Personalities and jobs

ListeningListening

Objectives

♠ speak out some characteristics needed for

certain jobs;

♠ identify opinions by listening to a class

discussion;

♠ talk about your future jobs and its

qualities needed.

At the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to

Jobs? Qualities?

conductor butcher

farmer

teacher

Jobs? Qualities?

bank clerk

doctor

tour guide

computer programmer

What qualities are good for the jobs?

teacher farmer doctor butchertour guide computer programmerbank clerk bus conductor

athletic unselfish confident independent neat intelligentresponsible sharp creativesociable patient sensitive

More adjectives:More adjectives:

Ensure yourself of the meanings of the new words

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Word bank

1.confident 2. sharp 3. selfish

4. patient 5. creative 6. intelligent

7. outgoing 8. independent

9. neat 10. athletic

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Listening Strategies

Identifying opinions

• Before you listen, try to imagine the people

and what kind of things they might say.

• While you listen, write down important

words.

• After you listen, look for synonyms

( 同义词 )of the words in the questions.

words

biology 生物学

harvest 收获

peaches

pineapples

words

have a desire to do sth = want to do

sth very much

get satisfaction out of = feel sati

sfied/happy for doing sth

kindness n. = being kind

requirement n. require v.要求

1st listening

What jobs are mentioned?

Answers

computer people ; tour guides; farmers; cooks ; doctors and nurses

Questions and answers

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4. They should be caring & helpful.

1. Xiao Dong.

2. They need to be independent, outgoing and able to solve problems.

3. Farming.

5. Cao Wen.

2nd listening—Notes(1)Computer people Cooks

W.S.: quiet, shy

X.D.: not athletic, creative

Tour guides Nurses

Farmers Doctors

Notes (2)Computer people W.S.: quiet, shy X.D.: not athletic, creativeTour guidesL.L.: independent, outgoing, have a desire to

share, able to deal with problems & situations

C.W. : get satisfaction out of seeing other enjoying

FarmersX.D.: patient, know animal biologyL.L.: never give up

Notes (3)Cooks

W.S.: creative, able to handle a kitchen and get work done on time

Nurses

L.L. : a lot of kindness, very caring, willing to help

X.D.: not be selfish

Doctors

C.W.: kind, good listeners, confident

5Listen again and write down at least 5 ways of giving opinions.

1. I think…

2. I’d like to…

Examples Examples

Giving opinions

5 3. It seems to me that…4. As I see it, …5. I feel that…6. I’m certain that…

Giving opinions

回应

1. To some extent, I agree.2. That’s a good point.3. I couldn’t agree more.4. That’s cool.

Example:A: What job do you like to do?B: I’d like to be a computer programmer.A: Why do you like that job?B: Because I am not an outgoing person. And also

I feel that I’m creative.A: That’s cool. But as I see it a programmer’s work

sometimes seems boring. Don’t you agree?B: To some extent, yes. But I …

Homework

1. Memorize the new words.

2. P56—Ex. 1

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