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Introduction & reading
Module 2 A Job Worth Doing
Lead-in:Let’s look at some pictures and talk about the different jobs
cook / chef
doctorworkersteacherathletes
athletes/sportsmanscientist/
researchera pilot
a farmeran engineer
1. Look at the six pictures at page 11 and discuss what the people are doing.
e.g.: A: What is the woman in
Picture 1 doing? B: She is treating a patient. A: What about Picture 2 ? B: ……
The answers to the six pictures
1. A doctor is treating a patient.
2. Three people are in a business meeting.
3. An engineer is repairing an electric equipment.
4. A chef is showing his prizes
won in the competitions.
5. A pilot is standing in front of
his aeroplane.
6. A woman researcher is doing
a chemical experiment.
Words and Expressionsintellectual
accountant
volunteer
offer
respect
toll
bend
direct
adj. 脑力的,思维的n. 会计n. 志愿者vi. (主动)提出vt. 遵守n. (事故疾病等的)伤亡人数n. 弯曲处,弯道vt. 指挥
Words and Expressionsmission
vertical
freeze
contract
earn
staff
sign
agent
n. 任务,职责,使命adj. 垂直的vi. 冻住,冻僵n. 合同,契约vt. 挣(钱)n. 全体职员,员工vt. 签字,签署n. 代理人,经纪人
Words and Expressionsapply
require
essential
grateful
available
demand
suffer
double
vi. 申请vt. 需要adj. 必不可少的,绝对重要的adj. 感激地,感谢的adj. 可获得的n. 要求,需要vi. 遭受(痛苦)vi. 加倍
Words and Expressions
leisure
individual
fitness
outgoing
personality
n. 休闲n. 个人
n. 健康
n. 个性,性格
adj. 外向的
Words and Expressions
in particular
on average
in theory
in practice
pass by
尤其,具体,特殊的,专门的平均理论上,从理论上来说实际上,在实际中
经过
Words and Expressions
take…for granted
have an effort on…
take up
take notice of
in response to
以为……理所当然对……产生影响 站好位置以备……注意到
作为……的回应
Know something about jobsKnow something about jobs someone who keeps or examines the records of money received, paid and owed by a company or person
accountant
barber
a person whose job is cutting people's hair
biochemist the scientist who
studies the chemistry of living
things
volunteer a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to do it electrician a person who puts in and maintains electrical wiresminer a person who works in a hole or system of holes in the ground made for the removal of substances such as coal, metal, and salt by digging
Discussion (1)Use the words in the box to
describe the jobs.badly paid, well paid, dangerous, exciting, intellectual, manual, satisfying, stressfule.g.: A doctor is satisfying, well paid but stressful.
A pilot is dangerous, exciting, satisfying, stressful.
Discussion (2)Talk with your partner. Tell
him/ her what sort of work you would like to do and why.
e.g.: I want to be a doctor because I can earn some money to support my family, besides, I can help patients to cure the disease so as to save their lives…
Lead-in As we know, there are all kinds of jobs in the As we know, there are all kinds of jobs in the
world, what do you think of their jobs?world, what do you think of their jobs?
In my opinion, soldiers are very important, whithout them, we will be defendless and we are not safe.
Reading and Vocabulary
Look at the picture and say who they are. What are their jobs?
Jobs and jobsJobs and jobs They are sportsmen, they are als
o doing an important job for our country. They show the power of our country.
Yes, every job is important, no matter big or small. Ok, today, we’ll learn a new passage “The Human Traffic Signal ”,after learning it, you’ll have a better understading of jobs.
Reading and Vocabulary1. Work in pairs. Try to match the
words with their meaning at page 12.
e.g.: A: We ask this person to put electricity in homes. What is this person?
B: I think this person should be an electrician.
A: A person who always works underground. Who is he?
B: A miner.
Answers to exercise 1.
1. electrician 2. miner 3. cook 4. biochemist 5. Barber
6. secretary 7. accountant 8. businessman/ businesswoman 9. policeman 10. volunteer
Look, read and guess
1. Look at the picture first, read the four questions on the book and try to guess what will the passage be about.
Questions :1). Where is the man standi
ng?2). What is he holding?3). Can the bus driver see th
e lorry?4). Can the lorry driver see t
he bus?
