内容正文:
Using lanugage
开启你的职业生涯
Using Language
Apply for a summer job
1 What are the steps for applying for it?
Search the most popular web-sites and news-papers for
recruitment information
Select the post you want to apply for
Write a CV(resume) and cover letter(求职信)
Send CV and cover letter
Wait for the interview
Pre-reading
A place or a site where young people go on summer holiday/ vacation and take part in various activities or a particular activity.
2 What is a summer camp?
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months;
tutor
restaurant server
cashier
summer camp helper
3 What kinds of summer job can a student apply for ?
volunteer
salesclerk
1 Read the texts and then answer the questions below.
1. What are these three different texts about? What type
of texts are they?
Scanning
The first text is a job advertisement looking for
helpers at a summer camp.
_________
Have you ever read the advertisements like these?
MEN WANTED
for a dangerous journey: small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, and safe return uncertain. Honour and reward will follow if it is successful.
Ernest Shackleton
Skim
The second letter is an application (letter) or a cover letter for that job as a camp helper.
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Skim
The third is the CV of the job applicant.
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2. What kind of person is required for the job?
An active and outgoing person who is passionate about Chinese culture and would like to meet and help young people from other countries.
3. What experience does the applicant have with foreign languages? How has the applicant displayed her knowledge of Chinese culture?
She has travelled to several English-speaking countries and has also helped to organized a three-day tour of my city for visiting exchange students. She has certificate in Chinese Calligraphy and taught after-school classical calligraphy classes.
1 Read the job ad again and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 2