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1、,Warming up,Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what you hear.,A:So,are you enjoying the new job?B:Oh yes.Its much better than being in a factory.It gives me a lot of satisfaction,because Im working with people,not machines,but its hard.Whats more,its even harder i
2、f youre new on the job I get all the tasks that none of my colleagues want to do,like being on duty at opening time,or having to sort out all the things that get lost every day.But I suppose thats normal anywhere in the world I mean,to give the new colleague the hardest tasks.,Warming up,Now listen
3、again and correct the information.,A:So what do you enjoy about the job?B:The fact that every day is different.The fact that you have to be critical,you have to solve problems,you have to reassure colleagues.The fact that every day is mentally challenging and physically demanding.When I get back hom
4、e Im exhausted,and I look back over the day and realize how many things I did wrong.But thats normal too.Im learning on the job,just as the children are too I hope!,A:So what do you enjoy about the job?B:The fact that every day is different.The fact that you have to be critical,you have to solve pro
5、blems,you have to reassure colleagues.The fact that every day is mentally challenging and physically demanding.When I get back home Im exhausted,and I look back over the day and realize how many things I did wrong.But thats normal too.Im learning on the job,just as the children are too I hope!,A:So
6、what do you enjoy about the job?B:The fact that every day is different.The fact that you have to be critical,you have to solve problems,you have to reassure colleagues.The fact that every day is mentally challenging and physically demanding.When I get back home Im exhausted,and I look back over the
7、day and realize how many things I did wrong.But thats normal too.Im learning on the job,just as the children are too I hope!,Warming up,Answer:1 a factoryan office 2 machinescomputer 3 opening timelunchtime 4 I mean 5 criticalcreative 6 colleaguesthe children,Warming up,Work in pairs and discuss the
8、 questions.,1 Why does the man like his job?He finds the work satisfying and enjoys the fact that it is not routine.New things are always happening and there is no time to feel bored.2 What is difficult about the job?The work is tiring and his colleagues give him some of the hardest tasks.3 What do
9、you think the job is?He is working with children,so most probably the job is teaching;it is also possible that he is working in a home for children or orphanage(孤儿院).,Warming up,4 Do you agree that a new person on a job always gets the hardest tasks?It depends what you mean by“hardest”.I dont think
10、newcomers are given the most difficult tasks as they do not have the experience to handle them well,but they may be given the tasks no one likes doing thats just something a junior has to accept.5 What kind of satisfaction do you hope to get from a job?I hope I can do something which will make me fe
11、el useful.I would like to feel I am contributing to society and not just making money.,Warming up,Look at the title of the passage and read the first paragraph.Check()the point(s)you expect the writer to make in the passage.,1 Men can teach small children just as easily as women can.2 Men find it ha
12、rd to teach small children.3 People dont expect men to teach small children.4 Women dont think men should teach small children.5 It isnt easy for men to make a career as a teacher of small children.,Now read the passage by Daniel Meier and check your answers.,Skimming,Browse the passage within 8 min
13、utes to get a rough idea about it.Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 5.,Task,Skimming,Check()the tasks which the writer does on a typical day as a first-grade teacher.,Answer:1,2,6,7,1 finding lost shoes 2 cleaning up mess that children have made 3 telling jokes 4 inventing crossword p
14、uzzles 5 completing a lot of paperwork 6 helping children who have hurt themselves 7 mending broken toys 8 showing videos of Winnie the Pooh 9 climbing ladders,Skimming,Answer the questions.,1 What picture does the writer give of his classroom?A busy and lively place with all sorts of things going o
15、n at once.2 Do you think it is a happy class?Why/Why not?Yes,the children are interacting happily with the teacher,enjoying themselves.Of course,there are moments of upset,but they soon pass.3 How is teaching first graders different from other traditional male jobs?It does not involve a chase after
16、something or the conquest of a problem.It is about caring and involves the heart.,Skimming,4 What did the writer tell the interviewers when he was applying for the job?He told the interviewers that he wanted to observe and contribute to the intellectual growth of a maturing mind.5 What didnt he tell
17、 them?He would prefer to talk about his personal interactions with children rather than abstract intellectual points.6 How did the interviewers react to what he said?The interviewers liked the writers response and nodded approvingly.,Skimming,7 What do men ask the writer when they find out hes a f i
