Unit 16 Reading Comprehension

For Seniors

barber

receptionist

chef

accountant

What aspects will you consider while finding a job?

Discussion:

interests

talent/skills

qualities

salary

working hours

Football: A good career choice?

David Beckham

New words

vacant 空着的 , 未被占用的 outstanding 显著的 ; 杰出的 ; 重要的 assess 确定 ( 税、罚款、赔偿金等 ) 的金

额 occupation 工作 , 职业 [C] ; 占领 , 占领时

期 [U]

profession 受过良好教育或专门训练的职业 careers ( 终身的 ) 职业 amateur 业余从事者

Read the passage and summarize.

The difference between football and other careers The special qualities required by footballers

The training for young footballers

Football dreams don’t often come true like

David.

Para 1Para 2Para 3

Para 4Para 5Para 6Para 7

Para 8

Little David’s football dream

Career beginning of young David

Super Beckham’s success

Trainees to or not to the next stage

The structure of the textPart 1 (paras1-3)

Part 2 (paras4-7)How to become a professional footballer/

What is needed to be a professional footballer

Part 3(para 8)Football dreams do not often come true for all.

The success of David Beckham in the football career

1.In which order did the following things happen to David Beckham?

Careful reading

a.He was invited to join Manchester United as a trainee.

b. He was chosen to play for the Red Devils’ senior team.

c. He has become England’s most famous mid-field player and world superstar.d. He attended training sessions with a London club.

e. He and his players won the FA Youth Cup in 1992.

d a e b cKey:

2. In which of the following sentences “take off” has the same meaning as in the second

paragraph ? A. When I got to the airport, the plane had taken off. B. He took off his coat and went to bed as soon as he got home. C. When he saw the police coming he took off in the opposite direction. D. Sales of home computers have taken off in recent year

3.How do employers find and employ players with the right abilities? A. They advertise in the newspapers or on the Internet. B. Players have to fill in application forms and have interviews in order to be employed. C. They themselves go to many football clubs or send scouts around the country to discover plays with the right abilities. D. They ask schools and universities to find right players for them.

4.What are the special qualities required by footballers?

Talent

Have excellent ball control and understand how to use the space on the pitch.

Have good team spirit, a strong character, mental strength and a positive attitude.

5.The sentence in Paragraph 5 “…but it is not just what they do with their feet that counts. ”means____.

A. It is enough for footballers to have excellent skills of playing football.

B. Top players must have excellent ball control.

C. Top players must know how to use the space on the pitch.

D. Besides excellent skills of playing football, footballers must also have good team spirit, a strong character, mental strength and a positive attitude.

Summarize

The whole passage mainly tells us _______ . A. Football is a good career choice. B. It is easy to have a successful career in football. C. It is difficult to have a successful career in

football. D. Not all persons have the same happy ending as

David Beckham as footballers.

Discussion

Does the writer think that football is a good career choice? Find evidence in the text to support your answer.