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…