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Icompletelyagreewiththat....Imean,thefactis,mostofusdogotoworkforthepaycheck...notbecauseweloveourjobs...weneedmoneytolive.yntbia:
Areyouspeakingfrompersonalexperience?
Ohabsolutely!
Whohasn'
tfeltthisway--especiallyifyou'
veworkedinaboringjobwithlittlechanceofadvancement?
...Anyway,IthoughtthatMaierdealtwiththesubjectofofficeworkinaverywitty,amusingwayinherbook.1laughedoutloudseveraltimeswhilereadingit.
Canyougiveusanexample?
Ofwhatmademelaugh?
Well,forinstance,shegivesallofthesewonderfultipsfordoingaslittleaspossibleatwork--thingslikepretendingtobeasmokersothatyoucantakefrequentfive-minutebreaks.
That'
sagoodone.
...Or...um...hidingamagazineinsidealargeworkmanual.
Right,hertipswerefunny...Sowhataboutyou,Marc?
Whatdidyouthinkofthebook?
Marc:
Well,inplaces,itwashumorous,noquestion.Butoverall,Ifoundittoberathernegative--inspiteofthehumor.
Whatbotheredyouaboutthebook?
Canyouthinkofaspecificexample?
Well,onethingMaiersaysinherbookistobenicetotemporaryworkers.Why?
Becausetheyaretheonlyoneswhodoanyrealwork.Inotherwords,theotherpeopleinthecompanyarealljustmodern-dayslaves...Theyaren'
tdoinganythingmeaningful.
NowIthinkthat'
sprettyfunny.
Andthenthere'
sanothertipfromtheauthor:
Neveracceptapositionofresponsibility.Shesaysthatyou'
lljusthavetoworkextrahardforlittlemoney.Insteadofencouragingpeopletofigureoutwhatelsetheycouldbedoingwiththeirlives,shetellsthemit'
sbettertojustgoofoffatwork.1didn'
treallyfindthatveryfunny,1guess.
Yes,butMaierisbeingironic,Marc...
Iknowwhatyou'
resaying,David,butwhatI'
mgettingatisthatMaier'
sbookencouragespeopletojustgiveup.Sheclaimsthatit'
spointlesstotrytochangethingsintheworkplace...youknow,thatyoucanbereplacedbyanotherpersonatanytime.Hermessageisthatyoucan'
tgetaheadintoday'
sworkplace,andyou'
llprobablybelaidoffeventually,sowhybother.
Yes,butMaierwasn'
ttryingtowriteaself-helpbook,Marc.Whenshetellsustogoforthemostuselesspositioninthecompanysothatyouwon'
thavetoworktoohard...well,she'
snotbeingentirelyserious.It'
skindofajoke.
Well,Icanseethatourlistenersaregoingtohavetoreadthebookanddecideforthemselves.Thankyoubothforjoiningustoday.
Track5-1-8
C.Pairwork.Nowlistentothewholeinterview.PayspecialattentiontowhatResendesaidtowardstheendoftheinterview.Whodoyouthinkmayhavesaideachstatementbelow7Writetheperson'
sname.Thencompareyouranswerswithapartnerandgiveyourreasons.
Interviewer:
Whydon'
twestartoffbytalkingalittleabouthowyoudevelopedyourinterestinfoodandcooking?
Resende:
We!
l,foodhasalwaysbeenmypassion.Asachild,!
usedtolovepreparingmealswithmygrandmother,whowasfromBrazil.AndasIgotolder,Ispentalotoftimeinthekitchen,experimentingwithdifferentdishesThaisoups,Germantortes,Italianpastas.
Butyouneverconsideredacareerintheculinaryarts7
Notatall.Youknow,asakid,Igrewuplearningthatapersonwenttocollegeandgotajobinbusiness,law,orsomethinglikethat.Tellingmyparentsthat!
wantedto"
studyfood"
would’vebeenimpossible.Theyneverwouldhaveagreed.
So,fastforwardtothepresent.You'
renowabusinessdevelopmentmanagerforaninternationaltechnologycompany.!
tdoesn'
texactlysoundlikethecareeryoudreamedof.Tellus,howdidTheMediterraneancameintoyourlife?
Aboutthreeyearsago,Imovedintoanapartmentaroundthecornerfromthisstoreit'
salovelylittleplacethatspecializesinimportedfoodfromGreece,Spain,andItaly.There'
sadeliaswell.Anyway,i'
ddropinthereonceaweekorsotopickupdifferentitems.Butthenextthingyouknew,iwastalkingwiththeowner,AlexKanellos,aboutacheeseoracertainwine.Thenoneday,hejokinglysuggestedthatiworkinthedelisinceIhadalloftheseideas.Ijustlaughedwhenhesaidit,butwhenIgothome,!
couldn'
tstopthinkingthatmaybethispart-timejobwasanopportunityindisguise.
interviewer:
Soyoutookthejob?
