节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-04-12
难易度:Medium
关键字:strike up, anxious, issue, counselor
So far in today's lesson, Robert has struck up a conversation with his friend
Helen.
And Helen is in the middle of taking a quiz, a career quiz.
It's not the kind of test or quiz that you usually think about in school.
You don't have to study for this kind of quiz.
Helen is going to find out what career might be best for her.
And she's a little bit anxious about this, maybe.
She has an issue.
She wants to do something that is important and good for her in the future.
Well, we have more to learn from this conversation.
Let's continue with the second part of our lesson for today.
How Do You Choose a Career?
Good luck.
But I don't need to worry since I already know what I'm going to do.
Really? But we're only juniors in high school!
How can you be so sure about your future career?
Simple - my parents want me to be a doctor, so I'm going to go to medical
school.
That's a lot of time and money.
You might want to talk to a career counselor before you make such a big
decision.
No. I trust my parents' judgement - especially when it is something as important
as deciding my future.
Robert and Helen are both making some pretty good points here.
And it is good to listen to your parents.
Well, Robert has the first line here.
So Gabe, why don't you start.
All right.
Good luck.
But I don't need to worry since I already know what I'm going to do.
Wow! You are pretty impressive.
You already know what you're going to do.
And Helen says: Really? But we're only juniors in high school!
How can you be so sure about your future career?
Well, that is a good question, Helen... Carolyn.
How can you be so sure about your future career?
And this is a good question to ask: How can you be so sure about something?
Maybe your friend has made a decision, and they're pretty certain about
something.
How can you be so sure?
You want to go on a picnic tomorrow?
You think the weather is going to be great?
How can you be so sure?
It's been raining this whole week.
And as... as Helen says: How can you be so sure about your future career?
That's right.
Well, I think that this sentence has something that Steve and Ken want to talk
to us about in the Information Cloud.
So let's go see them now.
Today we review the word "year." If you're a student, it's very likely that
someone, maybe a foreigner like me, will ask you the question:
What year are you in?
And the answer is not 2013.
No. It simply means what grade are you in.
That's right.
But be careful.
"What grade are you in?" is a question reserved for young children who are in
grade school or elementary school.
But if you're asking a high school or university student, we normally ask: What
year are you in?
So become familiar with this question and have an answer ready.
And the proper response...
... could be I'm in my freshman year.
Freshman is the first year.
Second year in sophomore.
Third year is junior.
And your fourth year is your senior year.
These labels work for high school, college and university.
Steve, what if a high school has only three years?
Well, there are some high schools in America like that, too.
So what we do is simply drop the term "freshman" and begin with sophomore.
Or you could still use the word "grade" to avoid confusion with university
years.
You could say I'm in the 10th grade, 11th grade or 12th grade.
(Chinese).
Thank you, guys.
It is good to know the difference between being a junior in high school and
being a junior high school student.
Well, Robert continues with this conversation.
Simple - my parents want me to be a doctor, so I'm going to go to medical
school.
Oh. Well, Helen doesn't really think that's a good idea. She says:
That's a lot of time and money.
You might want to talk to a career counselor before you make such a big
decision.
Well, you know, I... I like what Helen is saying here.
And we need to talk about that sentence a little bit.
I saw a phrase there: you might want to do something.
You might want to talk to a career counselor.
You can use that phrase when you are suggesting something to a friend.
You might want to do this.
That is a good suggesting phrase.
Carolyn, I think we have another important word here. Is that right?
We do.
She mentions career counselor.
And "counselor" is a word from our Word Bank today.
If you talk to a counselor, a counselor is someone who gives you advice, good
advice because they know a lot about whatever it is you have a question about.
So if you talk to a career counselor, they can give you good advice on careers.
All right. And there are many words kind of like this.
You might talk about a career counselor or an academic advisor, A-D-V-I-S-O-R.
That's a similar word, someone who gives you advice about something.
Um, there's another kind of counselor I'm thinking about.
Maybe you have some emotional problems or issues that you are working through,
and you just need to go and see a counselor,
someone who doesn't know you, is not involved with the issues.
And they can help you see how you can fix these problems clearly.
That's another kind of counselor.
It is another kind of counselor.
And actually, there are college counselors as well.
And before I did my exchange program to Japan, I talked to a retired high school
counselor to give me some advice on what I should do in preparing for college.
OK. So was that a helpful time talking to this counselor?
It was very helpful.
And he recommended that I tried studying abroad before going to college.
So it was really great.
Well, hey, I guess that advice, that counsel paid off.
Well, friends, let's continue this conversation.
I am Robert.
No. I trust my parents' judgment - especially when it's something as important
as deciding my future.
Well, Robert, you make a very good point there.
It is really good to listen to your parents.
They have the best interests in mind for you.
They want you to succeed and do your very best.
So maybe his parents are right, and he should be a doctor.
Well, we don't know.
Robert and Helen are having this conversation.
Helen is relying on or thinking about this career quiz as something that could
help her decide her future.
And Robert is trusting his parents.
He trusts his parents' judgment.
That word can mean a lot of things, someone's "judgment." But here it's talking
about how they see something in life.
So they think the best thing for Robert to do is maybe to become a doctor.
And that is a very successful career.
So I'm very interested to see how their conversation is going to turn out.
But before we can do that, we're going to watch a review skit, and then visit
Michelle in the Language Lab.
Lawyer, cook.
Banker?
Cowboy.
Excuse me.
How may I help you?
I'm trying to choose a career.
I need some help.
Oh. Choosing a career is an important decision.
I know. And I have no idea what career to pursue.
Teacher? Taxi driver?
Accountant?
You should talk to a career counselor.
I know.
That's why I'm here.
I want to figure out which job is best for me.
Basketball coach?
Farmer? Entertainer?
Well, there are a lot of choices.
And I can see myself doing so many things.
Doctor, chef, window cleaner...
Preparing for a career takes time and money.
What about your parents?
Oh, they already have careers.
No. I mean why not talk to them about your future?
Oh, right.
Yes. I can trust their judgment on big decisions.
Well, good.
And you know you can also take a career quiz.
A career quiz?
How can that help?
It can help you find a career based on your interests and personality.
Cool! You're so helpful.
Yes, I know.
That's why I chose to be a career counselor.
Pilot, salesman.
Actor, English teacher!
Uh, here's the quiz.
Let's get started right away.
Puppet!
(Chinese).
OK. Now get ready to learn more from our teachers.
Today we've been talking about how to choose a career.
And Robert and Helen have been discussing a few different options.
You could take a career quiz, talk to your parents about it.
Maybe see a career counselor.
But there are a lot of issues you face, and it can be a little bit anxious, make
you feel anxious.
So Gabe, how do you think you should choose a career?
Do you think it's a good idea to get advice from other people?
I do.
I think generally in life, it's good to talk to people who are older, who have
experienced many different areas of life and see what their counsel is,
see what their advice is about something.
So yeah, if you're choosing a career, it's good to talk to people who have spent
time working somewhere and who sees... and they know what works for them, what
doesn't work.
And they can tell you what kinds of things you should consider.
So I do think it's good advice.
What about you, Carolyn?
Well, I do think it's important.
If you know someone or you have an interest in something, you should talk to
someone in that field who already has that job and get some ideas about it.
Well, we hope that you will join us again tomorrow here on Studio Classroom for
the rest of this conversation. See you then.
See you later.