新世纪大学英语视听说教程5听力原文(部分).doc

Track 5-1-3 C. Now listen to the whole interview. Circle the correct words or phrases to complete each sentence according to what each speaker says.Cynthia: And welcome back to Book Talk on WKRZ. Im your host Cynthia Marques, and this morning well be reviewing Corinne Maiers French bestseller Bonjour Paresse - which translates into English as Hello Laziness. Maiers book, Hello Laziness, takes a humorous look at the corporate workplace, and encourages readers to do as little as possible when theyre at work. Joining me to discuss the book are David Sorenson, a journalist for City Tithes magazine, and Marc Pryce, a professor of social psychology at Bower University So, lets start with Maiers opinion in Hello Laziness that we work because we have to - because we need the money, not because most of us love out jobs. David, what are your thoughts about this?David: I completely agree with that . I mean, the fact is, most of us do go to work for the paycheck . not because we love our jobs . we need money to live. yntbia: Are you speaking from personal experience?David: Oh absolutely! Who hasnt felt this way - especially if youve worked in a boring job with little chance of advancement? . Anyway, I thought that Maier dealt with the subject of office work in a very witty, amusing way in her book. 1 laughed out loud several times while reading it.Cynthia: Can you give us an example?David: Of what made me laugh? Well, for instance, she gives all of these wonderful tips for doing as little as possible at work - things like pretending to be a smoker so that you can take frequent five-minute breaks.Cynthia: Thats a good one.David: . Or . um . hiding a magazine inside a large work manual.Cynthia: Right, her tips were funny . So what about you, Marc? What did you think of the book?Marc: Well, in places, it was humorous, no question. But overall, I found it to be rather negative - in spite of the humor.Cynthia: What bothered you about the book? Can you think of a specific example?Marc: Well, one thing Maier says in her book is to be nice to temporary workers. Why? Because they are the only ones who do any real work. In other words, the other people in the company are all just modern-day slaves .They arent doing anything meaningful.David: Now I think thats pretty funny.Marc: And then theres another tip from the author: Never accept a position of responsibility. She says that youll just have to work extra hard for little money. Instead of encouraging people to figure out what else they could be doing with their lives, she tells them its better to just goof off at work. 1 didnt really find that very funny, 1 guess.David: Yes, but Maier is being ironic, Marc .Marc: I know what youre saying, David, but what Im getting at is that Maiers book encourages people to just give up. She claims that its pointless to try to change things in the workplace . you know, that you can be replaced by another person at any time. Her message is that you cant get ahead in todays workplace, and youll probably be laid off eventually, so why bother.David: Yes, but Maier wasnt trying to write a self-help book, Marc. When she tells us to go for the most useless position in the company so that you wont have to work too hard . well, shes not being entirely serious. Its kind of a joke.Cynthia: Well, I can see that our listeners are going to have to read the book and decide for themselves. Thank you both for joining us today.Track 5-1-8C. Pair work. Now listen to the whole interview. Pay special attention to what Resende said towards the end of the interview. Who do you think may have said each statement below7 Write the persons name. Then compare your answers with a partner and give your reasons.Interviewer: Why dont we start off by talking a little about how you developed your interest in food and cooking?Resende: We!l, food has always been my passion. As a child, ! used to love preparing meals with my grandmother, who was from Brazil. And as I got older, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen, experimenting with different dishes Thai soups, German tortes, Italian pastas.Interviewer: But you never considered a career in the culinary arts7Resende: Not at all. You know, as a kid, I grew up learning that a person went to college and got a job in business, law, or something like that. Telling my parents that ! wanted to study food wouldve been impossible. They never would have agreed.Interviewer: So, fast forward to the present. Youre now a business development manager for an international technology company. !t doesnt exactly sound like the career you dreamed of. Tell us, how did The Mediterranean came into your life?Resende: About three years ago, I moved into an apartment around the corner from this store its a lovely little place that specializes in imported food from Greece, Spain, and Italy. Theres a deli as well. Anyway, id drop in there once a week or so to pick up different items. But the next thing you knew, i was talking with the owner, Alex Kanellos, about a cheese or a certain wine. Then one day, he jokingly suggested that i work in the deli since I had all of these ideas. I just laughed when he said it, but when I got home, ! couldnt stop thinking that maybe this part-time job was an opportunity in erviewer: So you took the job?Resende: Oh yeah. ! went to the deli the next morning. I had butterflies in my stomach. ! kept thinking . Im thirty years old and Im taking a part-time job in a deli. What am I doing? When I asked Mr. Kanellos if he was serious about letting me work there part-time, he looked a little surprised at first. But then, Mr. Kanellos handed me an apron, and the rest is history, so to speak, ive been working there every Saturday for the last couple of years. Interviewer: