Lesson 4 Job Trends教学设计

Unit 14 Careers

Lesson4

Job Trends

Ⅰ. Teaching Objectives 1. To practice matching sentences with sentence gaps in a text.

2. To practice vocabulary related to work and jobs. 3. To get a general knowledge of the future job trends and think about their future development. Ⅱ. Warm-up Task1. Guessing game Look at the pictures that the teacher shows, and then guess “what’s my job?”

Task2. Divide the words below into three groups. computer skills; creative; flexible; farming; coal mining; hard working; typing; driving; understanding; the media; language skills; creative; helpful; ship building; steel production; services; communication skills; information technology

Job areas

Skills

Qualities

Task3: Discussion: In pairs, discuss these questions. 1 What job areas have become more important in the last twenty years? 2 What jobs have become less important? 3. Choose the job which you think is the most important in the future, then tell me your reasons.

(Every profession produces its own leading authority. 行行出状元) 4. What skills and qualities are useful to get a good job nowadays? Ⅲ. Reading

Step1:Fast reading: Read the text quickly and get the general idea of each paragraph.

Step2:

Detailed reading: read each paragraph with a sentence gap again, pay attention to the sentences before and after the gaps and underline the linking words, and then find the correct sentences (a-f) for each gap(1-6)

a. On the other hand, the service industry, the media and information

technology are booming. b. Because of this, people who work with computers will be in much greater demand. c. However, understanding other people, their minds, culture and history will be very important. d. First of all, don’t panic.

e. They will also need people who can work together and get on well in a team. f. Because of this, workers will have to be more flexible.

Ⅳ. Post-reading Task1. Language Points. Complete these phrases with a correct preposition.

1. keep_____ with

跟上，赶上…

2. work____

解出，制定出

3. rather______ 而不是

4._____ all

最重要的是

5. _____ case

以防，万一

Task2. Complete the sentences below with the phrases from task1. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

He took his rain coat with him ___________ it should rain. It’s hard for him to _______ his classmates. ________, we must believe in ourselves. The student decided to _________ the difficult problem by himself. I will have a cold drink ________ coffee. Ⅴ. Assignment.

How should you do in order to better adapt to the constantly changing society

?

If possible, write down the future plan

(100 words)