Experiencing English 2
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Experiencing English 2
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
In this unit, you will
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first listen, and then learn to ask about job
opportunities and go for job interviews;
read about online job applications and first job
experiences;
learn new words and expressions;
write your own résumé;
visit Culture Salon for some new terms in careers;
check goals.
Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Part I
Listen
and
Talk
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Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Directions: Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing
words. Click here to listen.
What kind of job are you looking for? The classified ads are a good place to begin a
search for employment. They are a great resource to learn about what companies
1.______
look for in employees and 2. _____
offer a little information about the company as
well.Applying and interviewing for a job requires skills worth developing.Being able to 3.
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one's strengths, effectively communicating with 4. _________
identify
confidence , having a
desire to learn more about the 5. employer
_________ , and displaying enthusiasm can
sometimes make up for inexperience. As you look at the pictures, think about the
different 6. ____________
qualifications each profession or vocation requires. A construction worker,
a waiter and a farmer may not need higher education for their pursuits, but it 7.
certainly helps. Secretarial work requires less education than being a teacher or a
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doctor, but each job is important in society.
While becoming a teacher requires a 8. _________
minimum of four years study at a
university, teaching entails constant learning. Understanding deeply the subject matter
being taught and discovering the 9. __________
importance of students are just two areas of 10.
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for teachers. Many studies continue to research how to effectively
learning styles
teach and how to teach students to effectively learn. In one way or another, we are all
teachers.
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Dialogue Samples
You got to know them:
Dialogue 1
job counselor; job opening;qualifications;
temporary; permanent; what are the hours;
full-time; starting salary; basic benefits;
health insurance; sick leave; paid vacation; apply
for application; personnel office
Others:
human resources; candidate; position; post;
to look for / hunt /land a job; candidate; applicant;
cover letter; résumé; requirements
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Dialogue Samples
You got to know them:
Dialogue 2
experience; lay off; temporary assignment;
future career plan; part-time; available;
strengths;
reliable; opportunity to advance;
(expected) salary
Others:
skills; abilities; personality; business trip;
communicative skills; ambitious; prospect
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Communicative Tasks
Task 1: Asking about a job opening
Goal: practice how to ask about a job opening
Task 2: Interview for a job
Goal: practice how to ask questions at an interview
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Pair Work
Directions:
Choose either of the two communicative
tasks and practice with your partner. When
you are ready for a presentation, go to the
teacher to give your performance.
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Unit 2
Jobs and Careers
Part II
Read
and
Explore
Passage A
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JobTrak.com
JOBTRAK.COM is the largest and
most popular job listing service on
the Web for college students, MBAs
and alumni.
Through its exclusive partnerships with
career centers nationwide,
JOBTRAK.COM allows you to reach
job-seeking students and alumni from
your choice of more than 1,000
colleges and university career centers,
MBA programs, and alumni
associations. JOBTRAK.COM is
utilized by more than 450,000
http://www.jobtrak.com/
employers.
http://static.jobtrak.com/job_search_tips2/
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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CareerBuilder
CareerBuilder is an online
recruiting and job awareness
service. Job seekers are exposed
to more than 300,000 updated
jobs, representing more than
25,000 of the top employers in
almost every industry and field.
CareerBuilder makes it easy for
employers to reach the audiences
they want and hire the talent they
need to get the most out of their
return on investment.
http://www.headhunter.net/
More than 6 million who visit CareerBuilder each month. In addition,
employers have access to more than 4 million active resumes in
CareerBuilder's extensive resume database.
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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Houston Chronicle.com
http://www.chron.com/
Houston Chronicle.com is an integrated website for daily
information, including news, sports, entertainment, AD search,
classified, etc.
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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The Homepage of Yahoo
Drawing some 220 million visitors
each month, Yahoo! lays claim to
the top spot among Internet
portals. Its Web site features a
search engine and directory that
helps users navigate the Web. It
also aggregates content from a
variety of sources, including news,
financial information, and
streaming media, and offers
registered users personalized Web
pages, free e-mail, and calendars.
The company has localized Web
sites in 25 countries.
http://www.yahoo.com/
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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the State of Maryland
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/
The Maryland colony was founded in 1634 and was named for the wife of
English King Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria. Colonial Maryland
attracted many settlers and, as its economy prospered, so did its social,
political, and cultural life. Maryland entered the Union on April 28, 1788,
as the 7th of the original 13 states.
