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Unit 3 Careers and skills
1．The district allows students to attend schools outside of their attendance boundaries as long as
space is available(adj.可得到的；可利用的；有空的)，which means students can choose to
continue to follow their chosen career pathway at a middle school with corresponding(adj.相应的；
相关的) programs.
2．Some education experts worry the focus on industry qualifications has resulted in(导致)
schools taking on(承担) responsibilities that should fall to(落在……身上，应由……承担)
businesses，like training workers for specific job duties ，damaging a more comprehensive
education in schools.
3．Career exposure has a big impact on(对……有大的影响) kids.We’re not really wanting
them to make a decision—‘I’m in the second grade and now I’m locked into(陷入；卷入)
being whatever when I graduate from high school in 10 years.
4．Certainty is often used as a metric of value，shaping how people view(熟词生义：v.看待)
themselves and others.
①view as看作，视为
②in one’s view在某人看来
5．But the reality is that(引导表语从句) certainty is transient; it is more a feeling than(与其
说……倒不如说……) a fact.
6．Will it be in demand(需求量大；受欢迎) in 20 years?
demand to do sth要求做某事
demand that...should do sth要求……
7．While many occupations(n.职业；工作 occupied adj.忙于；被占用的 occupy v．占领；
占用；使忙碌) are being taken over(接管；占上风) by new technology，jobs that require high-
level of critical thinking，emotional intelligence and human interaction，remain in high demand.
8．It’s also likely that(很可能……) you will stay and grow in this career.
9．This in turn(反过来) can be dangerous，both for dolphins and humans.
10．Rescue biologist Brittany Baldrica said，“The goal was just to be a barrier that wasnovel(熟词生义：adj.新奇的，新颖的) to the animal...”
11．But what(引导主语从句) makes these Chinese online novels different from online novels
sourced(熟词生义：v.从……获得) from other countries?
12．Another interesting and popular element of these novels that tends to crop up(突然出现)
again and again is the idea of transmigration，or traveling to another world.
