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Unit 8 Follow your interests
Oxford English for Shanghai Shenzhen
How can we turn our interests into a career
Reading I
Topic: Human＆Society
Unit objectives
talk about your dream job.
understand the importance of following one’s interest.
explain how to turn your interests into a career.
describe ways of choosing a suitable career.
Singing
Playing the piano

Watching movies
Playing basketball
Hobbies
Hobby
Career
Enjoy doing in free time.
Job
The activity you do to make money.
The activity you do to make money and to achieve your dream.
Basketball player
Musician
Drawing
Actor / actress
Director
Artist
Singer
Studying the stars and planets
Before you read
writer / historian历史学家
athlete
photographer / reporter
painter
engineer
biologist
programmer
dancer
musician
astronomer
What careers can our interests lead to
Think
Hobby 爱好
model-building
模型构建
computer programming
计算机编程
play a musical instrument
演奏乐器
studying the stars
研究星星
Career 职业
astronomer 天文学家
biologist 生物学家
musician 音乐家
photographer 摄影师
reporter 记者
athlete 运动员
engineer 工程师
programmer 程序设计员
gardening 做园艺 —— gardener 花匠
skating 滑冰 —— skater 滑冰运动员
skiing 滑雪 —— skier 滑雪运动员
video editing 视频剪辑 —— video editor 视频剪辑师
magic 魔术 —— magician 魔术师
词汇拓展
1. Who wrote the article What's his hobby
2. What is his job now
Look at the pictures and the title of the article on page 105. Then answer the questions below.
Patrick Moore. His hobby is studying stars.
A host of a TV programme about stars.
Pre-reading
Read through the passage quickly and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Fast-reading
How I studied and learned.
My current job
The start of my dream
Summary and advice
My childhood stars studying
Read part 1 and answer the question.
How did Patrick start his lifetime interest
He got a book about stars from his dad as his eight-year-old birthday present.
Read part 2 and fill in the blanks.
What did Patrick see on clear night in the sky
The sky looked like ____________________________________.
My _________ and I saw _____________________, such as _________________ in winter and ________ in summer.
Sometimes we saw ________________________.
black velvet with a million diamonds on it
mother
different groups of stars
the "belt" of Orion
Vega
stars shooting across the sky
How did he feel
Amazed.
Read paragraph 3 and answer the question.
How did Patrick turn his hobby into a career Find out all the verbs he did.
was extremely curious about;
learnt;
wanted to find out;
asked;
find;
read;
understanding.
HARD WORK
DILIGENCE
CURIOSITY
LEARNING DESIRE
Read paragraph 4 and answer the question.
What could Patrick do being a TV host
He could use his ___________ to __________________________________
_____________ and teach his audience about _______________ in a _______ way.
knowledge
take people on a journey across the Milky
Way and beyond
the different stars
lively
How did he feel about his job
Proud!
Read paragraph 5 and answer the question.
What is Patrick's advice for achieving dreams
ENJOY WHAT YOU DO!
What is his writing purpose
A. To introduce his life story.
B. To teach some knowledge about stars.
C. To encourage readers to fight for their dreams.
Discuss in groups:
INTEREST
LOVE/PASSION
HARD WORK
DILIGENCE
CURIOSITY
LEARNING DESIRE
PERSISTENCE
ENJOYMENT
How could Patrick turn his hobby into a career successfully
PARENTS' SUPPORT
How could you turn your interest into a career
List some probable ways.
Summary
Read the article by Patrick Moore (1923 - 2012), a British amateur astronomer, and find out how he turned his interest into a career.
2. Read the passage and circle（圈出）the demonstrative pronouns（指示代词） (e.g. this, that, these, those).
用来指刚刚谈论或写过的事情或情况
句意：当我八岁时，爸爸送给我一本关于星星的书作为我的生日礼物。... 随着年龄的增长，我的理解力增强了。
①when I was eight = at the age of eight 在我8岁时
②when 和 as 作为连词，引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时候”
③as 还可以作为介词，表示“作为”
1. When I was eight, I got a book about stars from my dad as a birthday present. ... my understanding increased as I grew older.
即学即练
It started to rain _________ we left the house.
when / as
3. Studying the stars was great fun for me.
研究星星对我来说是很大的乐趣。
① studying the stars是动名词短语，意为“研究星星”。
单个动名词短语作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。
Notes
【拓展】
当两个或两个以上的动名词短语作并列主语时，如果它们叙述的是一件事或一个概念，那么谓语动词用单数形式；否则，谓语动词用复数形式。如：
早睡早起对我们的健康有好处。
Going to bed early and getting up early is good for our health.
看电视和读书是非常有趣的。
Watching TV and reading books are very interesting.
Notes
e.g. Once you are successful, you will get some congratulations.
一旦你成功了，你就会得到一些祝贺。
【拓展】
I have read the book once.
Once he liked playing chess.
Once you put your hand in it, you will get hurt.
一次
曾经
一旦…(就…)
once是连词，意为“一旦”，在句中引导 时间状语从句，与as soon as意思相近。
句意: 当我学到了一点关于他们的知识，很快我就想知道更多。
4. Once I learnt a little, I soon wanted to find out more and more.
4. more and more 越来越多
形容词或副词有两种结构表示“越来越……”：
单音节词和少数双音节词：比较级+ and +比较级；
多数双音词和多音节词：more and more +原级 如：
越来越好
越来越有趣
better and better
more and more interesting
Notes
将下列汉语翻译成英语。
1. 越来越高
2. 越来越有用
3. 越来越重
4. 越来越漂亮
Practice
taller and taller / higher and higher
more and more useful
heavier and heavier
more and more beautiful
一个叫Tim 的男孩
a boy called Tim
a TV programme called ....
一个叫……的电视节目
句意：我主持了一个名为《夜空》的电视节目。
5. I host a TV programme called The Sky at Night.
Goodbye
Thanks!
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