2024年4月27日发(作者：白卓逸)
Unit3TalkingaboutPeople
Section1TacticsforListening
Part1Phonetics
andrepeat
1.A:Wherewereyouatoneo’clock?
B:Atoneo’clock?Atmymother’s.
2.A:Let’saskhimtoletusgo.
B:Hewon’tletusgo.
3.A:Isawthemtogether.
B:Wheredidyouseethem?
cialattentiontotheweak
forms,link-upsandcontractions.
Friend:Hi,ouandJohngotmarried(l):Yeah,wedid,(smiling)Thre
eweeks(2)ago.
Friend:Well,congratulations!
Linda:Thankyou.
Friend:Didyou(3)haveabigwedding?
Linda:No,wegot(4)’twanttospendverymuchbecause(5)we’resavin
:Wheredidyou(6)havethereception?
Linda:Oh-we(7)didn’(8)invitedafewfriendsoverfordrinksafterwar
:What(9)didyouwear?
Linda:Justaskirtandblouse.
Friend:Oh!
Linda:AndJohnworea(10)jacketandjeans.
Friend:Wheredidyou(11)goforyourhoneymoon?
Linda:We(12)didn’,herecomes(13)mybus.
Friend:Listen.(14)I’’tyoutwo(15)comeoverforadrinknextwe
ek?
Linda:’dloveto.(16)I’lltalktoJohnand(17):(1
8)nextweek.
Linda:Bye.
Part2ListeningandNote-taking
Bob:Lookatthat,-Valueisgoingtosellhi-fi’sfor72.64pounds.I’mgoingtobuyone
.Wecansaveatleast20pounds.
Angela:Yes,’regoingtosellsomewashingmachinesfor98.95
pounds,ngmachineismoreimportantthanahi-fi.
Bob:Bytheway,Angela,doyouknowhowmuchmoneywe’vegot?About200pounds,Ihope.
Angela:Here’’,dear.
Bob:What’sthematter?
Angela:Wehaven’tgot200pounds,I’mafraid.
Bob:Well,hhavewegot?
Angela:Only150pounds16.
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Thingstheywanttobuy
ahi-fi
awashingmachine
蚄
Price
72.64pounds
98.95pounds
蒃
Moneytheycansave
atleast20pounds
22pounds
蒈
袈
蒃
薃
衿
芆
ExerciseB:
Moneytopayforthethingstobuy:171.59pounds
Moneytobesaved:42pounds
Moneytheythinktheycanhave:200pounds
Moneytheyactuallyhave:150.16pounds
Tapescript:
Bob:Lookatthat,-Valueisgoingtosellhi-fi’sfor72.64pounds.I’mgoingtobuyone
.Wecansaveatleast20pounds.
Angela:Yes,’regoingtosellsomewashingmachinesfor98.95
pounds,ngmachineismoreimportantthanahi-fi.
Bob:Bytheway,Angela,doyouknowhowmuchmoneywe’vegot?About200pounds,Ihope.
Angela:Here’’,dear.
Bob:What’sthematter?
Angela:Wehaven’tgot200pounds,I’mafraid.
Bob:Well,hhavewegot?
Angela:Only150pounds16.
Section2ListeningComprehension
Part1WordsorMessage?
A.:
shopwasverypopularbecausehefoundedacompanythatmadestationeryproductsfromrecyc
ledmaterials.
ssdomesticproductofourcountryhasbeenstationaryformanyyearsatabout7.5percentev
enifwehadbeenretarded(orconfrontedwith)bytheworldeconomicrecession.
B:
traininghardeverydaycanyoubecomeagoodathlete.
orepersuasivespeakerthanhisbrother.
avewehadmoreapplesthanthisyear.
yway
youcanbecomeagoodathleteisbytraininghardeveryday.
ks
morepersuasivelythanhisbrother
.
3.
We’vehadmoreapplesthisyearthan
everbefore.
Part2Dialogues
Dialogue1What’sHeLike?
ExerciseA:Listentothedialogueandcompletethefollowingnotes.
Age:35or36
Appearance:good-looking
Hobbies:sports—footballbasketballandtennis
Marriagestatus:single/notmarried
ExerciseB:Listentotheconversationagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.
hegoodat?Howdoeshisfriendknowthat?
蚅
莃
(endknowsthatbecauseheplaysatthesametennisclubwheresheplays.)
蚀
livealone?Hashegotacompanion?
(Yes,asacompanion,hisdog.)
肈
肆
ExerciseC:Listentosomeextractsfromthedialogueandcompletethefollowingsentenceswiththe
missingwords.
膄
Idon’’shy,’sinaflatonhisown
.Well,justhimandhisdog.
螃
Tapescript:
A:’shelike?
膈
蒆
B:Oh,’stall,goodlooking..,well,Ithinkhe’andhe’sab
’sveryinterestedinallkindsofsports—h,andtennis.M
yfriendtoldmehe’heclubwheresheplays.
..youknow.
薂
A:Oh,ishefriendly?
B:Well,Idon’’shy,’sinaflaton
,justhimandhisdog.
Dialogue2HowOldAreYou?
ExerciseA:Listentotheinterviewandcompletethefollowingreport.
芄
Nameoftheinterviewee:Keith.
芀
Keithis(1)’sgot(2)(3)11andtheotheris(4)(5)pri
nter’sreaderandcopyeditoratthe(6)tsworkat(7)7:30andfini
shesat(8)4:15witha(9)toworkby(10)bicycleandtrain.
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Heisinterestedin(11)ikes(12)decoratingandisnotawfully(13)keenongarden
squitealot,(14)newspapers,books,especially(15)booksofhistory.
羄
Hedoesn’t(16)smokeanddrinks(17)n’t(18)gotothechurchoften.
