C. Listening (Trang 67-68 SGK Tiếng Anh 12)
Before you listen (Trước khi bạn nghe)
– Below are the most popular jobs in the US. Work in pairs and answer the question: Which is the most popular job in Vietnam? (Dưới đây là những việc làm phổ biến nhất ở Mĩ. Làm việc theo cặp và trả lời câu hỏi: Việc làm nào phổ biến nhất ở Việt Nam?)
Which is the most popular job in Vietnam?
=> The most popular job in Vietnam is computer programmer because this job is in great need for the development. We are in the IT age.
– Listen and repeat.
| workforce: lực lượng lao động | service: dịch vụ | category: hạng, loại |
| manufacturing: sản xuất | economy: nền kinh tế | goods: hàng hóa |
| retail: bán lẻ | wholesale: bán buôn | job markets: thị trường việc làm |
While you listen (Trong khi bạn nghe)
Task 1. Listen to the passage and fill in the missing words in the boxes. (Nghe đoạn văn và điền những từ thiếu trong các khung.)
Gợi ý:
| (1) Manufacturing | (2) Service | (3) Transportation |
| (4) Finance | (5) services |
Task 2. Listen again and decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F). (Nghe lại và xác định xem câu nào là đúng (T) hay sai (F).)
| 1. T | 2. T | 3. T | 4. F | 5. F |
After you listen (Sau khi bạn nghe)
Work in groups. Summarize the passage using the information in Tasks 1 and 2. (Làm việc nhóm. Tóm tắt đoạn văn bởi sử dụng thông tin trong Bài tập 1 và 2.)
Gợi ý:
Tapescript – Nội dung bài nghe
… So, it is not easy for a high school student to find a job in the United States.
… Next, let us look at some of the recent changes in the US job market and see if we can make some predictions for future jobs.
A good way to begin is to look at the American work force and how it is changing. The most important change has been the shift from manufacturing jobs to service jobs.
Manufacturing jobs are jobs in which people make something or produce things. For example, people produce cars. Service jobs are those in which workers provide service, or we may say, they do something, like washing people’s cars. Generally, service jobs are grouped into five categories:
- One: Transportation companies
- Two: Wholesale companies
- Three: Retail companies
- Four: Finance companies
- Five: Personal service, such as hotels, cars repair, accounting, education and medicine
Now the point here is that people have changed from manufacturing jobs to service jobs. For example, one hundred years ago, 80% of workers produced goods, today only 30% do. Economists predict that by the year 2020, nine out of every ten workers will supply service.