新统一标准大学英语教案.doc

Unit 1 Nine to Five

Section 1 Lead-in

1. Video and Questions
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Clip One.
1). Why is the girl，Ryden Malby，screaming in the end?

Clip Two.
1). What does Ryden respond to the question “What are you up to” at the party?
2). What does she say about her situation?

Clip Three.
1). Watch the clip to see if there is any difference between the three fathers’ attitudes and behaviors?Which one do you prefer?

2. Discussion
1) What is the first problem facing the students leaving university?
2) How do you think they will react if they can’t find a job?
3) What do you think their parents will do if they can’t find a job?

3. Listening in
1). Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
This is an article by an Education Correspondent，Alexandra Blair，published in September in The Times，a long-established British quality newspaper. For many graduates finding a job became harder in and because of the economic downturn – then a recession (萎缩). After their final exams，some student’s rested in the summer before looking for jobs and then found that it was difficult to find employment in their field or at the level they wanted. The article addresses the problem of such new graduates who might be stuck at home. The style is partly of a report，but also of a humorous comment for light entertainment.

2). Listen to the passage and answer the questions.
① Why are there more graduates looking for jobs?
Because universities in Europe，particularly in Britain，have expanded greatly in the last fifteen years.
② Why did the competitive situation of job market become even worse in ?
Because of the credit crunch and economic depression that year.
③ What is the advice the author gives to the students?
Active to seek a job，they need to fill in many application forms and try to get job interviews：they won’t find employment by lying on the sofa at home.

Listening Script:
Universities in Europe，especially in Britain，have expanded greatly in the last fifteen years，so there are more graduates looking for jobs. This competitive situation became a lot worse in onwards with the credit crunch and economic depression，which means that there were fewer jobs available and a rise in unemployment. Thus new graduates have to be active to seek a job，they need to fill in many application forms and try to get job interviews：they won’t find employment by lying on the sofa at home.

Section 2 Passage Learning

1. Background information
Cultural Note：Honors Degree
1) Most people get a second.
2) Traditionally，in the British university system，BA (文学学士) and BS (理学学士) are awarded in different categories：a first class degree (I)，a second (IIi or IIii called “a two one” and “a two two”)，a third (written III) and a pass degree.
3) There are also ordinary degrees with more general courses of study without these categories.
Key：2,1,3
Generation Y and Grunt
1). Work in pairs and answer the question. How to name the generations and characterize them?
Years of birth
Names
Characteristics
1946 – 1960
Baby boomers

Born in the great increase of births
1960 – 1980
Generation X

independent， informal，entrepreneurial

1980s – 1990s
Generation Y or
Millennial Generation

spoilt by parents；have structured lives；teamwork；

2). Why is Generation Y is also called Generation Grunt?
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
express children available experience
It is an ironic name referring to repetitive，low status，routine or mindless work – this may be the only work available to some graduates，who may have to take very ordinary jobs to get experience .
“Grunt” also refers to coarse behavior or bad manners and to the deep sound that is made by a pig. When people “grunt” they express disgust but do not communicate with words – this may be how the parents of new graduates think their children communicate with them！

2. Text organization
General structure:

Problems after graduation
↓
Advice for dealing with the problems

Detailed structure:

Looking at the problems from various
↓
viewpoints
↗ ↗ ↖ ↖
parents(Paras 1-2) author(Para 3) graduates (Paras 4-6) mother(Paras 7-9)

Psychotherapist → Advice ← author(Para 16)
(Paras 10-15)
↓ ↓
Parents’ balance：
positive → not making More examples
life too comfortable
↓
Better for fathers
to help boys after a job setback.
↓
It’s a good idea to
get some jobs like bar work，shelf-stacking.

3. Information analysis
Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and discuss the implied meanings unsaid.
1） “Will he ever get a job?” Who is asking this question?What mood does it express?
The parents are asking the question.
The mood seems to express patience or resignation because the word “ever” suggests that getting a job will take a long time.

