2023年高考热门主题语境8:工作与职业
2022-11-27四川蒋建平
四川 蒋建平
一、素材积累
Ⅰ. 核心单词
1. occupation n. 职业
2. profession n. 职业;行业professional adj. 职业的;专业的
3. quit vt. & vi. 停止;离开
4. resign vt. & vi. 辞职;辞去(某职务)
5. retire vt. & vi. (使)退休retirement n. 退休
6. allowance n. 津贴;零花钱
7. apply vt. & vi. 申请;应用;适用applicant n. 申请人application n. 申请
8. workplace n. 工作场所
9. appoint vt.任命;委任;约定(时间、地点)appointment n. 委任;任命;约定;约会
10. employ vt. 雇用employment n. 雇用unemployment n. 失业employer n. 雇主employee n. 雇员
11. interview n. & vt. 面试;采访;会谈interviewer n. 主持面试者;采访者interviewee n. 参加面试者;接受采访者
12. bonus n. 奖金;红利
13. candidate n. 应试者;候选人
14. engineer n. 工程师
15. dentist n. 牙科医生
16. designer n. 设计师
17. photographer n. 摄影师
18. athlete n. 运动员
19. librarian n. 图书管理员
20. surgeon n. 外科医生
Ⅱ. 高频短语
1. a job for life 终生的工作
2. work schedule 工作日程
3. personal ambition 个人抱负;个人野心
4. work environment 工作环境
5. job opportunity 工作机会
6. in charge of 主管……
7. be occupied with 忙于……
8. be out of employment/work 失业
9. be passionate about/have a passion for对……有热情
10. be qualified for 可胜任……
11. feel equal to 感觉能胜任……
12. meet one's qualifications 满足某人的资历要求
13. ask for sick leave 请病假
14. have experience in 在……有经验
15. jump ship 跳槽;另谋高就
16. pass on the skills to sb 把技能传给某人
17. take up 开始从事……
Ⅲ. 靓句积累
1. be convinced that... 相信……
I am convinced that I have advantages over other participants. 我确信我比其他的参与者更有优势。
2. 虚拟语气的倒装
Should you find my qualifications adequate, I am willing to call up for an interview at your most convenient time. 如果您认为我达到贵公司的要求,我非常愿意在您方便的时候进行面谈。
3. be of+抽象名词
I want to become a lawyer because I think fairness and justice is of great importance to society, and I hope I can make some contribution in that respect. 我想成为一名律师,因为我认为公平和正义对社会非常重要,我希望我能在那方面做出一些贡献。二、续写金句
1. When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is struggle.工作是一种乐趣时,生活是一种享受!工作是一种义务时,生活则是一种奋斗。
2. Getting the job wasn't easy. Every year there are as many as 30,000 applicants competing for 150 jobs, but I was one of the lucky ones. 得到这份工作并不容易。每年有多达30,000人申请150份工作,但我是幸运儿中的一个。
3. Her face lit up/brightened/glowed when she received the reward. 当她收到报酬时,她的脸上焕发出了光彩。
4. Treated so unfairly, she howled in pain and anger. 受到如此不公正的对待,她痛苦而又愤怒地号叫。
5. One person, on losing a job may feel as if it was the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months,years, or even a lifetime. 一个人在失去一份工作时,可能会觉得这是世界末日,从而陷入几个月、几年,甚至一生的可怕痛苦。
三、主题测评
Ⅰ. 完形填空
体裁:记叙文 篇幅:255词
建议用时:12分钟 来源:改编
新颖度:★★★★
素养视角:职业定位
I had spent the 22 years following my childhood dream—becoming a professor of marine biology. However, in the graduate school I saw how applying for research funding is a constant source of 1 for many professors. I decided I did not want to 2 a career in research after all.
I began to 3 career panels (专家咨询组), from which I expected to get some 4 proposals. I walked into the room with other 5 graduate students hopefully. Well-meaning as the panelists were, they fell 6 when I brought up my 7 . I felt totally lost.
I went to my professor for help 8 .After listening to my complaint, my professor told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should 9 what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. The practical advice surprised me at first, but it 10 being exactly what I needed to hear.
But I discovered that finding overlap(重叠部分) between what I enjoy and what I'm good at was not 11 . I'm good at teaching but I don't like 12 the same content every year.
To 13 the waters, I started a blog about the history of scientific discoveries. I found that I loved the 14 to choose what to write about, and I enjoyed the challenge. After 3 years of writing, I was offered a position as a science writer.It's 15 like my childhood dream. But I am happy—more than 80% of the time.
1. A. honor B. interest
C. desire D. worry
2. A. shorten B. develop
C. grasp D. investigate
3. A. attend B. serve
C. combine D. introduce
4. A. secondary B. typical
C. secret D. solid
5. A. frightened B. disappointed
C. excited D. astonished
6. A. unconscious B. silent
C. sick D. apart
7. A. fault B. solution
C. dilemma D. criterion
8. A. eventually B. casually
C. generally D. unexpectedly
9. A. take account of
B. make a difference to
C. think little of
D. be made up of
10. A. gave up B. got on
C. ended up D. put off
11. A. helpful B. equal
C. strange D. easy
12. A. accepting B. repeating
C. exchanging D. overlooking
13. A. test B. find
C. boil D. save
14. A. ambition B. strategy
C. freedom D. trick
15. A. everything B. something
C. anything D. nothing
Ⅱ. 语法填空
体裁:记叙文 篇幅:214词
建议用时:8分钟 来源:改编
新颖度:★★★★
素养视角:创新
Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours 1. ________(draw) pictures. When she grew 2.________(old),the 15-year-old discovered the joy of sewing.She found 3._______ _creative and calming.
She started out making small objects like soft playthings. Over time, she began making clothing. Her love of the work led 4._______ _her opening a business. Three Blue Bunnies is the name of her company,which makes 5._______ _she calls “wearable art”.
Her definition of wearable art is something that makes one feel special. It's one of a kind, often handmade. She sells her creations in markets. All the pieces Ellie creates 6._______ _(make) of used or donated cloth material.
There are 21 billion tons of cloth material in waste landfills in America. Ellie Heath expects 7. ________(reduce) that amount through her work. She works with jean jackets, renewing them with artistic additions. The process starts with finding cloth material looking good with the jackets. Then, she 8. ________(find) out the proper design through trial and error.
Ellie is thankful to her mother for pushing her children to develop their artistic skills. Her mom has always been a huge supporter of the arts. She thinks 9.________(creative)feeds kids'brains and that it's 10.________(definite) important for kids to be inspired by as many objects and people as possible.
Ⅲ. 书面表达
体裁:应用文
命题形式:电子邮件
建议用时:20分钟
文本来源:改编
新颖度:★★★★
素养视角:电子邮件写作与半开放性作文
假定你是李华,现在在纽约学习,得知当地博物馆要举办中国瓷器(china)展,请你写一封电子邮件申请做志愿者,
内容包括:
1. 写信意图;
2. 自身优势。
注意:
1. 词数80左右;
2.开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数;
3.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Li Hua, a Chinese student who is studying in New York now.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua