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Unit 3 Careers and skills
Reading (II)
2025
Fill in the blanks
Earning a living and making a life for (1)________________ (they) and for others motivate people to enter the world of work. The earned salary makes them (2)________________ (finance) independent.
They can attain their goals and achieve dreams (3)________________ their work. Take Yang Liwei for example, he (4)________________ (drive) by his passion for flying when he was young, and then became (5)________________ pilot, which made him China’s first astronaut in space.
Revision
themselves
financially
through
was driven
a
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Their developed skills while at work help them (6)________________ (growth). The workplace has been changing (7)________________ (quick), so they have to keep up and develop new skills.
What’s more, work make the society (8)________________ (health). There is no distinction between high work and low work, all of (9)________________ should be respected. We should be proud of the (10)________________ (know) that hard work is vital for the benefit of the personal being and the society.
Revision
(to) grow
quickly
healthy
which
knowledge
Definitions
1) v. succeed in getting (sth); achieve
2) v. reach or arrive at sth, esp with effort
Vocabulary web
attain v. attainable adj. attainment n.
1. attain
Core vocabulary
Definitions
1) n. strong feeling, eg. of hate, love or anger
2) n. strong belief in something
Vocabulary web
passion n. passionate adj. passionately adv.
with passion; passion for
2. passion
Core vocabulary
Definitions
1) v. expect sth.
2) v. see and act accordingly
3) v. do sth. before it can be done by sb. else
Vocabulary web
anticipate v. anticipation n.
3. anticipate
Core vocabulary
Definitions
1) adj. better than average
2) adj. higher in rank or position
3) adj. showing that one thinks one is better than others
Vocabulary web
super adj. superior adj.
be superior to
see: super; superb
4. superior
Core vocabulary
Definitions
1) n. opinion, or like or dislike of sb./sth., that is not founded on experience or reason
2) v. cause sb. to have a prejudice; influence sb.
3) v. cause harm to (a case, claim, etc.); weaken
Vocabulary web
prejudice v. prejudiced adj.
without prejudice; prejudice against
5. prejudice
Core vocabulary
Definitions
n. person who works in sb. else’s household for wages
Vocabulary web
serve n. service n. servant n.
6. servant
Core vocabulary
Definitions
1) n. person who gives expert advice (in business, law, etc.)
2) n. (in Britain) hospital doctor of senior rank
Vocabulary web
consult n. consultation n. consultative adj. consultant n.
7. consultant
Core vocabulary
Definitions
n. a person employed to greet telephone callers, visitors, patients, or clients
Vocabulary web
receive v. reception n. receptionist n.
see: receipt; receiver
8. receptionist
Core vocabulary
Definitions
adj. of or for or belonging to each as an individual
Vocabulary web
respective adj. respectively adv.
see: respect n. respectful adj.; respectable adj.
9. respective
Core vocabulary
Definitions
1) v. pay money to borrow something for a short period of time
2) v. employ someone for a short time to do a particular job
Vocabulary web
hire sb. to do sth.
see: fire; employ
10. hire
Core vocabulary
Fill in the blanks
1. People make cutting remarks to help ________________ (them) feel superior or powerful.
2. Her research was not in any way intended ________________ (prejudice) the development of the college.
3. The plans were drawn up in ________________ (consult) with the World Health Organization.
4. You should work out your study plan by setting realistic and ________________ (attain) goals from the beginning.
5. The personnel manager has been looking for several people who can act as ________________ (receive).
themselves
to prejudice
consultation
attainable
receptionists
Core vocabulary
Fill in the blanks
6. No matter what you do, you should have passion ________________ life to live a happy life.
7. After the party we all went off to our ________________ (respectively) rooms.
8. We ________________ (anticipate) their making a complaint before we wrote a full report.
9. In terms of modern ideas, the government is the ________________ (serve) of people and not their master.
10. He insisted on ________________ (hire) someone with experience, someone who knows about real estate.
for
respective
(had) anticipated
servant
hiring
Core vocabulary
B1P33
Complete the report with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
Answers: 1. has been/is anticipated 2. labour 3. comfort zone 4. superior 5. attain 6. prejudice 7. are fond of 8. passion
Building your language
B2P33
Building your language
Think of as many fields and jobs as you can and add them to the table below.
