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U5 Launching Your Career
What can you see in the picture? How would you interpret(理解) the picture?
The picture is of a businessman walking down a remote country road with a briefcase in hand. As a concept photo, it symbolises a person beginning his or her career with infinite possibilities ahead.
Unit 5 LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER
Look and discuss
How do you understand the quote?
The quote is from Mohandas Gandhi’s autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth.
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) was an Indian statesman and activist.
The future depends on what you do today.
The future depends on
what you do today.
The future is not set (确定的)— we can shape what is going to happen through our present actions.
Mahatma Gandhi
How do you understand it?
What do you want to be when you grow up? Let’s listen to how kids respond to this question.
What jobs are mentioned by the kids in the interview?
haircutter/barber
cashier收银员
author
lawyer
actor/actress
policeman
model
singer,dancer
cook
professional soccer player
artist
video game maker
friends’ stories’ keeper
朋友的秘密保持者
pet doctor
When it comes to career planning, a lot of factors should be taken into consideration, so how to work out what we want to do?
A lot of people use personality tests to see what careers match their personalities, and career aptitude tests to see if it is a job they would enjoy doing and might have an ability at.
职业能力倾向测试
个性测试
Personality Test
Definition of Personality Test
: Any of several tests that consist of standardized tasks designed to determine various aspects of the personality or the emotional status of the individual examined
A FROG
Most people see a frog right away. If this is about you, then you have a straightforward personality. You are perceived as confident, trustworthy and reliable.
A HORSE
Those whose attention is first drawn to the horse are thoughtful individuals. If you are one of them, you have an analytical mind. You don' take things for what they seem to be.
Psy