Unit Three

Job Interview

Teaching Objectives:Students will be able to :Lean some knowledge about job

interviewgrasp the main idea of the structure of

the textmaster the key language points and

grammatical structures in the textrealize the importance of examples in

illustrating one’s pointsLearn different ways to begin an essay

or a paragraphLearn how to write an application letter

Lead-in Activity

How to Prepare for a Job InterviewApplication letter and ResumeInformation on the company (compan

y executives, products or services)A list of questions likely to be asked How to answer these questions.

Lead-in Activity Most interview questions can be

grouped into five basic categories:1. Questions about your experience

and your skills. 2. Questions about your interest in the

job and knowledge about the company.

3. Questions about your previous employment.

4. Questions about your motivation and commitment.

5. Questions about your ability to fulfill specific job requirements

Lead-in Activity

Dos: Arrive 10 minutes early. Go alone to

the interview. Greet the interviewer with a warm,

confident "Hello" and a firm handshake.

Be well rested. Dress appropriately. Maintain good posture. Emphasize positive things about

yourself.

Lead-in Activity

Dos: Be honest about your background

and experience. Ask a few appropriate questions. Remain calm and alert to answer

all the questions. Thank the interviewer for his/her

time. Send a thank you note.

Lead-in Activity

Don’ts: Arrive late. Use excessive perfume or make-up. Ask about the salary unless the

interviewer brings it up. Look hesitant when asked tough

questions - think before answering. "Bad mouth" a former employer or

past co-workers. Appear anxious to end the

interview.

Get the Job You Want

Harvey B. Mackay

Contents Text A• Background Information• Text Organization• Language Points• Text Analysis• Useful Expressions• Word Study Text B• Information about Text• Assignment

Background Information

Who is Harvey Mackay ? Harvey Mackay is the a

uthor of the New York Times, the bestsellers Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive 《与鲨共泳》 and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt 《当心裸男》 . Both books are among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time, according to the New York Times.

2. Text Organization

Parts Para. Main Ideas

I 1-6

II 7-27

III 28-31

A recent college graduate failed to answer the questions at an interview because of lack of preparation.

Four pieces of advice on being a successful interviewee.

Everyone should make his or her own tracks in whatever he or she does.

Understanding the Text

Questions for Part One What does the author tell in this part?

The author uses 9 questions from Para. 3 to Para. 5. What do they function?

What conclusion does the author draw from the young applicant’s answer?

Understanding the Text

Questions for Part Two

According to the author what are the keys to getting hired?

Four keys: Prepare to win. Never stop learning. Believe in yourself, even when no one

else does. Find a way to make a difference.

Understanding the TextQuestions for Part ThreeWhat the point does the author want to

make by talking about his mentor, Curt Carlson?

What dose the last sentence “Then go and make your own tracks in the snow” mean?

Language PointsPara.1 (Line 2)

I like talking to potential salespeople.

potential: likely to develop into a particular type of person or thing in the future

ￚ syn. possible

e.g. a. potential customer/buyer/client

( 有可能成为客户的人 )

new ways of attracting potential customers

b. potential benefit/problem （潜在的好处 / 问题） the potential benefits of the new system

c. potential danger/threat/risk （潜在的危险） the potential risks to health associated with the

drug

Language PointsCf. Para.6 (Line 20)

prospective customer

prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc: someone who is likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position 预计的 / 未来的 / 可能的

e.g. a prospective teacher 未来教师 a prospective market 未来的市场 a prospective buyer 可能的买主 a prospective damage 预计损失 a prospective return 预期收益 a prospective study 远景调查 / 前瞻性调查

Language PointsPara.4 (Line 11) to grill him in mock interview.mock: (1) adj. not real, but intended to be very similar to

a real situation, substance etc e.g. war games with mock battles 模拟的战斗 a mock interview 模拟面试 a mock surprise / horror: a mock feeling is one that you

pretend you have, usu. as a joke e.g. He shook his head in mock disapproval. 他摇摇头假装不同意。 (2) v. to make sb./sth. look stupid by laughing at t

hem, copying them or saying sth. unkind e.g. He made the boys laugh by mocking the way th

e teacher spoke.

Language PointsPara. 9 (Line 27)

The Michael Jordans of the world have talent, yes, but they’re also the first ones on and the last ones off the basket ball court.

Paraphrase:

Although the top athletes of the world may have talent, they also work hard in order to win.

“Michael Jordans” refers to the top athletes of the world.

“the first ones on and the last ones off the basket ball court means “they come to training the earliest and leave the latest”.

Language PointsPara. 9 (Line 32)

... the odds were good that …

odds: probabilities

the odds are : how likely it is that something will or will not happen

e.g. The odds are (=it is likely) that he will commit the same crime again.

The odds are against us. 我们没有成功的机会。 The odds are in their favor. 他们有成功的可能。

(paragraph 27): You can always shift the odds in your favor:

你总可以争取到成功机会。

Language PointsPara. 12 (Line 38)

You won’t get every job you go after.   

