Unit 3 Job Interview
Text A Get the Job Y ou Want
Warming up exercis
Topic for discussion:
1.How to prepare for an Interview?
2.what factors will influence one in choosing a job?
1) W ords and Phras
Grill, follow up, prospective, athlete, endeavor, employment, do one/s homework, take a crack at, identify, make a difference, pry, generous, beyond one’s wildest dream
2）the verb “do”(p88)
3) usage: incidentally, by the way, now, ok
4) structure: as I e it, from one’s standpoint of vie w, in one’s opinion.
简单好看的油画If not (91-92)
5) text: four keys to get the job you want.
6) Interview Etiquette before/during/after the Interview
7) writing: an application letter.
General Tips and Advice on Job Interview (20 minutes)
Before attending an interview you should think about your respons to the following questions. Y our answers may depend on the job or company in question.
＊Why do you want this job?
＊What qualities do you think will be required for this job?
＊Why do you want to work for this company?
＊What do you know about this company?
＊What interests you about our product (or rvice)?
＊What can we (the new company) offer that your previous company cannot offer?
Interview Etiquette before the Interview
Y our hair should be clean and combed.
Nails should be clean and trimmed.
Be conrvative and err on the side of caution.
Arrive at least 10 minutes before your interview. The extra minutes will also give time to fill out any forms or applications that might be required.
Turn off your cell phone or pager.
Don't assume that whoever greets you is the receptionist.
Interview Etiquette during the Interview
Make a positive and professional first impression by being asrtive and giving a firm handshake to each interviewer and addressing each interviewer by name as he or she is introduced.
Reinforce your professionalism and your ability to communicate effectively by speaking clearly and avoiding "you knows", and slang.
U appropriate working. Y ou won't receive extra points for each work that has more than 10 letters. U technical terms only when appropriate to the question.
Interview Etiquette after the Interview
Shake each interviewer's hand and thank each interviewer by name.
Send a thank you note as soon after the interview as possible.
Step 4 Text Analysis (10 minutes)
Several W ays to Introduce a Theme
◆Starting the topic directly
◆Posing a question
◆Quoting a famous saying
◆Relating an anecdote or an incident
Cultural Notes (15minutes)
Michael Jordan
Born 1963. American professional basketball player. A guard with the Chicago Bulls (1985-1993, 1995-1999) he holds a National Basketball Association record for most asons leading the league in scoring, and was named the NBA's most valuable player four times.
John Michael Landy
Born 1930. Australian athlete, and the cond runner, after England’s Sir Roger Bannister, who broke the four-minute mile. He did so in 3 minutes 58 conds in 1954, two months after Bannister t his mark.
Roger Bannister
Born 1929. British runner who in 1954 became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
The New Y ork Marathon
In the fall, the largest running event in the U.S., annually attracting 30,000 or more entrants in a race through the five boroughs.
W ord Study (20minutes)
Teaching Method: Explanation, exemplification
1. Grill: (informal) question intenly; cook under or over direct heat
※After being grilled by the police for two days, Johnson signed a confession.
被警方盘问了两天之后，约翰逊在招供书上签了字。
※她父母盘问她去过些什么地方。
Her parents would grill her about where she’d been.
※I decided to grill the sausages rather than fry them.
我决定把这些香肠烤一烤，而不是油炸。
2. Follow up: take additional steps to further (a previous action)
※He decided to follow up on his initial rearch and write a book.
他决定对初步研究作进一步拓展，写成一本书。
※你应该写完信后再跟着打个电话。
Y ou should follow up your letter with a phone call.
as follows
The result were as follows.
I’ll have fish, with fruit to follow.
3. prospective: likely to be or become
The college had applications from nearly 200 prospective students.
As the saying goes, “He who laughs last laughs the longest”.
As I e it, from one’s standpoint of view, in one’s opinion
3. Endeavor: an effort or attempt to do something; try to do something
※In spite of our best endeavors, it has proven impossible to contact her.
尽管我们尽了最大的努力，结果还是联系不上她。
※工程师们正努力寻找问题的症结所在。
Engineers are endeavoring to locate the source of the problem.
4. Employment: an occupation, esp. regular paid work
Look for employment 找工作
In employment 有工作
In the employment 受雇于某人
Employment opportunities 就业机会
Employment counlors 就业咨询者
Employment agency / bureau / office 职业介绍所
5.Do one’s homework: make preparations beforehand
※It was obvious that she had done her homework and thoroughly prepared for her interview.
显然她为面试作了充分的准备。
※在他发言前他已事先做好了准备。
He had done his homework before he delivered the speech.
clo every sale: be successful in/complete every sale
incidentally, by the way, ok, now (P89)
bracket: category, group range档次
This car is out of my brackets.
6. Take / have a crack (at): try to do something
※It’s not something I’ve done before, but I’ll have / take a crack at it.
