Part III Listening and Thinking
A: Passage
Script:
What did you want to be when you were growing up? A doctor, an engineer, a footballer or an actor? We all had big plans for our futures and believed there was a dream job waiting for us - one that would pay well and give great job satisfaction. But how realistic was that?
Today, in the UK at least, young people are being warned that some of their career hopes and dreams don’t match the types of jobs available. Research by the charity Education and Employers suggests five times as many 17 and 18 year-olds in the UK want to work in art, culture, entertainment and sport than there are jobs. The glamour and excitement of working in these employment sectors is obviously a draw. But those looking for these types of job will be‘destined for disappointment’. While young people are keen to work in art, entertainment, culture and sport, the economy is unlikely to need them all. In the meantime, there is a shortfall of young people wanting to work in careers such as catering and retail. The research about the career aspirations of young people also found a ‘reality gap’ between their dreams and the disappointing truth.
您长大后想成为什么？医生、工程师、足球运动员还是演员？我们所有人都为自己的未来制定了宏伟的计划，并相信有一份理想工作在等着我们，这份工作会很赚钱，并且会带来极大的工作满足感。但是那有多现实呢？
今天，至少在英国，年轻人受到警告，他们的某些职业希望和梦想与可提供的工作类型不符。慈善机构“教育和雇主”做的研究表明，英国想要从事艺术、文化、娱乐和体育工作的17岁和18岁年轻人的人数是现有工作的五倍。在这些领域工作的魅力和兴奋显然是吸引人的。但是那些寻找这类工作的人将“注定要失望”。虽然年轻人热衷于艺术、娱乐、文化和体育工作，但经济不太可能满足他们全部人的需要。同时，想要从事餐饮和零售的年轻人的人数是不足的。对年轻人的职业抱负进行的研究还发现，他们的梦想与令人失望的真相之间存在着“现实差距”。
Keys:
I. Listen to the passage and write down the missing words.
1. doctor 2. plans 3. dream 4. career 5. suggests
6. culture 7. excitement 8. keen 9. meantime 10. found
II. Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. Some of their career hopes and dreams don’t match the types of jobs available.
2. The glamour and excitement of working in these employment sectors is obviously a draw.
B: News Broadcast
Script:
“The future is uncertain at the best of times, but especially during a pandemic. It makes sense,then, to pursue a range of possible options, rather than sticking to one single vision,” notes Herminia Ibarra, a professor of London Business School. Some of those ideas may be more realistic than others,but that can open you up to new opportunities. “Even in happier times, career change is never a perfectly linear process. It’s a necessarily messy journey of exploration,” she says.
Career change, by its nature, is “liminal” — or existing between a past that is gone and a future that’s uncertain. That can be an unsettling state, but it’s also an important chance to process emotions and change. “Downtime is crucial not only for supplementing the brain’s stores of attention and motivation, but also for sustaining the cognitive processes that allow us to fully develop,” says Ibarra.
Developing new skills, knowledge and contacts is common and important routes to career reinvention. Yet, rather than focusing on one specific project, try several to compare the pros and cons of each. They may not all be directly applicable to your desired new career path, but they will help you find where your true strengths lie. “The point is to do new and different work with new and different people, because that process represents an opportunity to learn about yourself, your preferences and dislikes, and the kinds of contexts and people that bring out the best in you.” says Ibarra.
伦敦商学院教授埃米尼娅·伊巴拉指出: “在最好的时代，未来也是不确定的，大流行病期间更甚。因此探索多重选择而不是专注于一条路是比较合理的。”有些想法也许比其他想法更现实，但多种想法可以让你拥抱新机会。她说：“即使在快乐的时光，职业变动也不是完美的直线上升过程。它是一个探索之旅，出现棘手情况是必然的。”
本质上，职业变动是“间隙状态”——存在于已经消失的过去和不确定的未来之间。这可能是一种让人不安的状态，但也是处理情绪和变化的一个重要机会。伊巴拉说：“停工期不仅对于补充大脑储存的注意力和积极性很关键，而且对于维持让我们充分发展的认知过程也很关键。”
培养新技能、学习新知识、结交新朋友是重塑职业道路的常见和重要渠道。不过，与其专注于一种技能，不如多尝试几种来比较优劣。这些技能或许不能直接应用于你理想的新职业道路，但它们会帮助你找到你真正的强项。伊巴拉说：“重点在于和新的不同的人做新的不同的工作，因为这一过程代表着你重新认识自己、了解自己的好恶以及有助于将你最好的一面展现出来的环境和人的一个机会。”
Keys:
I. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F
II. Listen again and answer the following questions.
Reference:
I think career change is normal in one’s whole life. When making career change, you need an assessment of your own skills, abilities, personal qualities and interests.
Enjoying Movie Clips
CREED (奎迪)
To achieve his dream, Adonis Johnson gave up the chance of getting promoted, quit his job, and decided to be a professional boxer like his father. With the help of his coach Rock, he made every effort and persisted in practicing boxing every day, and finally he got success and achieved his dream.
Practice and Assessment
Unit Project
Work in groups to role-play the following situation to test your integrated skills got in the unit.Suppose you are May and you are not satisfied with your current job. You want to find a better one.Your friend Bob asks you about the reasons and your strengths and weaknesses for your desired job,and he offers some good suggestions to you.
Checking points:
1. Complete content
2. Clear pronunciation
3. Correct expressions
4. Abundant communication
5. Powerful cooperation
6. Proper etiquette