Unit 6 The Trashman

What professions are your familiar with?

My father is a…

My mother is a…

agent : 经纪人 bus driver: 公车 ( 巴士 ) 司机 buyer: 采购员 cartoonist: 漫画家 cashier: 出纳员 chef: 厨师

dancer : 舞者 dentist: 牙科医生 designer: 设计师 detective 侦探 doctor: 医生 door-to-door salesman: 推销员 driver: 司机

What’s your ideal job in future?why?

Tips:

---My ideal job is the kind which will not only give full play to…but also integrate…into…

My ideal job is the kind which will not only give full play to my special knowledge but also integrate my own interests into larger ones. Besides ,the job will help prove my worth to society and build up my sense of pride and happiness. In that light, the computer programmer or IT engineer will be my first choice.

Would you accept a job as a trashman?

Do you know the following famous words?

---If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well. 如果事情值得做，就值得做好。

---All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。

---A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。

---It’s no use doing hat you like;you have got to like what you do. 不要爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。

New words

1.boast v. 夸口，吹嘘

---He should be polite enough not to boast about what he has achieved. 他很有教养，从不炫耀自己的成就。

2. register v. 意识到，注意到，登记，注册 ---I pressed my parents until they finally gave in and registered me for skating classes. 我对父母施压直到他们妥协为我报了溜冰学习班。

3. employment n. 职业，工作，---They stressed the need for more employment opportunities and better health care. 他们强调了对更多就业机会和更好保健事业的需求。

4. peculiar n. 奇怪的，罕见的---Some questions seem obvious but others seem peculiar and hard to answer. 其中有些是常见问题，而另外一些并不常见且难以回答。

5. continuous a. 连续的，不断的---Continuous exposure to sunlight is harmful to the skin. 长时间暴露在太阳光下对皮肤有害。

6. graduate vi. 毕业 n. 毕业生---The university I graduated from with honors in 1998 is one of the best in China.1998 年我以优异成绩从中国一所最好的学校毕业。

7. dump vt. 倾倒；抛弃 n. 垃圾场---People who want to get rid of old cars sometimes dump them in the woods. 想处理掉旧车的人有时会把车扔在森林里。

8. retreat vi. 后退，撤离 n. 后退，撤离---He doesn’t retreat into self-pity because of his job as a trashman; instead, he feels proud of it as he thinks it is an essential task. 他并不因为自己是垃圾工而自卑自怜，相反，他很自豪，因为自己正做着一份必不可少的工作。

9. contrary a. 相反的---Micheal won the competition, contrary to everyone’s expectations. 迈克尔获胜了，与大家的预料相反。

10. tremble vi. 颤抖---When the boss told her she was fired, she was pale and trembled with shock. 当老板告诉她她被开除了的时候，她脸色苍白，身体因震惊而颤抖。

结构分析：

Part1: paras.1~3 The introduction to my job as a trashman.

Part2: paras.4~11 What Steve and I experienced during our exchanges with the local people.

Part4: paras.14 I think trashmen are important just as economists and should deserve equal respect.

Part3: paras.12~13 My attitude in face of the cold responses from the people we served.

课文内容概要

The passage started with my experience on the first day when I worked as a trashman: I was shocked by the response of the people when I said hello to them. Then in the passage, my friend Steve, another trashman, poured out （倾诉） the unfair treatment he experienced and his reflections （看法） on his job as a trashman. Upon hearing this, I made up my mind to stay at the job, because I viewed the job as essential （必需品） to the society and was proud of being a trashman.

1. He should be polite enough not to ---- about what he has achieved.

2. I pressed my parents until they finally gave in and ----me for skating classes.

3. They stressed the need for more ---- opportunities and better health care.

4. Some questions seem obvious but others seem ----and hard to answer.

5. ---- exposure to sunlight is harmful to the skin.

6. The university I ---- from with honors in 1998 is one of the best in China.

7. People who want to get rid of old cars sometimes ---- them in the woods.

8. He doesn’t ---- into self-pity because of his job as a trashman; instead, he feels proud of it as he thinks it is an essential task.

9. Micheal won the competition, ---- to everyone’s expectations.

10. When the boss told her she was fired, she was pale and ---- with shock.

Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.

1.boast 2. registered

3. employment 4. peculiar

5. Continuous 6. graduated

7. dump 8. retreat

9. contrary 10. trembled

Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition or adverb.

1.in 2. of

3. behind 4. about

5. At 6. about/of

7. with 8. by

9. on/upon 10. at

Study the models and rewrite the following sentences, using “so”, “nor” or “neither”.

1. I know who he is. She also knows who he is.

2. We have come to realize all work is equally important. The same is true of Sara.

--- I know who he is. So does she.

--- We have come to realize all work is equally important. So has Sara.

3. I’d like another drink. The same can be said of John.

4. I’m not supposed to know who else objects to the plan. They’re not supposed to know that either.

--- I’d like another drink. So would John.

--- I’m not supposed to know who else objects to the plan. Nor/Neither are they.

5. He shouldn’t have imagined there would be joy in picking up trash. The same can be said of Steve.

--- He shouldn’t have imagined there would be joy in picking up trash. Nor/Neither should Steve.

Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese into English, using “even if”.

1.Even if the calculation is right

2. even if they raise the price

3. Even if she may not return me the money

4. even if she doesn’t come

5. Even if we achieve great success in our work

Thank you !