这事儿我从没干过，可是我要试一试。
※再试一试解这个谜吧。
Have another crack at solving this puzzle.儿童简单油画
7. identify: recognize, perceive
我所向披靡※The police man identified him as the thief.
警察认出他是小偷。
※She identifies wealth with generosity.
她把财富与慷慨等同起来。
※He refud to identify himlf with their schemes.
他拒绝参与他们的阴谋。
8.Make a difference: change the situation or outlook; have an effect
make a /no/a lot/some/all/much/ any difference to /for…产生影响谈恋爱的感觉
※Exerci can make a big difference to your state of health.
锻炼可使你的健康状况大为改观。
※It makes no difference (to me) what you say. I’m not going.
不管你怎么说我都无所谓（没有作用或影响），反正我不去。
9. Pry: vi. Try to look into private facts about a person
※We don’t want people prying into our affairs.
我们不愿意人们打听我们的私事。
※一些记者喜欢窥探电影明星的私生活。
Some reporters like to pry into film stars’private life.
Taxi:（飞机）在地面上滑行
In the neighborhood of: about
I am hoping to buy an apartment …. Of 100m2.
10. Generous: giving or willing to give freely
※It was generous of you to share your food with me. 你与我分享食物真是大方。※Peter is very generous to his friends. 彼得对他的朋友很大方。
※他花钱大方。He’s generous with his money.
11. beyond one’s (wildest) dreams: more than anyone/ one can ever imagine
※Suddenly she was rich beyond her wildest dreams.
她怎么也没想到突然之间变得那么富有。
※我做梦也没想到这个计划居然成功了。
The scheme succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
Sparkle: shine in small bright flashes
The diamond ring …ed in the sunlight.
Language points in Part I
Lines 4-6: When a recent college graduate…looking for a sales job, I ask him what he had done … for the interview.
Looking for: prent participle, ud as adverbial of accompany,
modifying came
What clau is ud as the object of “ask”
Lines 9-10: Had he checked with …to e if there were any graduates …whom he could interview.
If: noun clau, ud as object of e
Whom: attributive clau, modifies graduate
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oppo手机截屏怎么截Lines 19-20: How well prepared would this person be if he were to call on a prospective customer?
If: subjunctive mood
2. Language points in Part II
Lines 76-78: In my opinion, the majority of…are unfriendly if not downright rude.
◆if not: even if;
◆downright rude: absolutely rude
Lines 103-104: As we were taxiing down it:
◆As the jet moved slowly on a runway.
Here “taxi”is ud as a verb.
1. Content Questions in each part (Page 42)
Q1: What kind of answers did the author get from the college graduate who wanted a job?
Q2: What conclusion did he draw from the young applicant’s answers?
Q3: What is the first suggestion the author gives to job applicants?
Q4: What example does the author u in support of his cond suggestion?
Q5: What is the author’s third suggestion mainly concerned with?
Q6: Why does the author talk about the cabs in New Y ork when he gives his fourth suggestion?
2. Sentence Paraphra
Line 16: Would the letter be in out hands within 24 hours of the meeting, possibly even hand- delivered:
* Would we receive the letter within 24 hours of the meeting, or would he come here to give us the letter himlf.
Line 28: …, but they’re also the first ones on and t he last ones off the court: * …, but they’re also the first ones to get to the basketball court and the
last ones to leave there.公务员职称等级
Line31: the odds were good that I would have the same job:
* I was quite likely to have the same job
Line 36: But if you’re prepared, the pressure is on the other folks---- the ones who haven’t done their homework.
＊If you prepare for your own materials well, the pressure is not on you but on tho who are not well-prepared.
Line 44: I shouldn’t have:
* I shouldn’t have worried about having the 90-year-old man as my partner Line 47: I always like to work on my weakness.
* I always like to give my attention to my weakness.
Line 77: Most of the cabs are filthy, and almost all of them sport an impenetrable, bulletproof partition:
* Most of the cabs are extremely dirty, and almost all of them fix markedly a
screen that is impossible for others to enter or for bullets to penetrate.
3. Uful Expressions
Potential salespeople 可能成为营业员的人Mock interview 模拟面试Follow up 采取进一步行动 A prospective customer 可能的客户Notice the difference 自己知道
俗话说As the saying goes 世界级音乐家A world-class musician 顶尖运动员 A top athlete 极有可能的是The odds were good that 一生中仅有的一次经历A once-in-a-lifetime experience 努力争取Go after
事先做好准备Do one’s homework追求；
交换场地Switch sides 练习自己的弱点Work on one’s weakness 顺便说一下Incidentally 发挥优势Develop one’s strengths
奇迹中的奇迹Miracle of miracles 尝试Take a crack at
发令枪一响At the gun 实现你的目标Accomplish your goals
付款协议书范本防弹隔离装置Bulletproof partition 一份保证书 A mission statement Detailed Study of Part Three and Four (15 minutes)
