Day 8——Science, technology and progress 科技与进步（口语部分）

Passage Reading 段落朗读

What are the purposes of continuing career education? Some people think about the matter very simply, but most people realize that several goals must be sought simultaneously and that the process of doing this is difficult. We may identify at least four purposes of continuing professional education.

The first of these is to keep up with the new knowledge required to perform responsibly in the chosen career. Just think, for example, how much has happened in the various professions in ten years. At the start of the decade, we had just learned how to keep a man in orbit around the earth; at its end, we had sent many men to the moon. At the same time, physicians and surgeons learned to save the lives of people who in previous times would have died. And pharmacists – perhaps more than the members of any other profession – have had to keep up with a changing scene, as new products and new remedies succeeded one another or enlarged the range of treatments available.

The second aim is to master mew ideas about the nature of the profession itself. A recent study of dentistry noted that 25 or 30 years ago, dental practice was limited to relieving pain. Today it is concerned with the overall management of oral, facial and speech defects and with the structures of the mouth as they relate to the total health of the individual. In other occupations, and equally profound change has occurred and the modern practitioner who does not understand that fact is obsolete.

权威名师解析：

注意simultaneously, identify, physician, pharmacist, practitioner等难词的发音。

simultaneously    [saiməl'teiniəsli]  （adv.）同时地

identify    [ai'dentifai]  （v） 识别；认明

physician  [fi'ziʃən]  （n）内科医生

pharmacist  ['fɑ:məsist]  （n） 药剂师

practitioner  [præk'tiʃənə]  (n)  从业者

Free talk

Which is more important in finding a job, education or experience?

权威名师解析：

 (可以任选A立场或B立场来阐述自己的观点)

A.      Education is more important in finding a job.

正文： I woke up one morning last week to read a debate as to which is more important in finding a job, education or experience. Some said experience is more important. Others argue education plays a more important role.

I personally think education outweighs experience in finding a job. Firstly, in an increasing complicated world, many jobs are highly specialized, thus a less educated person is unlikely to do the job efficiently. For example, teacher is an extremely specialized job which requires relatively high education. An experienced but not well educated teacher will probably do the teaching job poorly.

Secondly, enough education may probably make a person more intelligent. Intelligence is one of the most important personal qualifications for doing an excellent job. Perspective employers may tend to employ those well educated and intelligent candidates. And well educated candidates can gain hands on experience during working, then they will become highly professional. For instance, jobs like accounting require personal qualities such as good mathematical skill and high IQ. And after a period of training, a person who is good at math may be qualified for the job.

Thirdly, well educated people can bring positive impact to the would-be employers. A well educated person may be a quick learner. This is very important in a society where competition is extremely intense. For example, a company has an important foreign customer who can’t speak Chinese. So a candidate who has foreign languages training may be preferable and more popular.

 Education outweighs experience when it comes to finding a specialized job. And one can gain working experience as time goes by.

B. Experience is more important in finding a job.

  A great deal of jobs require more hands-on experience than high education. These jobs are usually characterized by the demands of related working experience and personal qualities. For instance, jobs like sales manager or marketers require excellent interpersonal skills, courage to face extraordinary challenges and the anti-pressure ability, which are almost gained through practical experience. Education is not so important as experience do in these jobs. Maybe a less educated but experienced person can do better job than a less experienced but well educated one when it comes to finding a job that require more communication.