Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit4:Getting Ready for the future career(3)

 　　Part 3. Choosing a career.

　　Keywords. career, a list of questions, give thought to, have a clear knowledge of, success and satisfaction, immediate¹ advantages,

　　long-term prospects³, job preferences, future happiness and contentment.

　　Vocabulary. career, draw up, bear in mind, partially⁴, aptitude⁵, weigh, long-term, prospect², a fund of, contentment, haphazard⁶.

　　A. You're going to hear a passage about how to choose a career.

　　While listening, pay special attention to the list of questions put forward in it.

　　Then fill in the blanks with what you hear.

　　In oder to give you as much help as possible, I have drawn⁷ up a list of questions that you ought to ask yourself.

　　Have I given thought to what I would like to be doing 15-20 years from now?

　　Bear in mind that the career you choose will affect the future course of your life.

　　It will partially determine your range of friends, your choice of husband and wife, where you live, your recreational activities and other important aspects of your life.

　　Have I a clear knowledge of my abilities and aptitudes⁸, as well as my interests and aims?

　　Be honest about your weak points, as well as your stong ones.

　　Take a really good look at yourself and give real thought to the kind of person you are, what you're good at and what kind of person you want to be.

　　Do I know the kind of occupations in which people like myself tend to find success and satisfaction?

　　Once you have examined and found out about yourself, you next question is what you can really do with yourself.

　　You can gain some ideas of what other people with similar abilities and interests, consider to be important and challenging in the careers that they choose, by talking to people already in the careers that interests you.

　　Watch these people at work.

　　Have I weighed carefully the immediate advantages against long-term prospects offered by the jobs I am considering?

　　Will the occupation you select give your satisfaction, not just when you start, but in the years to come?

　　Realize now the importance of education in all fields, technical and professional.

　　Remember that when promotion⁹ occurs, preferences is usually given to educated persons. Other things being equal.

　　Have I talked about my job preferences with my guidance counselor¹⁰, my parents, my teachers and my headmaster?

　　Remember they have a tremendous fund of experience from which you should benefit.

　　They can help you think about the jobs in which you will find satisfaction and challenge.

　　They can stimulate¹¹ you to give careful thought to what you really want to do and offer useful suggestions as to how you might take full advantage of your personal qualities and qualifications.

　　Have I made a real study of jobs?

　　It takes a very long time to find the work that suits you the best.

　　Reading about and studying a number of occupations is something you should do over and over again.

　　How do I regard my job?

　　Is it just a means of getting money to do the things that I want to do?

　　Is the work important to me and my future happiness and contentment?

　　Is it a combination of both these things?

　　The above questions and their answers should give you some better ideas about how you should start planning your career.

　　Your life-long job cannot be approached in any kind of haphazard fashion.

　　It must be considered carefully, examined from every angle, talked over with those who know you and those who can help you in any way.

　　B. Now listen again.

　　This time pay more attention to what's relevant to each of the questions above.

　　Then fill in the chart bellow¹² with the relevant information by using key words.

　　In oder to give you as much help as possible, I have drawn up a list of questions that you ought to ask yourself.

　　Have I given thought to what I would like to be doing 15-20 years from now?

　　Bear in mind that the career you choose will affect the future course of your life.

　　It will partially determine your range of friends, your choice of husband and wife, where you live, your recreational activities and other important aspects of your life.

　　Have I a clear knowledge of my abilities and aptitudes, as well as my interests and aims?

　　Be honest about your weak points, as well as your stong ones.

　　Take a really good look at yourself and give real thought to the kind of person you are, what you're good at and what kind of person you want to be.

　　Do I know the kind of occupations in which people like myself tend to find success and satisfaction?

　　Once you have examined and found out about yourself, you next question is what you can really do with yourself.

　　You can gain some ideas of what other people with similar abilities and interests, consider to be important and challenging in the careers that they choose, by talking to people already in the careers that interests you.

　　Watch these people at work.

　　Have I weighed carefully the immediate advantages against long-term prospects offered by the jobs I am considering?

　　Will the occupation you select give your satisfaction, not just when you start, but in the years to come?

　　Realize now the importance of education in all fields, technical and professional.

　　Remember that when promotion occurs, preferences is usually given to educated persons. Other things being equal.

　　Have I talked about my job preferences with my guidance counselor, my parents, my teachers and my headmaster?

　　Remember they have a tremendous fund of experience from which you should benefit.

　　They can help you think about the jobs in which you will find satisfaction and challenge.

　　They can stimulate you to give careful thought to what you really want to do and offer useful suggestions as to how you might take full advantage of your personal qualities and qualifications.

　　Have I made a real study of jobs?

　　It takes a very long time to find the work that suits you the best.

　　Reading about and studying a number of occupations is something you should do over and over again.

　　How do I regard my job?

　　Is it just a means of getting money to do the things that I want to do?

　　Is the work important to me and my future happiness and contentment?

　　Is it a combination of both these things?

　　The above questions and their answers should give you some better ideas about how you should start planning your career.

　　Your life-long job cannot be approached in any kind of haphazard fashion.

　　It must be considered carefully, examined from every angle, talked over with those who know you and those who can help you in any way.

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

3 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

4 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

5 aptitude   

n.(学习方面的)才能，资质，天资

参考例句：

• That student has an aptitude for mathematics.那个学生有数学方面的天赋。
• As a child,he showed an aptitude for the piano.在孩提时代，他显露出对于钢琴的天赋。

6 haphazard   

adj.无计划的，随意的，杂乱无章的

参考例句：

• The town grew in a haphazard way.这城镇无计划地随意发展。
• He regrerted his haphazard remarks.他悔不该随口说出那些评论话。

7 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

8 aptitudes   

（学习方面的）才能，资质，天资( aptitude的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They all require special aptitudes combined with special training. 他们都应具有专门技能，并受过专门训练。
• Do program development with passion. has aptitudes for learning. research. innovation. 热爱程序开发工作。具有学习。钻研。创新的精神。

9 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

10 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

11 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

12 bellow   

v.吼叫，怒吼；大声发出，大声喝道

参考例句：

• The music is so loud that we have to bellow at each other to be heard.音乐的声音实在太大，我们只有彼此大声喊叫才能把话听清。
• After a while,the bull began to bellow in pain.过了一会儿公牛开始痛苦地吼叫。