高中必修一 · 第 11 课
选择你自己的路 Choose Your Own Road
职业规划讲座之后，同学们开始模拟面试。原来面试官最想听的，不是完美的答案，而是真实的故事。
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职业规划讲座之后，同学们开始模拟面试。原来面试官最想听的，不是完美的答案，而是真实的故事。 读课文，先自己理解，再点 🔊 听朗读。
Choose Your Own Road
The career planning seminar had ended, but the real lesson was just beginning: mock interviews. Each student would face a panel of three teachers pretending to be employers. 'You will have ten minutes,' the organiser announced. 'And one piece of advice: the interview does not begin when you sit down. It begins when you open the door.' The students exchanged nervous glances.
职业规划讲座结束了，但真正的课程才刚刚开始：模拟面试。每个学生要面对三位扮成雇主的老师。“你们有十分钟，”组织者宣布，“一条建议：面试不是从你坐下时开始的，而是从你推开门时开始的。”学生们交换着紧张的眼神。
Jack went first. He shook hands, sat down, and answered every question about his skills with energy. But when they asked about his weakness, he froze. 'I do not have weaknesses,' he said finally. The panel smiled. 'Then we have found one,' the interviewer said. 'Honesty is a skill. Next time, tell us about a weakness you are working on — that is a strength in disguise.'
Jack 第一个上场。他握手、坐下，充满活力地回答每个关于技能的问题。但当被问及弱点时，他愣住了。“我没有弱点，”他最后说。面试小组笑了：“那我们就发现了一个。诚实是一种技能。下次，告诉我们一个你正在改进的弱点——那是伪装的优点。”
Lily's interview was about her dream to study literature. When asked why she wanted the job at a publishing house, she said: 'Because books saved me once, and I want to spend my life returning the favour.' The panel was silent for a moment. Later, one of the teachers told her: 'That was not a rehearsed answer. That was a real one. In interviews, the real answers always win.'
Lily 的面试围绕她学习文学的梦想。被问到为什么想要出版社的工作时，她说：“因为书曾经拯救过我，我想用一生来偿还这份恩情。”面试小组沉默了片刻。后来，一位老师告诉她：“那不是排练过的答案，那是真实的答案。在面试中，真实的答案总是赢。”
Han Mei answered every question with calm and detail, quoting her volunteer work and her science projects. But her voice wavered when they asked about failure. She took a breath and told them about the coral robot that lost the competition. 'I learned that listening matters more than winning,' she finished. 'And I learned that my team was proud of me anyway.'
Han Mei 平静而详细地回答每个问题，引用她的志愿工作和科学项目。但当被问到失败时，她的声音有些颤抖。她深吸一口气，讲了珊瑚机器人输掉比赛的事。“我学到倾听比获胜更重要，”她说完，“我还学到，我的团队依然为我骄傲。”
Li Lei's interview was the longest. The panel asked him to describe a time he had taken initiative. He told them about the marine club and the listening robot. 'It was not my idea alone,' he said. 'It was everyone's idea, and I was the one who wrote it down. I think leadership is sometimes just the courage to say: let us try.' The panel nodded, and one of them wrote something on a piece of paper.
李雷的面试最长。面试小组请他描述一次主动行动的经历。他讲了海洋社和聆听机器人。“那不单是我的主意，”他说，“是每个人的主意，而我只是把它写下来的人。我认为领导力有时只是说“让我们试试”的勇气。”面试小组点头，其中一人在纸上写了什么。
Afterwards, the students gathered for feedback. 'You were all nervous,' the organiser said. 'Good. Nerves mean you care. And you all told true stories — that is rarer than perfect answers.' Li Lei walked home slowly, thinking. His first mock interview had taught him more than any lecture: a career is not a script. It is a conversation that lasts a lifetime. And the best way to start it is to be yourself, out loud.
之后，学生们聚在一起听反馈。“你们都很紧张，”组织者说，“很好。紧张说明你在乎。而你们都讲了真实的故事——这比完美的答案更难得。”李雷慢慢走回家，思考着。第一次模拟面试教给他的比任何讲座都多：职业不是剧本，而是一场持续一生的对话。开始它的最好方式，就是大声做自己。
📖 读后理解（0/6）
1. What did the students face after the career planning seminar?
2. What mistake did Jack make about his weakness?
3. What did Lily say about books?
4. What did Han Mei learn from losing the competition?
5. What did Li Lei say leadership sometimes is?
6. What did the organiser say about nerves?
3语法小课堂：全语法综合（虚拟语气专题）
虚拟语气三种时间
现在 were/did / 过去 had done / 将来 were to do
If I were the interviewer, I would hire her. （如果我是面试官，我会录用她。）
If he had prepared for the interview, he would have got the job. （如果他准备了面试，他就能得到工作。）
If it were to rain tomorrow, we would stay inside. （如果明天下雨，我们就待在屋里。）
⚠️ 虚拟倒装：省略 if 时，were/had/should 提前（Had he known...）。
wish / if only / as if
wish + 过去式 / had done / would do
I wish I had chosen engineering. （真希望我当初选了工程。）
If only the interview had gone better! （要是面试更顺利就好了！）
He acts as if he owned the company. （他表现得好像他拥有公司似的。）
⚠️ wish 后时态“后退一步”：现在→过去式，过去→had done，将来→would do。
👨🏫Cozy 老师说：高中语法重在「在语境中理解」——多读课文里的例句，语法自然就活了。
4课后练习（0/13）
1. If I ___ the interviewer, I would hire her.
2. If he ___ for the interview, he would have got the job.
3. If it ___ to rain tomorrow, we would stay inside.
4. I wish I ___ engineering.
5. If only the interview ___ gone better!
6. He acts as if he ___ the company.
7. The interview begins when you ___ the door.
8. Honesty is a ___ , said the interviewer.
9. In interviews, the ___ answers always win.
10. I learned that listening matters more than ___ .
11. Leadership is sometimes the courage ___ 'let us try'.
12. Nerves mean you ___ .
13. Had he prepared earlier, he ___ more confident.