英语听力教程(第2册)Unit6听力原文

Unit6听力原文

PartI

B

1.Tellmeaboutyourself.

2.Whatdoyouthinkareyourstrengthsandweaknesses

3.Wehavealotofapplicantsforthisjob,whyshouldweappointyou

4.Whathasbeenyourmostvaluableexperience

5.Howwouldyoudescribeyourpersonality

6.WhendidyoulastloseyourtemperDescribewhathappened.

7.Whichismoreimportanttoyou:statusormoney

8.Howlongdoyouthinkyou’dstaywithusifyouwereappointed

9.Whydoyouwanttoleaveyourpresentjob

10.Whatmakesyouthinkyou’denjoyworkingforus

11.Areyouanambitiousperson

12.Whatwouldyouliketobedoingtenyearsfromnow

13.Whatareyoumostproudofhavingdoneinyourpresentjob

14.Whatwastheworstproblemyouhavehadinyourpresentjobandhowdidyousolve

it

15.Whatisthebestideayou’vehadinthepastmonth

16.Whatisyourworstfaultandwhatisyourbestquality

17.Don’tyouthinkyou’realittleyoungforthisjob

18.Whatareyourlong-rangegoals

19.Describeyourpresentjob—whatdoyoufindrewardingaboutit

20.Now,whatdoyoudoinyoursparetime

21.Whatexcitesyouaboutthejobyou’redoingnow

22.Whatworriesyouaboutthejobyou’redoingnow

23.Describeyouridealboss.

24.Howwouldyourateyourpresentboss

C

1.Apersonwholikestogiveorsharethingswithothers.

2.Someonewhoalwaystellsthetruth.

3.Apersonwhoisquickatlearningnewthings.

4.Someonewhoisalwaysontime.

5.Apersonwhocan’tkeepasecret.

6.Someonewhodoesnotthinkaboutotherpeople’sfeeling.

7.Apersonwhospeaksinaverydirectandhonestway.

8.Someonewhoiseducatedorhasgoodmanners.

9.Apersonwhocomesupwithnewandoriginalideas.

10.Someonewhohasastrongdesiretosucceed.

PartIITwogirlstalkingonthephone

Clara:Thatnumberhasbeenengagedforages.Nobodycanbethatpopular.Iwonder

ifhernumber’sbeenchanged.IthinkI’lltryagain(Dialling)

Sue:3346791

Clara:Isthatyousue

Sue:Who’scalling

Clara:ThisisClara,ClaraFulkson.Don’tyourememberme

Sue:Clara!OfcourseIrememberyou.HowareyouIhaven’theardfromyouforat

least2years.Whatareyoudoing

Clara:Nothingveryexciting.That’sonereasonI’mringing.Ineedsomeadvice.

Sue:AdviceHm...That’sagoodone.I’vejustbeensacked(Pips)

Clara:There’s(a)pips.HangonSue.(Insertacoin)Whatdoyoumeanyou’vejust

beensackedSue,youarethemostsuccessfulwomanIknow.

Sue:That’sprobablywhyI’vebeensacked.Butlet’stalkaboutyou.Yousaid

youneededsomeadvice.

Clara:Icertainlydo.Iwanttoaskyouaboutinterviews.Haveyouhad(a)lots

ofthem

Sue:Yes,Ihave.Toomany

Clara:Socouldyoutellmethesortofquestionsyouareusuallyasked

Sue:Letmethink.Thefirsttenquestionsarealmostalwaysthesame.Icallthem

thewhy’s,how’sandwhere’s.

(pipsagain)

Clara:Notagain,Don’tgoaway,Sue,I’vegotonemorecoin.(Insertonemore

coin)AreyouthereSue

Sue:Yes,I’mstillhere

Clara:Sorry,Ididn’tunderstandwhatyouweretellingme.Couldyourepeatit

Sue:It’sveryboring.Buthereyouare.I’malwaysasked:whyIwanttoleave

mypresentjob;whyI’minterestedinthenewjob;howIintendtogettowork;

howlongIintendtostayatthejob;WhereIlive;whereIwenttoschool;

howmuchI‘mpaidinmypresentjob;howmuchIexpecttobepaidinthenew

job.Oh,yes.I’malwaysaskedifI’mmarried.

(pipsagain)

Clara:Thatisit,Sue.Nomorecoins.I’llwritetoyousoon.Andmanythanks.

Questions:

1.Whatarethemanesofthetwospeakers

2.Wheremightthecallermakethephonecall

3.Howmanycoinsdidthecallerinsert

4.Howlonghaven’tthetwogirlsseeneachotherfor

5.Howmanywhy’s,how’sandwhere’scanyourememberPlaceatickbyallthe

questionsyoucanremember.

PartIIIAgoodinterview

A.

Interviewer:Goodmorning,Miss...

MissJones:MissJones.

Interviewer:MissJones,yes,right.Now,you’dliketojoinourteam,Igather.

MissJones:Yes,Iwould.

Interviewer:That’sverygood.I’dliketoknowalittlebitaboutyou.Perhaps

youcouldtellmealittlebitaboutyoureducation.

MissJones:Ohyes.Ileftschoolat18andforthefirsttwoyearsIwenttoGibsons.

They’reanengineeringfirm.Andafterthat,Ididaone-yearfull-timePA

courseandwentbacktoGibsons.IwasPAtotheExportDirector.Istayedthere

fortwoyearsandthenmovedontomypresentcompany.That’sEuropaMarketing.

AndI’vebeenwiththemforthreeyearsnow,firstworkingwiththeMarketing

DirectorandnowI’mwiththeSalesDirector.

Interviewer:That’sallveryinteresting,MissJones.I’dliketoknowwhatwas

thecoursethatyouenjoyedmostatschool

MissJones:Foreignlanguages.WedidFrenchandGerman.

Interviewer:Andareyouquitefluentinthoselanguagesnowor...

MissJones:Yes,abitrustynow,butobviouslythemoretravelIcandothemore

IcanusemylanguagesandI’dliketolearnanotherlanguage.I’dliketo

addItalianaswell.

Interviewer:Italian

MissJones:Yes.

Interviewer:Verygood,thatmightbeveryuseful.Nowtellmealittlebitabout

theworkyou’redoingatpresent.

MissJones:WellEuropaMarketingisamarketingandpublicrelationscompanyand

theydoconsultancyworkforcompaniesoperatingintheUKandEuropeanmarkets.

Ourclientscomefromallovertheworld.Iassistthesalesdirectorbyarranging

thesevisits,settingupmeetingsandpresentationsandIdealwithher

correspondence.I’venotbeenabletogowithheronanyofhertripsabroad,

butI’vebeentothefirmsinthiscountry,severaltimesonmyowntomake

thesearrangements.

Interviewer:Itsoundsasifyou’reveryhappythere,MissJones.I’mcuriouswhy

you’dliketoleavethemandjoinourcompany.

MissJones:WellIknowAnglo-Europeanhasaverygoodreputation.AndIfeelthat

Iwouldhavemorescopeandopportunityinyourcompanyandthattheworkwill

bemorechallengingforme.Imightbeabletotravelandusemylanguagesbecause

atthemomentmostofmyworkisratherroutinesecretarial-typeworkandIlike

theideaofmorechallengesinmylifereally...

B.

Interviewer:Goodmorning,Miss...

MissJones:MissJones.Goodmorning.

Interviewer:MissJones,yes,right.Hi.Um...now,you’dliketojoinourteam,

Igather.

MissJones:Yes,Iwould.

Interviewer:That’s...that’sverygood.Er...I’dliketoknowalittlebit

aboutyou.Perhapsyoucouldtellme...perhapswecouldstart...ifyoucould

tellmealittlebitaboutyoureducation.

