Global Reading

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Career Planning
Global Reading
Detailed Reading
Post Reading
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Background Information(??????)

• Three steps in job-hunting

or curriculum vitae,
CV for short. The key items in a résumé include
your job objective, your education, your work
experience, your honors, awards, your
affiliations and any offices held, and anything
else you think will help you get the job.
1. A good résumé
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2. A good cover letter

(???) This should be no more than a page. Like
the résumé, the cover letter should go through
several careful drafts, with advice from an
instructor or some other experienced people.
Other documents such as personal statements and
application forms may be required.
3. A good interview
The job
may be gained or lost in the first 30 seconds of
the interview, so you should practice this part
several times, including your entry, greetings,
etc. Your answers in the interview should be
clear and concise, including relevant specific
examples of your education or experiences.
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Global Reading
Organization Analysis
Questions and Answers
Understanding Specific Information
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Organization Analysis
Part ? (Para. 1) Introduction
Career planning does not necessarily follow
routine or logical steps.
Part ? (Para. 2) Students weakness in career
planning
1) Most students choose from a very narrow group
of occupations. 2) 40 to 60 percent of the
students choose professional occupations, but
only 15 to 18 percent of the work force is
engaged in professional work. 3) Young men lack
interest in fields that offer many job
opportunities. 4) A third of the students are
unable to express any choice of occupation.
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Part ? (Para. 3-5) Serious flaws in the ways of
decision making
1) Complacency-ignoring challenging information.
2) Defensive avoidance-resorting to wishful
thinking or daydreaming. 3) Hyper-vigilance-searc
hing frantically for career possibilities and
seizing on hastily invented solutions.
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Part ? (Para. 6-11) Keys to career planning
1) Study yourself. 2) Write your career goals
down. 3) Review your plans and progress
periodically with another person. 4) If
you choose a career that does not fit you, you
can start over.
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Part ? (Para. 12-13) Changes in careers

• 1) Few changes involve downward movement most
  involve getting ahead.
• 2) Job changes and career shifts occur at all
  ages.

Part ? (Para. 14-15) Conclusion
Although there is no sure way to make career
plans work out, there are things that you can do
now to shape your career possibilities.
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Understanding Specific Information
Directions Decide whether the following
statements are true or false. Write T for true
and F for false in the space provided.
___ 1) Different people emphasize different
factors in career planning. ___ 2) In career
planning, it is very important to gather
information about ourselves. ___ 3) Students are
quite realistic in their career planning.
T
T
F
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T
___ 4) Serious flaws in decision making seem to
be related to the patterns people use to deal
with problems. ___ 5) Complacency is appropriate
for any decision except career decisions. ___ 6)
Some people avoid facing a difficult situation
by wishful thinking or daydreaming. ___ 7)
Career decision making in a hurry may result from
hyper vigilance.
F
T
T
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T
___ 8) A good understanding of oneself is
the most important thing in career planning. ___
9) Talking with various people helps to shape
ones career plan. ___10) Career hopping is now
generally accepted as something good. ___ 11)
Job changes and career shifts occur most
frequently with people between the ages of 20
and 25. ___ 12) Since many problems and
difficulties can not be foreseen, there is not
much we can do to shape our future.
T
F
T
F
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Passage Reading ????
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Passage Reading

