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UNIT 6 Get Ready for Jobs
第六单元 为就业做好准备
Lesson 46: Get a Good Education
第46课： 接受良好的教育
THINK ABOUT IT!
想一想！
Which of these would you most like to have: a car,a house or a good job?
你最想拥有这些东西的哪个：一辆汽车、一栋房子、一份工作？
Do you think a good education is important?
你认为良好的教育重要吗？
Why or why not? What's Jack Hall's advice for Danny?
为什么重要或不重要？ 杰克霍尔给丹尼的建议是什么？
Date: May 24 Weather:Warm!
日期： 5月24日 天气：暖和！
Time to plant the garden!
该在花园里耕种了！
Dear Diary,
亲爱的日记：
This evening,I had a meeting with Jack Hall,the Canadian astronaut.
今晚我和加拿大宇航员杰克霍尔见了一次面。
He's very nice and handsome,too!
他非常和蔼也很英俊！
We talked for over an hour.
我们谈了一个多小时。
I asked him how he grew up to be an astronaut.
我问他他是如何成为一名宇航员的。
He laughed,and said that he had always planned to visit space.
他笑了，说他曾经总是计划着去太空。
To get ready,he studied science and mathematics all through school.
为做好准备，他在学校学习期间一直都学习科学和数学。
After he graduated from university,he got a job with the Canadian Space Agency.
从大学毕业之后，他在加拿大国家航天局工作。
He still had to work hard for twelve years before getting a chance to go into space.
在得到机会进入太空之前他还是在努力工作了十二年。
That sounded like a lot of work!
听起来好象有很多工作要做啊！
He asked me if I enjoyed science in school.
他问我在学校是否喜欢科学课。
I said that I didn't,but that I would try to like it in the future.
我说我不喜欢，但是我将来会试着喜欢它的。
Then I asked him if he thought I might make a good astronaut.
之后我问他他是否认为我可能成为一名优秀的宇航员。
He said that he was sorry,but he thought not.
他说他很抱歉，他认为不能。
He said that I shouldn't feel sad.
他说我不应该感到伤心。
He explained that the inside of a spaceship is very small.
他解释说太空船里面非常小。
There would be no room for someone as big as me.
对我这样的大块头来说空间是不够的。
"That's not fair!" I told him.
“那不公平！”我告诉他。
"I really,really want to be an astronaut!"
“我真的很想成为一名宇航员！”
He thought for a minute.
他沉思了一会。
Then he said,"Many people work together in the space program.
然后他说：“许多人在太空项目方面一起工作。
Very few of them ever become astronauts.
他们中只有很少的几个人会成为宇航员。
But we are all part of the same team."
但是我们都是同一个团队的一部分。”
Perhaps I'll work in the space program,even if I can't be an astronaut.
即使不能成为一名宇航员，我可能也会从事太空项目方面的工作。
He said that I should get a good education.
他说我应该得到良好的教育。
He wanted me to study many subjects,not only science!
他想让我学习许多科目，不仅仅是科学！
Then,when I'm grown up,I will be ready for anything.
当我长大后，我就为任何事情做好了准备。
That's good advice!Danny
那真是个好建议！ 丹尼
LET'S DO IT!
做一做！
Write in your diary about your parents'jobs.
写关于你父母的工作的日记。
Do they want you to have the same job?
他们想拥有相同的工作吗？
Do you want to do the same job?
你想做相同的工作吗？
Tell whether or not you like their jobs and why.
说说你喜欢他们的工作与否，以及原因。
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