Unit1-My first Job

Unit 1 My First Job

New Grads still at Home

What does work or a job mean to you? How much does a job count in your life?

When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is slavery . —Maxim Gorky 俄国作家 高尔基. M

A man is a labor if the job society offers him is of no interest to himself but he is compelled to take it by the necessary of earning a living and supporting his family. A man is a worker if he is personally interested in the job which pays him to do.

— Priestley

Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice ,and poverty. —Voltaire, French Philosopher 法国哲学家 伏尔泰

It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. —Winston Churchill 英国首相 丘吉尔.W

Distinguish job, work or occupation, post and position, trade, profession and vocation, careerJob: what you do to earn your living

work or occupation (more formal): a job, employmentpost and position: more formal words for a particular job trade: a skilled job in which you need your hands--Jack-of-all trades profession: a job such as that kind of a doctor or lawyer , for which you need special training and a good education. career: a job that you hope to do all your life, with more and more success, for example, teaching /political career

MBA MPA CEO EMBA 工作狂 以人为本

企业文化 团队精神 团队建设

Corporate cultureteam spirit team building

Yuppies young urban professionals Dinks Double Income, No kids Sandwich Generation

Work freak, workaholic,

Work while you work; Play while you play; This is the way; To be cheerful and gay. -----------A. D. Stoddard

Useful collocations concerning job or work All walks of life /every walk of life Lay –off or lay somebody off Employment exchange : job center Be out of job: unemployed, jobless On the job: while working; at work Job-hunting Job-hopping Job displacement (裁员) Job fair Work ethics

Topic for discussion:

1. 2.

A big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond? What are the most important things for you in your work? job satisfaction meeting people earning plenty of money security having pleasant co-workers/colleagues

3.

What a manager can do to a talented but uncooperative subordinate?

Technical and technological Visionary skills Numbers and measurement Ability to organize Persuasive skills Communication skills Ability to learnThe top employees of the coming century will be flexible, creative and motivated toward making a positive difference in the world.

Notes: Jay Leno NBC CBS CNN ABC Sylvester Stallone Rolls Royce Mustang

This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in place. 这就是清洗，擦亮新车，并确保纸地板垫的位置 合适。One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps around the corner, I almost bumped into our new general manager. 一天，我抱着一大捧毂盖

转过一个角落，几乎与 我们新任总经理撞了个满怀。

Grandma, a tough taskmaster, never gave me favorable treatment. 祖母是一个严厉的监工，从不给我任何特殊照顾。 I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn’t be outworked. 我从不认为我比其他任何人强，但我一直相信我当时干的 活别人都赶不上。 I was too ashamed to tell my parents what had happened. 我羞愧万分，不愿告诉我父母发生了什么。

Grammar-Tense(时态)

动词的时态 时态与时间状语 一般现在时every…, sometimes, at…等 一般过去时yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1982, just now等 一般将来时next…, tomorrow, in+一段时间, before+时间点等 现在完成时for, since, so far, ever, never, just, yet, till/until, up to now, in past years, always, recently等

过去完成时before, by+过去的时间, until, when, after, once等

过去进行时this morning, the whole morning, all day, yesterday, from nine to ten last evening… when, while等 将来进行时soon, tomorrow, this evening, on Sunday, by this time, tomorrow, in two days, tomorrow evening

1 一般现在时的用法 1) 经常性或习惯性的动作，常与表示频度的时间 状语连用。 I leave home for school at 7 every morning. 2) 客观真理，客观存在，科学事实。 The earth moves around the sun. 3) 表示格言或警句中。 Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。 注意：此用法如果出现在宾语从句中，即使主句 是过去时，从句谓语也要用一般现在时。 例：Columbus proved that the earth is round..

现在进行时 a. 表示现在( 指说话人说话时) 正在发生的事情。 We are waiting for you. b. 习惯进行：表示长期的或重复性的动作，说话时 动作未必正在进行。 Mr. Green is writing another novel. c. 表示渐变的动词有：get, grow, become, turn, run, go, begin等。 It's getting warmer and warmer.

d. 与always, constantly, forever 等词连用，表示反 复发生的动作或持续存在的状态. You are always changing your mind.

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