Whats Your Job,Daddy?Whats Your Job,Daddy?As time goes by,the same question has two different answers:“Whats Your Job,Daddy?”.Not so long ago,the children thought their fathers job was making something or fix something.However,what do their fathers do as working nowadays seems to be not understood by children at all.Data processor,public relations and systems analyst seem to be nonsense explanations to a child.What the child could see in his father workplace is reading paper,delivering paper,carrying paper,and other jobs all that he can not imagine.1.Whats the previous/the present job of the fathers?Directions:The following questions are all related to college students as a freshman.Read these questions and say something about your own experiences.2.What result the difference of the previous job and the present job?3.Give a short description of the present job?Not so long ago,when a parent said he was off to work,the child knew very well what was about to happen.His parent was going to make something or fix something.The parent could take his child to his place of business and let him watch while he repaired a car or built a table.Nowadays,a few fathers still fix engines and build tables,but most do not.Most fathers sit in glass buildings doing things that cannot be understood by children at all.The answers to the question What kind of work do you do,Daddy?are likely to be utter mysteries to a child.I sell space.I do market research.I am a data processor.I am in public relations.I am a systems analyst.Such explanations must seem nonsense to a child.How can he possibly imagine anyone analyzing a system or researching a market?In the common everyday job,nothing is made any more.Things are now made by machines.Very little is repaired.The machines make things in such a fashion that the things will quickly fall apart.Repairs will be too expensive.Thus the buyer is encouraged to throw the thing away and buy a new one.In effect,the machines are making junk.The handful of people remotely associated with these machines can,of course,tell their children Daddy makes junk.Most of the work force,however,is remote from junk production.What do these people do?Consider the typical twelve-story glass building in the typical American city.Nothing is being made in this building and nothing is being repaired,including the building itself.Constructed as a piece of junk,the building will be discarded when it wears out,and another piece of junk will be set in its place.Still,the building is filled with people who think of themselves as working.At any given moment during the day perhaps one-third of them will be talking into telephones.Most of these conversations will be about paper,for paper is what occupies nearly everyone in this building.Some jobs in the building require men to fill paper with words.There are persons who type neatly on paper and persons who read paper and make notes in the margins.Some persons make copies of paper and other persons deliver paper.Some persons mail paper.Some persons telephone other persons and ask that paper be sent to them.Others telephone to make sure about where paper reaches.Some persons talk about paper.In the grandest offices,men approve of some paper and disapprove of other paper.The elevators are filled throughout the day with young men carrying paper from floor to floor and with vital men carrying paper to be discussed with other vital men.What is a child to make of all this?His father may be soimportant that he lunches with other men about paper.Supposehe brings his son to work to give the boy some idea of what workis all about.What does the boy see happening?His father calls for paper.He reads paper.Perhaps he scowls atpaper.Perhaps he makes an angry red mark on paper.Hetelephones another man and says they had better lunch overpaper.At lunch they talk about paper.Back at the office,the father orders the paper retyped and reproduced,and then sent to another man for comparison withpaper that was reproduced last year.Imagine his poor son afterwards thinking over themysteries of work with a friend,who asks him whatsyour father?What can the boy reply?他完全是一派胡言。
他完全是一派胡言What utter rubbish he talked!e.g.-He is an utter fool.他真是个大笨蛋！他真是个大笨蛋！public relations：公共关系；公关工作公共关系；公关工作 e.g.:Shes a public relations officer in a big company.她是一家大公司的公关人员她是一家大公司的公关人员资助本地剧院有利于我们公司的公共关资助本地剧院有利于我们公司的公共关系Giving money to the local theatre will be good for our companys public relations.analyst:n.C 分析者；化验员分析者；化验员 analyze:vt.分析分析 老师试图分析他们失败的原因老师试图分析他们失败的原因e.g.:They analyzed the situation carefully before making a decision.他们做决定之前，对形势进行了认真分析他们做决定之前，对形势进行了认真分析The teacher tried to analyze the cause of their failure.handful:C 少数的少数的;C一把一把 1.1.只有少数人通过了这次考试。
只有少数人通过了这次考试e.g.-Only a handful of people spoke at the meeting.只有少数人在会上发言只有少数人在会上发言e.g.:a handful of small change 一把零钱一把零钱 Only a handful of students passed the exam.2.2.她手里拿了一把坚果她手里拿了一把坚果She is holding a handful of nuts.1.1.生产关系生产关系 e.g.-Automobile production is a large industry in Japan.汽车生产是日本的一大产业汽车生产是日本的一大产业e.g.-There is a sharp fall in the yearly production of the farm.该农场年产量大幅下跌该农场年产量大幅下跌the relations of production2.2.统计数字显示，本月钢产量上升统计数字显示，本月钢产量上升Statistics show that steel production is up this month.Think of as：把把当作当作;认为认为 把我看作好朋友好了。
把我看作好朋友好了e.g.-We all think of Mr.Black as our head.我们都认为布莱克先生是我们的头儿我们都认为布莱克先生是我们的头儿Think of me as a friend.occupy:vt.使某人忙碌使某人忙碌;占有（位置、空间或时间）占有（位置、空间或时间）1.1.这项任务让他忙碌了一整夜这项任务让他忙碌了一整夜 e.g.-The newcomers were occupied in writing letter home.新来的人忙着给家里写信新来的人忙着给家里写信My free time is fully occupied by writing poems.我的空闲时间全部用来写诗了我的空闲时间全部用来写诗了 The assignment occupied him all night long.2.2.花园的大部分空间都是树花园的大部分空间都是树The trees occupy most of the room in the garden.没人能读懂他的书没人能读懂他的书e.g.-I don t know what to make of his words?我不知道如何解释他的话我不知道如何解释他的话 Nobody can make of his book.Please notice the figurative use of angry in thissentence.It is a transferred epithet(修饰转移修饰转移).Amark cannot be angry or happy.It is the personwho makes the mark that is angry.So angry istransferred to modify the mark.Perhaps he makes an angry red mark on paper.1.1.他一边喝酒一边休息。
他一边喝酒一边休息e.g.-Hold a meeting over dinner.边吃饭边开会边吃饭边开会He was relaxing over a glass of wine.Section A:Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.nowadaysdatavitaltypical occupythroughoutproduction afterwards 1.This painting is fairly _ of his early works.2.We used to listen to the radio a lot,but _ we mostly watch television.3.The story _ most of the front page of the newspaper on Monday.4.It rained _ the night.typicalnowadaysoccupiedthroughout5.When will the new range of computers go into_?6.We had tea,and _we sat in the garden for a while.7.Its _that you send that application form off by the twenty-third of this month.8.Our task is to analyze the _that have been stored in the computer.productionafterwardsvitaldata1.This sort of hot food is typical _the food in the south of the country.2.Those thin shoes will wear_ quickly.3.Can you make anything _this strange letter?4.Someone had written some words the margin of the book.Section B:Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb.ofoutof in5.He called _his car and suddenly left the meeting.6.Im expecting her to come _any moment.7.Their reply was _effect saying no.8.Your suggestion is good,but I need to think it before I can let you know my final decision.foratinoverWhen a group of women got on the car,every seat wasalready occupied.The conductor noticed a man whoseemed to be asleep,and fearing he might miss his stop,henudged him and said:Wake up,sir!I wasnt asleep,the man answered.Not asleep?But you had your eyes closed.I know.I just hate to look at ladies standing up besideme in a crowded car.Merry LearningMerry Learning。