Lesson 4 Job Trends
Objectives
★To practice matching sentences with sentence gaps in a text.
★To practice vocabularyrelated to work and jobs.
Teaching difficulties:
To practice connecting sentences within a paragraph.
Teaching Aids: CAI
Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ.Warming-up
Have a free talk with the Ss
T : If we go to a new country, what will we meet ?
S: Culture shock
T: If we go to future, what will we meet?
S: Future shock
T: What cause the future shock?
S: What will be changed in the future?


Ⅱ. Reading

Task1: First reading
Read the text quickly and try to find out the changes in the future according to the text.

Task2: Second reading
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.
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.

Task3: Post-Reading
Read the article again and answer these questions
1.What is “future shock” ?
2. What is one of the job areas of the future?
3. How will jobs change?
4. How will companies change?
5. What skills and personal qualities will people need?
6. What personal benefits will the new situation bring?

Ⅲ.Language points
1.work out (verb phrase)
eg: He was meant to work out these math problems all alone.
2. rather than
eg: He was a friend rather than a mother.
3.respond to 做出反应
eg: How did he respond to the news?
He liked the children, and they responded to him.

4.bother (vt) doing/n.
eg: Don’t bother me.
It’s no need to bother asking him
5.consider to do/ doing/n./adj.
I am considering buying a new watch.
Am I considered to be a good teacher?
=Am I considered a good teacher?
6.react to 对某事作出反应, 对某人有疗效。
How did he react to the news?

Task2:Use the table below to classify these words from the text that often go together.

decrease rapidly, become international, start one’s own business, feel comfortable, find (something) difficult, have an advantage, have free time, pay attention, respond quickly, take a deep breath


verb+
noun
verb+
adverb
verb+
adjective
have an
advantage
decrease rapidly
become international

Ⅳ.Assingments:

生词表: