UNIT 6 Get Ready for Jobs
第六单元 为就业做好准备
Lesson 42: What Do You Want To Do?
第42课：你想做什么？
THINK ABOUT IT!
想一想！
What do you want to be when you grow up?
你长大后想成为什么？
What does Chelsea need to get ready for the university she likes?
切尔西需要为她喜欢的大学做什么准备？
What makes Dr.Taylor's job important and interesting?
什么使得泰勒博士的工作重要、有趣？
Cars Are Cool ,I think cars are really cool.
汽车很酷,我觉得汽车真的很酷。
I'm Chelsea.When I grow up,I want to be a car designer.
我是切尔西。我长大后想当一名汽车设计师。
I want a job with a big car company.
我想在一家大的汽车公司上班。
At first I wanted to be an actress.
起初我曾想当一名女演员。
But then I thought about how much I like cars.
但是后来我考虑到了自己对汽车是那么地喜爱。
I really,really like them.
我的的确确非常喜欢它们。
I don't know why.I just do!
我不知道为什么。我就是喜欢！
It's very hard to find a place to study car design.
找到一个地方学习汽车设计非常困难。
I thought if I were an engineer,I could design cars.
我曾认为如果我是一名工程师，我就能设计汽车。
But I found out that wasn't quite true.
但是我发现事实并非如此。
So I looked on the Internet.
因此我上网查看。
I found one university in California.
我找到了一所在加利福尼亚的大学。
It teaches about the design of all kinds of transportation,including cars!
它教授各种类型的交通工具的设计，包括汽车！
After I graduate from high school,I plan to go there.
高中毕业后，我计划去那里。
What do I need to get ready for this university?
为上这所大学我需要做好什么准备？
I will need to study art,physics and math in high school.
我在高中需要学习美术、物理和数学。
I will also need a collection of my drawings and ideas.
我还将需要一本我的绘画作品和构想的收藏集。
I like to draw,but it's not my hobby.
我喜欢绘画，但是这不是我的爱好。
I guess I'll have to put more effort into it if I want to achieve my goal!
我想如果我要实现我的目标的话，我必须在这方面多多努力！
I already have some money for my education.
我已经有一些钱来支付我的教育了。
But it's very expensive to study in the United States.
但是在美国学习非常昂贵。
It will cost $80 000!
这将花费八万美元！
I really want a scholarship!
我的确想得到一份奖学金！
Would You Like to Study Biology?
你想学习生物吗？
Dr.Chip Taylor is a biologist.
奇普泰勒博士是一名生物学家。
He teaches at a university in the United States.
他在美国一所大学教书。
He is studying a kind of North America butterfly that travels south up to four thousand kilometers,
他正在研究一种向南飞行长达四千公里的北美蝴蝶，
just as many birds migrate in the fall.
这种蝴蝶和许多鸟儿一样在秋季迁徙。
Fascinating facts about the butterfly have been drawing Dr.Taylor's attention.
关于这种蝴蝶令人着迷的事实已经引起了泰勒博士的注意。
In Mexico,the butterflies always return to the same small piece of forest,only twenty kilometers wide.
在墨西哥，这种蝴蝶总是返回到只有二十公里宽的同一小片森林中。
Here,as many as 230 million butterflies spend the winter.
有多达两亿三千万只蝴蝶在这里过冬。
They cover some trees almost completely.
它们几乎完全覆盖了一些树木。
The butterflies that return south are the great-great grandchildren of the butterflies that left for the north.
返回到南方的这些蝴蝶是留在北方的蝴蝶的玄孙们。
When they begin to travel north in spring,the females lay eggs.
当它们春季飞往北方时，雌性蝴蝶就会产卵。
They lay eggs on only one plant: milkweed.
它们只在一种植物——马利筋上产卵。
But in Mexico,people cut down the trees because they need more land for farms.
但是在墨西哥，人们砍了树木，因为他们需要更多的土地来耕种。
In the United States and Canada,farmers use chemicals that kill milkweed.
在美国和加拿大，农民用的化学药品杀死了马利筋。
This worries Dr.Taylor a lot.
这使泰勒博士非常担心。
But now things are improving.
但是现在状况有所改善。
Mexico has begun to protect parts of the forest.
墨西哥已经开始保护部分森林了。
The United States and Canada have encouraged farmers to use fewer chemicals.
美国和加拿大已经鼓励农民减少使用化学药品。
Scientists still don't understand how butterflies know when to fly south.
科学家们仍然不理解蝴蝶是如何知道何时飞向南方的。
If they wait even a few days too long,the butterflies will freeze.
如果这些蝴蝶等再等几天的话，它们就会被冻僵。
And how do all the great-great grandchildren find the same forest in Mexico every year?
每年这些蝴蝶的玄孙们是如何找到墨西哥的同一片森林的呢？
This is puzzling as well as interesting for many scientists.
这对许多科学家来说既令人费解又很有趣。
There are many mysteries to be discovered by those interested in science.
有许多秘密需要那些对科学感兴趣的人去破解。
What do you think is the most fascinating thing in nature?
你认为大自然中最令人着迷的事情是什么？
LET'S DO IT!
做一做！
What job do you want to do after you graduate from high school?
高中毕业后你想做什么工作？
What do you need to study to get that job?
要获得那份工作你还需要学习什么？
What else do you need to do?
你还需要做些什么？
Write a plan to help your dream come true.
写一份计划帮助你实现梦想。
Try using this pattern: "To get my job,first _____,then _____ and finally,______."
试着运用这个句式：“要获得我的工作，首先 ，然后 ，最后， 。”