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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'

regoing