18、rst-grade teacher?Most men ask about the subjects the writer teaches and the training courses he took.8 How do women react when they find out hes a first-grade teacher?Women talk about children of that age.9 The writer describes himself as“soft around the edges”what do you think he means?He is adapt
19、able and does not have just one way of doing things.He fits in with the children and“goes with the flow”.,About men:one mans kids,译文,Digging,Background information,1 I TEACH FIRST GRADERS.I LIVE in a world of skinned knees,double-knotted shoelaces,riddles that Ive heard a dozen times,stale birthday
20、cakes,hurt feelings,wandering stories and one lost shoe(“and if you dont find it my motherll kill me”).My work is dominated by six-year-olds.Its 10.45,the middle of snack,and Im helping Emily open her milk carton.She has already tried the other end without success,and now theres so much paint and in
21、k on the carton from her fingers that Im not sure she should drink it at all.But I open it.Then I turn to help Scott clean up some milk he has just spilled onto Rebeccas whale crossword puzzle.,Digging,2 While I wipe my milk-and paint-covered hands,Jenny wants to know if Ive seen that funny book abo
22、ut penguins that I read in class.As I hunt for it in a messy pile of books,Jason wants to know if there is a new seating arrangement for lunch tables.I find the book,turn to answer Jason,then face Maya,who is fast approaching with a new knock-knock joke.After what seems like the tenth“Whos there?I l
23、augh and Maya is pleased.,译文,Digging,3 Then Andrew wants to know how to spell“flukes”for his crossword.As I get to“u”,I give a hand signal for Sarah to take away the snack.But just as Sarah is almost out the door,two children complain that“we havent even had ours yet”.I stop the snack mid-flight,com
24、plying with their request for graham crackers.I then return to Andrew,noticing that he has put“flu”for 9 Down,rather than 9 Across.Its now 10.50.,译文,Digging,4 My work is not traditional male work.Its not a singular pursuit.There is not a large pile of paper to get through or one deal to transact.I d
25、ont have one area of expertise or knowledge.I dont have the singular power over language of a lawyer,the physical force of a construction worker,the command over fellow workers of a surgeon,the wheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman.My energy is not spent in pursuing,climbing,achieving,c
26、onquering or cornering some goal or object.,译文,Digging,5 My energy is spent in encouraging,supporting,consoling and praising my children.In teaching,the inner rewards come from without.On any given day,quite apart from teaching reading and spelling,I bandage a cut,dry a tear,erase a frown,tape a tor
27、n doll and locate a long-lost boot.The day is really won through matters of the heart.As my students groan,laugh,shudder,cry,exult and wonder,I do too.I have to be soft around the edges.,译文,Digging,6 A few years ago,when I was interviewing for an elementary-school teaching position,every principal t
28、old me with confidence that,as a male,I had an advantage over female applicants because of the lack of male teachers.But in the next breath,they asked with a hint of suspicion why I chose to work with young children.I told them that I wanted to observe and contribute to the intellectual growth of a
29、maturing mind.What I really felt like saying,but didnt,was that I loved helping a child learn to write his name for the first time,finding someone a new friend,or sharing in the hilarity of reading about Winnie the Pooh getting so stuck in a hole that only his head and rear show.,译文,Digging,7 I gave
30、 that answer to those principals,who were mostly male,because I thought they wanted a“male response.This meant talking about intellectual matters.If I had taken a different course and talked about my interest in helping children in their emotional development,it would have been seen as closer to a“f
31、emale answer.I even altered my language,not once mentioning the word“love to describe what I do indeed love about teaching.My answer worked;every principal nodded approvingly.,译文,Digging,8 Some of the principals also asked what I saw myself doing later in my career.They wanted to know if I eventuall
32、y wanted to go into educational administration.Becoming a dean of students or a principal has never been one of my goals,but they seemed to expect me,as a male,to want to climb higher on the career stepladder.So I mentioned that,at some point,I would be interested in working with teachers as a curri
33、culum coordinator.Again,they nodded approvingly.,译文,Digging,9 If those principals had been female instead of male,I wonder whether their questions,and my answers,would have been different.My guess is that they would have been.,译文,Digging,10 At other times,when Im at a party or a dinner and tell some