螂
ExerciseB:
2:ThingsIdon’tlike—Idon’tlikedecorating.I’mnotawfullykeenongardening.
1:tkindofbooksdoyouread?
Man2:Erm—tendstobemorealonghistorylines.
聿
蒇
莅
蒄
Tapescript:
Man1:Allright,areyou?
Man2:Thirty-seven.
Man1:Thirty-seven,yeah?And,erm,youmarried?
肂
薇
螆
Man2:Yes.
Man1:ugotchildren?
Man2:Two.
Man1:etheirnames?
Man2:TobyandLucy.
Man1:arethey?
Man2:One’s11,that’sLucy;andToby’s13.
Man1:aboutyourjob,Keith.
Man2:Well,IworkattheOxfordUniversityPress.I’maprinter’sreaderandcopyeditor.
Man1:Erm,whatsortofhoursofworkdoyouhave?
Man2:Erm,7:30 inthemorning.
Man1:Youstartworkat7:30?
Man2:at7:30 inthemorningandfinishat4:’switha45-minutelunchbreak.
Man1:ikeitthatway?Doyoulikestartingveryearly?
Man2:No,Idon’.
Man1:Howdoyougotowork?
Man2:Er,well,IcyclefromheretoDidcotStation,andthencatchthetrain.
Man1:Tellmeoneortwothingsyoulikedoing,andoneortwothingsyoudon’youli
kedoing?Whatdoyoudoforenjoyment?
Man2:Well,I’mquiteinterestedinantiques*.
Man1:Yes.
Man2:ThingsIdon’tlike—Idon’tlikedecorating.I’mnotawfullykeenongardening.
Man1:ading—whatsortof—whatnewspaperdoyouread?
Man2:
TheTimes
.
Man1:
TheTimes
,yeah.
Man2:And
TheSundayTimes
.
Man1:tkindofbonksdoyouread?
Man2:Erm—els,generally,
historyespecially.
Man1:Yeah,moke,Keith?
Man2:No.
Man1:Youdrink?
Man2:Occasionally.
Man1:otochurch?
Man2:Notveryoften,no.
Man1:ouverymuchindeed.
Part3PassageCyclingAccidents
ExerciseA:
youngchildrenoftenfinddifficulttodowhenridingbicycles?
oosingabikeforachild,whatshouldyouensure?
shouldachildbewhenthechildisallowedoutontheroadonabike?
youknowabouttheCyclingProficiencyTest?
achildisallowedoutalone,whatshouldhebeabletodo?
parent’sadvicetotheirchildrenwhentheyareoutonabikeinthedark?
theparents’responsibility?
nbelife-saving?
ExerciseB:
rethatyourchild’sbikehastherightsizeofframeandthatthesaddleandhandlebarsare
ttingonthesaddle,achild’sfeetshouldcomfortablytouchtheground
andhandsmustbeabletoworkthebrakelevers.
ht-timeriding,lightsmustbeworkingandreflectorsmustbeclean.
Tapescript:
Cyclingaccidentsoftenhappenbecausechildrenareallowedoutontheroadsbeforethey’rereally
ll,ittakestimetolearntorideabikesafely,andridingsafelymeansmuchmorethanju
mple,achildmustbeabletoturnandlookbehind,anddohandsignalswithoutwob
hesametimeashandlingthebikesafely,thechildmustbeabletocopewiththeroadsand
traffic.
Howtopreventaccidents?Makesurethatyourchild’sbikehastherightsizeofframeandthatthesad
ttingonthesaddle,achild’sfeetshouldcomfor
rechildrencanridesafe
eralrule,childrenundern
tshouldalwaysbewiththe
m.
getdetailsofcoursesfromyourR
yourtelephonedirectoryforthelocalauthority
emberthatthesecoursesareoftenfuninschoolplaygrounds,soit’simportanttoma
kesurethatwhat’rethatyourchildunderstan
dsroadsigns.
Explain,forexample,that“crossroads”doesnotmean“crosstheroad”.Wordslike“one-wayst
reet”and“trafficisland”rethatyourc
hildwearsreflectiveclothingwhenoutonabike,ht-
timeriding,lightsmustbeworkingandreflectorsmustbeclean.
’suptoparentstochecktheirchildren’sbikesregula
ourchild,too,tocheckbrakesandlightsregularly.
Section3OralWork
Part1QuestionsandAnswers
Exercise:lhearthedialogue
eachquestionwithacompletesentenceafteryouhaveheardit.
Questions:
oingthismorning?
(Hewaswritinghisbookthismorning.)
,wasthebookcomingalongallright?
(No,hethoughttherestofthebookwouldbedifficulttowrite.)
xpect?
(ouldfindtheanswersinterestingtoworkout.)
hinkthehousewaseasytoworkin?
(Becausehewouldatleastbeabletothink)
uldtheschoolholidaysstart?
(Theywouldstartinaweek.)
oworkinthehouseduringtheschoolholidays?
(No,itwasimpossibleforhimtoworkinthehouse.)
orkinthegardenthismorning?
(Yes,hecouldworkinthegardenthismorning.)
Why?(Becauseitwaspeacefulandquiet)
akemostofitwhilethegardenwaspeacefulandquiet?
(Becausepeaceandquietwouldbehardtofindinthegardenprettysoon.)
Tapescript:
:Howdidyourwritinggothismorning?Isthebookcomingalongallright?
衿
罿
芄
蚁
袁
罿
蚅
莃
蚀
聿
肆
袁
:I’restillsomeproblem
stosolve.
葿
:Iexpectyou’llfindtheanswersinterestingtoworkout.
:atleastbeabletot
hink.
:You’ndquietwillbedifficulttoguaranteemuchlonger
.
:Good,heavens,oolholidaysstartinaweek,don’tthey?Thehousewillbeimpo
ssibletoworkinwhiletheylast.