• Career Planning

Career planning does not necessarily follow
routine or logical steps. Each of us places
weight on different
factors and may consider certain phases of career
planning at different times. 1Career planning
includes gathering information about ourselves
and about occupations, estimating the probable
outcomes of various courses of action, and
finally, choosing alternatives that we find
attractive and feasible.
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Many observers have pointed out that
students are not very efficient career planners.
They cite evidence that (1) most students choose
from among a very narrow group of occupations
(2) as many as 40 to 60 percent choose
professional occupations, when in reality only 15
to 18 percent of the work forces is engaged in
professional work (3) young men show a striking
lack of interest in clerical, sales, and service
occupations, although these fields offer many job
opportunities and (4) 2as many as a third of the
students are unable to express any choice of
occupation.
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In their book Decision Making, Irving Janis
and Leon Mann identify serious flaws in the ways
many people use to cope with problems. The first
flaw is complacency. People who ignore
challenging information about the choices they
make demonstrate complacency. People who take the
attitude that It wont affect me or It will
never happen use complacency as a dominant
pattern of behaving. 3 Of course, complacency is
appropriate for any decision in which nothing
much is at stake, but that does not describe
career decisions.
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A second flaw in the way people cope with
decisions is defensive avoidance. 4When
confronted with a decision and unable to believe
they can find an acceptable solution, some people
remain calm by resorting to wishful thinking or
daydreaming. Students who fail to think about the
implications of their career choices often engage
in rationalization (deceiving oneself with
self-satisfying but incorrect explanations for
ones behavior) or procrastination (putting off
or delaying). Facing the situation may produce
anxiety, but examining alternatives could also
bring relief.
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A third flaw is hypervigilance. This occurs
in career decision making when people believe
there is not enough time to find a solution and
they panic. 5They search frantically for career
possibilities and seize on hastily invented
solutions, overlooking the consequences of their
choice as well as other alternatives. People who
are in a panic sometimes do not think clearly or
logically.
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The best coping behavior is vigilance.
Vigilant decision making occurs when people
believe that (1) a choice should be made, (2)
they can find a solution, and (3) there is enough
time. Under these conditions, students can
conduct an effective search for alternative
careers, carefully evaluate each alternative, and
work out contingency plans in case one or another
risk appears. Following are the keys to
career planning.
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1. Study yourself. This is the key to
career planning. 6 Understanding what you are
like, what you value, and what you want to become
is the foundation for all career planning. In
studying yourself, you examine your strengths and
weaknesses, your goals, and the trends in your
personal development. The self-understanding that
you gain enables you to imagine how certain
occupations may best fit your personality,
interests, abilities, and goals. All career
decisions require us to learn both about
ourselves and about work, and to integrate these
two kinds of knowledge.
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2. Write your career goals down. A
technique useful for organizing ideas about your
career development is actually to write them down
by time blocks in your life. Writing something
down forces you to crystallize your thinking and
to recognize unclear and half-formed ideas. It
may lead to new insights about your possibilities
and may help you to see new relationships,
patterns, and trends, or to identify gaps in your
thinking about your career development.
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3. Review your plans and progress
periodically with another person. Every so often,
take stock of your situation and consider what
steps have to be taken next. Taking inventory of
progress and planning further steps can help you
cope with the changes that you undergo and the
changes that take place in the labor market.
7Talking over your plans with a college
counselor, your parents, and your friends helps
you define your goals and improve your career
plans or make them work.
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4. If you choose a career that does not fit
you, you can start over. Today, growing numbers
of men and women are changing careers or getting
second starts in careers that have greater appeal
to them. Many of those who find that their line
of work is unsatisfactory retrain themselves for
a different occupation. Often their new
occupation is one that they overlooked when they
were young or that they did not have an
opportunity to pursue at that time for financial
or other reasons.
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8Sociologists say that there are few
changes in careers that involve downward
movement most involve the traditional business
of getting ahead. Society no longer attaches
the stigma of instability to the idea of career
hopping, as it once did. Job changes and
career shifts occur at all ages. It has been
estimated that as many as one out of four male
workers between the ages of twenty and
twenty-five change their lines of work. About
half that number do so between the ages of
twenty-five and forty-four.

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Career planning does not guarantee that all
the problems, difficulties, or decision-making
situations that face you in the future will be
solved or made any easier. 9No formula can be
given to do that. But career planning should help
you to approach and cope better with new
problems, such as deciding whether or not to
enter educational or training programs, deciding
whether or not to change jobs, and analyzing the
difficulties you are having with a situation or a
person.
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Nobody can foresee what the future holds
for any of us. There are social, emotional, and
moral considerations in our future that cannot be
foreseen. But the most important lesson of this
often-unhappy modern world is that progress comes
from planning. Ignorance about ones career is
not bliss reason is better than chance and fate.
10Although there is no sure way to make career
plans work out, there are things that you can do
now to shape your career possibilities.
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Understanding Sentences
1. Career planning includes gathering information
about ourselves and about occupations, estimating
the probable outcomes of various courses of
action, and finally, choosing alternatives that
we find attractive and feasible.
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????????????
Translation
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The three -ing participles run parallel to gain
emphasis and make clear the order of the three
phrases which coincides with that of Para.
8-11. ??-ing????,???????????????????,?????????8-11
??????
Comments
we find attractive and feasible
?????,????alternatives?
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• 2. as many as a third of the students are
  unable to express any choice of occupation.