What led to your decision to buy the deli? Resende: About eight months ago, Mr. Kanellos mentioned that he was getting ready to retire, and was going to sell the place. So, l started thinking . lf hes going to sell it to someone, why not me? When l approached Mr. Kanellos with the idea, he was very open to it. l also think he was pleased to turn over the place to someone he knew.Interviewer: And what about your job with the tech company?Resende: Im going to stay for another three months, until Mr. Kanellos retires.Interviewer: How are your family and friends reacting to the news?Resende: My friends are really happy for me. A lot of them have jobs they cant stand - especially my friend Suki - and most would love to make a change in their lives. My boyfriend has been pretty supportive, too, though at first, he thought I was crazy to work part-time at the deli. My mom isnt thrilled, though. Shes worried about me leaving a good job to run the store, but I know that as a small businesswoman, 1 can be successful, too. Im sure shell come around!Unit 1, Lesson BForced to outsourceTV reporter: Silicon Valley software developer S. Atlantic makes no apologies for the fact that most of its work is done by engineers in India. Much of its business involves helping start-up software companies launch their products. Without Indias cost savings, those companies wouldnt exist, because venture capital firms now require software start-ups to offshore before theyll invest.OBrian: It is now a table stake for a software start-up to do a pretty large percentage of their product development with an outsourcing and offshore model. And I would say the majority of that work is done in India today, with China starting to grow quickly, and other areas as well: Eastern Europe, Latin America, other parts of South Asia.TV reporter: S. Atlantics founders are Indian immigrants, as are most of its 70 U.S. employees. Its Hyderabad, India, software developers make about a quarter of what U.S. workers would. That translates to 50% overall cost savings for its clients. The CEO of software start-up Kommendio says he had no other option.Gil: Not in Silicon Valley during one of the most - the toughest economic periods in history. Because capital is very, very tight.TV reporter: (;il says the lower costs will also speed up Kommendios development cycle by at least a year. S. Atlantics offshoring business is growing faster than it expected. The company plans to add a total of about a thousand jobs in India this year and next. S. Atlantic says hiring in the United States will be proportional, so thats less than a hundred jobs. Nationwide, information technology employment continues to struggle. At the end of the first quarter, it was 2% higher than last year, and thats expected to slow because tech companies plan to hire fewer than half the number of workers they did last year.OBrian: Its clear that there is a lot of creative destruction in capitalist societies and economies, and nowhere more so than in Silicon Valley. And the benefits of that sort of creative destruction, at the bottom line, are fundamentally, economic growth and more jobs in the long run.TV reporter: In the near term, however, most ofS. Atlantics jobs will be created in India.Your reporter, Fremont, California.Track 5-2-3C. Now listen to the whole conversation. Complete each sentence with words and information you hear.Mr. Young: Hi, Carrie . Joel. Its nice to meet you. Please, have a seat.Joel: Thanks, Mr. Young.Mri Young: So, is this your first time visiting with a financial advisor?Carrie: Yeah, it is for me.Joel: Me too.Mr. Young: OK, thats fine. Now, in preparation for our meeting, you were asked to do a little homework - to create a budget of sorts on your own. Did you get a chance to do that?Carrie: Yeah, we did, but it was tough. I dont see how its going to work.Mr, Young: And you, Joel? How do you fee!?Joel: Pretty much the same. But, if we dont get things under control, were going to be in big trouble.Mr. Young: From looking at your expenses, Id agree with you there. OK . next question . any idea how you got into this situation?Joel: Credit cards. We splurged last year: we bought a new entertainment center for the apartment, went on vacation to the Bahamas, I bought a new car. Basically, we spent a lot of money on things we didnt need, and now weve maxed out all our cards.Carrie: And we dont have any kind of financial plan. Were living paycheck to paycheck, Im having anxiety attacks just thinking about it. Whats going to happen if one of us loses our job?Mr. Young: Lets take this one step at a time and see if we can lessen your anxiety, OK? . The situation certainly isnt hopeless. One thing to do is to start tracking your expenses. Then, make cutting back on these expenses a priority,Carrie: Thats easier said than done . OK, so where do we start?Mr. Young: Well, the first thing to do, I think, is to eliminate some of your bigger expenses - bring down the costs . Lets see . Joel, youre making payments on a new car, arent you?Joel: Yes, I am.Mr. Young: Well, one thing Id suggest right off the bat is for you to sell that new car.Joel: Id hate to lose my car.Mr. Young: Well, get a used one then. The payments will be much more manageable.Joel: OK . I guess I can accept that . But honestly, how will we ever pay off those credit cards?Mr. Young: Hold on a second. We have to start slowly and be focused. Before you can get out of debt, you have to start spending less money in general - making some small changes. Now, lets look at your daily habits. You have cable TV, right?Joel: Yeah.Mr. Young: And what about magazine subscriptions? Did you calculate that for me?Carrie: Yep. We spend about $250 a year on magazines. The cable bill runs about . I dont know . what is it?Joel: About 50 buck a month?Carrie: I think its more like 60 . So that comes out to about $720 a year.Mr. Young: OK, so lets say we cut back on half of the magazines - thats $125 a year -plus eliminate the $720 for cable.Carrie: Wow, thats almost $900 saved over a year. And we hardly watch TV anyway.Joel: Seems doable to me.Mr. Young: This is the way we need to look at it. Now, what about entertainment - things like going to the movies, concerts, clubbing, going out to eat.? Joel: Well, we dont really go out that often. Carrie: Yeah, maybe we go to the movies or see a band somewhere once or twice a month. Joel: And we do meet friends for dinner on Saturdays, but most of the week, we eat at home. Carrie: Yeah, but we do get take-out at the Chinese restaurant about once a week. Joel: Oh yeah. And I usually grab a cup of coffee in the morning - on my way to work. Does that count?Mr. Young: You know, if you buy a cup of coffee every morning it can really add up. Just think about how much you spend every day. Now think about how much that coffee will cost you over 10 years.Joel: Wow. I had no idea.Mr. Young: Yeah . Id suggest taking your own from home.Carrie: Sounds like another great way for us to save.Mr. Young: Good! Now, about eating out and going places with friends.Track 5-2-4A. A professor is talking to his class about migrant workers. Listen to the lecture and number the topics in the order ill which they are presented. Today, we are going to start looking at the impact that migrant workers have been having around the world, and at some of the challenges that they face on both personal and institutional levels. By the end of this lecture, 1 hope you come to realize that migrant workers are not only very important to national economies but also to the global economy, and that they will continue to grow in importance as countries and companies compete more aggressively to enhance their human resources. Let me start out by giving you some statistics. Today, almost one out of every ten residents in many industrialized nations is from another country, and the number of people living and working outside their home countries has more than doubled since the mid-1970s to almost 180 million. In fact, over the last ten years, thousands of people have traveled abroad in search of opportunity, and this movement has been noticed, and even encouraged, by different countries, as I will explain later. For example, Japan and Canada, and countries in Europe, Australasia, and the Middle East are beginning to realize how important workers from abroad are to their economies. Migrant workers bring with them special skills needed in an industrialized nation, and they are also willing to do Certain jobs that many citizens wont do, such as janitorial and factory work. In addition, by working abroad and sending money home, migrant workers are helping to improve the lives of their families. Money sent home can be used to buy a house, send someone to school, or start a small business. These are opportunities that families in some countries might not have otherwise. Moreover, the money that migrant workers send home has an impact on the economies of their countries of origin. It helps to sustain, and sometimes improve, the economic we!l-being of the home country. In 2002, for example, Brazilian workers in Japan sent more money home than Brazil made by exporting coffee that year. Another statistic points out that a very small percentage of indias population, only zero point one percent (0.1%), live and work in the U.S. However, these workers earn and send back almost ten percent (10%) of indias national income. Industrialized nations that have the largest number of migrant workers are now changing their laws to make it easier for foreign workers to enter, and remain in, their countries. Many countries are now allowing dual citizenship - which was quite uncommon in the recent past, especially in developing nations. And now, a citizen of one country can live and work abroad as a citizen of another nation, and still send money back to his or her home country.Living and working in a foreign country is not easy of course, but many migrant workers have a strong sense of purpose. One man I met from Mumbai told me that although he missed being with his family, he knew that he had made the right decision to move here, and in the long run, it would be worth it. Now, are there any questions before we move on?Unit 2, Lesson BBritains migrant boomTV reporter: When the flags were raised back in May to salute the arrival often new countries in the European Union, there was one sour note. Worried at the prospect of increased immigration, many of the older EU states put restrictions on the free movement of incomers to work in their countries. But now those who didnt, like Britain, are gaining dividends.FPB official: Several British firms have actually set up shop in Poland for a few days, doing a sort of work trade, ifyou like, where people have applied for jobs and the firms found them - have signed them up, found them accommodation here, and theyre working happily.TV reporter: Handy for Poland, where unemployment runs around 20%; but good, too, for Britain, where employers back the Bank of Englands verdict that the influx of job seekers is helping to keep down interest rates.CBI official:They explain why we are continuing to see increases in employment, reductions in unemployment, without the disease we always used to have when the economy overheated: wage inflation, inflation generally, boom and bust. The economys far more flexible than it used to be, and one of the reasons is migrant workers.TV reporter: More than half those working in the UKs health service, for example, are migrant workers born overseas.CB! official: Theyre