2） Who describes Generation Y as “rebels without a cause”?Is it a fair description?
This is the writer’s description to indicate that this generation is rebelling against parents or society，but they have nothing particular to rebel against.
This does not seem very fair because the students are trying to find work – it is just that they don’t like their parents nagging them.

3）[Jack] “walked into the university careers service and straight back out again”.
What does this suggest about Jack’s character?
It suggests that Jack is not very determined. As soon as he saw the queue he left without waiting and without trying to ask about jobs or careers.

4）Jack spent the summer “hiding”.
Hiding from what?Why are quotation marks used?
Hiding from the world of work，staying at home and not looking for a job.
The quotation marks tell us that he wasn’t literally hiding，he just spent a lot of time at home.

5）How is Mrs. Goodwin’s point of view affected by her own personal experience?
In one way her experience hasn’t affected her attitude. She left school and went immediately to a job (without going to university) and has been working full-time since then and yet she is sympathetic and takes a soft line.

6）How is Lindenfield’s point of view affected by her own personal experiences?
Her personal experience was that she worked in a bar before finding her first proper job as an aerial photographic assistant. So she says such work is a great networking opportunity. If new graduates are good at such work and bright，cheerful and polite，they will soon be promoted. Her personal experience thus reflects – or perhaps has created – her point of view.

7）What would the first two paragraphs have focused on if they had been presented from the point of view of the students rather than the parents?
The first two paragraphs would have focused on the need for the new graduates to rest for a bit after their hard studies. It is OK for students to relax with the TV or to socialize with friends for a while，then they can start a serious search for employment after that.

4. Theme Discussion

1） Do you think the Goodwins are good parents?
Yes. If they take a hard line with Jack，it will just make him angry：He has already tried to find work and he needs rest and sympathy now. His parents are letting him go to South America. But after that he will have to make a more serious effort and he’ll need to contribute to the household budget，which means he must find work then. So the soft line is the best approach.
No，their soft line is not good enough. They should insist that he make more effort and they should actively help him to find work，even a temporary job. Their soft approach just encourages him to delay and by the time he comes back from his holiday all the likely jobs will have been taken. So they are not really helping at all. How can they let him take a three week holiday abroad when he hasn’t got a job to come back.

2） Which advice Lindenfield gives to parents do you agree with (if any)，and why?
I agree with her advice that parents should strike the right balance between being positive and understanding without making life too comfortable，otherwise students will not look for a job. Her advice about working in a bar or supermarket seems sensible too，because one job can lead to another.

3 ）Is Jack’s point of view that he doesn’t want to do temporary bar work justifiable?
No. He thinks that kind of work is a dead-end job and not suitable for him. But he’s wrong because he has the wrong attitude toward work. A new graduate may expect to start at the bottom：That’s OK while you get experience. If you have a good attitude and work well，you will soon be promoted or you can find a much better job later. He’s unrealistic，I think.
4） Do you agree that men can give boys better advice than women when they are stuck in setbacks?Why / Why not?
Yes. Men will understand the male point of view better and conversely women will understand a female point of view better. So each gender will give the best advice to someone of their own gender.
No，to understand setbacks in the search for work is not a gender issue. I think anyone who knows the situation can give good advice，whether they are male or female.

5）Do you think the passage is a fair overview of the problem of graduate unemployment?
No，because there is no mention of those who persistently apply for many jobs but don’t get interviews or offers of employment. The article seems to suggest that new graduates sit around at home，but I know many people who really search hard for work. Some find it，some don’t. It’s easy to say that this is a matter of luck，it is a matter of having a positive attitude and being flexible about the first job – you can always change your field of work later.

5. Summary
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
This text is a newspaper article with individual examples of job searching and problems after graduation. The problems are examined from different people’s viewpoints：parents’ attitudes towards their jobless children，students’ quote about looking for jobs，psychologists’ summery of the viewpoints of parents and advice for dealing with the problems，and the author’s own comments. In the end the author concludes that if the graduates cannot find an ideal job，they can take a temporary one.

