英语听力教程(第2册)Unit6听力原文

Unit6听力原文PartIBTellmeaboutyourself.Whatdoyouthinkareyourstrengthsandweaknesses?Wehavealotofapplicantsforthisjob,whyshouldweappointyou?Whathasbeenyourmostvaluableexperience?Howwouldyoudescribeyourpersonality?Whendidyoulastloseyourtemper?Describewhathappened.Whichismoreimportanttoyou:statusormoney?Howlongdoyouthinkyoudstaywithusifyouwereappointed?Whydoyouwanttoleaveyourpresentjob?Whatmakesyouthinkyou'enjoyworkingforus?Areyouanambitiousperson?Whatwouldyouliketobedoingtenyearsfromnow?Whatareyoumostproudofhavingdoneinyourpresentjob?Whatwastheworstproblemyouhavehadinyourpresentjobandhowdidyousolveit?Whatisthebestideayou'hadinthepastmonth?Whatisyourworstfaultandwhatisyourbestquality?Dontyouthinkyou'realittleyoungforthisjob?Whatareyourlong-rangegoals?Describeyourpresentjob—whatdoyoufindrewardingaboutit?Now,whatdoyoudoinyoursparetime?Whatexcitesyouaboutthejobyou'redoingnow?Whatworriesyouaboutthejobyou'doingnow?Describeyouridealboss.Howwouldyourateyourpresentboss?CApersonwholikestogiveorsharethingswithothers.Someonewhoalwaystellsthetruth.Apersonwhoisquickatlearningnewthings.Someonewhoisalwaysontime.Apersonwhocan'keepasecret.Someonewhodoesnotthinkaboutotherpeople'sfeeling.Apersonwhospeaksinaverydirectandhonestway.Someonewhoiseducatedorhasgoodmanners.Apersonwhocomesupwithnewandoriginalideas.Someonewhohasastrongdesiretosucceed.PartIITwogirlstalkingonthephoneClara:Thatnumberhasbeenengagedforages.Nobodycanbethatpopular.Iwonderifhernumber'beenchanged.IthinkItryagain(Dialling)Sue:3346791Clara:Isthatyousue?Sue:Who'callingClara:ThisisClara,ClaraFulkson.Don'rememberme?Sue:Clara!OfcourseIrememberyou.Howareyou?Ihaven'fromyouforatleast2years.Whatareyoudoing?Clara:Nothingveryexciting.That

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onereasonI'mringing.Ineedsomeadvice.Sue:Advice?Hm...That'agoodone.I'vjustbeensacked(Pips)Clara:There

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(a)pips.HangonSue.(Insertacoin)Whatdoyoumeanyou'vejustbeensacked?Sue,youarethemostsuccessfulwomanIknow.Sue:That

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talkaboutyou.Yousaidyouneededsomeadvice.Clara:Icertainlydo.Iwanttoaskyouaboutinterviews.Haveyouhad(a)lotsofthem?Sue:Yes,Ihave.ToomanyClara:Socouldyoutellmethesortofquestionsyouareusuallyasked?Sue:Letmethink.Thefirsttenquestionsarealmostalwaysthesame.Icallthemthewhy

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,how

'andwhere's.(pipsagain)Clara:Notagain,Dongoaway,Sue,Iegotonemorecoin.(Insertonemorecoin)AreyouthereSue?Sue:Yes,I'mstillhere?Clara:Sorry,Ididn

understandwhatyouweretellingme.Couldyourepeatit?Sue:It'boring.Buthereyouare.I'malwaysasked:whyIwanttoleavemypresentjob;whyI'minterestedinthenewjob;howIintendtogettowork;howlongIintendtostayatthejob;WhereIlive;whereIwenttoschool;howmuchImpaidinmypresentjob;howmuchIexpecttobepaidinthenewjob.Oh,yes.I'malwaysaskedifI'mmarried.(pipsagain)Clara:Thatisit,Sue.Nomorecoins.I'llwritetoyousoon.Andmanythanks.Questions:Whatarethemanesofthetwospeakers?Wheremightthecallermakethephonecall?Howmanycoinsdidthecallerinsert?4.Howlonghaven

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thetwogirlsseeneachotherfor?5.Howmanywhy'how'sandwhere'scanyouremember?Placeatickbyallthequestionsyoucanremember.PartIIIAgoodinterviewA.Interviewer:Goodmorning,Miss...MissJones:MissJones.Interviewer:MissJones,yes,right.Now,you'dliketojoinourteam,Igather.MissJones:Yes,Iwould.Interviewer:That'verygood.I'dliketoknowalittlebitaboutyou.Perhapsyoucouldtellmealittlebitaboutyoureducation.欢迎下载

2MissJones:Ohyes.Ileftschoolat18andforthefirsttwoyearsIwenttoGibsons.They'reanengineeringfirm.Andafterthat,Ididaone-yearfull-timePAcourseandwentbacktoGibsons.IwasPAtotheExportDirector.Istayedtherefortwoyearsandthenmovedontomypresentcompany.That'sEuropaMarketing.AndI'vebeenwiththemforthreeyearsnow,firstworkingwiththeMarketingDirectorandnowI'mwiththeSalesDirector.Interviewer:That'sailveryinteresting.MissJones.Ienjoyedmostatschool?