Translation
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As many as a third of the students could not say
what jobs they should choose.
Paraphrase
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3.Of course, complacency is appropriate for any
decision in which nothing much is at stake, but
that does not describe career decisions.
??,??????????,??????,?????????????,??????
Translation
Question
What does that refer to in this sentence?
It refers to complacency is appropriate for any
decision in which nothing much is at stake.
Answer
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Comments
The first part of the sentence is a restrictive
attributive clause introduced by
propositionrelative word. ??????????????????
??????,????????????????????????????????????whic
h,???whom,????????whose??? They tried to think
of a plan by which they could fulfill their task
ahead of time. ?????,?????????????,??????????????,
????????????????
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Radial flow turbines differ in the manner in
which the steam flow is arranged. (in the manner)
The material of which the apparatus is made
of is a good nonconductor of heat. (is made of)
??????????????????????,?? At last there
was something about which to write home.
??????????????????,???????????????????????????????
At last there was something to write home
about. ?????????????????Further Development?
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4.When confronted with a decision and unable to
believe they can find an acceptable solution,
some people remain calm by resorting to wishful
thinking or daydreaming.
??????????????????????,?????????????,????????
Translation
The subject of the subordinate clause is the same
to that of the main clause. So the author omit
the subject of the subordinate clause to avoid
repetition. ???????????,??????????????
Comments
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Comments
The full sentence is When they are confronted
with a decision and they are unable to believe
they can find an acceptable solution, some people
remain calm by resorting to wishful thinking or
daydreaming.
When some people face a decision and dont think
they could find an acceptable solution, they make
use of wishful thinking or daydreaming for help.
Paraphrase
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5.They search frantically for career
possibilities and seize on hastily invented
solutions, overlooking the consequences of their
choice as well as other alternatives.
Translation
?????????????,???????????,??????????????,?????????
???
Overlooking the consequences of their choice as
well as other alternatives??????????????????????
????(the present participle)?????(the past
participle)????????????????????????????????,??????
??,?????????
Comments
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???????????????????????????,???????????(?????
??????????,?????)??????????????????????????????,??
???????????????????????????,??????????????????????
??????????? He ran up to her, breathing heavily.
(??????) You will make yourself more tired,
keeping on your feet. (?????) Being a
hard-working young man, he is praised by all his
fellow workers. (?????)
Comments
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6.Understanding what you are like, what you
value, and what you want to become is the
foundation for all career planning.
??????????,??????????????,?????????????
Translation
Question
What is the subject of the sentence?
Understanding what you are like, what you value,
and what you want to become.
Answer
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Comments
Three clauses what you are like, what you value,
and what you want to become run parallel to gain
emphasis and their order is consistent with the
points of Paragraph 1.
????what you are like, what you value, ? what you
want to become ????,????,?????????????????????,???
???????
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7.Talking over your plans with a college
counselor, your parents, and your friends helps
you define your goals and improve your career
plans or make them work.
Translation
????????????????????,?????????,??????,?????????
Students are advised to counsel whom as to their
career planning? Why?
Question
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Answer
College counselor, your parents, and your friends.
College counselor knows much about the newest
information in job market and has many
suggestions for career planning. Parents are
more mature and they know better the prospects of
different careers. On the other hand, parents
know better their children. Friends know us
better than ourselves. They know our strengths,
weaknesses, personalities, interests and
abilities etc. and can give us useful suggestions.
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8. Sociologists say that there are few changes in
careers that involve downward movement most
involve the traditional business of getting
ahead.
Translation
???????????????????????,?????????????????
Please find a pair of antonym in this sentence.
Question
Answer
Downward and getting ahead.
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9.No formula can be given to do that.
Please translate the sentence into Chinese.
Please pay attention to the word formula.
Question
Answer
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10.Although there is no sure way to make career
plans work out, there are things that you can do
now to shape your career possibilities.
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?
Translation
Although there is no definite way to make career
plans work out, we can do something beneficial
for our career possibilities now.
Paraphrase
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Word Study
place/lay/put weight on

• 1. emphasize
• e.g. The government places weight on the
  construction of a friendly-environmental society.

