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Unit 3 Careers and Skills
Reading
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
summarize reasons why people need to work;
provide an answer to the question of working and living;
promote the virtue of hard work.
Learning objectives
Please watch the video and try to answer the following questions.
Q1: What viewpoints do the man and woman hold respectively
Q2: Why do they hold these kind of viewpoints
Lead-in
What and why
work to live
live to work
1. enjoy work and accomplishment.
2. work makes her happy.
3. work brings her to this beautiful city(France).
Work is just for making money, which provides financial support.
Strike a balance between work and life.
What do you think are some of the reasons why we work
Whether we work to live or live to work is one of the most frequently asked questions. The magazine article below discusses some of the important reasons why we work. Before you read the article, think about the following questions:
Pre-reading
There are other important reasons that motivate us to enter the world of work besides earning a living.
Paras. 2-4:
Main body
(________ for work)
Para. 1: Introduction
Work to live, live to work
Para. 5 Conclusion
attain our goals and achieve our dreams
Reasons
develop our skills, thus providing room for personal growth
contribute to the health of society
Our work helps us make a living as well as make a life for ourselves and for others.
Personally
Socially
Not only...also...
Read for structure
Why do we have to work according to paragraph 1
Para.1
work to live
We work because we have to, not least because we need the salary that enables us to be financially independent. (lines 2-3)
Read for details
Benefits from work Personally Socially
Enabling us to pursue our dreams
Giving us a great sense of achievement and satisfaction
Helping us develop our skills
Ensuring our society functions properly
Benefiting others and bringing success to our nation
Paras.2-4
Read for details
“Yang Liwei, for example, driven by his passion for flying, became a pilot and then China’s first astronaut in space.”
To illustrate the importance of work for attaining a person’s goals and achieving one’s dreams.
Why does the author mention Thoreau and Yang Liwei in para. 2
“... if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
— Thoreau’s Walden
support the argument
passion
quote
example
What writing techniques are used
Para.2
Read for details
Can you give another example to support the argument:
we can attain our goals and achieve dreams through work.
_____, driven by his/her passion for __________, became ______________________.
_________, for example, driven by _______________________, became _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________.
Eileen Gu
her enthusiasm for skiing
a professional athlete and won two gold medals for
China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Para.2
Read for details
What should we do to adapt to a rapidly changing workplace
We should ________________________________________.
We should ________________________________________.
We should ________________________________________.
...
practise our skills constantly and continuously
keep up and develop new skills
skills
not be satisfied with the status quo
adaptability
Para.3
Read for details
How does the author explain the contributions of various jobs to the health of society
The author uses simile to compare different types of jobs in the society to gears in a machine, which visualizes the importance of each job’s contribution to keeping society functioning properly.
All occupations are _____, with no difference in status or worth, with no one ________ to another. Any one that is beneficial to the public is praiseworthy, so we should not have _________ against any of them.
Right attitude towards different jobs
equal
superior
prejudice
Para.4
Read for details
How can we ensure that the machine functions properly
In a successful, stable and productive society, all jobs are equally important and no one is superior to another, so we should not have prejudice against any of them. (lines 29-31)
Para.4
Read for details
All occupations are equal, with no difference in status or worth. Any one that is beneficial to the public is praiseworthy.
— Huang Yanpei
职业平等，无高下，无贵贱。苟益于人群，皆是无上上品。
What does “in this way” (line 37) refer to
Step out of our comfort zone and commit ourselves to working for the benefit of others.
commitment/devotion/dedication
Para.4
Read for details
Describe their good deeds and qualities shown in work:
Zhang Guimei, who has been devoted to working for education, set up a high school for girls in the mountains to study for free, inspiring them to go to the world beyond the mountains.
Yuan Longping, who was committed to promoting agriculture, developed hybrid rice, which increases the amount of rice production, making it possible to grow more rice on less land.
Tu Youyou, who was determined to find a cure for malaria, succeeded in making qinghao extract despite countless failures and made great contributions to the world.
Para.4
Read for details
What is the author’s answer to the question of whether to work to live or live to work Give your reasons.
live to work
...our work, when done well, will not only help us make a living but also help make a life for ourselves and for others. We can take pride in the knowledge that hard work is essential for our individual well-being as well as for the benefit of our society as a whole.
Para.5
Read for details
What is your answer to the question Give your reasons.
My answer to the question is, “I work to live.” Work will be an important dimension of my life—the one that provides financial security, which allows me to enjoy some other aspects of my life, such as personal relationships, hobbies and entertainment.
My answer to the question is, “I live to work.” Work takes up a big part of our lives. It not only embodies an important purpose in our life, and also contributes to the development of individuals as well as society as a whole.
Further Thinking
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d
b
e
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ambition adaptability
belief
commitment
confidence
determination
devotion/dedication
diligence
endeavor
enthusiasm
faith
passion
hard work
humble
independence
What qualities do you think model workers should have
...
Further Thinking
According to the passage and your understanding of working and living, write a short passage about your answer to whether work to live or live to work and your reasons.
Homework

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