你不可能得到你想要的每份工作。 The best salespeople don’t close every sale:

最好的销售员也不可能每次都成交。（不完全否定）“not” 与 all /every/both/each 连用时，并非否定全部 :

e.g. All that glitters is not gold.

[ 谚 ] 发光的东西未必都是黄金。 I don't know both of them.

我并非他们两个都认识。 ( 只认识其中之一 )

Not every student in this classroom is from China.

在这个教室里并非每个学生都是来自中国。 He is not always so sad. 他并不总是这样悲伤。

Language PointsPara. 15 (Line 52)

in my age bracket

bracket: (1) one of the groups that people or things are divided into according to a feature, such as income

income/tax/age etc bracket: a particular income, tax etc. range

e.g. Peter's salary puts him in the highest tax bracket.

Families in lower income brackets

(2) one of a pair of symbols ( ), used in writing

Language PointsPara. 21 (Line 76) …the majority of New York cabdrivers are unfriendl

y, if not downright rude. 纽约大多数的出租车司机即使不算无礼透顶，至少也是

不友好的。if not: (1) used to suggest that sth. may be even larger, m

ore important, etc. than was first stated e.g. The changes will affect thousands, if not million

s, of ordinary people. 这些变化即使不会影响到数百万普通民众，至少也会

影响到几千人。 (2) used individually sth. that will not happen e.g. I think I can fix it tomorrow. If not , you'll have t

o wait till Friday. Is the book available, and if so where?

Text Analysis

1.Read Part I (Para 1-6) How does the author introduce the topic of this

article?

2. Read Part II (Para 7-27) What are the other ways the author uses to

introduce the topic?

Writing Strategies Ways to Start an Essay or a

Paragraph

With a personal experience.

Text Analysis

• Using a quotation: “if you miss one of practice, you notice the difference…”

Writing Strategies Ways to Start an Essay or a

Paragraph

• Providing a surprising or interesting fact: “Recently I played a doubles tennis…”• Asking a question: “Do you remember the four-minute mile?”

• Giving one’s own point of views: “In my opinion, the majority of …”

Text Analysis

A rhetorical question is one that is asked to imply a definite answer. The question is seldom answered explicitly with a “yes” or “no” — the listener or reader guess the actual answer from the context and /or the tone of the speaker or writer. The device is often used in argument and / or persuasion. Look at paragraph 3 to 6 and see how they function.

Writing Strategies Rhetorical Questions

Useful Expressions• 我们与顾客联系的纽带

• 音乐家常有这种说法

• 做梦也想不到

• 实现你的目标

• 克服自己的弱点，发挥自己的优势。

our link to customers

The saying goes among musicians.

beyond one’s wildest dreams

accomplish your goals

Work on one’s weaknesses and develop one’s strengths.

Useful Expressions• 第一名是个肯尼亚人

• 因为自己是第一个而如此兴奋

• 以我的观点来看

• 奇迹中的奇迹

• 交换场地

• 在我的年龄段

First place went to a Kenyan.

sparkle with excitement about being the first.

from my standpoint

miracle of miracles

switch sides

in my age bracket

Useful Expressions• 最好的销售人员也不可能每次都成交。

• 他们也是篮球场上第一个到，最后一个走。

• 如果你准备好了，压力就是别人的。

• 但认真准备一次面试的时间不会多于马马虎虎准备五次面试的时间 .

The best salespeople don’t close every sale.

They are also the first ones on and the last ones off the basketball court.

If you are prepared, the pressure is on the other folks.

But it takes no longer to prepare well for one interview than to wander in half-prepared for five.

Word Study

grill endeavor crack pry identify

Word Study• grill

1. vi. vt. if you grill something, or if it grills, you cook it by putting it on a flat metal frame with bars across it, above or below strong direct heat

Grill the bacon until crisp. 2. vt. to ask someone a lot of questions about st

h. [grill somebody about/on something] She never grilled her husband about his wor

k. Maxine started grilling me on why I'd been s

pending so much time alone.

Word Study• endeavor1. v. to try very hard [endeavor to do something] We always endeavor to please our customer

s.2. n. an attempt to do something new or difficult scientific/creative endeavor 科学事业 / 创新工作 [make every endeavor to do something] They made every endeavor to find the two bo

ys. Despite our best endeavors , we couldn't sta

rt the car. effort 指或大或小的尝试来做某事， endeavor

意指完成某一严肃的目标而努力。

Word Study• crack 1 ▶GAP◀ He squeezed into a crack between two rocks. 2 ▶BREAK◀ There were several small cracks in the glass. 3 ▶WEAKNESS◀ The cracks in their relationship were starting to show. 4 ▶SOUND◀ We could hear the crack of gunfire in the distance. a crack of thunder. 5 ▶ATTEMPT◀ crack at I'd like a crack at climbing that mountain. The competition's open to anyone - why don't you

have a crack ?