:Well,’llkeepthemawayfromthestudyas
’llbeallrighttoworkin.
:Whataboutthegarden?Itwasbeautifullypeacefulandquietouttherethismorning.
:Well,you’ndquietwillbehardtofindi
nthegardenprettysoon,I’mafraid.
Part2Retelling
TotheAmericanpeople,sttwelveyearsofpublicschoolarefree
ult,about93percentoftheteenagersfromfourteentoseventeenyearsoldareinhi
ghschool.
However,200yearsago,anelementaryschoolswereonlyforrichpeopl
ungpeoplewerenotinschool.
poseoftheschoolwastopreparestudentsforcollege
.Itsmostimportantsubjectsweremathematicsandforeignlanguages.
Nowadays,reabout45millionstudentsinthenation’s
arthereareaboutthreemillionhighschoolgraduates.
realsojob-training
programmesinhighschoolandprogrammestoteachusefulskillsforeverydaylife-forexample,driv
ertraining,firstaid,andevencooking.
Section4SupplementaryExercises
Part1ListeningComprehensionMyNephew
Exercise:Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.
dTony’suncleintendtodoforTony’sbirthdaythisyear?
dTony’sunclebuyforhisbirthdaytheyearbeforelast?
eTony’sparentsunthankfulforthegift?
sTony’sattitudetowardsthethingstobuy?
dhesuddenlyspotinashop?
hisunclepersuadeTonytochangehismind?
dTonylooklikewhenhisunclesawhimfifteenminuteslater?
nbeinferredfromthepassage?
l.D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.D
Tapescript:
ew,Tony,hadneve
rfoentshadnorea
sontobegratefultomeeither?becausetheyearbefore,Ihadpresentedtheirdearsonwithapotofpas
te*dofsticking*themintoabook,Tonyhadnaturallycoveredeveryw
ar,therefore,Idecidedtolethimchooseforhimself.
*didIshowhimtoya
ftertoy;hewasnottobetempted*.ThenIsawhiseyeslightup:hehaddiscoveredsomethinghereallyd
idapproveof:itepleased,too,untilIthoughtwhatTony’smotherwouldsay
nyawayquickly,sayingthatthedrumwast
washowIfelt,Tonyrepliedjokingly,thenIcouldbuyhimthebigmodelrailwayi
twasreallyexpensive,soIquicklychangedthesubject.
TonyaskedforpermissiontogooffonhisownandImadethemostofmyopportunitytositdownandrestmy
togetworriedandgotu
ptolookforhim,kedaboutherhelp
stbeginningtodespai
r*,whenIsawastrangefiguredressedinpeculiarpurple*urewaswearingafalsebea
rdandacaveman’s*axe*inonehand,,ofcourse,Tony,whoinformed
meatoncethathewasthefirstcavemantoflyintospace.
Part2OralWork
Inarecentbroadcast,Iheardawomansaythatshefeltguiltybecauseshespent
￡hisa
ttitudedifficulttounderstand,for,obviouslyamarriedwomanhasasmuchrighttospend
￡,inacasewherethewomanstays
athometolookafterthechildren,itisstillunfairthatsheshouldfeelguiltyaboutspendingasmal
lsumofmoneyonherself.
Exercise:Listentothepassageandthengiveyouropiniononthefollowingtopic.
Doyouagreewiththespeakerthatthewoman’sattitudeiswrong?
Part3VideoMarsRover:“AMarsScientist’sDreamMachine”
’sthenameoftheMarsroverthatwaslaunchedbytheAmericanspaceagencyinNovember2011?
Itisknownas“Curiosity”.
sitsupposedtoland?
Itissupposedtolandatthefootofamountainwithinadeep,150-kilometer-wideholecalledGaleCr
ater.
ergyisusedtosupporttheMarsrover’smanyactivitiesandhowlongwillthepowerlast?
ThenuclearreactorsupportstheMarsrover’smanyactivitiesanditcanmaintaintheoperationof
theroverforabouttwoEarthyears/oneMartianyear.
蚀
ethetasksoftheMarsrover?
蚆
Theyare:1)collectingsamplerocksandsoilonMars;2)measuringthechemicalmake-upofrocksand
soil;3)lookingforanyorganicmaterialthatmightbepresentandthehabitableenvironmentformi
croorganisms.
螃
riefdescriptionofthenewrover.
莀
Thenewroverisacar-sizedvehicle—ainsaplutonium-fuel
ednuiclealsoha
s17cameras,therover,therearetwoverycapablescie
ntificlaboratories.
膈
Tapescript:
蒅
TheAmericanspaceagencylauncheditsMarsScienceLaboratory,alsoknownas“Curiosity,”inNov
mputermodelsh
owswhatscientistsexpectwillhappenwhenthespacecraftcarrying"Curiosity"reachestheredpla
ity”issupposedtolandatthefootofamountainwithinadeep,150-kilometer-widehole
projectscientistAshwinVasavadatellsabout“Curiosity.”
袃
“ThisisaMarsscientist’’resoexcitedtohavethisrovergoingtoMarsthisye
’sgoingtobethevirtualpresenceforover200scientistsaroundtheworldtoexploreMarsand
GaleCraterthatwe’verisnotonlythemosttechnicallycapablerovereversen
ttoanotherplanet,butit’sactuallythemostcapablescientificexplorerwe’veeversentout.”
“Curiosity”plutonium-fuelednuclearreactorthatwi
llprovideplentyofpowerfor“Curiosity’s”iclealsohas17cameras,an
dalaserthatcanexaminethechemicalmake-upofrocks.
