ListenThisWayBook2Unit7文本及答案

1、TapescriptListe n This Way (Book 2)Unit 7 Choice Versus ChancePart I Getting ReadyA. Words & phrasesB Complete the flow diagramA . Go to uni versityB. Leave schoolC. Become a teacherD. Go into the armyE. Look for a new jobF. Work as a clerk in a small officeG Fi nish the uni versity courseKey:at 18B

2、from 18 to 20Eat 20DAt 25AAt 29Gafter graduati on CNowETapescript:Man: I suppose my careers a bit unusual because I went to university when I was twenty-five a lot later than most people go. When I left school, I went straight out to work: I worked as a clerk in a small office. My father criticized

3、me, I remember, for not going on study ing while I had the cha nee, but I wan ted to earn myself some mon ey. Any way, that job did nt last long because I had to go into the army when I was twenty. I stayed in for five years. I dont know what good my uni versity course did because rm un employed now

4、. Oh, I know I got a job whe n I fini shed my uni versity course I was twenty-nine the n but it did nt last long. Well, I n ever really thought I would enjoy teachi ng very much. So, as I say, Im unemployed now and looking for something else.Part II Summer jobsA. Answer the questions:B. Write in the

5、 missing words.Tapescript:Interviewer: And Christine, what about you? What have you been doing this summer?Christine: Working, mostly.Interviewer: You mean youve been studying?Christine: Oh no, Ive been doing a job to earn money.Interviewer: And have you made your fortune yet?Christ ine: Hardly! But

6、 I have nt done too badl y. Ive bee n gett ing about 70 a week, plus my meals and my accommodati on, so r ve ear ned over 500 and Ive managed to save most of it.Interviewer: That sounds pretty good. What kind of work have you been doing exactly?Christine:Ive been working in a hotel.Interviewer: what

7、, as a waitress?Christine: No. Ive been helping in the kitchen most of the time washing and peeling vegetables, preparing breakfast trays, washing up that sort of thing.Interviewer: And have you been enjoying it? Or has it been rather boring?Christine: No, it hasnt been too bad. Ive found it quite i

8、nteresting here, in fact. Not so much the work itself, but the people Ive got to know and the friends Ive made, and Ive managed to do lots of things in my spare time too. Its a seaside town, so theres been quite a lot going on in the evenings you know, dancing, bowling, cinemas, and so on and on my

9、afternoons off Ive been doing quite a bit of sunbathing and swimming.Interviewer: Yes, I can see youve got quite brown. Youve obviously been having some reasonable weather here. Now what about Kevin here? Kevin, youve managed to get a fantastic suntan. How have you been spending your time here? Have

10、 you been doing a holiday job?Kevin: Yes, Ive been working down on the beach. I like an outdoor job. Ive been mostly hiring out deck chairs you know, going round collecting the money, but Ive also beenselling papers.Interviewer: And have you earned a lot of money?Kevin: Not a lot. I came here for a

11、cheap holiday more than anything else. My brothers the one whos been making money this summer.In terviewer: Has he bee n worki ng here in Bright on too?Kevin:No, hes in Italy working as a courier for a travel firm. Hes been takingAmerica ns round Italy on coach tours and hav ing a fan tastic time. A

12、nd one of them has invited him to go and work in America next summer.In terviewer:Lucky him!Part III Jobs: my idea of hell, my idea of heavenA. Tick the places that they consider as hell.Key (to the choices)Places that offer job vacanciesan abattoir Van AIDS cli nica factory Va nu clear power pla nt

13、 Va cas inoa uni versitya chicke n battery VB. Write down their ideal jobs.Ideal jobsFirst speaker: television reporter, archaeologist, anthropologistSecond speakerthird basema n for New York MetsThird speaker: photographerC. Complete the chart.Key:Reasons given for jobs undesirableReasons given for

14、 jobs desirable1s speaker It would be repetitive. It would drive me mad. I m paid a lot ofioney. I can travel and see differe nt coun tries.2nd speaker It would be so bori ng. It would be too much responsibility for me. The New York Mets is the best baseball team in the world._rd.3 speaker I could b

