sean Connery may have the 007 role as a highlight on his CV but he began working as a milkman when he was 14. George Clooney once tried his hand at selling women's shoes. Sir Terry Leahy ended up running the British supermarket giant Tesco after taking a holiday job stacking tea and coffee.
What is a 'proper job'? White collar work is aspirational and professionals in finance, advertising, journalism and the law often work extremely long hours. But there is a sense that sitting at a desk all one's life is not always 'real' work in the same way as some other jobs are.
Has a person who has never had to cope with physical or monotonous labor somehow missed out? It goes beyond career development to the idea of becoming a well-rounded person.
Dr Paul Sissons, senior researcher at the Work Foundation, argues that the best way to achieve career success could be getting good grades. \qualifications are still the essential determinant of labor market outcomes,\
1. Look at the article, what are the examples given of Saturday jobs?
2. What's made it more difficult for young people to find a job?
3. According to an expert mentioned in the article, what could be the best way of achieving career success?
4. What expression is used to refer to a job in an office?
5. What expression is used to refer to trying something out for the first time?
Glossary 词汇表 an internship 一次实习(机会) a Saturday job 一份周六的工作 a 'proper job' 一份正式的工作 a rite of passage 一个通过仪式 a part-time job 一份兼职工作
to dip one's toe into (something) 尝试做（什么） adulthood 成年 the economic downturn 经济衰退 formative experiences 成长经验
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to try one's hand at (something) 去尝试做（什么） white collar work 白领工作 aspirational 梦寐以求的 to miss out 错过 a well-rounded person 全面发展的人 formal qualifications 正式文凭或资格
B
Before the 1870’s, trained nurses were virtually unknown in the United States. Hospital nursing was an unskilled occupation, taken up by women of the lower classes, some of whom were conscripted(征募，招募) from the penitentiary（教养所，监狱） or the almshouse（贫民院，济贫院）. The movement for reform originated not with doctors, but among upper-class women, who had taken on the role of guardians（监护人） of a new hygienic（医疗，卫生） order. Though some doctors approved of the women’s desire to establish a nurses training school, which would attract the daughters of the middle class, other medical men were opposed. Plainly threatened by the prospect, they objected that educated nurses would not do as they were told—a remarked comment on the status anxieties of nineteenth-century physicians. But the women reformers did not depend on the physicians’ approval: When resisted, as they were at Bellevue in efforts to install trained nurses on the maternity（妇产科） wards, they went over the heads of the doctors to men of their own class of greater power and authority. Florence Nightingale, who had friends high in the English government, had followed exactly the same course in reforming her country’s military hospitals. Professional nursing, in short, emerged neither from medical discoveries nor from a program of hospital reform initiated by physicians; outsiders saw the need first.
1. which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Public Hygiene in the United States B. Florence Nightingale: A nurse’s Story
C. The Fight for Nursing Education in the United States D. Health Care in Upper and Lower Class Neighborhoods
2. According to the passage, nurses in the United States in the 1850’s could best be described as
A. poor, untrained women B. young medical students
C. wives of military officers D. middle-class men and women
3. The author states that the first advocates of nursing training in the United States were
A. medical men B. upper-class women C. professional nurses D. military commanders
4. According to the passage, some doctors objected to the establishment of nursing schools because they believed that
A. nursing was an art that could not be taught
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B. additional medical care from nurses was unnecessary C. volunteer nurses from the upper class were adequate D. educated nurses would undermine their authority
5. It can be inferred from the passage that Bellevue was a
A. hospital B. university C. government agency D. women’s penitentiary 6. Why does the author mention Florence Nightingale?
A. To describe the career of a pioneer of United States medicine
B. To show that women doctors supported the effort to upgrade nursing C. To prove that conditions differed in military and civilian hospital
D. To show the similarity of her tactics to those used by United States reformers Glossary 词汇表
virtually adv. 实际上， 事实上 occupation n. 职业 prospect n. 前景 object v. 反对
status n. 地位， 状况 anxiety n. 担心，担忧 install v. 安装，安排，安置 ward n. 病房，牢房 initiate v. 发起，发动， 开始 take up 从事，承担 originate v. 起源，发源 establish 建立
take on the role of 承担…的责任 approve of 赞同，赞成
comment on 评论，说明 follow a course 采取某种做法 in short 简而言之， 总之 reform 改革 emerge 出现
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