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the State of Illinois
Illinois is a state in the north central United States, in the heart of
the Midwest. It was little more than a vast wilderness 200 years
ago. Since entering the Union on December 3, 1818, as the 21st
state, the economy of Illinois has expanded until today. Illinois is
one of the most productive agricultural and industrial states in the
Union, and its economic influence now extends far beyond the
Midwest.
http://www100.state.il.us/
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Chicago
City skyline, Chicago
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/
Chicago night view
The city of Chicago is located in northeastern Illinois,
on the shore of Lake Michigan and at the mouth of the
Chicago River. The presence of numerous waterways
and one of the nation’s busiest airports helps make
Chicago a major shipping and transportation center.
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Lead-in Pictures
Before reading Passage A, describe the following pictures .
Free career sites like Careerbuilder that enable job seekers to search for jobs
on dozens of the best careers
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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Lead- in
. Job-hunters can find a job just by clicking a
mouse on the computer. Many of them make
their dream Since most students will choose to
work after graduation, job-hunting is of great
importance to them. They will write plenty of
résumés about their education and send them
to the companies they want to work for. It takes
both time and energy to do so. Now, thanks to
the development of the Internet, job-hunting
becomes much easier come true through the
Internet.
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Lead-in Questions
1. Do you often log on? What do you usually
do online?
2. What's an online application? Have you
ever tried it?
3. Do you think the Internet will be used more
extensively in your lifetime?
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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Skim it
Read passage A within a couple of minutes
and try to tell:
1. What the text is about?
2. What is the author’s opinion about finding a
job via the Internet?
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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Skim it
Reference key:
1. The text tells 5 stories about finding a job
via the Internet.
2. He / she believes that the Internet is a
powerful tool for job hunting.
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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Summary of the Text
This article describes the experiences of five
people who used online sources to look for
new jobs.
1.Theresa Smith used the JOB-TRAK website
to find an administrative assistant's job at a
university.
2.Steven Tools used the CareerBuilder website
to find a marketing manager position.
3.Madeline Gragg used Yahoo! to find a job
teaching English in Japan.
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Summary of the Text
4.Nedzad Dozlic used a newspaper website (the
Houston chronicle’ website) to find a driver's job
with a car dealership.
5.Wendy Mello used CareerBuilder to find a
position in human resources for a mediainformation-services company.
Mello also used another website to calculate the
cost of living in her new location and decide what
salary to request.
All these are typical examples of online job
searches, and many different types of jobs can now
be found this way.
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Scan It – finding the details
Directions:
Read passage A carefully and work with your
group members. Try to fill in the following table
with the information you get from the text. The
most efficient three groups will be graded for
today’s classroom performance.
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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Scan It – finding the details
name
experience
site logged job
on
found
starting
salary
time for
response
check the answer
Passage A Your Dream Job: A Click Away
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New words
Text
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Your dream job: A Click Away
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1. Less than a month from graduation day, Theresa
Smith of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois,
had yet to find the right job. The career placement
center referred the liberal-arts major to JOB-TRAK, an
Internet site listing 45,000 entry-level positions.
2. Smith selected four keywords: Chicago, business,
marketing and full-time. Immediately she found 45
jobs meeting her criteria, including one as an
assistant to an administrator at the University of
Chicago’s business school. Four weeks later she was
hired at a starting salary of $32,000.
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had no training,” says Smith, “but
the Internet was extremely easy to
use. I’d never have known about this
job without it.”
 4.Smith is one American who clicked her
way into a job. Steven Tools is another.
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5. In 1996, the Rockville, Md., resident came
across an employment site named
CareerBuilder. He had just been promoted to
director of marketing for a company that
produces tradeshow exhibits and wasn’t
looking for a job. But curious, he decided to
“give it a try.”
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6. Tools filled out a profile with the keywords
marketing manager and entered his electronicmail address. Within a week his computer’s
mailbox was filling up with available positions.
Two interviews later he jumped to a new job.
“The Internet is like hiring a personal assistant,”
says Tools. “Effortlessly you can become aware
of opportunities that may elevate your career.”
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• 7. Even a couple of years ago, most job listings
on the Internet were in high-tech fields. Today,
non-technical jobs — salesclerks, bank tellers,
secretaries, for example — are the fastest
growing segment of Internet employment
opportunities. Most major newspapers and trade
publications have online versions of their
classified listings, enabling job-seekers to scan
for work available across town, in another state,
or around the world.