15、e incapable of I can have an opportunitydoing it. It would be like a form of torture.to work with people. I can be independent and work on my own.Tapescript:My Idea of Hell:1st speaker: I thi nk my idea of hell would be, to be, to have a job where I had to do the same thi ng over and over aga in lik

16、e somebody work ing in aactory just picking up one thing from one place and putting it into another and this just going on and on, day in and day out, if it was that kind of job I would just go mad.2nd speaker: Well, I think the thing I would least like to do given an option of anything in the world

17、 would be to be the guy who sits in anuclear power station watching for it to start melting down, you know, the guys who sit there in front of those, thats just you know its a revolt ing thing any way but can you imagi ne the boredom and the responsibility at the same time, it would just be complete

18、ly terrible, Id hate that.3rd speaker: I think, I think the job I . I dont actually think I would be capable of doing it is to be work as the killi ng pers on in an abattoir. (I dont actually thi nk I would be capable of doing it: to work as the killi ng pers on in an abattoir.) I think that would b

19、e my, my, er, its self-expla natory why I could nt do it. I th. .I cant imagi ne how people actually do it. I met somebody once who erm was one of the people that went into erm er a chicke n battery and theyd spe nd all ni ght they were only worki ng ni ght shift and just kill chicke ns and and I ju

20、st could nt comprehe nd how they managed to do that and how they stayed sane. That would be the worst thing. I think itd be torture in more ways than one.My Idea of Heaven:1st speaker: On the other hand it would be wonderful to have a job where you are paid a lot of money and you could travel to dif

21、ferent countries someone like a television reporter or an archaeologistor an anthropologist. I mean those are the exciting kinds of jobs Id like to have . I cant pinpoint one but it has to be a job where I can travel and see different countries and have time to actually stay in those countries and l

22、earn a little about those countries and visit exciting places.2nd speaker: What would I like to do? Well I guess probably the best job in the world would be to play for the New York Mets. You cant beat that. you just cant beat that. third baseman for the New York Mets. The Mets? Oh theyre a baseball

23、 team. best baseball team in the world.3rd speaker: To choose another sort of job that I would really like. I would very much like to be a photographer, erm because it would give me an opportunity to work with people but at the same time be independent still and thats the thing that I always need. I

24、 need to be independent, be able to work on my own and be amongst other people, very much like you, I think, that I have to have other contact but like to get on with wha. with my own thing.Part IV More about the topic: Occupational OutlookSupply the missing words.Part V Memory test: Wholl Get the J

25、ob?A. Answer the following questions.B. Answer the following questions.C. Answer the following questions.Tapescript:(Jane Langley is being interviewed by Mrs. Grey, the personnel Manager, and Mr. Toms.)Mr. Toms: Yes, I see. Good. Good.Mrs. Grey: Miss Langley, I see that your last employer, Mr. Carmi

26、chaes, described you as “conscientious”. Do you think you are?Jane: Well, I certainly try to be. I have a set routine for the day in the office which means that I know exactly all the jobs that I have to do. And if conscientious means being extremely careful and paying attention to details, then yes

27、, I supposeIm conscientious.Mr. Toms: But he said too that you could “adapt quickly to change,”Did you leave because they were making changes, or what?Jane: No, not at all. They made a lot of changes while I was there. I m afraid I became unhappy because I wanted something more challenging.Mrs. Grey

28、: I assumeyou wanted something like the job of Senior Secretary that were offering.Jane: Yes, thats right.(Michael James is being interviewed now by the same two people.)Mrs. Grey: . and according to your last employer, Mr. Smith, you “tend to be a little impatient at times”.Michael: Well, perhaps I

29、 am, perhaps Im not. Some of the others in the office there were so slow!Mr. Toms: Yes, yes. I like a person who wants to get on with the job.Mrs. Grey: Mr. James, what like to know is Mr. Toms: Excuse me, Mrs. Grey, but I wanted to ask Mr. James about his sport.Youre a keen footballer, I understand.Michael:Oh, yes. I play regularly twice a week. An