“Whatreallydominatesthedesignofthisroveristhefactthatithasthisabilitytosamplerocksan
dsoilsonMarsforthefirsttime,andsoithasabigsix-foot[1.8meter]roverisp
artlythatbigbecauseitholdstwoverycapablescientificlaboratoriesinsidetherover.”
rlooksforchemicalsandanyorganicm
loftheexperimentistolearnifMarseverhadenvironmentalco
nditionsthatcouldhavesupportedmicroorganisms.
“Thismissionisreallyaboutlookingforthosehabitableenvironments,andnotdetectinglifeits
elf.”
VasavadasaysthemountainwithinGaleCraterwillprovideplentyofinformationaboutthedevelopm
becauseeachlayerofrockcontainsnewclues.
“,infact,tosearchfororganicswithth
’sanotherrequirementforlifeasweknowit.”
Thenuclearreactoron“Curiosity”hasenoughpowertooperateonthesurfaceofMarsforabouttwoE
arthyears,whichisthesameasoneMartianyear.
补充阅读：职业访谈与工作面试是一回事吗
说起职业访谈（InformationalInterview），很多人都不清楚是什么意思。这个词最早由北美着
名职业指导专家RichardNelsonBolles在他那本为许多职业辅导专业人士参考的经典职业辅导畅
销书《WhatColorIsYourParachute》中首次使用。他所指的是，即在找工作之前，为了解该职业或
者行业现状，直接与已经在那个工作岗位，公司或行业的人约见会谈，以期评估自己是否适合该项
职业的一种“投石问路”的直接途径。
这其实和传统工作面试Job（Interview）没有一点关系。在他的书中指出，大多数人是在进入
工作岗位以后才开始了解自己从事的工作，行业和雇主，当发现自己并不适合时已经是进退若谷。
而职业访谈正是在挑选专业，转工作，转行以及转公司以前搜集信息，了解行情的最佳方式。
职业访谈可以得到什么?
你通常可以从职业访谈达到这些目标：
1.深入了解该行业，该职位所需的技能，证书，经验，教育背景，以及行业规则，作息特点，
工作范畴，发展空间，行业走势等等从一般教科书和网站上看不到的内容。接受访问的人可能不会
对你说太多，但是所说的大多是精要所在，绝对的“现身说法”，信息准确性及参考价值都比较高。
2.和一个在职人士面对面交谈，扩大人际网络，还有可能认识到可以做重要决定的管理层人员。
了解该雇主的真实要求，而不是招聘信息中千篇一律的陈词滥调。如果你将来真的来这里应聘，你
在工作面试中会有把握、有信心得多。
3.由于你不是来做工作面试的，你的心情会更轻松，更能展示真实的自我，反而留下可能令你
自己都吃惊的好印象，说不定能够带来一份工作。这对那些对自己临场反应和语言表达有顾虑的朋
友是一个锻炼的好机会。另一方面，被访的人往往会更轻松，更自然地和你交谈，在这种状态下会
为你提供最有意义的信息。
4.由于你主要目的是搜集信息，所以在整个过程由你控制，你决定问什么问题，以及如何使用
这些得到的答案。
5.职业访谈除了能够搜集到第一手的宝贵信息之外，还帮助你扩展人际关系网络乃至得到一份
工作的机会。据统计，每发两百到五百个简历能够得到一份工作，而每十二个职业访谈就可以引出
一个JobOffer。两种方式相差这么大的比率，而后者却是少人尝试的，不能不让人思考。
经验分享
有的朋友会问，有工作的人都那么忙，谁会有时间和耐心来应付我们这些新人，特别是那些位
高权重的要人怎么会愿意付出宝贵的时间？或者说，工作难找的情况下，谁会无缘无故把内部消息
透露给不相识的人，让他们成为自己潜在的竞争者？的确，这也是我本人在探究职业访谈的时候的
忧虑和担心。但是通过我自己的亲身体验，事实却让我振奋。以下就是我要与你分享的经验。
我最近在了解职业顾问（CareerCounsellor）这项职业的过程中，通过在网上的搜寻调查和其他朋
友的推荐，我锁定了几个访问对象。他们分别是着名猎头公司，职业培训和人力资源管理顾问公司
和大银行里面做招聘的总裁或负责人，正在从事或者管理着类似的职业顾问生意。我发了电子邮件
过去，出乎我的意料，数天内四人中有三人回复表示愿意抽出时间来见我（请注意，我和他们素昧
平生）。于是在接下来的几个星期中，按照约定时间，我带着自己的简历到他们办公的地方和他们
分别进行了半小时左右的访问。通过浏览我的简历，他们很快了解到我的背景并且捕捉到我的长处，
然后从他们自己的经历和角度出发，有针对性地解答了我的问题，提供了很多具体的建议（有的信
息具体程度让我非常吃惊）。而且访问结束前，应我的要求，他们给我介绍几个对我可能更有帮助
的人，让我有目的性地去找更多的专业人士进行访问。有了他们的推荐，下一次的访问就更加顺利
和有收获。
其中我注意到一个有趣的现象，所有的接受访问者都是清一色的白人。我本来极想找一个中国
人，或者亚裔人士，看看他们是怎么入行，如何在一个西人占主流的行业立足发展，但是迄今还没
有找到。我想大概由于这个职业通常需要心理学（Psychology），社会服务（SocialService），专
业辅导学（ProfessionalCounselling），人力资源管理（HumanResourceManagement）等学历背景，
对语言，文化，软性知识要求太高，对中国大陆移民来讲难度较大。而且这类职业在国内也是凤毛
麟角，极其罕见（不是普通的职业中介或介绍所），大多数人都不太熟悉。通过这些职业访谈，让
我对“职业顾问”这个职业有了更清晰的认识和了解，也知道自己需要怎样才能踏入那个门槛。这
只是我个人的一个奋斗目标，你一定也有自己喜欢的职业，不妨也去尝试一下类似的职业访谈，我
相信对你会有很大帮助和启迪的。
2024年4月27日发(作者：白卓逸)
Unit3TalkingaboutPeople
Section1TacticsforListening
Part1Phonetics
andrepeat
1.A:Wherewereyouatoneo’clock?