Fields Jobs
Health care
Entertainment
Education
Science
doctor, surgeon, physician, dentist, nurse, acupuncturist
actor, singer, circus performer
teacher, tutor, lecturer
physicist, biologist, chemist
B3P33
Discourse markers are words or phrases which help express ideas logically. They show how different ideas are connected: on the whole and in general are used to generalize ideas, moreover and furthermore to add more information, and for example and for instance to give examples.
Discourse markers
B2P33
Find them in the article and revise the following sentences using discourse markers.
1. Indeed, it could be argued ...
2. However, earning a living is ...
3. Yang Liwei, for example, driven by his passion for flying ...
4. ... and, consequently, can give us a sense of achievement
Discourse markers
B3P33
Find them in the article and revise the following sentences using discourse markers.
5. ... our skills, thus providing room...
6. However, it is certain...
7. Moreover, there are people...
8. For example, teachers in remote rural areas...
Discourse markers
B3P33
You show great interest in designing furniture. You do not meet the requirements for the post. We are unable to offer you a job.
Discourse markers
On the whole, you show great interest in designing furniture. Your CV has some very interesting furniture design styles. However, you do not meet the requirements for the post. We prefer someone with much more experience in this field. Therefore, we are unable to offer you a job at this time.
Paraphrase the following sentences
Some might say that we work because we have to, not least because we need the salary that enables us to be financially independent.
1
Some people might think we are forced to work, especially because we have to earn a living,
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Paraphrase the following sentences
It is certainly true that most of us do join the labour force once our studies are completed.
______________
2
The majority actually begin to work after our studies.
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Paraphrase the following sentences
However, it is certain that no one can afford to be satisfied with the status quo.
3
But certainly we dare not to give up study.
Paraphrase the following sentences
Moreover, there are people who choose to step out of their comfort zone and commit themselves to working for the benefit of others.
4
What’s more, some people choose to give up comfort and are devoted to the cause for others.
Understand the complex sentences
... if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
“if” guides an adverbial clause of condition
modifying “success”
“which” guiding an attributive clause
The main body of the sentence
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Understand the complex sentences
Wherever our interests may lie and whatever our career choices might be, work allows us the opportunity to be engaged in something we are fond of, and consequently, it can give us a great sense of achievement and satisfaction.
“Wherever” and “whatever” guide adverbial clauses.
The main body of the sentence
The infinitive “to be engaged in something” modifying “opportunity” with attributive clause modifying “ something”
The attributive clause “we are fond of” modifies “something”
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Understand the complex sentences
This can add to our sense of achievement and our knowledge that we are developing as individuals while we move along our chosen career path.
The main body of the sentence
The relative “that” guides attributive clause
“while” guides an adverbial clause
3
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_________________________
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Understand the complex sentences
Wherever life takes us and whatever choices are laid out before us, something worth remembering is that our work, when done well, will not only help us make a living but also help make a life for ourselves and for others.
“Wherever” and “whatever” guide adverbial clauses
The main body of the sentence
modifying “something”
“that” guiding an object clause
4
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Modify “work”
Homework
1. Watch the micro lesson: How to paraphrase a sentence (Optional)
2. Finish off BP69 in the workbook. (Optional)
Answers: 1 follow up 2 weigh up 3 be put under pressure 4 To keep up with 5 are fond of 6 was laid out 7 earned a living 8 by no means
Homework
1. His work as a ________ (consult) is to advise foreign companies on the siting of new factories.
1. consultant
2. The country’s three richest men currently rank ________ (respective) 20th, 21st and 22nd in global rankings.
2. respectively
3. ________ (hire) a car, a foreigner must produce a passport and a current driving licence.
3. To hire
4. The government has decided to increase salaries for all civil ________ (servant).
4. servants
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the (given) words.
Homework
5. He brought to the job not just considerable experience but ________ (passion) enthusiasm.
5. passionate
6. Since I am his mother, my opinion of him is naturally a ________ (prejudice) one.
6. prejudiced
7. So far the goal ________ (attain) through their persistent efforts.
7. has been attained
8. Her latest album has met with a mixed ________ (receive) from fans.
8. reception
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the (given) words.
Homework
9. ________ (anticipate) that it would soon be dark, they all took with them flashlights.
9. Anticipating
10. I wondered at how he made the rice so superior ________ all other rice.
10. to
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the (given) words.
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