1、1. Discussion,2. London,A brief introduction to London,Some famous places of interest in London,Before Reading_Main,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,3. Education in U. K.,4. Questions and Answers,Before Reading_1.1,Before Reading,After Reading,Discussion,Look at the pictu
2、res of various jobs. Answer the following questions with a partner.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_1.1,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,How are these people similar? How are they different? 2. Would you like to be a teacher? Why or why not? 3. If you have no other choice but to be a teac
3、her, what kind of teacher do you want to be? Why? 4. Can you tell us something about the best teacher of yours in your life?,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.11,A brief introduction to London,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.12,Before Reading,Global Read
4、ing,After Reading,London is the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom. The city covers 1,580 sq km and has a population of 6,378,600 (1991). Settled by the Romans as an important shipping point for crops and minerals, it gradually developed into the wealthy capital of a thriving industrial
5、and agricultural nation. The expansion in the 19th century of the British Empire increased Londons influence still further. Since World War II the citys prominence on the international stage has diminished, but it remains a flourishing financial center and home to one of the worlds most important st
6、ock exchanges.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.21,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Some famous places of interest in London,Big Ben Tower Bridge The Tower of London Buckingham Palace Trafalgar Square The British Museum The National Gallery,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.22,Before Rea
7、ding,Global Reading,After Reading,Big Ben,Big Ben is a famous bell in the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament in London. The bell weighs about 15 short tons (14 metric tons). It stands 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) high and has a diameter of 9 feet (2.7 meters). Big Ben first tolled in 1859.,Detailed Re
8、ading,Before Reading_2.23,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,2. Tower Bridge,The Tower Bridge crosses the River Thames in the East End of London. It was completed in 1894 in a revival of the Gothic style of the Middle Ages. The Tower of London, a former fortress and prison, is nearby.,Detai
9、led Reading,Before Reading_2.24,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,3. The Tower of London,The Tower of London, located on the northern bank of the Thames River, was built around 1078. It was used alternately as a fortress, royal residence, and state prison in its early years. Today, it is m
10、aintained as an arsenal with a garrison, and is open to the public. The well-preserved Norman and medieval structures cover nearly 7.2 hectares (18 acres).,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.25,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,4. Buckingham Palace,Buckingham Palace in Westminster is the of
11、ficial London residence of the British sovereign. Its interior, open to the public during August and September while the Queen is on holiday, contains many elegantly furnished apartments and a superb art collection. Funds raised from the summer visits go towards repairing Windsor Castle, damaged by
12、fire in 1992. takes place outside Buckingham Palace.,The Ceremony of the Changing of the Guard,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.26,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,5.Trafalgar Square,Trafalgar Square in central London is one of the citys most popular sites. It is named for a famous naval
13、 battle of 1805 in which Admiral Horatio Nelson led the British fleet to victory. A statue of Nelson stands atop the tall column in the center of the square.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.27,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,6. The British Museum,British Museum, in London, is among the
14、 oldest of the worlds great national museums. Many of its collections are among the finest in the world. The museum was founded in 1753 by an act of Parliament after Sir Hans Sloane, a British physician and botanist, willed his collections to the nation. The museum opened on Jan. 15, 1759, in Montag
15、u House in Londons West End. In 1847, a new building replaced Montagu House, and many additions have since been made. The British Museum attracts more than 4 million visitors a year.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_2.28,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,7. The National Gallery,The National
16、 Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, houses the national collection of European paintings, comprising more than 2,000 pictures dating from the late 13th to the early 20th century. The pictures belong to the public and access to them is free, as it has been since the Gallery was first founded in 182
17、4. The National Gallery has the most comprehensive collection of Italian Renaissance paintings outside Italy. The museum also has impressive collections of works by Rembrandt and other Dutch artists.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_3.1,Education in U. K.,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,1
18、. British state schools,Old system “eleven plus” examination Under the old system, children took an examination called the “eleven plus” at the age of eleven. If they passed this examination, they went to a grammar school (high school) and if they failed, they went to a secondary modern school.,Deta
19、iled Reading,Before Reading_3.2,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,New system “streamed” & “unstreamed” school,Under the new system, there is no “eleven plus” examination, and the grammar schools and secondary modern schools have been replaced by large comprehensive schools. Some comprehens
20、ives are “streamed”; others are “unstreamed”. In a streamed school, pupils are placed into classes according to their ability. Children of high ability are in the “A” stream, those of lesser ability in the “B” stream and so on. In an unstreamed school, children of mixed ability are placed together i
21、n the classes.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_3.3,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,2. Some famous universities in Britain,Oxford University The United Kingdoms oldest institution of higher learning, Oxford University, is a federation of 35 colleges, each with its own structure and activi
22、ties. Many prominent people have attended All Souls College, shown here.,Cambridge University Founded in the 13th century, Cambridge University is one of the oldest educational institutions in Europe and one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Among its many distinguished graduates ar