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liketoknowwhatwasthecoursethatyouMissJones:ForeignIanguages.WedidFrenchandGerman.Interviewer:AndareyouquitefluentinthoseIanguagesnowor...?MissJones:Yes,abitrustynow,butobviouslythemoretravelIcandothemoreIcanusemyIanguagesandI'dliketolearnanotherIanguage.I'liketoaddItalianaswell.Interviewer:Italian?MissJones:Yes.Interviewer:Verygood,thatmightbeveryuseful.Nowtellmealittlebitabouttheworkyoudoingatpresent.MissJones:WellEuropaMarketingisamarketingandpublicrelationscompanyandtheydo

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econsultancyworkforcompaniesoperatingintheUKandEuropeanmarkets.Ourclientscomefromallovertheworld.Iassistthesalesdirectorbyarrangingthesevisits,settingupmeetingsandpresentationsandIdealwithhercorrespondence.I

enotbeenabletogowithheronanyofhertripsabroad,butI'vebeentothefirmsinthiscountry,severaltimesonmyowntomakethesearrangements.Interviewer:Itsoundsasifyou'reveryhappythere,MissJones.I'mcuriouswhyyouthemandjoinourcompany.

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liketoleaveMissJones:WellIknowAnglo-Europeanhasaverygoodreputation.AndIfeelthatIwouldhavemorescopeandopportunityinyourcompanyandthattheworkwillbemorechallengingforme.ImightbeabletotravelandusemyIanguagesbecauseatthemomentmostofmyworkisratherroutinesecretarial-typeworkandIliketheideaofmorechallengesinmylifereally...B.Interviewer:Goodmorning,Miss...MissJones:MissJones.Goodmorning.Interviewer:MissJones,yes,right.Hi.Um...now,you'liketojoinourteam,Igather.MissJones:Yes,Iwould.Interviewer:That'...that'good.Er...I'dliketoknowalittlebitaboutyou.Perhapsyoucouldtellme...perhapswecouldstart...ifyoucouldtellmealittlebitaboutyoureducation.MissJones:Ohyes,right.Well,Ileftschoolat18andforthefirsttwoyearsIwenttoGibsons,youmightknowthem,they'anengineeringfirm.(An,yes,right.)Um...andafterthat,Iwantedtodoacourse,soId...Ididaone-yearfull-timePAcourseandwentbacktoGibsons.IwasPAtotheExportDirector.Istayedthereforanothertwoyearsand...andthenImovedontomypresentcompany.Um...that

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EuropaMarketing...um...Mr.Adair,themarketingdirector,offeredmeajobbecauseGibsonshad...hadworkedquitealotwithEuropaMarketing.(Oh,yes,Europe'bigbusiness.)AndI'vebeenwiththemforthreeyearsnow...um...firstwiththeMarketingDirectorand...andnowI'mwiththeSalesDirector.Interviewer:That'allveryinteresting,MissJones.Um...I...I'dliketoknow,whatdidyouenjoy欢迎下载

3mostatschool?Whatwasthecoursethatyouenjoyedmost?MissJones:Ah...foreignIanguagesIlikedbest.(ForeignIanguages.)WedidFrenchandGerman.Yes.Interviewer:Mhm.Andareyouquitefluentinthosenowor...?MissJones:Yes,abitrustynow,but...um...obviouslythemoretravelIcandothemoreIcanusemyIanguagesandI'dliketolearnanotherIanguage.I

