Unit 14 CareersUnit 14 CareersLesson 3 Nine To Five

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ObjectivesTo practise making inference

sTo develop strategies for wor

king out meaning from context

To practise making reported speech

New words

InspectPay offGloryConstantlyBeneath

New words &Job Guessing“My job is to inspect all stre

ets in this district every day, I need to keep an eye on one or two thieves.”

This guy could be a policeman.

inspect: to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, especially about their quality or condition

All his hard work paid off in the end, he finally took a role in the movie.

He could be an actor.pay off: the result of a set of

actions, or an explanation at the end of something.

He celebrated in the glory of scoring three goals in the final 8 minutes.

He/She could be a football player.

glory:great honour and praise which you earn by doing something successfully.

He's constantly changing his language and writing style, and he believes this story will be the best-seller.

He could be a writer.constantly:all the time or freq

uently

“When we got to the house, the fire was fierce and it was very dangerous, luckily we found the little baby beneath a big desk. She was sleeping on the floor.”

This guy could be a fire fighter. beneath:in or to a lower positio

n than, under

Fast reading

What does Wang Junyan do?

She is the presenter for Universe TV’s news programmes.

Scanning reading

Read the text to match the main ideas with paragraphs.

Complete a chart.

Vocabulary exercises for reading comprehension

Read the article “The Road to Success”, then answer the questions below.

1. What did Wang Junyan do with her mother that taught her to be curious?They would turn over stones and look at the little creatures.

Detailed reading

2. What made Wang Junyan realize the importance of being a journalis

t?

Her report on an illegal business.

3. What did Wang Junyan like mos

t about being a reporter?She found it interesting and challenging.

4. What does Wang Junyan’s story tell you about success?

Suggested answer:One should be curious, interested and paticient (never give up) in what he does in order to succeed.

Post readingA topic for discussing:

What do you think about “the road to success”, besides what mentioned in the text, what else do you think are necessary to achieve one’s success?(using the key words)

Homework

Ex.4 on Page 37Ex.1,2 on Page 70

Lesson 3 Nine To Five (2) Reported Speech

Lead-inWould you please find out

the following sentences with the same meanings in the text?

Wang Junyan said that her mother’s attitude towards life would never stop influencing her thoughts and actions.

--- “… Her attitude _________________________________________________.”will never stop influencing my thoughts and actions.

She told me that she met a lot of people and went to many different places. She was never bored with that job.

---________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I meet a lot of people and go to many different places. I am never bored with this job.”

We’re going to study the Reported Speech.

Listening and Reported Speech

Listen to the interview, to fill in blanks(Direct Speech).

Pair work: check answers. Read the report in Ex. 5 on pa

ge 27 to fill in Reported Speech and work out the rules on the students’ sheet.

Group discussion: exchange their answers.

Readi Grammar Summary 4, page 92 and complete the form.

Check answers in class.

Reported Speech Practice

Do Ex. 8 on page 27

Language in use

Task A:Let students represent the interview based on the passage in Ex. 5 on page 27 and the chart on student’s sheet.

Task B: Imagine you interview a famous person who does one of the jobs below. In your notebook, write five sentences that this person says. Then write your interview as a report.(Ex.5, page 71)

actor, novelist, footballer, rally driver, rock musician, TV presenter

e.g., interview--- I acted in my first film when I was twelve.

report--- She said that she had acted in her first film when she was twelve.

HomeworkEx.on page 70,71