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Unit 5 Launching Your Career
Using Language
Apply for a summer job
人教版(2019)选择性必修四
Read the texts and then answer the questions below.
Activity 1
Read the texts and then answer the questions below.
Activity 1
Read the texts and then answer the questions below.
Activity 1
Read the texts and then answer the questions below.
Activity 1
1 What are these three different texts about? What type of texts are they?
2 What kind of person is required for the job?
The first text is a job ad looking for helpers at a summer camp. The second is an application letter for that job as a camp helper. The third is the CV of the job applicant.
An active and outgoing person who is passionate about Chinese culture and would like to meet and help young people from other countries.
Read the texts and then answer the questions below.
Activity 1
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 her English is at an intermediate level. She has certificate in Chinese Calligraphy and taught after-school classical calligraphy classes.
Cultural Note
The abbreviation “CV” stands for “curriculum vitae”, which is Latin for “life’s course”. It is a description of a person’s education, experience, and skills. In some countries, such as the UK, “CV” is identical in meaning to “resume”. In other countries, such as the USA, Canada, Australia, and Germany, a CV is a rather detailed description of a person’s work and education, which can run to many pages in length; on the other hand, a resume is a brief one or two pages summary, often arranged in bullet points.
CV
Cultural Note
The example in Student Book on page 57 is of this shorter style. The shorter-style CV should serve two purposes:
For the applicant: It is a sales brochure intending to get the attention of the employer and highlighting the applicant’s qualifications.
The shorter-style CV
For the employ