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Delayed Employment? # Not My Job
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What do you think of the trend of delayed employment? Do you think it’s acceptable to be unemployed for a while after college graduation? Why or why not?
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Have you ever given your future career some thought? If so, what job would you like to do? What is the most deciding factor in choosing one job other than another?
Winter has arrived1 and college graduates2 are starting to find their first jobs.
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Some people think it’s ... or which company you want to join1. Some students decide to pursue a job quite different from their college major2.
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1 加入某一公司、某一团体,不用join in,用join。join表示一时的动作,所以一般不用完成时态。
2 major在此解释作“主修专业”,比如:English Literature is my major.。major作名词时,也可以解释为“主修某专业的学生”,如He is an English major.。major作动词时,是不及物动词,意为“主修某专业”,如:I major in English Literature.。
But we can’t just blame1 recent graduates. Pointing fingers2 is too easy. Some responsibility must rest with3 the parents of this younger generation.
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1 注意跟blame相关的一些词组:① blame sb./sth. for sth.;② blame sth. on sb./sth.;③ sb./sth. be to blame for sth.;④ lay/put the blame on sb.。
2 这里的point fingers就是blame的意思(英语中另有习惯用法point the finger at sb.),这既是一种形象化的表述方式,也帮助写作者避免连续、重复使用blame这个词。
3 固定词组rest with sb.,意为“是……的责任”。
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1. He wants to _________ a career in medicine.
2. English ___________ will be asked to explore the roots of language.
3. Family problems are found in every class, he said, but were more common among the less __________.
4. You may have known someone for twenty years and yet he or she will never be more than a casual _____________.
5. Entrepreneurs say that their enjoyment of ___________ work often springs from a deep interest in some hobby.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
acquaintance
pursue
majors
meaningful
privileged
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pursue inspire major acquaintance privileged