6．Language points
Difficult sentences
1. Those memories of forking out thousands of pounds a year so that he could eat well and go to the odd party，began to fade. (Para 1)
2. I passed the exams，but at the interviews they accused me of being ‘too detached’ and talking in language that was ‘too technocratic’，which I didn’t think possible，but obviously it is. (Para 5)
3. I went to a comprehensive and I worked my backside off to go to the good university，… (Para 6)
4. Carry on life as normal and don’t allow them to abuse your bank account or sap your reserve of emotional energy. (Para 11)
5. After that the son or daughter needs to be nudged firmly back into the saddle. (Para 12)

Words to note:
1. revert 2. comprehensive
3. proceed 4. transition
Phrases:
1. in the same boat
2. come full circle
3. take a soft/hard line
4. strike the right note

Useful expressions:

Section 3 Exercises

Instructions

Compulsory Work:
1. Learn all the new words and expressions of this unit (Vocabulary Handbook).
2. Complete Ex. 3-7 on P5-6. (Ex. 3-4 should be finished when students preview the text.)
3. Read the passage in “Active reading (2)” after class and finish Ex. 4-7 on P9.
4. Read the passage in “Reading across cultures” after class and finish Ex. 1 on P14.
5. Finish “Language in Use” on P12-13.

Compulsory Work:
1. Learn all the new words and expressions of this unit (Vocabulary Handbook).
2. Complete Ex. 3-7 on P5-6. (Ex. 3-4 should be finished when students preview the text.)
3. Read the passage in “Active reading (2)” after class and finish Ex. 4-7 on P9.
4. Read the passage in “Reading across cultures” after class and finish Ex. 1 on P14.
5. Finish “Language in Use” on P12-13.

Keys – Active reading (1) (P4)
Reading and understanding
2. Choose the best answer to the questions.
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. d
Dealing with unfamiliar words：3
1. proceed
2. transition
3. detached
4. upcoming
5. slump
6. revert
7. recount
Dealing with unfamiliar words：4
1. transition
2. slumped
3. proceed
4. recounting
5. detached
6. upcoming
7. revert

Dealing with unfamiliar words：5
1. comprehensive
2. cop
3. aerial
4. clutched
5. advocate
6. healed
Dealing with unfamiliar words：6
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. b
Dealing with unfamiliar words：7
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. a
6. a
7. a
8. a
Keys – Active reading (2) (P9)
Reading and understanding
2. Choose the best answer to the questions.
1. a
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. c
6. c
Dealing with unfamiliar words：4
1. amusing
2. fortunately
3. loan
4. deduct
5. highlight
6. sympathize
7. demanding
Dealing with unfamiliar words：5
1. sympathize
2. fortunately
3. loan
4. demanding
5. amusing
6. highlight
7. deducted
Dealing with unfamiliar words：6
1. belongings
2. dropouts
3. gamble
4. exceeded
5. odds
6. thriving
7. honesty
Dealing with unfamiliar words：7
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. a
9. a

Keys – Language in use (P12)

1. word formation：compound nouns
Look at the sentences from the passage Looking for a job after university?First，get off the sofa.
… proudly clutched his honors degree for his graduation photo.
I don't want to do bar work.
Paying for career consultations，train fares to interviews or books …
It's a great antidote to graduate apathy.
Now write the compound nouns which mean:
1) a degree which is awarded a first class
a first-class degree
2) work in a hospital
hospital work
3) a ticket for a plane journey
a plane ticket
4) a discount for students
a student discount
5) a pass which allows you to travel on buses
a bus pass

6) a room where an interview is held
an interview room
7 ) a period spent in training
a training period

2. word formation：noun phrases
Look at the sentences from the passage Looking for a job after university?First，get off the sofa .
… most in these financially testing times have no idea what to do next.
Now write the noun phrases which mean:
1) a career which is rewarding from the financial point of view
a financially rewarding career
2) legislation which has been introduced recently
recently introduced legislation
3) instructions which are more complex than usual
unusually compl