Read, listen & match
Read the above title and then listen to the tape, try to match a, b, c with 1,2,3 on the book.
(a) The man (b) The road (c) The reason why he does it
Answers :1.(b) 2.(a) 3.(c)
Fast reading
Read the passage as fast as you can, try to answer the questions of exercise 4.
Answers:1-6cbaacb
Careful reading
Read the passage carefully try to fin
ish activitiees 4 & 5, and try to find
out the answer to the following ques
tions.
Then give an analysis of The Human Traffic Signal
1.How are the life and the
condition of communication in La
Paz like?
2. Why are there so many accidents
there?
3. Why has the death toll fallen?
4. What do the drivers do when
they pass him?
5. What effect did his experience have on him?
Answers(1)
1. Life is hard at such a high altitude and the mountains make communication difficult. Many roads are in bad condition and accident are frequent there.
2.because on one side are the high mountains and on the other side is a sheer drop, and there are many bends on the roads. What’s worse, few drivers respect the traffic rules.
3. Because of a man named Timot
eo Apaza. He acts as a traffic sign
al and directs the traffic. He is doi
ng a meaningful job.
4. Some drivers give him a tip, but
most of them just pass by, taking
the human traffic signal for
granted.
5. It had a profound effect on him.
He thought he was lucky to be alive
and he should do the job to help
others. It is a mission for him.
Read, find and check
Read the words and phrases of exercise 5, then try to find words or phrases which mean the same as them.
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
The Human Traffic Signal
At 3 , 500 metres , La paz , in Bolivia , roads being in bad condition p. 1
Timoteo Apaza being a human traffic signal there p.2
Timoteo directing the traffic there p. 3
(Discuss in groups)
Well, boys and girls. I don’t know whether you are moved or not. Timoteo Apaza is a volunteer. He does the job without any pay.
1.What do you think of his job?
2.Is it worth doing?
3.Is there any better way to help him?
Answers(1)1. I really can’t understand why
he chooses the job, for he can’t make any money from it. I think it is not a job worth doing
That is because he once had a close encounter with death. He knows the values of life. So he wants to save the others’ lives. He thinks it is his mission and a job worth doing..
3. But .4. Some drivers give him a tip,
but most of them just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.
5. It had a profound effect on him. He thought he was lucky to be alive and he should do the job to help others. It is a mission for him.
Pair-work
eg: A: Where is La Paz?
B: It is in Bolivia.
A: What is its altitude?
B: …
Work in pairs. One asks the questions, the other answers them.
discussion
Read paragraph 2 and try to answer the questions.
1) what does this paragraph talking about?
2) what is the name of the man standing on the bend? How old is he?
3) what is he doing there? How does he do it?
Retell the passage by filling the blank.
Timoteo is a gentle 46-year-old man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of a road in Bolivia. The road is 1 ____ _________ because it is in high mountains, which rise steeply, and has 2 ___________ Anyone who can survive from such a travel is lucky.
in bad condition
a sheer drop
But 3 ________ Timoteo, the 4 _________ has fallen. Every morning he 5__________ the bend with a large circular board in his hand, which is red on one side and green 6 __________. When two vehicles approach from 7________________, they can’t see each other and situation may be dangerous.But they can see Timoteo. In this way Timoteo 8________________.
on the other
opposite directions
directs the traffic
thanks to
death tollclimbs up to
How much do you think Timoteo receive from doing it? Nearly nothing. Only a few drivers give him a tip which is just enough for him to 9_______, most of them just pass by, because they 10_____________. Actually Timoteo is a 11________, and nobody asks him to do so.
live on
take it for granted
volunteer
Thank you for your cooperation.
Goodbye everyone!
From the picture, we can see the mountains rise steeply above a plain and there is a sheer drop on one side of the mountains. The coming lorry driver can hardly see the going lorry. So many tragedies happen each year. Then since one local man volunteered to direct the traffic, using a round board on one of which is green and the other red, the death toll has been decreased…
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