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课件网) Unit 8 Follow your interests Oxford English for Shanghai Shenzhen How can we turn our interests into a career Reading I Topic: Human＆Society Unit objectives talk about your dream job. understand the importance of following one’s interest. explain how to turn your interests into a career. describe ways of choosing a suitable career. Singing Playing the piano Watching movies Playing basketball Hobbies Hobby Career Enjoy doing in free time. Job The activity you do to make money. The activity you do to make money and to achieve your dream. Basketball player Musician Drawing Actor / actress Director Artist Singer Studying the stars and planets Before you read writer / historian历史学家 athlete photographer / reporter painter engineer biologist programmer dancer musician astronomer What careers can our interests lead to Think Hobby 爱好 model-building 模型构建 computer programming 计算机编程 play a musical instrument 演奏乐器 studying the stars 研究星星 Career 职业 astronomer 天文学家 biologist 生物学家 musician 音乐家 photographer 摄影师 reporter 记者 athlete 运动员 engineer 工程师 programmer 程序设计员 gardening 做园艺 ——— gardener 花匠 skating 滑冰 ——— skater 滑冰运动员 skiing 滑雪 ——— skier 滑雪运动员 video editing 视频剪辑 ——— video editor 视频剪辑师 magic 魔术 ——— magician 魔术师 词汇拓展 1. Who wrote the article What's his hobby 2. What is his job now Look at the pictures and the title of the article on page 105. Then answer the questions below. Patrick Moore. His hobby is studying stars. A host of a TV programme about stars. Pre-reading Read through the passage quickly and match the main ideas with each paragraph. Fast-reading How I studied and learned. My current job The start of my dream Summary and advice My childhood stars studying Read part 1 and answer the question. How did Patrick start his lifetime interest He got a book about stars from his dad as his eight-year-old birthday present. Read part 2 and fill in the blanks. What did Patrick see on clear night in the sky The sky looked like _____. My _____ and I saw _____, such as _____ in winter and _____ in summer. Sometimes we saw _____. black velvet with a million diamonds on it mother different groups of stars the "belt" of Orion Vega stars shooting across the sky How did he feel Amazed. Read paragraph 3 and answer the question. How did Patrick turn his hobby into a career Find out all the verbs he did. was extremely curious about; learnt; wanted to find out; asked; find; read; understanding. HARD WORK DILIGENCE CURIOSITY LEARNING DESIRE Read paragraph 4 and answer the question. What could Patrick do being a TV host He could use his _____ to _____ _____ and teach his audience about _____ in a _____ way. knowledge take people on a journey across the Milky Way and beyond the different stars lively How did he feel about his job Proud! Read paragraph 5 and answer the question. What is Patrick's advice for achi ... ...
