Reading 1

Personalities Jobs

curious / creative

patient / careful

careless / serious

organized / active

energetic

doctor / teacher

nurse / inventor

artist / manager

policeman / cook

driver / athlete

1. 我爸爸很聪明。他经常想出许多新点子。

2. 当吉米小的时候，他对一切充满好奇。

3. 他的姐姐太谦虚，从不自我炫耀。

4. 那个男孩已经吃光了所有的香蕉。

My father is ___________. He often _____________ My father is ___________. He often _____________ a lot of new ideas.a lot of new ideas.

Jim __________________ everything when he______________.

His sister is ____________. His sister is ____________. She ________________________.She ________________________.

That boy _______________ all the bananas.That boy _______________ all the bananas.

very clever comes up with

was curious aboutwas young

too modestnever shows off herself

has eaten up

praisesculpture

racelead

challengemiss

attentionstandard

pioneersurgeon

n. 表扬，赞扬n. 雕塑，雕像n. 竞赛；赛跑n. 领先地位；榜样n. 挑战n. 错误，过失n. 注意，专心n. 标准n. 先锋，开拓者n. 外科大夫

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carelessness

partnerborn

generalchief

high-speedextra

suitableimpressconnectdevote

n. 粗心n. 搭档，合作伙伴adj. 天生的adj. 总的；普遍的；首席的adj. 主要的，首要的adj. 高速的adj. 额外的；附加的adj. 合适的；适宜的v. 给…留下印象v. 连接v. 把…贡献，把…专用于

respectsales department

either…or…

take the leadfall behind

connect to/withas good as

pay attention to

v. 尊敬，尊重销售部不是…就是…，或者…或者…处于领先地位落后与…相连，连接和…几乎一样，简直是注意

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1.The song Where has the time gone won high _______( 赞扬 ) from the people all over our country.

2. Their work is not up to __________( 标准 ).

3. The _________( 首席的 ) manager of that company is his uncle.

4. There’s a ______________( 高速的 ) railway between Xi’an and Zhengzhou.

5. “Do you like to be __________ ( 先锋 ) in this field?” The manager asked the young people.

praise

standardgeneral

high-speed

pioneers

6. Who is ________(suit) for the new chairperson of the students’ union?

7. He didn’t pass the exam because of his ___________(care).

8. Is he a _______(bear) artist?

9. I am __________(impress) by what he does for me.

10. You should pay attention to __________(spell).

suitable

carelessness

born

impressed

spelling

1. Who are they?

2. Why they are introduced on Sunshine Daily?

3. How do they feel about their jobs?

They are Wu Wei, Su Ning, Liu Hao and They are Wu Wei, Su Ning, Liu Hao and Fang Yuan.Fang Yuan.

Because they are outstanding in their Because they are outstanding in their fields in Sunshine Town.fields in Sunshine Town.

They are happy with their jobs.They are happy with their jobs.

Follow Millie and try to know more about the

four people.

1. What does Wu Wei do?

2. What’s he like?

3. What’s his achievement?

4. Why he can be an artist?

He is He is a born artista born artist..

Because he wants to Because he wants to share the best art share the best art with peoplewith people..

He is He is quietquiet and doesn’t like to talk much. and doesn’t like to talk much.

He has He has impressedimpressed the whole country the whole country withwith his his creative work and his sculptures creative work and his sculptures have won have won high praisehigh praise from the art community. from the art community.

• Wu Wei is a ____________. He is _______ and doesn‘t like ____________, but his work _________. So he ____________ the whole country. His _______________________________ have won high praise from ___________________. He is always searching for _____________________because he wants to _______________________.

born artistborn artist quietquietto talk muchto talk much

shoutsshouts has impressedhas impressed

sculptures for Sunshine Town Squaresculptures for Sunshine Town Square

the art the art communitycommunity

something better or differentsomething better or different

share the best art share the best art with peoplewith people

• 1. What job did Su Ning do five years ago ？ What's her job now?Where does she work ？She used to be an accountant.Now she is the general manager of a company. she works for the sales department in a big company.

• 2. Why did she give up her last job?

• 3. Read and translate the sentences into Chinese.

Because she is active and energetic. In her last job, she could only work with numbers day after day. That was boring and made her unhappy.

"Life is like a race. You either take the lead or fall behind. I'm ready to take on new challenges any time."

Name JobPersonalities

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a cheif

_______

of the _______

railway _______

Sunshine Town to Tianjin

_______and

_________

" A miss is as good as a mile. We can't ______ to make any ________," said Mr. Liu. So he pays _______ to every_______.

So he always works to high ____________

Liu Hao _______So he is easy to work with.

Liu Hao

engineerengineer

high-speedhigh-speed

connectingconnecting

seriousseriousorganizedorganized

affordaffordmistakesmistakes

attentionattention

detaildetail

modestmodest

standardsstandards

1. Fang Yuan is a(n) ______.

A. actor B. manager C. surgeon

2. She is _______.

A. careless B. clever C. curious D. careful

3. How many hours does Fang Yuan do operations for a day?_____

A. four B. six C. eight D. ten

4. What do you think of her? Why? Do you respect her?

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thinks his work shouts.

was unhappy

the high-speed railway.

easy

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(2)____________

(3)____________

(4)__________

(8)__________

(12)_________

(5)____________

(6)______________

(7)______________________

(9)_________________

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(11)______________

(13)____________

(14)___________

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artistartisttalk muchtalk much

differentdifferent

managermanagerenergeticenergetic

peoplepeoplenew challengesnew challenges

engineerengineerdetaildetail

organizedorganizedstandardsstandards

doctordoctorpatientpatient

carefulcarefulextra hoursextra hours

• 1. What are your personalities?

• 2. Can you be a good...? Why?

• 3. What do you want to be in your future?

• Write a short description of your partner’s personalities. Then discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with each other.

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• Every man’s work, whether it be literature of music of pictures or architecture of anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

• 每个人的工作，不管是文学、音乐、美术、建筑还是其他工作，都是自己的一幅画像。 ( 美国教育家 勃特勒。 S.)

Love what we do!Love what we do!