MissJones:Ohyes,right.Well,Ileftschoolat18andforthefirsttwoyears

IwenttoGibsons,youmightknowthem,they’reanengineeringfirm.(An,yes,

right.)Um...andafterthat,Iwantedtodoacourse,soId...Ididaone-year

full-timePAcourseandwentbacktoGibsons.IwasPAtotheExportDirector.

Istayedthereforanothertwoyearsand...andthenImovedontomypresent

company.Um...that’sEuropaMarketing...um...Mr.Adair,themarketing

director,offeredmeajobbecauseGibsonshad...hadworkedquitealotwith

EuropaMarketing.(Oh,yes,Europe’sgotbigbusiness.)AndI’vebeenwith

themforthreeyearsnow...um...firstwiththeMarketingDirectorand...

andnowI’mwiththeSalesDirector.

Interviewer:That’sallveryinteresting,MissJones.Um...I...I’dliketo

know,whatdidyouenjoymostatschoolWhatwasthecoursethatyouenjoyed

most

MissJones:Ah...foreignlanguagesIlikedbest.(Foreignlanguages.)WedidFrench

andGerman.Yes.

Interviewer:Mhm.Andareyouquitefluentinthosenowor...

MissJones:Yes,abitrustynow,but...um...obviouslythemoretravelIcan

dothemoreIcanusemylanguagesandI’dliketolearnanotherlanguage.I’d

liketoaddItalianaswell.

Interviewer:Italian

MissJones:Yes.

Interviewer:Verygood,verygood,that...thatmightbeveryuseful.Now...er...

tellmealittlebitabout...er...theworkyou’redoingatpresent.

MissJones:Um...well...er...EuropaMarketingisamarketingandpublic...

publicrelationscompanyandtheydo...theydoconsultancyworkforcompanies

operatingintheUKandEuropeanmarkets.Er...ourclientscomefromallover

theworld...um...wedealwithsomeofthemby...bypost,butmostofthem

cometoourofficesandatleastonceduringaproject.Iassistthesales

directorbyarrangingthesevisits,settingupmeetingsandpresentationsand

I...Idealwithhercorrespondence.I’venotbeenabletogowithheronany...

onanyofhertripsabroad,butI...I’vebeentofirmsinthiscountry,several

timesonmyown...um...tomakethesearrangements.

Interviewer:Itsoundsasifyou’reveryhappythere,MissJones.I’mcuriouswhy

you’dliketoleavethemandjoinourcompany.

MissJones:Well...um...IknowthereputationofAnglo-Europeanandithasa

verygoodreputation.AndIfeelthatIwouldhavemorescopeandopportunity

inyourcompanyandthattheworkwillbemorechallengingforme.Imightbe

abletopossiblytravelandusemylanguagesbecauseatthemomentmostofmy

workis...isratherroutinesecretarial-typeworkandIliketheideaofmore...

um...challengesinmylifereally...

PartⅣ

A

AtinterviewthefirstthingthatInoticeishowthepersonsettlesdown,and

whentheysitdown.Dotheyimmediatelyrushintotheroom,grabachairwithout

beinginvitedtositdownAretheynervousDotheyspendalotoftimefiddlingwith

theirhands,brushingtheirhairback,holdingtheirpen,tappingitonthetable

Obviouslyeveryoneisnervousatinterviewandyoumakeallowancesforthat,but

ifitcontinuesthroughoutthewholeinterviewthenyouhavetoaskyourselfwhat

willtheybelikeinanormaljob

SecondthingthatIlookforis:DotheylookatyouDotheymakeeyecontact

Becauseiftheywon’tlookatyouinajobwhichdependsonmakingagoodimpression,

thenprobablyinthejobtheywon’tdoverywellintermsofmakingcontactand

havinggoodrelationswithothercolleagues.Thesortofpersonnormallywewould

lookforwouldbesomeonewhowas,open,outgoing,enthusiasticandwhocouldtalk

intelligentlyaboutwhattheyhaddoneandwhattheyhopedtodo.Thatdoesn’tmean

thattheyhavetohavehadalotofexperiencebutthattheyshouldbeabletoreflect

onwhateverexperiencethey’vehad.