34、one that I teach young children,Ive found that men and women respond differently.Most men ask about the subjects I teach and the courses I took in my training.Then,unless they bring up an issue such as merit pay,the conversation stops.Most women,on the other hand,begin the conversation on a more imm
35、ediate and personal level.They say things like“those kids must love having a male teacher or“that age is just wonderful,you must love it.Then,more often than not,theyll talk about their own kids or ask me specific questions about what I do.Were then off and talking shop.,译文,Digging,11 Possibly,men w
36、ould have more to say to me,and I to them,if my job had more of the trappings and benefits of more traditional male jobs.But my job has no bonuses or promotions.No complimentary box seats at the ball park.No cab fare home.No drinking buddies after work.No briefcase.No suit.(Ties get stuck in paint j
37、ars.)No power lunches.(I eat peanut butter and jelly,chips,milk and cookies with the kids.)No taking clients out for cocktails.The only place I take my kids is to the playground.,译文,Digging,12 Although I could have pursued a career in law or business,as several of my friends did,I chose teaching ins
38、tead.My job has benefits all its own.Im able to bake cookies without getting them stuck together as they cool,buy cheap sewing materials,take out splinters,and search just the right trash cans for useful odds and ends.Im sometimes called“Daddy and even“Mommy by my students,and if theres ever a lull
39、in the conversation at a dinner party,I can always ask those assembled if theyve heard the latest riddle about why the turkey crossed the road.(He thought he was a chicken.),Main idea of the text,1.About men;one mans kids(Title),The title points to the two main themes of the passage:different ideas
40、of maleness and a man teaching young children.,Difficult sentences,Difficult sentences,2.I LIVE in a world of skinned knees,double-knotted shoelaces stale birthday cakes,hurt feelings,wandering stories(Line 1,Para 1),The sentence describes what the writer does on a typical working day.skinned knees:
41、knees wounded lightly on the surface by a fall double-knotted shoelaces:shoelaces children cannot untie and need help with stale birthday cakes:cakes that kept too long and no longer fresh wandering stories:stories which go on and on without a clear point,Difficult sentences,3.Its 10.45,the middle o
42、f snack(Line 6,Para 1),snack:a morning break or recess time with milk and biscuits.Many American states provide free milk for school children.,Difficult sentences,4.Then I turn to help Scott clean up some milk he has just spilled onto Rebeccas whale crossword puzzle.(Line 11,Para 1),whale crossword
43、puzzle:a crossword about whales,Difficult sentences,5.I stop the snack mid-flight,complying with their request for graham crackers.(Line 5,Para 3),I tell Sarah to bring the snack back and give the two children the snack they want.,Difficult sentences,6.My energy is not spent in pursuing,climbing,ach
44、ieving,conquering or cornering some goal or object.(Line 9,Para 4),When I work my aim is not to chase,achieve,gain control of or capture something as is the case with many traditional male occupations.,Difficult sentences,The pleasure of teaching children comes from many small physical or external s
45、ervices the teacher offers them.Here the word“without”is used as a noun,and is an old usage meaning outside.e.g.Happiness cannot come from without.It must come from within.,7.In teaching,the inner rewards come from without.(Line 2,Para 5),Difficult sentences,8.On any given day(Line 3,Para 5),any giv
46、en day:any day you choose,Difficult sentences,9.The day is really won through matters of the heart.(Line 6,Para 5),Children are openly emotional beings and the day can be judged more in terms of emotional gains than practical results.A successful day is one when children are happy and enjoying learn
47、ing.,Difficult sentences,10.I have to be soft around the edges.(Line 9,Para 5),I have to be not too rigid or serious.,Difficult sentences,11.But in the next breath and contribute to the intellectual growth of a maturing mind.(Line 5,Para 6),The male principals worried that there was omething odd abo
48、ut a man wanting to teach young children.In explaining why he wanted to,the writer referred in abstract terms to an interest in mental development as he thought this would be acceptable as a normal male attitude.in the next breath:one moment later,Difficult sentences,12.Some of the principals also a
49、sked what I saw myself doing later in my career.(Line 1,Para 8),Some of the principals also wanted to know my aims for the future,that is,how in my imagination I pictured myself in a few years time.,Difficult sentences,13.Then,unless they bring up an issue such as merit pay(Line 5,Para 10),merit pay
50、:extra pay for achieving successful results,usually as measured in terms of employee performance.It is a term most frequently used in the context of educational reform.In the United States,policymakers are divided on whether merit pay should be offered to public school teachers,as is commonly the ca