B:Atoneo’clock?Atmymother’s.
2.A:Let’saskhimtoletusgo.
B:Hewon’tletusgo.
3.A:Isawthemtogether.
B:Wheredidyouseethem?
cialattentiontotheweak
forms,link-upsandcontractions.
Friend:Hi,ouandJohngotmarried(l):Yeah,wedid,(smiling)Thre
eweeks(2)ago.
Friend:Well,congratulations!
Linda:Thankyou.
Friend:Didyou(3)haveabigwedding?
Linda:No,wegot(4)’twanttospendverymuchbecause(5)we’resavin
:Wheredidyou(6)havethereception?
Linda:Oh-we(7)didn’(8)invitedafewfriendsoverfordrinksafterwar
:What(9)didyouwear?
Linda:Justaskirtandblouse.
Friend:Oh!
Linda:AndJohnworea(10)jacketandjeans.
Friend:Wheredidyou(11)goforyourhoneymoon?
Linda:We(12)didn’,herecomes(13)mybus.
Friend:Listen.(14)I’’tyoutwo(15)comeoverforadrinknextwe
ek?
Linda:’dloveto.(16)I’lltalktoJohnand(17):(1
8)nextweek.
Linda:Bye.
Part2ListeningandNote-taking
Bob:Lookatthat,-Valueisgoingtosellhi-fi’sfor72.64pounds.I’mgoingtobuyone
.Wecansaveatleast20pounds.
Angela:Yes,’regoingtosellsomewashingmachinesfor98.95
pounds,ngmachineismoreimportantthanahi-fi.
Bob:Bytheway,Angela,doyouknowhowmuchmoneywe’vegot?About200pounds,Ihope.
Angela:Here’’,dear.
Bob:What’sthematter?
Angela:Wehaven’tgot200pounds,I’mafraid.
Bob:Well,hhavewegot?
Angela:Only150pounds16.
肆
Thingstheywanttobuy
ahi-fi
awashingmachine
蚄
Price
72.64pounds
98.95pounds
蒃
Moneytheycansave
atleast20pounds
22pounds
蒈
袈
蒃
薃
衿
芆
ExerciseB:
Moneytopayforthethingstobuy:171.59pounds
Moneytobesaved:42pounds
Moneytheythinktheycanhave:200pounds
Moneytheyactuallyhave:150.16pounds
Tapescript:
Bob:Lookatthat,-Valueisgoingtosellhi-fi’sfor72.64pounds.I’mgoingtobuyone
.Wecansaveatleast20pounds.
Angela:Yes,’regoingtosellsomewashingmachinesfor98.95
pounds,ngmachineismoreimportantthanahi-fi.
Bob:Bytheway,Angela,doyouknowhowmuchmoneywe’vegot?About200pounds,Ihope.
Angela:Here’’,dear.
Bob:What’sthematter?
Angela:Wehaven’tgot200pounds,I’mafraid.
Bob:Well,hhavewegot?
Angela:Only150pounds16.
Section2ListeningComprehension
Part1WordsorMessage?
A.:
shopwasverypopularbecausehefoundedacompanythatmadestationeryproductsfromrecyc
ledmaterials.
ssdomesticproductofourcountryhasbeenstationaryformanyyearsatabout7.5percentev
enifwehadbeenretarded(orconfrontedwith)bytheworldeconomicrecession.
B:
traininghardeverydaycanyoubecomeagoodathlete.
orepersuasivespeakerthanhisbrother.
avewehadmoreapplesthanthisyear.
yway
youcanbecomeagoodathleteisbytraininghardeveryday.
ks
morepersuasivelythanhisbrother
.
3.
We’vehadmoreapplesthisyearthan
everbefore.
Part2Dialogues
Dialogue1What’sHeLike?
ExerciseA:Listentothedialogueandcompletethefollowingnotes.
Age:35or36
Appearance:good-looking
Hobbies:sports—footballbasketballandtennis
Marriagestatus:single/notmarried
ExerciseB:Listentotheconversationagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.
hegoodat?Howdoeshisfriendknowthat?
蚅
莃
(endknowsthatbecauseheplaysatthesametennisclubwheresheplays.)
蚀
livealone?Hashegotacompanion?
(Yes,asacompanion,hisdog.)
肈
肆
ExerciseC:Listentosomeextractsfromthedialogueandcompletethefollowingsentenceswiththe
missingwords.
膄
Idon’’shy,’sinaflatonhisown
.Well,justhimandhisdog.
螃
Tapescript:
A:’shelike?
膈
蒆
B:Oh,’stall,goodlooking..,well,Ithinkhe’andhe’sab
’sveryinterestedinallkindsofsports—h,andtennis.M
yfriendtoldmehe’heclubwheresheplays.
..youknow.
薂
A:Oh,ishefriendly?
B:Well,Idon’’shy,’sinaflaton
,justhimandhisdog.
Dialogue2HowOldAreYou?
ExerciseA:Listentotheinterviewandcompletethefollowingreport.
芄
Nameoftheinterviewee:Keith.
芀
Keithis(1)’sgot(2)(3)11andtheotheris(4)(5)pri
nter’sreaderandcopyeditoratthe(6)tsworkat(7)7:30andfini
shesat(8)4:15witha(9)toworkby(10)bicycleandtrain.
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Heisinterestedin(11)ikes(12)decoratingandisnotawfully(13)keenongarden
squitealot,(14)newspapers,books,especially(15)booksofhistory.
羄
Hedoesn’t(16)smokeanddrinks(17)n’t(18)gotothechurchoften.