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8. Madeline Gragg and Nedzad Dozlic are still another
two who clicked their luck online.
9. In 1996, Madeline Gragg, a 28-year-old high school
teacher from St. Louis, wanted a change. When a friend
mentioned teaching English in Japan, Gragg was
intrigued.
10. She visited the popular Yahoo! website and typed
teaching English in Japan for a list of employment
opportunities. She then followed the procedure for the
online application. A week later she received a call and
set up an interview with a recruiter in Chicago and got
the job.
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11. Nedzad Dozlic, 27 years old, was scanning the
Houston Chronicle’s Web site for the latest baseball
trades. While online, he decided to check out the
classifieds and spotted a job for a driver at a local car
dealership. A refugee of the war in Bosnia, Dozlic had
had a variety of jobs but was now ready for something
new. He read more about the position on the dealer’s
Internet site and called the number listed. Two days later
he was hired. “It’s really funny,” he says, “I was just
checking sports, and I ended up with a better job.”
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12. Another valuable use of the Internet is to
research potential employers. When Wendy
Mello started her job search in the summer of
1997, she logged on to CareerBuilder, where
she learned of a human resources opening at
Arbitron’s, a media-information-services
company in Columbia, Maryland. With a click of
her mouse, Mello sent her résumé to the
company via e-mail and soon received an
invitation for an interview
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13. To find out more about the company, she clicked on
to Artitron’s home page and that of its parent company,
Ceridian Corp., where she reviewed an annual report
and the company’s financial performance.
14. Mello also wanted to know how much she’d have to
earn to maintain her present standard of living. Using an
online salary calculator, she typed in her current salary,
$34,000, and Baltimore (the nearest big city to
Columbia). Within seconds her computer flashed
$44,000. “Because of the salary calculator, I knew what
to ask for,” says Mello.
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15. By accessing an online real estate service,
she saw color photos of rental properties,
including detailed floor plans. When Mello
arrived in Columbia, she felt completely
prepared. The interview was a success, and the
next day she was offered a job at a salary of
$47,800.
16. “The Internet is easy to use and it works,”
says one job seeker, “What more could you
want?”
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鼠标轻点，美梦成真
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还有不到一个月就要毕业了，特里萨·史密斯还没找
到合适的工作，她就读于位于伊利诺州埃文斯顿的西北
大学。就业指导中心建议这位文科生去查查JOB-TRAK网
站，该网站上列出了45,000个初级水平的职位。
史密斯选择了四个关键词：Chicago（芝加哥），
business（商务），marketing（营销），full time
（全职）。她马上就找到45个工作合乎她的标准，其中
一个是芝加哥商业学院行政助理。四个星期以后，她得
到了这份工作，底薪32,000美元。
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“我没有受过任何训练，”史密斯说，
“但因特网使用很简单。要是没有因特
网，我根本不会知道有这份工作。”
不少美国人鼠标一点，就找到了自己的
工作。史密斯是其中一个，另一个例子是
斯蒂芬·图尔斯。
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他住在马里兰州的罗科维尔，1996年无意
中进到一个招聘网站CareerBuilder。他在
一家生产商展展品的公司工作，刚被提升
为营销总管，并不想换工作。但是出于好
奇心，他决定“试试看”。
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图尔斯填写了一份简历，关键词是market
manager（行销经理），并输入了自己的电子邮
箱地址。不到一个星期，他的邮箱里就塞满了
可供选择的职位。他去了两家公司面试，然后
就跳槽了。“有了因特网，就像雇了一个私人
助理，”图尔斯说。“你可以毫不费劲地留意
到一些机会，让你的事业上一个新台阶。”
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仅在两年以前，因特网上提供的工作绝大
部分还局限于高科技领域。现在，非技术
性的工作，如售货员、银行职员、秘书
等，是网上招聘机会增长最为迅速的部
分。大型报纸和专业出版物的分类广告大