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liketoaddItalianaswell.Interviewer:Italian?MissJones:Yes.Interviewer:Verygood,verygood,that...thatmightbeveryuseful.Now...er...tellmealittlebitabout...er...theworkyou'redoingatpresent.MissJones:Um...well...er...EuropaMarketingisamarketingandpublic...publicrelationscompanyandtheydo...theydoconsultancyworkforcompaniesoperatingintheUKandEuropeanmarkets.Er...ourclientscomefromallovertheworld...um...wedealwithsomeofthemby...bypost,butmostofthemcometoourofficesandatleastonceduringaproject.Iassistthesalesdirectorbyarrangingthesevisits,settingupmeetingsandpresentationsandI...Idealwithhercorrespondence.Ienotbeenabletogowithheronany...onanyofhertripsabroad,butI...Iebeentofirmsinthiscountry,severaltimesonmyown...um...tomakethesearrangements.Interviewer:Itsoundsasifyou'reveryhappythere,MissJones.I'mcuriouswhyyou'liketoleavethemandjoinourcompany.MissJones:Well...um...IknowthereputationofAnglo-Europeanandithasaverygoodreputation.AndIfeelthatIwouldhavemorescopeandopportunityinyourcompanyandthattheworkwillbemorechallengingforme.ImightbeabletopossiblytravelandusemyIanguagesbecauseatthemomentmostofmyworkis...isratherroutinesecretarial-typeworkandIliketheideaofmore...um...challengesinmylifereally...PartIVAAtinterviewthefirstthingthatInoticeishowthepersonsettlesdown,andwhentheysitdown.Dotheyimmediatelyrushintotheroom,grabachairwithoutbeinginvitedtositdown?Aretheynervous?Dotheyspendalotoftimefiddlingwiththeirhands,brushingtheirhairback,holdingtheirpen,tappingitonthetable?Obviouslyeveryoneisnervousatinterviewandyoumakeallowancesforthat,butifitcontinuesthroughoutthewholeinterviewthenyouhavetoaskyourselfwhatwilltheybelikeinanormaljob?econdthingthatIlookforis:Dotheylookatyou?Dotheymakeeyecontact?Becauseiftheywon'atyouinajobwhichdependsonmakingagoodimpression,thenprobablyinthejobtheywon'doverywellintermsofmakingcontactandhavinggoodrelationswithothercolleagues.Thesortofpersonnormallywewouldlookforwouldbesomeonewhowas,open,outgoing,enthusiasticandwhocouldtalkintelligentlyaboutwhattheyhaddoneandwhattheyhopedtodo.Thatdoesn'tmeanthattheyhavetohavehadalotofexperieneebutthattheyshouldbeabletoreflectonwhateverexperiencethey'vehad.heotherkindsofthingsthatwemighttalkaboutinaninterviewofcoursearewhatthepersonexpectstogetfromanewjob,andIthinkthatitisimportantbecauseitshowstheexpectationsthatthepersonhas-whattheywantfromtheirjob.It'sinterestingtohearwhypeoplewanttochange欢迎下载

4jobs.B...Butasimportantasqualificationsare,andyouwon

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gettoaninterviewwithoutthequalifications,themostimportantthinginfactisthecharacterandhowapersonpresentsthemselvesatinterview.IfinditverydifficulttodefineexactlythesortofpersonIamlookingfor,butwhenImeetsomeoneIcantellwhethertheyarethesortofpersonthatIwouldliketoappointorwhethertheyarenot.AtinterviewthefirstthingthatInoticeishowthepersonsettlesdown,whentheysitdown.Dotheyimmediatelyrushintotheroom,grabachairwithoutbeinginvitedtositdown?Aretheynervous?Um,dotheyspendalotoftimefiddlingwiththeirhands,brushingtheirhairback,erholdingtheirpen,tappingitonthetable?Obviouslyeveryoneisnervousatinterviewandyoumakeallowancesforthat,butifitcontinuesthroughoutthewholeinterviewthenofcourseyouhavetoaskyourselfifthey'relikethisafter,say,anhourofinterview,whatwilltheybelikeinanormaljob?SecondthingthatIlookforis:Dotheylookatyou?Dotheymakeeyecontact?Becauseiftheywon

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lookatyouinajobwherein,inasituationwhereajobdependson,onthemmakingagoodimpression,thenprobablyinthejobtheywon

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doverywellintermsofmaking,er,good,makingcontactwithothercolleagues,making,havinggoodrelationswithothercolleagues.Thesortofpersonnormallywewouldlookforwouldbesomeonewhowas,open,outgoing,enthusiasticandwhocouldtalkintelligentlyaboutwhattheyhaddoneandwhattheyhopedtodo.Thatdoesnmeanthattheyhavetohavehadalotofexperieneebutthattheyshouldbeabletoreflectonwhateverexperieneethey

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ehad.Theotherkindsof,ofumthingsthatwemighttalkaboutinaninterviewofcoursearewhat,erwhatthepersonexpectstogetfromanewjobinanewcountry,andthatIthinkisimportantbecauseitshowstheexpectationsthatthepersonhas——whattheywantfromtheirjob.Umit'sinterestingtohearwhypeoplewanttochangejobs,whytheywanttogotoanewcountry.PartVWho'GettheJob?(JaneLangleyisbeinginterviewedbyMrs.Grey,thePersonnelManager,andMr.Toms.)Mr.Toms:Yes,Isee.Good.Good.Mrs.Grey:MissLangley,Iseethatyourlastemployer,Mr.Carmichaes,describedyouasconscientious

”.Doyouthinkyouare?Jane:Well,Icertainlytrytobe.IhaveasetroutineforthedayintheofficewhichmeansthatIknowexactlyallthejobsthatIhavetodo.Andifconscientiousmeansbeingexrtemelycarefulandpayingattentiontodetail,thenyes,IsupposeI'mconscientious.Mr.Toms:Buthesaidtoothatyoucouldadaptquicklytochangemakingchanges,orwhat?

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DidyouleavebecausetheywereJane:No,notatall.TheymadealotofchangeswhileIwasthere.IbecauseIwantedsomethingmorechallenging.

'mafraidIbecameunhappyMrs.Grey:IassumeyouwantedsomethinglikethejobofSeniorSecretarythatwe'reoffering.Jane:Yes,