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
陈芷菁
2. 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 child’s parents or the head of the school?
II. the main idea（3 minutes for reading）
1. 我的新朋友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）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
社区食堂运营方案-simple description of schoolhou (para.3)
-environment around the schoolhou
- simple description of the schoolhou
(poor surroundings)
-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)
-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 …: 姨子宾语后置（postponement, 强调）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. advid at a school: -ed participle, function as object complement
4. being very short of money: adverbial（产品开发流程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.生趣的意思
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: …供给不够的：
We're short of cash. 我们现在现金不足。
short of hands 缺少人手
short of breath 呼吸短促
2）Other than; without resorting to: 除…以外；没有诉诸于：
Short of shouting at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.
除了大声向他喊叫，我真想不出还有什么办法能引起他的注意。
for short: as an abbreviation: 作为缩写：
He's called Ed for short.音响怎么连接手机 人们用简称叫他埃德
in short: in summary; briefly 总之；简而言之
8. …land the job…:
land: informal To win; cure:【非正式用语】 获得；获取：
land a big contract. 签了一笔大合同
He attributed his landing the valuable prize to hard work.
land, acquire, earn
land: informal 指得到很难得到的工作或合同，常译为“捞到，搞到”。
acquire: to get by one's own efforts: 逐渐地、一步一步地、积少成多地去取到、获得。
She acquired a knowledge of the English by careful study.
Some people go back for their education to acquire another degree or diploma to impress the society.
Some smoking and alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste and are not in born.
earn: to gain especially for the performance of rvice, labor, or work; to acquire or derve as a result of effort or action强调努力的程度与所得之间的关系，多指得到钱财、名声或某种利益等。
earns a large salary
His honesty earned the admiration of his friends.
机械租赁合同The young player earned his place in the team by training hard.
9. slim: there is little possibility of
I believe his chances are slim/ scant/ slender/ small.
slim, lean
slim: small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender苗条的，修长的; small in quantity or amount; meager微小的，微薄的;
lean: not fleshy or fat; thin消瘦的：没有肉或脂肪的；not productive or prosperous; meager:收益差的.
