节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-04-19
难易度:High
关键字:disability, disclosure, explicitly, break the ice, springboard, bring to
the table
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the second day of this lesson called: Should I Put
This on My Resume?
This is important especially if you are looking for a job and you're wondering
what you should put on your resume.
Well, so far we've learned some interesting tips, and we have more to learn
today.
Carolyn, what was one of the tips that we talked about yesterday?
Well, we talked about reference information and how it's a little bit
superfluous.
It's not something you really need to include on your resume unless your
employer or potential employer asks you for it specifically.
All right.
That's one thing, the reference information.
Another thing we talked about is your home address.
You might not think it's important to put your home address on a resume.
But if you don't, some people might think it's kind of strange that you just
didn't want to include that information.
But of course it is very important that you trust the company that you might be
working for.
Make sure that they are a legitimate company.
All right.
Well, we have more to learn today.
Let's get started with the first reading of today's lesson: Should I Put This on
My Resume?
(Music).
Should I Put This on My Resume?
3. A disability:
"There is a common and not unfounded fear that revealing a disability may lead
to not being selected for a position.
This makes the disclosure choice a difficult one," says Barbara Otto, executive
director of Think Beyond the Label,
a national collaborative aimed at increasing employment among people with
disabilities.
"A resume is a springboard for you to give details about your skills, experience
and the unique perspectives you bring to the table.
You should not explicitly state your disability, but you can weave in your
professional experience and hobbies that may be disability-related.
(Music).
OK. We're learning all about disabilities here, and if it's important if you
should put the disability on your resume or not.
Let's take a look at that Word Bank word: disability.
Your disability makes it less easy for you to do something.
Maybe other people can do things in an easier way, then you have a disability.
How might you use that word, Carolyn?
Well, there are many different kinds of disabilities such as a learning
disability, which means you might not be able to learn things as quickly as
other people.
But having a disability does not mean that you can't have a good job.
And we see here in our third tip in the article:
There is a common and not unfounded fear that revealing a disability may lead to
not being selected for a position.
So you do need to use some caution when revealing that you have a disability.
That's right, because this is a common fear.
And as we find out, it's not unfounded.
If something is founded, that means there's a good reason for it.
So if it's not unfounded, that means there really might be a good reason to have
this fear.
But you shouldn't have this fear.
And you shouldn't fear that revealing a disability will make you not good for
the job.
Well, we have more to learn about this from Liz in the Grammar Gym.
Hi there, friends.
My name is Liz.
And thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
In our CAREERS article today we read:
"There is a common and not unfounded fear... " That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus today is on the word "unfounded." It may seem like a strange word.
We see it... it begins with "un-," and that means "not." Then we see "found,"
but it ends with "E-D".
Now normally "found" is the past tense for "find," and there is no "E-D" at the
end, like:
I finally found my keys.
But in today's sentence, "unfounded" is a word that means not based on facts.
So today's sentence just means there is a fear that is common and it's
reasonable as to why there is such a fear.
It is not unfounded fear.
So if you want to talk about things that are unreasonable because they're not
based on facts,
then you can try using "unfounded," like unfounded suspicions or unfounded
accusations.
And if you turn to today's Grammar Tip section, you'll find more examples there.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thank you, Liz.
Well, you might feel that revealing your disability might make it harder for you
to be selected for a job.
We continue: "This makes the disclosure choice a difficult one," says Barbara
Otto, executive director of Think Beyond the Label,
a national collaborative aimed at increasing employment among people with
disabilities.
A great sentence, and we need to look at something at the beginning there.
This makes disclosure a difficult one.
OK. Well, disclosure is from our Word Bank.
What does that mean, Carolyn?
Well, if you disclose something, it means that you reveal it.
And here it is disclosing information about yourself, and it's very personal.
And this can be a difficult decision.
But if you're applying for this job, you want to make sure that you get full...
disclosure of the company before you apply to make sure that it's legitimate,
that it has "legitimacy," a word that we learned yesterday.