2. ??place noun on ??????,?????????? place
blame/responsibility on ?????? place hopes
on ?????? place pressure on ????? place
emphasis/importance on ??
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estimate v.
try to judge the value, size, speed, cost, etc.
of something, partly by calculating and partly by
guessing ??,??
The mechanic estimated the cost of repairs at
150. Its estimated that between 70 and 90
percent of car crimes occur in the daytime.
cf.
overestimate to judge something to be better
than it really is ?(??)???? Im afraid we
overestimated his abilities.
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underestimate v. to think that something is
smaller, cheaper, less important etc. than it
really is ??,?? People often underestimate the
importance of training.
cf. estimate n. 1. judgment or calculation of
the approximate size, cost, value, etc. of
something ??,??
1) According to their estimates, the company
will go bankrupt within 5 years. 2) The number
of people who applied for the course was 120
compared with initial estimate of between 50 and
100.
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2. a statement of how much it will probably cost
to build or repair something ?????
1) We got three estimates so we could choose the
cheapest. 2) Its really hard to choose, since we
got estimates from two of the best contractors.
cf. estimation n. (often used in the phrase in
ones estimation)
ones opinion of the value, nature, etc. of
someone or something ??,??
In my estimation, oil price will keep going up.
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cite v.
1. mention esp. as an example in an argument ??,??
1) The lawyer cited a previous case. 2) The CEO
cited the latest figures at the new products
demonstration.
2. to mention somebody by name in a court case
??(?)??,??
Penny was cited in the divorce proceedings.
3. to mention somebody because they deserve
praise ??,?? Joe was cited for bravery.
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quote v.
cf.
to repeat exactly what someone else has said or
written??,?? (??????,??????)
He quoted (from) the Bible to support his beliefs.
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demonstrate v.
1. show ones emotions and feelings ??,??
1) Mary demonstrates her love by bringing me
flowers. 2) His sudden departure demonstrates how
unreliable he is.
2. show something clearly by giving proof or
evidence ??,??
1) How do you demonstrate that the pressure
remains constant? 2) The study demonstrates the
link between poverty and malnutrition.
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3. show or describe how to do something or how
something works ??,??
1) An assistant demonstrated the washing machine
to customers. 2) Instructors should demonstrate
new movements before letting the class try them.
4. take part in a march or a meeting to show
strong opinion of opposing or supporting
something ??,??
What are they demonstrating against?
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confront v.
1. face bodily or threateningly ??
Opening the door, he found himself confronted by
a dozen policemen with guns.
2. deal with something very difficult or
unpleasant in a brave and determined way
(??????)????
We try to help people confront their problems.
3. usually passive suddenly appear and need
to be dealt with????????? ????,??
On my first day at work I was confronted with the
task of chairing a meeting.
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face v.
cf.

• 1. if you face a difficult situation or if it
  faces you, you must deal with it ??,??

