Unit 1 My first job
Teaching objectives
1. to be familiar with the writing style of narration
2. to be familiar with the us of the –ing and –ed participles
3.to be familiar with the building style of the Victorian age
4.to be familiar with the school system in the U.K.
text 1
Teaching procedure
I. pre-reading questions
1.Self-introduction
italian怎么读
2.football是什么意思How did you spend your summer holiday? Anything interesting/special to share with the whole class?
3.How many of you hold a part-time job? Can you tell us your experience of getting the first job?
Were you interviewed by the childcarlton ’ s parents or the head of the school?
II. the main idea（3 minutes for reading）
1.choosing the statement best sum up the content
2.reading comprehension in work book P1
（1） discussing and checking the answers in group
（2） checking the answers
III.reading or listening to the recording again 1. for new words and expressions
2. for difficult ntences
（ 1）高中英语名词性从句 find out ntences employing–ing or –ed participles and –ing or –ed phras
IV. Main ideas of each paragraph:
-school ten miles away (para.1)
-uncertainty before interview
-inconvenient transportation (para.2)
( awful journey to school)
-state of mind after the journey
-simple description of schoolhou (para.3)
-environment around the schoolhou
-simple description of the schoolhou (poor surroundings)
rapture-simple description of the schoolmaster (para.4) (unfavorable impression)
-simple description of the hallway (para.5) -simple description of the study
-the questions asked of me -my answer
-my reaction
-the pupils at the school (para.6)
--terrible teaching program/t-up
-my responsibilities (para.7)
beef是什么意思
-my annoyance (para.8)
(meager salary)
-the last straw (para.9)
(working under a woman)
V． analysis of the text
Paragraph 1
Q1: Why did the author apply for the job?
1.a teaching post听力下载 ⋯ :后置（postponement, ）New information, key parts
and long or complicated information are often put at the end of the ntence.
·We heard from his own lips the story of how he had been caught in a trap for days without food.
2. teaching post: -ing participle modifying “ post ”
3.甘蔗的英文advid at a school: -ed participle, function as object complement
4.being very short of money: adverbial（reason）→ adverbial clau of cau or reason
As I was short of money and wanted to do something uful, ⋯ Being in poor health and lacking in teaching experience, he was dismisd.
Not having his telephone number, I couldn ’ t ring him back.
5. experience of teaching: gerund = teaching experience: -ing participle
6.chances of landing the job: gerund, there is little possibility of
7. short of: short of
1)having an inadequate supply of: ⋯供 不 的： We're short of cash. 我 在 金不足。 short of hands 缺乏人手
short of breath 呼吸短促
elegantangel2） Other than; without resorting to: 除⋯之外；没有 于：
Short of shouting at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.
除了高声向他喊叫，我真想不出 有什么 法能惹起他的注意。
for short : as an abbreviation: 作 写：
He's called Ed for short. 人 用 称叫他埃德
in short : in summary; briefly 之； 而言之
8. ⋯land the jobthe air up there⋯:
land: informal To win; cure:【非正式用 】 得； 取：
land a big contract. 了一笔大合同
He attributed his landing the valuable prize to hard work.
land, acquire, earn
land: informal 指获得很 获得的工作或合同，常 “ 到，搞到”。
acquire: to get by one's own efforts: 逐 地、一步一步地、 少成多地去取到、 得。