Ohyeah.!
wenttothedelithenextmorning.Ihadbutterfliesinmystomach.!
keptthinking...I'
mthirtyyearsoldandI'
mtakingapart-timejobinadeli.WhatamIdoing?
WhenIaskedMr.Kanellosifhewasseriousaboutlettingmeworktherepart-time,helookedalittlesurprisedatfirst.Butthen,Mr.Kanelloshandedmeanapron,andtherestishistory,sotospeak,i'
vebeenworkingthereeverySaturdayforthelastcoupleofyears.
Interviewer:
Whatledtoyourdecisiontobuythedeli?
Resende:
Abouteightmonthsago,Mr.Kanellosmentionedthathewasgettingreadytoretire,andwasgoingtoselltheplace.So,lstartedthinking...lfhe'
sgoingtosellittosomeone,whynotme?
WhenlapproachedMr.Kanelloswiththeidea,hewasveryopentoit.lalsothinkhewaspleasedtoturnovertheplacetosomeoneheknew.
Andwhataboutyourjobwiththetechcompany?
I'
mgoingtostayforanotherthreemonths,untilMr.Kanellosretires.
Howareyourfamilyandfriendsreactingtothenews?
Myfriendsarereallyhappyforme.Alotofthemhavejobstheycan'
tstand--especiallymyfriendSuki--andmostwouldlovetomakeachangeintheirlives.Myboyfriendhasbeenprettysupportive,too,thoughatfirst,hethoughtIwascrazytoworkpart-timeatthedeli.Mymomisn'
tthrilled,though.She'
sworriedaboutmeleavinga"
goodjob"
torunthestore,butIknowthatasasmallbusinesswoman,1canbesuccessful,too.I'
msureshe'
llcomearound!
Unit1,LessonB
Forcedtooutsource
TVreporter:
SiliconValleysoftwaredeveloperS.AtlanticmakesnoapologiesforthefactthatmostofitsworkisdonebyengineersinIndia.Muchofitsbusinessinvolveshelpingstart-upsoftwarecompanieslaunchtheirproducts.WithoutIndia'
scostsavings,thosecompanieswouldn'
texist,becauseventurecapitalfirmsnowrequiresoftwarestart-upstooffshorebeforethey'
llinvest.
O'
Brian:
Itisnowatablestakeforasoftwarestart-uptodoaprettylargepercentageoftheirproductdevelopmentwithanoutsourcingandoffshoremodel.AndIwouldsaythemajorityofthatworkisdoneinIndiatoday,withChinastartingtogrowquickly,andotherareasaswell:
EasternEurope,LatinAmerica,otherpartsofSouthAsia.
S.Atlantic'
sfoundersareIndianimmigrants,asaremostofits70U.S.employees.It'
sHyderabad,India,softwaredevelopersmakeaboutaquarterofwhatU.S.workerswould.Thattranslatesto50%overallcostsavingsforitsclients.TheCEOofsoftwarestart-upKommendiosayshehadnootheroption.
Gil:
NotinSiliconValleyduringoneofthemost--thetoughesteconomicperiodsinhistory.Becausecapitalisvery,verytight.
(;
ilsaysthelowercostswillalsospeedupKommendio'
sdevelopmentcyclebyatleastayear.S.Atlantic'
soffshoringbusinessisgrowingfasterthanitexpected.ThecompanyplanstoaddatotalofaboutathousandjobsinIndiathisyearandnext.S.AtlanticsayshiringintheUnitedStateswillbeproportional,sothat'
slessthanahundredjobs.Nationwide,informationtechnologyemploymentcontinuestostruggle.Attheendofthefirstquarter,itwas2%higherthanlastyear,andthat'
sexpectedtoslowbecausetechcompaniesplantohirefewerthanhalfthenumberofworkerstheydidlastyear.
It'
sclearthatthereisalotofcreativedestructionincapitalistsocietiesandeconomies,andnowheremoresothaninSiliconValley.Andthebenefitsofthatsortofcreativedestruction,atthebottomline,arefundamentally,economicgrowthandmorejobsinthelongrun.
Inthenearterm,however,mostofS.Atlantic'
sjobswillbecreatedinIndia.
Yourreporter,Fremont,California.
Track5-2-3
C.Nowlistentothewholeconversation.Completeeachsentencewithwordsandinformationyouhear.
Mr.Young:
Hi,Carrie...Joel.It'
snicetomeetyou.Please,haveaseat.
Joel:
Thanks,Mr.Young.
MriYoung:
So,isthisyourfirsttimevisitingwithafinancialadvisor?
Carrie:
Yeah,itisforme.
Metoo.
OK,that'
sfine.Now,inpreparationforourmeeting,youwereaskedtodoalittlehomework--tocreateabudgetofsortsonyourown.Didyougetachancetodothat?
Yeah,wedid,butitwastough.Idon'
tseehowit'
sgoingtowork.
Mr,Young:
Andyou,Joel?
Howdoyoufee!
?
Prettymuchthesame.But,ifwedon'
tgetthingsundercontrol,we'
re