1) The President faced the difficult task
of putting the economy back on its feet. 2) I
was faced with the awful job of breaking the news
to the girls family.
2. be opposite a person, building etc. ??,??
1) They stood facing each other for a few
minutes. 2) My bedroom faces south.
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3. accept that a difficult situation or
problem exists, even though you would
prefer to ignore it ??,??
1) Many couples refuse to face the fact
that they have problems with their marriage.
2) Face it, kid, or youre never going to be a
rock star.
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resort to
1. do something bad, extreme, or difficult
because you cannot think of any other way to deal
with a problem (In this phrase, to is a
preposition, so it should be followed by either
nouns or gerunds.) ???????(??to???,???????????)
1) I had to resort to violence to get my
money. 2) When she didnt answer the telephone I
resorted to standing outside her window and
calling up to her.
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Expressions
as a last resort / in the last resort what you
will do if everything else fails ???????,?????
1) Nuclear weapons should be used only as a
last resort. 2) In the last resort we can always
walk home.
cf. of last resort used when everything else has
failed ????
a weapon of last resort a way of last resort
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implication n.
1.a possible future effect or result of a plan,
action, or event, which must be considered or
discussed(?????????????????)?????,?????
1) We need to consider the financial implications
of these changes. 2) The low level of current
investment has serious implications for future
economic growth.
2. something you do not say directly but you seem
want people to believe ??,??
1) I resent the implication that my work is not
thorough. 2) He didnt actually accuse me of
stealing, but that was the implication.
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cf. imply v.
1. suggest that something is true without saying
this directly ??,??
She managed to imply shed contributed the
money without actually saying so.
2. if a fact, event etc. implies something, it
shows that it is likely to be true ???(???????)
The high level of radiation in the rocks
implies that they are volcanic in origin.
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engage v.
1. attract someone and keep their interest
??(?????) The new toy didnt engage the
childrens interest for long.
2. arrange to employ someone ??,?? His
father engaged a private tutor to improve his
math.
3. reserve ?? Ive engaged a room for you at
the hotel.
cf. engage in (usually passive) take part or
become involved in an activity ???????????,??
She is engaged in writing a novel.
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cf. engaged
1. an engaged telephone is being used ????? 1)
Sorry! The line/number is engaged. 2) I cant
get throughher lines engaged.
2. having agreed to get married ???
1) They have been engaged for 6 months. 2) Have
you met the man shes engaged to?
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hypervigilance n.
hyper- is a prefix, means more than usual
especially too much. Its usually put before the
noun or adjective. hyper-????,?????????,???
??,????
e.g. hyperactive ????????? hypercritical
????? hypersensitive ?????
hypertension ???
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haste n.
great speed in doing something, especially
because you do not have enough time ??,?? I
soon regretted my haste.
Expressions
in haste quickly or in a hurry ??? They left
in haste, without even saying goodbye. More
haste, less speed.?????? (It is useless to do
something too quickly.)
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cf. hasten v.
1. to make something happen faster or sooner
??,?? Her death had been hastened by large
doses of painkilling drugs.
2. to do or say something quickly or without
delay ??,?? I hastened to assure her that
there was no danger.
cf. hasty adj.
done in a hurry, especially with bad results
?????,??? He soon regretted his hasty
decision. ?????????????????
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alternative adj.
1. only before noun an alternative idea, plan
etc is one that can be used instead of another
one????????????,????? There doesnt seem to
be an alternative option.
2. only before noun an alternative system or
solution is considered less damaging or more
effective than the old one ???????????(???)
alternative sources of energy
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alternative n.
something that you can choose to do or use
instead of something else ???????
1) Check out the alternative before deciding
whether to go a nearby college. 2) I had no
alternative but to report him to the police.
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appeal n.
1. a strong request for help, support, mercy,
etc.??,??
The United Nations appeal for a ceasefire
has been largely ignored by both sides.
This country launched an appeal for the famine
victims.
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2. a quality that makes you like someone or
something, be interested in them, or want them
???,???
1) The film has great appeal for young
audiences. 2) Much of the citys appeal lies in
its lively night life.
3. a formal request to a court or to someone in
authority asking for a decision to be changed
??,??
an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
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appeal v.
1. make a a strong request for help, support,
mercy, etc.??,??
1) The police are appealing to the public for
information about the crime. 2) She appealed to
the kidnappers to release her son.
2. if someone or something appeals to you, they
seem attractive and interesting ????
1) Does the idea of working abroad appeal to
you? 2) The magazine is intended to appeal to
working women in their 20s and 30s.
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3. to make a formal request to a court or someone
in authority asking for a decision to be
changed ???????
If you are not satisfied, you can appeal.
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attach v.
1. connect one thing to another ?,?,??,??
1) Attach a recent photo to your application
form. 2) The web (???) was only attached to the
leaf by one thread.
2. be very fond of or devoted to ??,??
Its easy to be attached to the children you work
with.
3. assign some function, quality, or
characteristic ??(?????????)
People attach too much importance to economic
forecasts.
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4. include cause to form part of a thing
??,??,???????
1) He attached himself to the group of
cyclists. 2) His new firm attached the young man
to the marketing division.
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Post-Reading ????
Vocabulary
Filling in the Blanks
Cloze
Translation
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Vocabulary
Directions Complete the following sentences with
appropriate forms of the words given.

• The air pollution exceeds most __________ levels
  by 10 times or more. (accept)
• What is so impressive about their company is the
  __________ of the service to the public.
  (efficient)
• 3) I know that the government is cutting back its
  spending but Im not sure what the
  _____________ are for our department. (imply)