Theotherkindsofthingsthatwemighttalkaboutinaninterviewofcourse

arewhatthepersonexpectstogetfromanewjob,andIthinkthatitisimportant

becauseitshowstheexpectationsthatthepersonhas-whattheywantfromtheirjob.

It’sinterestingtohearwhypeoplewanttochangejobs.

B

...Butasimportantasqualificationsare,andyouwon’tgettoaninterview

oratleastpeoplewon’tgettoaninterviewwithoutthequalifications,themost

importantthinginfactisthecharacterandhowapersonpresentsthemselvesat

interview.IfinditverydifficulttodefineexactlythesortofpersonIamlooking

for,butwhenImeetsomeoneIcantellwhethertheyarethesortofpersonthat

Iwouldliketoappointorwhethertheyarenot.

AtinterviewthefirstthingthatInoticeishowthepersonsettlesdown,when

theysitdown.Dotheyimmediatelyrushintotheroom,grabachairwithoutbeing

invitedtositdownAretheynervousUm,dotheyspendalotoftimefiddlingwith

theirhands,brushingtheirhairback,erholdingtheirpen,tappingitonthetable

Obviouslyeveryoneisnervousatinterviewandyoumakeallowancesforthat,but

ifitcontinuesthroughoutthewholeinterviewthenofcourseyouhavetoaskyourself

ifthey’relikethisafter,say,anhourofinterview,whatwilltheybelikein

anormaljob

SecondthingthatIlookforis:DotheylookatyouDotheymakeeyecontact

Becauseiftheywon’tlookatyouinajobwherein,inasituationwhereajob

dependson,onthemmakingagoodimpression,thenprobablyinthejobtheywon’t

doverywellintermsofmaking,er,good,makingcontactwithothercolleagues,

making,havinggoodrelationswithothercolleagues.Thesortofpersonnormally

wewouldlookforwouldbesomeonewhowas,open,outgoing,enthusiasticandwho

couldtalkintelligentlyaboutwhattheyhaddoneandwhattheyhopedtodo.That

doesn’tmeanthattheyhavetohavehadalotofexperiencebutthattheyshould

beabletoreflectonwhateverexperiencethey’vehad.

Theotherkindsof,ofumthingsthatwemighttalkaboutinaninterviewof

coursearewhat,erwhatthepersonexpectstogetfromanewjobinanewcountry,

andthatIthinkisimportantbecauseitshowstheexpectationsthatthepersonhas

—whattheywantfromtheirjob.Umit’sinterestingtohearwhypeoplewantto

changejobs,whytheywanttogotoanewcountry.

PartVWho’llGettheJob

(JaneLangleyisbeinginterviewedbyMrs.Grey,thePersonnelManager,andMr.

Toms.)

Mr.Toms:Yes,Isee.Good.Good.

Mrs.Grey:MissLangley,Iseethatyourlastemployer,Mr.Carmichaes,described

youas“conscientious”.Doyouthinkyouare

Jane:Well,Icertainlytrytobe.Ihaveasetroutineforthedayintheoffice

whichmeansthatIknowexactlyallthejobsthatIhavetodo.Andif

conscientiousmeansbeingexrtemelycarefulandpayingattentiontodetail,then

yes,IsupposeI’mconscientious.

Mr.Toms:Buthesaidtoothatyoucould‘adaptquicklytochange’.Didyouleave

becausetheyweremakingchanges,orwhat

Jane:No,notatall.TheymadealotofchangeswhileIwasthere.I’

becameunhappybecauseIwantedsomethingmorechallenging.

Mrs.Grey:IassumeyouwantedsomethinglikethejobofSeniorSecretarythatwe’re

offering.

mafraidI

Jane:Yes,that’sright.

(Michael