螂
ExerciseB:
2:ThingsIdon’tlike—Idon’tlikedecorating.I’mnotawfullykeenongardening.
1:tkindofbooksdoyouread?
Man2:Erm—tendstobemorealonghistorylines.
聿
蒇
莅
蒄
Tapescript:
Man1:Allright,areyou?
Man2:Thirty-seven.
Man1:Thirty-seven,yeah?And,erm,youmarried?
肂
薇
螆
Man2:Yes.
Man1:ugotchildren?
Man2:Two.
Man1:etheirnames?
Man2:TobyandLucy.
Man1:arethey?
Man2:One’s11,that’sLucy;andToby’s13.
Man1:aboutyourjob,Keith.
Man2:Well,IworkattheOxfordUniversityPress.I’maprinter’sreaderandcopyeditor.
Man1:Erm,whatsortofhoursofworkdoyouhave?
Man2:Erm,7:30 inthemorning.
Man1:Youstartworkat7:30?
Man2:at7:30 inthemorningandfinishat4:’switha45-minutelunchbreak.
Man1:ikeitthatway?Doyoulikestartingveryearly?
Man2:No,Idon’.
Man1:Howdoyougotowork?
Man2:Er,well,IcyclefromheretoDidcotStation,andthencatchthetrain.
Man1:Tellmeoneortwothingsyoulikedoing,andoneortwothingsyoudon’youli
kedoing?Whatdoyoudoforenjoyment?
Man2:Well,I’mquiteinterestedinantiques*.
Man1:Yes.
Man2:ThingsIdon’tlike—Idon’tlikedecorating.I’mnotawfullykeenongardening.
Man1:ading—whatsortof—whatnewspaperdoyouread?
Man2:
TheTimes
.
Man1:
TheTimes
,yeah.
Man2:And
TheSundayTimes
.
Man1:tkindofbonksdoyouread?
Man2:Erm—els,generally,
historyespecially.
Man1:Yeah,moke,Keith?
Man2:No.
Man1:Youdrink?
Man2:Occasionally.
Man1:otochurch?
Man2:Notveryoften,no.
Man1:ouverymuchindeed.
Part3PassageCyclingAccidents
ExerciseA:
youngchildrenoftenfinddifficulttodowhenridingbicycles?
oosingabikeforachild,whatshouldyouensure?
shouldachildbewhenthechildisallowedoutontheroadonabike?
youknowabouttheCyclingProficiencyTest?
achildisallowedoutalone,whatshouldhebeabletodo?
parent’sadvicetotheirchildrenwhentheyareoutonabikeinthedark?
theparents’responsibility?
nbelife-saving?
ExerciseB:
rethatyourchild’sbikehastherightsizeofframeandthatthesaddleandhandlebarsare
ttingonthesaddle,achild’sfeetshouldcomfortablytouchtheground
andhandsmustbeabletoworkthebrakelevers.
ht-timeriding,lightsmustbeworkingandreflectorsmustbeclean.
Tapescript:
Cyclingaccidentsoftenhappenbecausechildrenareallowedoutontheroadsbeforethey’rereally
ll,ittakestimetolearntorideabikesafely,andridingsafelymeansmuchmorethanju
mple,achildmustbeabletoturnandlookbehind,anddohandsignalswithoutwob
hesametimeashandlingthebikesafely,thechildmustbeabletocopewiththeroadsand
traffic.
Howtopreventaccidents?Makesurethatyourchild’sbikehastherightsizeofframeandthatthesad
ttingonthesaddle,achild’sfeetshouldcomfor
rechildrencanridesafe
eralrule,childrenundern
tshouldalwaysbewiththe
m.
getdetailsofcoursesfromyourR
yourtelephonedirectoryforthelocalauthority
emberthatthesecoursesareoftenfuninschoolplaygrounds,soit’simportanttoma
kesurethatwhat’rethatyourchildunderstan
dsroadsigns.
Explain,forexample,that“crossroads”doesnotmean“crosstheroad”.Wordslike“one-wayst
reet”and“trafficisland”rethatyourc
hildwearsreflectiveclothingwhenoutonabike,ht-
timeriding,lightsmustbeworkingandreflectorsmustbeclean.
’suptoparentstochecktheirchildren’sbikesregula
ourchild,too,tocheckbrakesandlightsregularly.
Section3OralWork
Part1QuestionsandAnswers
Exercise:lhearthedialogue
eachquestionwithacompletesentenceafteryouhaveheardit.
Questions:
oingthismorning?
(Hewaswritinghisbookthismorning.)
,wasthebookcomingalongallright?
(No,hethoughttherestofthebookwouldbedifficulttowrite.)
xpect?
(ouldfindtheanswersinterestingtoworkout.)
hinkthehousewaseasytoworkin?
(Becausehewouldatleastbeabletothink)
uldtheschoolholidaysstart?
(Theywouldstartinaweek.)
oworkinthehouseduringtheschoolholidays?
(No,itwasimpossibleforhimtoworkinthehouse.)
orkinthegardenthismorning?
(Yes,hecouldworkinthegardenthismorning.)
Why?(Becauseitwaspeacefulandquiet)
akemostofitwhilethegardenwaspeacefulandquiet?
(Becausepeaceandquietwouldbehardtofindinthegardenprettysoon.)
Tapescript:
:Howdidyourwritinggothismorning?Isthebookcomingalongallright?
衿
罿
芄
蚁
袁
罿
蚅
莃
蚀
聿
肆
袁
:I’restillsomeproblem
stosolve.
葿
:Iexpectyou’llfindtheanswersinterestingtoworkout.
:atleastbeabletot
hink.
:You’ndquietwillbedifficulttoguaranteemuchlonger
.
:Good,heavens,oolholidaysstartinaweek,don’tthey?Thehousewillbeimpo
ssibletoworkinwhiletheylast.