Word Study• pry (into) to try to find out details about someone el

se's private life in an impolite way I don't want to pry , but I need to ask you one

or two questions. "You should stop prying; you know, it's unlawf

ul to read other people's letters!” The press continues to pry into their affairs. pry sth. out of sb./sth. phrasal verb to get money or information from someone wit

h a lot of difficulty If you want to know his name, you have to pr

y it out of her.

Word Study• identify

(1) to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are

Even the smallest baby can identify its mother by her voice.

(2) to recognize a problem, need, fact, etc. and to show that it exists: The research will be used to identify training needs. You need to identify your priorities.

Word Study [ identify with sb. ] (be similar)

to feel that you are similar to someone in some way and that you can understand them or their situation because of this

He didn’t seem to be able to identify with ordinary people and their aspirations.

他似乎不能体会普通民众的情感和他们的期盼。 [identify sb/sth with sth ] (connect) (usu. passive) to believe that someone or somet

hing is closely connected or involved with something Many football fans are unfairly identified with violent behavior.

Information about Text BHan Suyin and her work: A Mortal Fl

ower Born on September 12th, 1917 in X

inyang, the province of Henan, China, Han Suyin is the pen name of an outstanding contemporary novelist of Belgian and Chinese origin. Her ancestral family was from Meixian, Guangdong province. Han writes mainly in English, although some of her books have been written in French and Chinese as well. Han's works may generally be divided into three thematic categories: (i) autobiography/history, (ii) fiction, and (iii) sociopolitical essays and other written testimonies.

Information about Text B

A Mortal Flower 《凋谢的花》 covers the years from 1928 to 1938. This volume mainly tells of how Han Suyin from a driven young girl grew to a patriotic and outright youth. It started from when she was only eleven years old. In Beijing, at the age of twelve she knew clearly that she wanted to be a doctor. And at the early age of fourteen, she began to support herself. At the age of sixteen she went to Belgium to study medicine. During her stay in Belgium she actively participated in anti-Japanese lectures and some other related activities. In 1938 she quit her studies and abandoned her boy friend Louis, went back to China to save her country from Japanese invasion.

Writing AssignmentDirections: Write a letter applying for a

job that is offered in the job advert.

Teachers Wanted We are a tuition center. We invite yo

u to join us as part time teachers for co

mputer studies, English and all other s

ubjects. Please contact Mr. Wang at 65

607688.

Exercises for Unit 3

Directions: For each of the following Directions: For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.best completes the sentence.

1. The ______ expressed his great disappointment with all the candidates.

A. interview B. interviewer C. interviewee D. applicant

B

2. The company is _______to sharpen its competitive edges for a larger share of the market. Which of the following is not acceptable?

A. endeavoring B. straining C. striving D. exerting

3. I don’t wish to ______in any way, but may I ask if it is true that you have sold your old house?

A. pry B. survey C. impose D. violate

4.Before I could stop her, she ______ her secrets out.

A. remarked B. exploded C. uttered D. blurted

B

A

D

5. It’s such a fine day and the lake ____ in the sunshine.

A. squeezes B. sprinkles C. sprays D. sparkles

6. Salespersons often try to learn about the needs of the _____ buyers to make themselves more persuasive.

A. perspective B. prospective C. preventive D. restrictive

7. They exerted themselves day and night to meet the _____.

A. deadline B. deadlock C. death-blow D. decade

D

B

A

8. British gentlemen rank as the most ____ men in the world.

A. compassionate B. intimate

C. courteous D. sympathetic

9. The responsible entrance guard ____ anyone who acts suspiciously.

A. inquires B. grills

C. explores D. probes

10. I must go now. ____, if you want that book, I’ll bring it next time.

A. Accidentally B. Similarly

C. Accordingly D. Incidentally

C

B

D

11. The businessman lives a simple life, but he makes _____donations to the people in need.

A. generous B. genuine C. lucrative D. beneficial

12. Some young people want to _____ everything new, but just can’t afford the time and energy.

A. take away B. take a crack at C. get in D. come at

13. An individual bird can ____ the call of its own species.

A. acknowledge B. check C. identify D. curb

A

B

C

14. The ancient village, picturesque beyond anyone’s ____ dreams, has drawn millions of visitors from both at home and abroad

A. greatest B. wildest

C. boldest D. biggest

15. When the old man ____ his last will, his strong accent made it really hard for his lawyer to take down every word.

A. dictated B. devastated

C. despised D. detected

B

A

16. You must ________ before you deliver a speech. A. put in a word B. make plans C. cheer up D. do your homework

17. ____,“Once bitten, twice shy.” A. As I see it B. In my opinion C. From my standpoint D. As the saying goes

18. Once you decide to ____ what you believe is right, never give up halfway.

A. pay off B. retreat from C. go after D. press for

D

D

C

19. The privately-run factory endeavored to repay society by ____ laid-off workers.

A. dragging on B. pressing on

C. drawing on D. taking on

20. This new house is too expensive, quite out of my price_____.

A. list B. offer

C. bracket D. brand

D

C