Unit7CareersLesson3MEETTHENEWBOSS:YOULeadinginBUSINESS01Whatisyourdreamjob?Wouldyouliketodothejoballyourlife?Readforgistidentifythemainideaofeachparagraph.

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Howtosucceedina21stcenturycareerBUSINESS1980sfollowintheirparents’footstepSJobsinthepast:Grandparents’timedothesamejobNowhavenointentionoffollowing...0rstaying...ReadParagraph1togetthegistandbasicstructure.①Upuntilthe1980s,peopleinmanycountriesregularly

followedintheirparents’footstepsbyworkinginthefamilybusinessorjoiningthesameprofessionasthem.You’dfollowyourfathertosea,ontothefarmorintotheworkshop.You’dfollowyourmotherintothekitchenorsewingroom.Inyourgrandparents’time,therewastheprospectofdoingthesamejobfromgraduationuntilretirement.Howtimeshavechanged!Mostpeoplenowhavenointentionoffollowingintheirparents’footstepsorevenstayingatonejobforverylong.第三課遇見(jiàn)新老板：你一直到20世紀(jì)80年代，在很多國(guó)家人們往往子承父業(yè)，參與家族生意，或選擇與父母從事同一職業(yè)。你可能會(huì)像父親一樣出海、去農(nóng)場(chǎng)、進(jìn)車間，也可能會(huì)像媽媽一樣進(jìn)廚房、去縫紉室。在你祖父母的時(shí)代，人們的預(yù)期是從畢業(yè)到退休都做同樣的工作?，F(xiàn)在時(shí)代變了！如今大多數(shù)人不再想子承父業(yè)，甚至不愿長(zhǎng)時(shí)間做同一份工作。ReadPara.2tofindoutthereasonanditsresultjobsinthefutureReason:result:technology

strategies:conclusion:workhard/winlottery/hopeforthebestworkajobyoulikeearnadecentsalaryyoungandhealtyafterretirementlookbeyondthelittleboxcalled“career”②Infact,planningtoworkinthesamefieldorindustryforyourentireworkinglifejustisn’tpracticalanymore.Onereasonforthisistechnology.Theskillsyouhavenowareunlikelytoremainrelevantandbeenoughtohelpyouthroughyourentirecareer.Infact,theywillprobablybeoutofdateverysoon.Andthenwhatwillyoudo?Workhard?Winthelottery?Hopeforthebest?Youmightbelucky.Thesestrategiesmightbringyouanice,comfortablelife:workingatajobyoulike,earningadecentsalaryandretiringwhileyou’restillyoungandhealthy.Butmostofustodayhavetolookbeyondthelittleboxcalled“career”.

事實(shí)上，在同一個(gè)領(lǐng)域、同一行業(yè)工作一輩子的想法已經(jīng)不現(xiàn)實(shí)了。其中一個(gè)原因是技術(shù)進(jìn)步。你現(xiàn)在擁有的工作技能不可能一直有用，也不足以支撐你的整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯。事實(shí)上，這些技能可能很快就會(huì)過(guò)時(shí)，然后你會(huì)怎么做？努力地工作？中彩票？盡量往好處想？你可能會(huì)運(yùn)氣不錯(cuò)。這些做法可能會(huì)帶來(lái)美好舒適的生活：從事一項(xiàng)自己喜歡的工作，掙著一份體面的薪水，退休時(shí)還年富力強(qiáng)。但是，今天我們大多數(shù)人都必須跳出“職業(yè)生涯”這個(gè)小框來(lái)看待問(wèn)題。ReadPara.3-4toconcludethemeasuresthatwecantaketodealwiththechallengesinfuturejobareas.MeasureslookforsmarterwaybepreparedfordevelopmentandchangesarisktakeraninnovatoraproblemsolveraharderworkertolearnbyyourselfyouwillhaveachancetochoosetobuildacareerHowtosucceedina21stcenturycareer:

developnewessentialskills.③Ifyouthinkyoucanworkeighthoursadayandbuildacareer,thinkagain.Youmightbeabletokeepyourjobifyoufinishwhatyouareaskedtodo,butthisishardlyarecipeforgreatcareersuccess.Instead,you’dbetterkeeplookingforsmarterwaystodoyourwork.You’llneedtobearisktaker,aninnovator,aproblemsolver,andahardworker.Keepdoingthis,andyoucanbecomeanexpertoraspecialistinsomethingoneday.Youhaveachancetochoosetobuildacareer,ratherthanbeingtoldtostayortogo.