多都有在线版，求职者能搜索到市内、国
内甚至国外的一些工作机会
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马德琳·格拉格和内德扎德·多兹里克也是通过轻点鼠
标，在网上碰到了好运。
1996年，圣路易斯的一名高中老师，28岁的马德琳·格
拉格，想换个工作。有个朋友提到在日本教书的事，格拉
格很感兴趣。
她访问了著名的yahoo！网站，输入了teaching
English in Japan（在日本教英语），找到了一个招聘机
会的列表，然后按照在线申请的要求提交了申请。一星期
后，她接到一个电话，与芝加哥的一名招聘人员进行了面
试，得到了这份工作。
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27岁的内德扎德·多兹里克，当时在浏览
Houston Chronicle网站，了解最新的棒球消
息。在线时，他查看了分类广告，发现一家当
地的汽车交易商招聘司机。多兹里克是波斯尼
亚的战争难民，曾从事过多种不同的工作，但
现在他想换个工作。他从该交易商的网站上了
解了该职位的更多情况，然后拨通了上面提供
的电话。两天后，他被雇用了。“真有意
思，”他说，“我本来只是在查看体育消息，
结果却找到了一份更好的工作。”
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因特网的另一个好处在于你能够搜索到
一些可能的雇主。1997年夏天，温蒂·梅
洛开始找工作，她登录到CareerBuilder
网站，发现在马里兰州哥伦比亚的
Artitron媒体信息服务公司的人力资源部
有一个空缺。梅洛鼠标一点，用电子邮件
把简历寄到了该公司，很快就收到面试通
知。
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为了了解该公司的更多情况，她又点击了
Artitron的主页，以及它的母公司Ceridian
Corp.的主页，查看了一份该公司的年度报告
及其财政状况。
梅洛还想了解，要想维持现有的生活水平，
自己该赚多少钱。她使用在线薪酬计算器，把
自己目前的收入$34,000输进去，再输入
Baltimore（巴尔的摩，离哥伦比亚最近的大
城市）。短短几秒钟后，电脑屏幕上就闪现出
$44,000。“因为有了这个薪酬计算器，我才
知道自己该要多少薪水，”梅洛说。
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通过上网进入一家在线房地产服务公司网
站，梅洛看到了可供租用的房子的彩色照片，
包括很详细的楼面格局图。梅洛来到哥伦比亚
时，她觉得自己完全做好了准备。面试成功
了，第二天，她就得到了一份工作，薪金是
47,800美元。
“因特网很容易使用，而且确实有效，”一
个求职者说道，“你还要什么呢？”
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refer…to
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Vt.将...提交,交付
We referred the proposal to the board of directors. 我们
把这一建议提交董事会处理。
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vi.1)论及,谈到,提及
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In his speech, he referred to the Bible several times.
2)查阅,参考;查询,打听
Please refer to the last page of the book for answers.
3)涉及,有关
The rule refers only to special cases.
这条规则只涉及一些特殊的情况。
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come across
 1)偶然碰到
 I have just come across a beautiful poem
in this book.
 I came across an old friend yesterday. 我
昨天碰见一位老朋友。
 2)出现于
 A very good idea came across his mind. 他
的脑海里出现一个好主意。
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promote vt.
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1)晋升
He certainly ought to be promoted. 他应该要提升。
2)使(学生)升级
Pupils who pass the test will be promoted to the next higher
grade.
通过考试的学生将升到高一个年级去。
3)促进;发扬;引起
The Prime Minister's visit will promote the cooperation
between the two countries.
4)【美】宣传,推销(商品等)
Your job is to promote the new product.
你的工作是促销这一新产品
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fill out/in: put in (whatever is neededExperiencing
to
complete something)
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Examples:
After Tom passed his driving test he
filled out an application for his driver's
license.
The policeman filled out a report of
the accident
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fill up: make or become completely full
1)装满 He has filled up the tank with gas.
 他已给油箱装满了汽油。
 2)被填满
 The ditch filled up with mud. 沟渠为泥所淤
塞。
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available adj.
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1)可用的,在手边的;可利用的
The swimming pool is available only in summer.
这个游泳池只在夏天开放。
Is there water available around here?
TV sets are available in any department stores.
电视机在任何一家百货公司里都能买到。
3)有空的,可与之联系的
The principal is available now. 现在校长可以接见你。
4)有效的
This film ticket is no longer available. 这张电影票不再有
效。
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elevate: make better, higher, or more educated
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1)举起;抬起;使上升
Earth movements in the past elevated great
areas of the seabed. 地球过去的运动使海底大片
地区隆起
The government is trying to elevate the living
standards of the people.