23、e Charles Darwin, John Maynard Keynes, Oliver Cromwell and John Milton.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading_4.1,Questions and Answers,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,What jobs do you think are the best ones nowadays? Why? Where would you like to find a job after you graduate from school, in
24、a big city or in a small town? Why? At present, some undergraduates fail to find a job immediately after graduation. If you were one of them, what would you do then? There still exists sexual discrimination against the female in job market in China. Whats your opinion on it?,Detailed Reading,Globe R
25、eading_main,1. Part Division of the Text,2. Rearrange the Order of the Pictures,3. Further Understanding,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,For Part 1 True or False,For Part 2 Complete the Missing Information of the Story,For Part 3 Discussion,4. Words Scanning,Detailed Reading,Globe Readin
26、g1,Part Division of the Text,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Main Ideas,the most important reason why he refused the job,his disappointing experience to find the job,the reason why the young man wanted to find a job,Parts,1,2,3,Lines,50 51,8 49,1 7,Globe Reading2.,Rearra
27、nge the Order of the Pictures,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,3,_,2,_,5,_,1,_,4,_,Globe Reading2.,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Globe Reading2.,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Globe Reading2.,Before Reading,Glob
28、al Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Globe Reading2.,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Globe Reading2.,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Globe Reading3.1,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,True or False,The young man got some inform
29、ation about a job in a London newspaper.,The story doesnt tell us.,F,( ),1.,The young man was a college student wanting to find a part-time job.,2.,In Britain, a degree and working experience are very important in job hunting.,3.,T,( ),He was waiting to enter university.,F,( ),The young man applied
30、for a job as a teacher because he liked the job.,4.,Because he was short of money and wanted to do something useful.,F,( ),When the young man applied for the job, he didnt feel confident.,5.,T,( ),Detailed Reading,Globe Reading3.2,Complete the Missing Information of the Story,Before Reading,Global R
31、eading,After Reading,1. Three days later, the young man was . 2. The journey to the school . 3. The young man was so worn out that he . 4. The school and the headmaster. After being asked some questions, the young man felt . 6. The young man was supposed to teach twenty-four boys. 7. For such demand
32、ing work, the young mans salary was .,asked to show up for an interview,_,proved to be long and awkward,_,didnt even feel nervous,_,didnt appear attracting,_,impression on him,didnt make a favorable,he and the headmaster,had little in common,in turn at three different,levels,only 12 a week,_,Detaile
33、d Reading,Globe Reading3.3,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,In answering this question, you can consider the following aspects:1) What kind of person is the young man? (Useful expressions: maleis superior to female; work hard and endure hardships / be hard-working and unafraid of hardship
34、s）2) What kinds of things should we pay attention to in hunting a job?(Useful expressions: salary; working conditions; interpersonal relationships; the opportunity for promotion; give full play to ones talent / bring a persons talent into full play; stability of the job),Discussion,1. Did the young
35、man accept the job? Why or why not?,No, he didnt. There were two reasons. The first reason was that the teaching set-up was too heavy. The second and the more important one is that he didnt want to be an inferior to a woman.,2. What can you infer from the end of the story?,Detailed Reading,Globe Rea
36、ding4,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Words Scanning,awkward journey; too depressed to feel nervous; struggle to survive ; short and fat; with an air of surprised disapproval; as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlace were undone; The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly o
37、f stale cabbage; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes; He grunted.; I was dismayed at; Worse perhaps was the idea; Before I could protest ; This was the last straw; the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.,Find out the words showing Michaels disappointment
38、 before and during the interview.,Detailed Reading,Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse .,Article,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Detailed Reading,Article1_S,Before Reading,Global Reading,Aft
39、er Reading,While I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with
40、 no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.,However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter of a mile. As a result I
41、arrived on a hot June morning too depressed to feel nervous.,My First Job Robert Best,Detailed Reading,Article2_S,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,The school was a red brick house with big windows. The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where the
42、y struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road. It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair.,Detailed Reading,Article3_S,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,He lo
43、oked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. Ah yes, he grunted. Youd better come inside. The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging b
44、y the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. Youd better sit down, he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I t
45、hought games were a vital part of a boys education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.,Detailed Reading,Article4_S,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,The schoo
46、l, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.,The teaching set-up filled me with f
47、ear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; m
48、ost of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.,Detailed Reading,Article5_S,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,I said shyly, What would my salary be? Twelve pounds a week plus lunch. Before I could protest, he got to his feet. Now, he said, youd better meet my wife. Shes the one w
49、ho really runs this school. This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.,Detailed Reading,While I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.,