如果以為一天工作8個(gè)小時(shí)就可以成就一番事業(yè)，那么你得重新想想了。完成別人安排的任務(wù)，也許可以保住你的工作，但絕不是取得巨大職業(yè)成就的方法。相反，最好要不斷尋找更巧妙的工作方法，要成為一個(gè)冒險(xiǎn)者、一個(gè)創(chuàng)新者、一個(gè)問(wèn)題解決者，以及一個(gè)努力工作的人。持之以恒，這樣有一天你才會(huì)成為某個(gè)行業(yè)的專家或?qū)I(yè)人士。你有機(jī)會(huì)去選擇成就一番事業(yè)，而不是讓別人決定自己的去留。④Jobsandoccupationscomeandgoatanamazingpacethesedays.Ifyouthinkyoucan’tbereplacedbysoftware,oryourjobcan’tbeoutsourcedtosomerobotsonthemoon,youarewrong.Whatifyourjobdisappearsafterworkingfor10yearsinthefield?Youmayhavetogobacktotheclassroomandberetrainedinordertoqualifytoworkinanotherfield.Infact,inalllikelihood,youwillhavetodothismultipletimes.Butyoucanbepreparedfordevelopmentsandchangesbeforeyouarethrownoutofacareer.Itisentirelyyourchoicetolearn,ortobeforcedtolearn.

如今，工作更換、職業(yè)更替的速度驚人。如果認(rèn)為自己不會(huì)被軟件所取代，或者自己的工作不可能外包給月球上的機(jī)器人，那就大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了。假如自己辛辛苦苦工作了十年的崗位消失了怎么辦？你可能不得不重新回到教室，接受再培訓(xùn)，才能取得在其他領(lǐng)域工作的資格。事實(shí)上，你非常有可能要這樣重復(fù)很多次。但是在被職業(yè)拋棄之前，你可以為未來(lái)的發(fā)展變化做好準(zhǔn)備。選擇主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)還是被迫學(xué)習(xí)，完全取決于你自己。⑤Inshort,ifyouwanttosucceedin

a21stcenturycareer,youwillhavetodevelopnewessentialskills.

Lifetimesecurityfromoneemployerisnolonger

certainoreven

likely.Thetruthisthatyouarethebossofyourcareer,anditisupto

youtodecidewhatyoucandoandhowwellyoucandoit.Areyou

readyforthis?

簡(jiǎn)言之，如果你想在21世紀(jì)的職業(yè)生涯中取得成功，就必須培養(yǎng)新的必備技能。從同一個(gè)雇主那里獲得終身職業(yè)保障已不再可能也不再可行。實(shí)際上，你才是自己職業(yè)生涯的老板，也只有你才能決定自己能做什么、能做多好。你準(zhǔn)備好了嗎？jobsinthefutureReason:softskills:technologycommunicationself-motivationresponsibilityfelxibilityConclusionyouarethebossofyourcareer,anditisuptoyoutodecidewhatyoucandoandhowwellyoucando.DiscussingroupsWhydoesthewriterthinkthe“newboss”is“you”?2.Onwhatpointsdoyouagreeordisagreewiththewriter?Why?Think&Share1.Whydoestheauthorthinkthe“newboss”is“you”?

2.Onwhatpointsdoyouagreeordisagreewiththewriter?Why?

Iagreewiththeauthor.Withtherapiddevelopmentoftechnology,somecareersmaybereplacedbyrobotsormachines,forexample:driver,farmer,bankteller…Soweshouldbepreparedanddevelopsomeabilitiesandskillsneededforfuturecareers.Theauthorstatedclearlyattheend:ifyouwanttosucceedinthe21stcenturycareer,youwillhavetodevelopnewessentialskills.Lifetimesecurityfromoneemployerisnolongercertainorevenlikely.Thetruthisthatyouarethebossofyourcareer,anditisuptoyoutodecidewhatyoucandoandhowwellyoucandoit.Thismeansthatyouareresponsibleforyourfuture.GroupworkWorkasagroupoffourtodiscussthefollowingquestion.Whatawarenessandqualities(orskills)shallwedevelopifwewanttofindagoodjobandbuildacareerinthefuture?◎awareness__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________◎qualities__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________◎skills________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Post-readingUpuntilthe1980s,peopleinmanycountries1_________(regular)followedintheirparents'footstepswhenchoosingjobs.Howtimeshavechanged!Mostpeoplenowhaveno2________(intend)ofstayingatonejobforverylong.Infact,3_________(plan)toworkinthesamefieldorindustryforyourentireworkinglifejustisn'tpractical