3)振奋(情绪等)
The good news elevated our spirits.
4)提升...的职位
He was elevated to the position of captain.
他被提升为船长。
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scan v.
美】粗略地看;浏览
 I scanned Time magazine while waiting at
the doctor's office. 在医生的诊所等的时候,
我翻看时代杂志。
 He scanned the headlines of the evening
paper. 他浏览晚报的大标题。
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intrigue
激起...的好奇心(或兴趣)
 Fairy-tales intrigue most children.
 大多数孩子都十分喜爱神话故事。
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check out
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1)结帐离开
Mrs Hyde has checked out this morning.
2)检查
I have checked out all the figures and found
them to be correct. 我核对了所有数字,发现都正
确。
3)通过能力测试
All the trainees checked out all right.
所有的受训人员都符合要求。
4)【口】看看,试试
You should check out that new movie. It's great.
你应该看那部新电影。很棒的。
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spot:
1)使沾上污点,弄脏
 His boots were spotted with mud. 他的靴子上沾有泥
渍。
 2) v.pick out, recognize, see
 He was the first to spot the danger.
 We spotted the winner of the beauty contest the moment
she appeared.
 My father spotted several spelling mistakes in my
composition.
我父亲在我作文里发现了好几个拼字错误。
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spot: n.
1)斑点,斑块
 2)污点;污渍
 The boy's white shirt was marked up with
spots of ink. 那男孩的白衬衫上有墨水渍。
 3.)场所,地点
 He was just on the spot when the two
trucks collided.
 4)娱乐场所,旅游胜地
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via prep.
 1)经由;取道
He flew to New York via Hong Kong.
他经过香港飞往纽约。
 2)通过,凭借 I sent a message to Mary
via her friend.
我通过玛丽的朋友带信给她。
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financial: connected with money
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Examples:
In that case they would receive
financial aid from the state.
They are now confronted with a
serious financial crisis.
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access
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N.名词 (pl. accesses)
 1)接近,进入;接近的机会,进入的权利;使用
 Only a few people have access to the full facts of the
case. 只有少数几个人能看到有关该案全部事实的材
料。
 2)通道,入口,门路
 The only access to their house is along that narrow
road.
3)【电脑】存取;取出
 V.动词（及物） ( accessed; accessed; accessing)
 【电脑】取出(资料);使用;接近
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Exercises
4. Fill in the blanks with the words given
below. Change the form where necessary.
 1) I'm absolutely sure that this dress is a
cheaper version of the one we saw in that
department store.
 2) The bookshelves were crowded with
books and scientific publications.
 3) If you want to open a file,click twice on
the icon（图标）for it.
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4) To their disappointment, the thieves
were spotted by the police at the moment
they were entering the bank.
 5) During World War II, many refugees fled
to the United States.
 6) They've updated(更新) a lot of entries in
the most recent edition of the dictionary.
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7) Despite financial difficulties,they did not
find the life in London unpleasant.
 8) After a lot of part-time jobs, John finally
got a full-time position.
 9) In your report, you should give a
detailed description of the whole incident.
 10) Companies publish annual reports
to inform the public about the previous
year's activities.
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5. Complete the following sentences with
phrases or expressions from the passage.
 1) At the age of 29, he set up a
commercial property business.
 2) While she was tidying up the living
room, she came across her old
photograph album.
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3) My doctor referred me to a specialist in
heart disease.
 4) He hired private investigators to check
out his future business partner.
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5) She only learned of her son's marriage
long after the event. (or:learnt of)
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7.Translation
 1)The
policemen are busy filling out
forms about the accident.
 2)I want to fill up the fuel tank before
returning the car.
 3)If you want to make a complaint,
you’d better follow the correct
procedure
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4)We couldn’t have finished the experiment
so soon without John’s help.
 5)After the storm, the people on the shore
anxiously scanned the lake for any sign of
the boat.
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8.
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1.He had just been promoted to vice president of
the company and wasn’t expecting another
promotion in six months.
2. shortly after he graduated from school, he
jumped to a satisfactory job.
3. Most colleges and universities have their
homepages, enabling applicants to scan for the
information available about the university they
want to apply to.
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4.with a click of her mouse, she submitted her
assignment to the tutor and soon got the reply.
 5. By accessing the website of the university
she was going to study in, she saw color
photos of the university, including a detailed
map of the university campus.
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