:Well,’llkeepthemawayfromthestudyas
’llbeallrighttoworkin.
:Whataboutthegarden?Itwasbeautifullypeacefulandquietouttherethismorning.
:Well,you’ndquietwillbehardtofindi
nthegardenprettysoon,I’mafraid.
Part2Retelling
TotheAmericanpeople,sttwelveyearsofpublicschoolarefree
ult,about93percentoftheteenagersfromfourteentoseventeenyearsoldareinhi
ghschool.
However,200yearsago,anelementaryschoolswereonlyforrichpeopl
ungpeoplewerenotinschool.
poseoftheschoolwastopreparestudentsforcollege
.Itsmostimportantsubjectsweremathematicsandforeignlanguages.
Nowadays,reabout45millionstudentsinthenation’s
arthereareaboutthreemillionhighschoolgraduates.
realsojob-training
programmesinhighschoolandprogrammestoteachusefulskillsforeverydaylife-forexample,driv
ertraining,firstaid,andevencooking.
Section4SupplementaryExercises
Part1ListeningComprehensionMyNephew
Exercise:Listentothepassageandchoosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.
dTony’suncleintendtodoforTony’sbirthdaythisyear?
dTony’sunclebuyforhisbirthdaytheyearbeforelast?
eTony’sparentsunthankfulforthegift?
sTony’sattitudetowardsthethingstobuy?
dhesuddenlyspotinashop?
hisunclepersuadeTonytochangehismind?
dTonylooklikewhenhisunclesawhimfifteenminuteslater?
nbeinferredfromthepassage?
l.D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.D
Tapescript:
ew,Tony,hadneve
rfoentshadnorea
sontobegratefultomeeither?becausetheyearbefore,Ihadpresentedtheirdearsonwithapotofpas
te*dofsticking*themintoabook,Tonyhadnaturallycoveredeveryw
ar,therefore,Idecidedtolethimchooseforhimself.
*didIshowhimtoya
ftertoy;hewasnottobetempted*.ThenIsawhiseyeslightup:hehaddiscoveredsomethinghereallyd
idapproveof:itepleased,too,untilIthoughtwhatTony’smotherwouldsay
nyawayquickly,sayingthatthedrumwast
washowIfelt,Tonyrepliedjokingly,thenIcouldbuyhimthebigmodelrailwayi
twasreallyexpensive,soIquicklychangedthesubject.
TonyaskedforpermissiontogooffonhisownandImadethemostofmyopportunitytositdownandrestmy
togetworriedandgotu
ptolookforhim,kedaboutherhelp
stbeginningtodespai
r*,whenIsawastrangefiguredressedinpeculiarpurple*urewaswearingafalsebea
rdandacaveman’s*axe*inonehand,,ofcourse,Tony,whoinformed
meatoncethathewasthefirstcavemantoflyintospace.
Part2OralWork
Inarecentbroadcast,Iheardawomansaythatshefeltguiltybecauseshespent
￡hisa
ttitudedifficulttounderstand,for,obviouslyamarriedwomanhasasmuchrighttospend
￡,inacasewherethewomanstays
athometolookafterthechildren,itisstillunfairthatsheshouldfeelguiltyaboutspendingasmal
lsumofmoneyonherself.
Exercise:Listentothepassageandthengiveyouropiniononthefollowingtopic.
Doyouagreewiththespeakerthatthewoman’sattitudeiswrong?
Part3VideoMarsRover:“AMarsScientist’sDreamMachine”
’sthenameoftheMarsroverthatwaslaunchedbytheAmericanspaceagencyinNovember2011?
Itisknownas“Curiosity”.
sitsupposedtoland?
Itissupposedtolandatthefootofamountainwithinadeep,150-kilometer-wideholecalledGaleCr
ater.
ergyisusedtosupporttheMarsrover’smanyactivitiesandhowlongwillthepowerlast?
ThenuclearreactorsupportstheMarsrover’smanyactivitiesanditcanmaintaintheoperationof
theroverforabouttwoEarthyears/oneMartianyear.
蚀
ethetasksoftheMarsrover?
蚆
Theyare:1)collectingsamplerocksandsoilonMars;2)measuringthechemicalmake-upofrocksand
soil;3)lookingforanyorganicmaterialthatmightbepresentandthehabitableenvironmentformi
croorganisms.
螃
riefdescriptionofthenewrover.
莀
Thenewroverisacar-sizedvehicle—ainsaplutonium-fuel
ednuiclealsoha
s17cameras,therover,therearetwoverycapablescie
ntificlaboratories.
膈
Tapescript:
蒅
TheAmericanspaceagencylauncheditsMarsScienceLaboratory,alsoknownas“Curiosity,”inNov
mputermodelsh
owswhatscientistsexpectwillhappenwhenthespacecraftcarrying"Curiosity"reachestheredpla
ity”issupposedtolandatthefootofamountainwithinadeep,150-kilometer-widehole
projectscientistAshwinVasavadatellsabout“Curiosity.”
袃
“ThisisaMarsscientist’’resoexcitedtohavethisrovergoingtoMarsthisye
’sgoingtobethevirtualpresenceforover200scientistsaroundtheworldtoexploreMarsand
GaleCraterthatwe’verisnotonlythemosttechnicallycapablerovereversen
ttoanotherplanet,butit’sactuallythemostcapablescientificexplorerwe’veeversentout.”
“Curiosity”plutonium-fuelednuclearreactorthatwi
llprovideplentyofpowerfor“Curiosity’s”iclealsohas17cameras,an
dalaserthatcanexaminethechemicalmake-upofrocks.
