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The excerpt included focuses on Unit 1 “Dream Job,” where Becky secures a summer receptionist position through personal connections. Discussion and reading activities guide learners through ranking summer jobs, exploring career goals, analyzing qualities of effective bosses, and building vocabulary through synonyms and antonyms. The narrative contrasts initial excitement with rapid boredom and the threat to Becky’s imagination.","SECONDARY CYCLE TWO • YEAR TWO  \nUPSHOT  \nENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE  \nStory Anthology  \nSECONDARY CYCLE TWO • YEAR TWO  \nUPSHOT  \nENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE  \nStory Anthology  \nUpshot  \nEnglish as a Second Language Secondary Cycle Two, Year Two  \nStory Anthology  \nArielle Aaronson, Cynthia Beyea, Monique Soublière  \n© 2016 TC Media Books Inc.  \nEditor: Jennifer McMorran  \nProject Manager: Paula Kielstra  \nProofreader: Nancy Perreault  \nPhoto Researcher: Rachel Irwin  \nPermissions Researcher: Marc-André Brouillard  \nCover designer: Micheline Roy  \nAcknowledgements  \nThe publisher would like to thank the following teachers for their valuable contributions to the publication of Upshot, English as a Second Language. Valérie Bilodeau, C.S. de la Côte-du-Sud Gillian Baxter, C.S. des Trois-Lacs Marie-Anne Smith, [C.S. de](C.S. de) Laval  \nBook Designer and Typesetter: Pige Communication  \nALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced by any means known or not yet known without prior permission from TC Media Books Inc.  \nAny use not expressly authorized shall constitute an infringement, which could result in legal action against the individual or institution reproducing any part of this book without permission.  \nISBN 978-2-7650-5264-7  \nLegal deposit: 1st quarter 2016  \nBibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Library and Archives Canada  \nPrinted in Canada  \n1 2 3 4 5 M 20 19 18 17 16  \nGovernment of Québec – Tax credit program for book publishing – SODEC  \nTable of Contents  \nUNIT 1 Choosing Your Path“Dream Job”  \nby Marjorie Weinman Sharmat ......................... 1  \nUNIT 2 Bright Ideas  \n“The Lottery Ticket”by Anton Chekhov .......................................11  \nUNIT 3 Home and Away  \n“Red Maple Leaves”by Svetlana Chmakova ................................. 21  \n“The Open Window”(adapted) by Saki ................................................... 35  \nUNIT 4 What Would You Do?  \nTuck Everlasting (excerpt) by Natalie Babbitt ...................................... 43  \n“Hearts and Hands”by O. Henry ............................................. 53  \nUNIT 5 Big Data, Big Brother  \nThe Bar Code Tattoo (excerpt) by Suzanne Weyn ...................................... 59  \n“True Love”  \nby Isaac Asimov ........................................ 67  \nNote: All texts are original and therefore may contain Canadian, American or British English spelling.  \nTable of Contents  iii   \n“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”  \n—Ernest Hemingway  \nDream Job  \n By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat  \nIn Unit 1, we discovered different ways that people can  \n􀀷nd their true paths. One way is to learn new skills while working for the summer. In this short story, Becky thinks she has found the perfect summer job, working asa receptionist for a publishing company. She got the job because her new boss was a good friend of her parents. All she had to do was sit at the front desk and smile. 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