Lesson 4 Job Trends优秀教学设计

Unit 14

lesson 4

Job Trends Step I. Self-learning

I. Free talk

1.What kind of job do you like most?

2.What kind of jobs do you want to find?

(steady, creative, well-paid, fit yourself ,safe, comfortable, interesting......) Ⅱ. Studying aims 1. To master the main idea of the passage 2. To understand the development of the job market Step II. Study together I. Fast reading Read the text silently for 6 minutes. Read the sentences below and the text.

Then follow the steps in the Reading Strategies to find the correct sentences (a-f) for each gap(1-6) in the text. gap1

gap2

gap3

gap4

gap5

gap6

II. Careful reading: 1.) Do the true or false questions according to the text. 1.Toffler’s prediction has come true. (

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2.There is nothing we can do to keep up with the demand for change. (

) 3.The idea of “job for life” is still fashionable .

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4.People will work for small,dynamic companies as well as big companies. (

) 5.People prefer to work from home rather than go to office. (

) 2.)Read the text quickly and answer the following questions. 1. What job areas have become more important in the last twenty years? 2. What jobs have become less important? 3. How will jobs change?

4.What skills and personal qualities will people need?

5.What personal benefits will the new situation bring?

III. Consolidation

Read the text a third time, then fill in the blanks.

Alvin Toffler has written a book Future shock, which predict rapid changes will arrive soon for 1.___________nations.Now people are beginning to 2.__________________Toffler’s idea.

Some important changes 3.________________. Companies will 4.____________in different ways. So good 5._______________ skills will be extremely important .Since business will be more 6._______________,understanding other people’s mind,7.____________ and 8.____________will be very important .Try to improve 9._____________skills since new 10._____________is the driving force behind these rapid changes which changes the way people work and offers many other ways of working.

Step III. Further study

Ask the students whether they have any questions or not.

Step IV. Discussion Work in groups to find out important words and phrases in the passage, then ask two students to write them on the blackboard. 1.keep up with跟上，赶上

2.increasingly日益地，越来越......

3.without doubt毫无疑问

4.There is no doubt that 毫无疑问

5.a variety of各种各样的

6.respond to回答

7.bother doing sth麻烦做......

8. the driving force驱动力

9. leave behind落下，遗留

10. in case万一

11.be connected to/with 把.....和......连接起来

12. work out 解出，算出；制定出；锻炼身体

13.in great need 急需

StepⅤ. Homework

Then write a composition about your favorite job in the future.