All right, good.
Now something about this word - usually you use the word to talk about personal
or sensitive information that you don't just share with everybody.
For instance, if I wanted to tell you a story about somebody, I would say let me
share a story about this person.
But if I had sensitive information, I would call that disclosing the
information.
I'm going to disclose something to you... or with you that is something a little
more personal and sensitive.
So this makes the disclosure choice a difficult one.
Well, Barbara Otto is the executive director of Think Beyond the Label.
Carolyn, what is a label?
What's think beyond the label?
Well, a label is something that you assign to something else.
So you might give a group of people a label.
Or you might put a label on something so that you remember what is there.
You might label your files at work so you remember which files contain which
documents.
That's right, a label.
So if you see the word "disability," that's a kind of label.
There are so many things that could be included there.
But some people just see the label and immediately think something negative.
All right. So think beyond the label.
And we want to talk about another word here - collaborative - from that
sentence.
Carolyn, what is a collaborative?
Well, here a collaborative is a group of people or a group of organizations that
work together to reach a common goal.
So you can start a collaborative in order to achieve something with a group of
people.
That's right. And this word can be used as a noun or adjective.
It is... it's a noun here.
But you could say there was a collaborative effort.
That means people were working together on something.
Well, we continue with our article.
A resume is a springboard for you to give your details about your skills,
experience and the unique perspectives you bring to the table.
So what is a springboard?
Well, a springboard is something that gives you an extra jump.
If something is springy, then it is kind of bouncy.
And a springboard can give you some extra speed or a step up in your application
here.
All right.
So this is kind of figurative word here.
It's a springboard, something to get you started.
And something that you bring to the table is your perspective on something.
It's... this is a cool idiom.
If you are sitting at a table, then there is food before you.
And maybe different people bring different things.
So when you bring something to the table, you are contributing something.
That's right.
You bring your own unique perspective.
And our article continues.
You should not explicitly state your disability, but you can weave in... your
professional experience and hobbies that may be disability-related.
So you don't want to explicitly state in your resume that you have a disability.
And "explicitly" is another great word that we want to talk about.
If something is explicit, then it is very clear.
It's very obvious.
How else can you use this word "explicitly," Gabe?
Well, I might say: Why were you running by the pool?
The rules explicitly said don't run by the pool.
They explicitly said this, so why were you running by the pool?
That's right.
So you can also use this word other ways.
You could say: Please explicitly tell me why you want this job.
Please explain very clearly and say why you are the best person for this
position.
There are many ways that you can use this word.
That's right.
Of course, you get the idea that nothing is hidden.
If it's explicit, nothing is hidden.
So you want to weave in your professional experience and hobbies that might be
disability-related.
So you weave in.
I usually think of making clothing or fabric when I think of the word "weave."
But you can use it here when you're talking about incorporating it into
something.
That's right.
Well, now it is time for us to spend some time with Steve and Ken in the
Information Cloud.
And then we will join Michelle in the Language Lab.
Today let's talk about discrimination, which is treating someone unfairly
because of their race, gender or religious views.
It's most often the result of prejudice, which is an unfavorable attitude,
opinion or feeling that is not based on fact or reason.
To keep the two straight, remember that discrimination is the act while
prejudice is the thought.
In recent history, governments have created laws to protect people from
discrimination or unfair treatment, especially as it relates to getting a job.
Right.
In many countries, it's become illegal for employers to discriminate against
people who have certain physical or mental disabilities.
In other countries, job seekers are discriminated against for some pretty
unusual reasons.
In one Asian country, for example, it's reported that qualified businessmen are
denied employment simply because they are too short.
Some men get so desperate for work that they undergo a dramatic surgical
procedure to lengthen their legs.
Ouch!
And in another Asian country, people are encountering discrimination because of
their blood type.
Imagine, if your blood type is AB, you get the job.
But if it's A, B or O, sorry!
So friends, what do you think?
Fair or not?