acceptable
efficiency
implications
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4) His drinking and poor behavior shows
__________ of character. (stable) 5) I poured
my thoughts out on paper in an
attempt to ___________ my feelings. (rational) 6)
Medical ___________ of such a complex problem
will cost a lot of money. (evaluate) 7) The
company can only blame itself for the entirely
______________ mess that it is now in.
(foresee) 8) His greatest achievement was the
__________of new farming methods. (invent) 9)
Dont worry, Jenny added __________. I checked
with Lizzie first. (haste)
instability
rationalize
evaluation
foreseeable
invention
hastily
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10) The ___________ of getting all the answers
correct is only about one in ten. (probable) 11)
Teachers must be free to exercise their
___________ judgment. (profession) 12) This
___________ book is one of the most
thought-provoking that Ive ever read.
(challenge) 13) Shes rather __________ about her
family backgroundwhen you ask her about it, she
never gives you a direct answer. (defend) 14) He
has a very outgoing _____________ and makes
friends easily. (personal)
probability
professional
challenging
defensive
personality
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Filling in the Blanks
Directions Fill in the blanks with an
appropriate phrase from the box. Change the form
if necessary.
seize on resort to every so often in
case lead to in reality at stake
take stock of talk over start over
1) I have got the key _________ we want to go
inside. 2) ______________, she spends a weekend
in London. 3) His punishing (???) work schedule
had made him __________
drugs. 4) Lets __________ the problem with our
teacher. 5) Maybe we can forget what has happened
and ________.
in case
Every so often
resort to
talk over
start over
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seize on resort to every so often in
case lead to in reality at stake
take stock of talk over start over
6) They were claiming record profits when,
___________, the company was close to
bankruptcy. 7) If we lose the contract, hundreds
of jobs are _________. 8) He __________ the
suggestion as a way of getting out of his
financial difficulties. 9) The bank has offered a
reward for any information __________ the arrest
of the man. 10) After two years spent teaching
abroad, she returned home for a month to
______________ her life.
in reality
at stake
seized on
leading to
take stock of
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Cloze
Directions Fill in the following blanks with
appropriate words chosen from the list provided.
Change the form if necessary.
complete hold technical promote way educate
both provide such needed when to
early hire up who program opportunity
There are several ways of entering most
occupations. A pathway to many skilled trades is
through apprenticeship (????) programs. Each year
some 270,000 persons are in apprenticeship 1)
__________ in this country, and some 60,000
complete two-to-five-year programs. Another 2)
______ to enter many occupations is to enter
trade or 3) ________ schools. Many communities
have such schools, and they offer 4) _____
programs
way
technical
both
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complete hold technical promote way educate
both provide such needed when to
early hire up who program opportunity
short-term (less than two weeks) and long-term
(two years or longer) programs. Another
pathway to some occupations is the training 5)
________ by industry or government. Some
companies select young people for training 6)
________ they believe will stay with the company
for a long time. Automobile companies, airlines,
and public utilities (??????), 7) ______ as gas
and electric companies, are examples. In
government programs young people can learn skills
8) ________ for employment. The military service
also provides training 9) ______________ that
help some individuals 10) _______ they come to
enter the civilian work force.

provided
who
such
needed
opportunities
when
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complete hold technical promote way educate
both provide such needed when to
early hire up who program opportunity
Other pathways 11) _____ occupations are the
junior or community colleges and four-year
colleges and universities. 12) ___________ of a
college degree and graduate study is the route
for entering most professional occupations.
Finally, an important way to enter some
occupations is by 13) __________ a succession of
jobs during their 14) ________ years in the labor
force. Many large companies 15) ______ workers at
the lowest level and 16) _________ them as they
gain seniority (years of service) and skill.
People work their way 17) _________ in such
companies by being hard-working and 18) _________
themselves (mostly through part-time schooling).
to
Completion
early
holding
hire
promote
up
educating
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Translation
Directions Translate the following sentences
into English, using the expressions in brackets.
1) ??????????????(undergo) 2)
?????????????????(estimate)
He underwent a major heart surgery several years
ago.
We estimated that it would take a week to finish
the work.
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3) ???????,?????????????????? (pursue) 4)
?????????????????(not necessarily) 5)
????(terrorist)?????????????????(resort to)
I used to enjoy photography, but I now have no
time to pursue any hobbies.
You may love someone but not necessarily have to
marry him.
Terrorists resort to violence to achieve
their political aims.
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6) ????????????,?????????(in case) 7)
?????????????????(identify, abnormal) 8)
???????????????????? (demonstrate, resume)
He says hell stay in the office this afternoon
in case you want to see him.
Scientists have identified the gene that causes
abnormal growth.
These examples demonstrate how badly some
students write their resumes.