“Whatreallydominatesthedesignofthisroveristhefactthatithasthisabilitytosamplerocksan
dsoilsonMarsforthefirsttime,andsoithasabigsix-foot[1.8meter]roverisp
artlythatbigbecauseitholdstwoverycapablescientificlaboratoriesinsidetherover.”
rlooksforchemicalsandanyorganicm
loftheexperimentistolearnifMarseverhadenvironmentalco
nditionsthatcouldhavesupportedmicroorganisms.
“Thismissionisreallyaboutlookingforthosehabitableenvironments,andnotdetectinglifeits
elf.”
VasavadasaysthemountainwithinGaleCraterwillprovideplentyofinformationaboutthedevelopm
becauseeachlayerofrockcontainsnewclues.
“,infact,tosearchfororganicswithth
’sanotherrequirementforlifeasweknowit.”
Thenuclearreactoron“Curiosity”hasenoughpowertooperateonthesurfaceofMarsforabouttwoE
arthyears,whichisthesameasoneMartianyear.
补充阅读：职业访谈与工作面试是一回事吗
说起职业访谈（InformationalInterview），很多人都不清楚是什么意思。这个词最早由北美着
名职业指导专家RichardNelsonBolles在他那本为许多职业辅导专业人士参考的经典职业辅导畅
销书《WhatColorIsYourParachute》中首次使用。他所指的是，即在找工作之前，为了解该职业或
者行业现状，直接与已经在那个工作岗位，公司或行业的人约见会谈，以期评估自己是否适合该项
职业的一种“投石问路”的直接途径。
这其实和传统工作面试Job（Interview）没有一点关系。在他的书中指出，大多数人是在进入
工作岗位以后才开始了解自己从事的工作，行业和雇主，当发现自己并不适合时已经是进退若谷。
而职业访谈正是在挑选专业，转工作，转行以及转公司以前搜集信息，了解行情的最佳方式。
职业访谈可以得到什么?
你通常可以从职业访谈达到这些目标：
1.深入了解该行业，该职位所需的技能，证书，经验，教育背景，以及行业规则，作息特点，
工作范畴，发展空间，行业走势等等从一般教科书和网站上看不到的内容。接受访问的人可能不会
对你说太多，但是所说的大多是精要所在，绝对的“现身说法”，信息准确性及参考价值都比较高。
2.和一个在职人士面对面交谈，扩大人际网络，还有可能认识到可以做重要决定的管理层人员。
了解该雇主的真实要求，而不是招聘信息中千篇一律的陈词滥调。如果你将来真的来这里应聘，你
在工作面试中会有把握、有信心得多。
3.由于你不是来做工作面试的，你的心情会更轻松，更能展示真实的自我，反而留下可能令你
自己都吃惊的好印象，说不定能够带来一份工作。这对那些对自己临场反应和语言表达有顾虑的朋
友是一个锻炼的好机会。另一方面，被访的人往往会更轻松，更自然地和你交谈，在这种状态下会
为你提供最有意义的信息。
4.由于你主要目的是搜集信息，所以在整个过程由你控制，你决定问什么问题，以及如何使用
这些得到的答案。
5.职业访谈除了能够搜集到第一手的宝贵信息之外，还帮助你扩展人际关系网络乃至得到一份
工作的机会。据统计，每发两百到五百个简历能够得到一份工作，而每十二个职业访谈就可以引出
一个JobOffer。两种方式相差这么大的比率，而后者却是少人尝试的，不能不让人思考。
经验分享
有的朋友会问，有工作的人都那么忙，谁会有时间和耐心来应付我们这些新人，特别是那些位
高权重的要人怎么会愿意付出宝贵的时间？或者说，工作难找的情况下，谁会无缘无故把内部消息
透露给不相识的人，让他们成为自己潜在的竞争者？的确，这也是我本人在探究职业访谈的时候的
忧虑和担心。但是通过我自己的亲身体验，事实却让我振奋。以下就是我要与你分享的经验。
我最近在了解职业顾问（CareerCounsellor）这项职业的过程中，通过在网上的搜寻调查和其他朋
友的推荐，我锁定了几个访问对象。他们分别是着名猎头公司，职业培训和人力资源管理顾问公司
和大银行里面做招聘的总裁或负责人，正在从事或者管理着类似的职业顾问生意。我发了电子邮件
过去，出乎我的意料，数天内四人中有三人回复表示愿意抽出时间来见我（请注意，我和他们素昧
平生）。于是在接下来的几个星期中，按照约定时间，我带着自己的简历到他们办公的地方和他们
分别进行了半小时左右的访问。通过浏览我的简历，他们很快了解到我的背景并且捕捉到我的长处，
然后从他们自己的经历和角度出发，有针对性地解答了我的问题，提供了很多具体的建议（有的信
息具体程度让我非常吃惊）。而且访问结束前，应我的要求，他们给我介绍几个对我可能更有帮助
的人，让我有目的性地去找更多的专业人士进行访问。有了他们的推荐，下一次的访问就更加顺利
和有收获。
其中我注意到一个有趣的现象，所有的接受访问者都是清一色的白人。我本来极想找一个中国
人，或者亚裔人士，看看他们是怎么入行，如何在一个西人占主流的行业立足发展，但是迄今还没
有找到。我想大概由于这个职业通常需要心理学（Psychology），社会服务（SocialService），专
业辅导学（ProfessionalCounselling），人力资源管理（HumanResourceManagement）等学历背景，
对语言，文化，软性知识要求太高，对中国大陆移民来讲难度较大。而且这类职业在国内也是凤毛
麟角，极其罕见（不是普通的职业中介或介绍所），大多数人都不太熟悉。通过这些职业访谈，让
我对“职业顾问”这个职业有了更清晰的认识和了解，也知道自己需要怎样才能踏入那个门槛。这
只是我个人的一个奋斗目标，你一定也有自己喜欢的职业，不妨也去尝试一下类似的职业访谈，我
相信对你会有很大帮助和启迪的。