Unit Nine Managing Personal Development

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Unit Nine Managing Personal Development
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Part I warming-up

• dynamics 1) the science that deals with objects
  or matter in movement ???
• 2) the social, intellectual, or moral forces that
  produce activity and change in a given sphere
• The dynamics of international trade have
  influenced our business decisions on this matter
• ?????????????
• daunting causing to lose courage or
  determination frightening or discouraging
• e.g daunting difficulties

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• render to cause to become make The news
  rendered her speechless
• devastating completely destructive
• applaud to express strong approval of (a person,
  idea, etc.)
• tentative not certain or fully developed not
  firm or complete
• thrive to develop well and be healthy, strong,
  or successful flourish

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• You are going to hear a report about the three
  certainties children need to feel healthy and
  positive about life.

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A1 Listen carefully and note down the three things

• The three things children need
• 1st To feel that one has options, that one
  maintains some control over his or her life.
• 2nd To feel significant in the life of at least
  one other person.
• 3rd To feel accepted because of his or her
  individuality.

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A 2 Listen again. Take notes for each of the
things described.

• 1st more highly motivated to work harder/
  overcome daunting difficulties and pain
• 2nd Ignored devastating/ cruelest/ angry/
  depressed / frustrated / negative behavior
• Respected thrives
• 3rd deserves / acknowledged / cherished/ unique/
  embrace others

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B Suggestions on how to overcome some problems.

• Pre-listening discussion
• Can you make some suggestions on how to overcome
  shyness, how to stop biting ones finger nails
  and how to get in shape for summer?

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Vocabulary

• nail polish ???
• tighten up to (cause to) become firmer or more
  severe
• tummy The human stomach or belly.
• workout a period of physical exercise, e.g. when
  training for a sport

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• Listen to three different suggestions for each of
  the problems in the chart. Write down the
  suggestions in note form and then check the one
  that you think is the best.

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Key

• professional help
• self-help book
• club/communicate with different people
• why nervous?/solve the problem
• nail polish
• transfer your habit into something different
• fast walk/an hour a day
• personal trainer
• cycle to work or school

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C

• Read the following difficult sentences and listen

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Part II Lateral or vertical

• cradle-to-grave all through life
• redundancy (a case of) being made no longer
  employed because there is not enough work
• drain of to (cause to ) become gradually dry, as
  water or other liquid is removed
• To become gradually depleted dwindle felt his
  enthusiasm draining
• The day's events completely drained me of all
  strength.

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career consulting

• Career Planning and Development. Take the first
  step by discovering what alternatives and options
  are open to you. Assess your career interests,
  values awareness, skill transfer or just talk
  with a trained career consultant about your
  specific career issues. Career Consulting
  Services provides the opportunity for your
  individual career stage growth.

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• Services offered include Confidential Career
  Consulting, Resume Writing/Cover Letter
  Composition, Interview Skill Building/Feedback,
  Computerized Interests Inventory (The Strong
  Profile), Assessment Exercises and Action
  Strategies, Career Opportunities and Research
  Ideas.

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laddercareer ladder

• a way to
• describe
• career path
• a vertical path
• You start from
• the bottom and
• then continue
• to climb to the top

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• buzzword a word or phrase, esp. related to a
  specialized subject, which is thought to express
  something important but is often hard to
  understand
• counsel to give advice and support to (esp.
  someone experiencing difficulty)
• asset a valuable quality, skill, or person
• lateral thinking way of solving problems by
  letting the mind consider unusual and apparently
  illogical approaches to them

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lattice ??????????
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chess boardcareer lattice

• Another career path. Lateral. You can move
  forward or
• sideway or
• even
• backward.

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• A1 you are going to hear a report about some old
  and new career attitudes.

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Key

• Old career attitudes
• 1.Lifetime loyaltycareer structure/guarantee a
  job for life
• 2. 80s boomwork longer hours/more
  stressful/good cause money, promotion
• 3. Wrongredundancy / anxious /no time for
  private life/drained of creative
  energy/dissatisfied

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New Career attitudes

• 1. New buzzword career lattice/career ladder vs.
  career chess board
• 2. Play career chess wider view of career
  path/overall carrer strategy
• 3. Lateral thinking step sideways /move a step
  back/ move forward again
• 4. Self-measurement manage yourself/business
  asset skills, imagination, creative talent,
  knowledge
• 5. Money life moral and emotional rewards vs.
  financial rewards/interesting, creative vs. bank
  balance

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B

• dwarf a person, animal, or plant of much less
  than the usual size
• assumption something that is taken as as a fact
  or believed to be true without proof
• botanically of or related to plants or the
  scientific study of plants
• ubiquitous appearing, happening, or existing
  everywhere
• adj.?????, (??)?????

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• distinct clearly different or separate
• discard to get rid of as useless
• complementary making something complete

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B1. Listen to a riddle and guess.

• The man was a dwarf and couldnt reach higher
  than the 11th floor button.

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B2. Listen to a lecture. Write down the five
major contrasts.

• 1st VTSelect the best way of looking at a
  problem
• LTCreate many alternative approaches
• 2nd VT Move in sequential steps
• LT Jump ahead and fill in the gaps later
• 3rd VT Each step must be correct before the
  next can be approached
• LT Generate a range of solutions without
  providing steps

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• 4th VT Use fixed categories
• LT Labels may change according to
  experience and point of view
• 5th VT Examine obvious approach, exclude
  irrelevant ones, in search of one final answer
• LT May be no answer

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Part III mediation skills

• mediator adjustor accommodator
• facilitate to make easy or easier help
• rephrase to express (something) in different
  words, esp. so as to make the meaning clearer

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• accusatory accusing someone of doing wrong or of
  breaking the law
• promptly exactly in regard to time
• role reversal ????
• prioritize to give (something) the right of
  coming before others in position or time

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Listen to a lecture on mediation skills. Write
down the three steps people can use for resolving
conflicts. Then take more notes.

• Step 1 Setting up a positive environment
• Step 2 Identifying the Bottom Line
• Step 3 Brainstorm

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• 1. state rules speak/ facilitate-- rephrase
  /list and clarify problems
• 2. emotionalbehavioral
• 3. share solution /write down prioritize
  /solutionswrite down steps theyd take