新标准大学英语视听说教程4听力原文及翻译.docx

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新标准大学英语视听说教程4听力原文及翻译

新标准大学英语视听说教程4-听力原文及翻译

Unit1

Outsideview

Conversation1

Li:

Whatawonderfulview!

Thisissuchagreatcity!

DoyouevergettiredoflivinginLondon,Andy?

A;"WhenamanistiredofLondon,heistiredoflife,forthereisinLondonallthatlifecanafford"Li:

That'saquotationbySamuelJohnson,isn'tit?

A:

Correct,sodoyouhaveanyplanswhenyoufinishatOxford?

Li:

I'vegotanotheryeartogoandthenIsupposeI'llgobackhome.

A;Andyouwillfindajob?

Li:

IthinkIhavetodomyMaster'sbeforeIlookforwork.ButImustadmitLondonisveryspecial.DoyouthinkyouwouldeverleaveLondon?

A:

Sure,I'dlovetocometochinaoneday,andIliketraveling.ButithinkI'llalwayscomebackhere.

Li:

Well,yourrootsarehereandtherearesomanyopportunities.

A;ButhaveyoueverthoughtoflivinginLondonforayearortwo?

Li:

Yes,butwhatcouldIdohere?

Ihadplannedtobecomeateacher.Butihaveoftenthoughtiftherewasajobicoulddohereinpublishing,maybeasaneditor,I'llgoforit.

A:

That'ssoundslikeagreatidea.IthinkthatwouldreallysuityouLi:

MaybeIshouldupdatemyCVandsendittooneortwopublisher.

A:

Don'tmakeitlooktoogood

Li:

Whynot?

A;Well,ifyouenjoyworkingwithLondonTimeOff,wedon'twantyouworkingwithanyoneelse

Li:

Oh,workingwithyouandJoeit'sgreatfunandreallyinteresting.Icouldn'tthinkofabetterwaytofindoutaboutacity

A;Somaybeyoushouldthinkaboutapplyingforajobwithus

Li:

ButdoyouthinkI'dstandachance（有可能，有希望）?

Imean,I'mnotsureifJoelikesme

A:

Don'teventhinkaboutit!

JoeisverystraighttalkingandIpromiseyouthatyou'dknowifhedidn'tlikeyou.

Li:

PerhapsweshouldbothupdateourCVsandlookforjobstogether

A:

Hey,right!

Thatwouldbefun.

Conversation2

Li:

Talkingaboutfutureplans,howdoyouseeyourcareerdeveloping?

A:

Mycareer?

Well,IlikeworkingforLondonTimeOff.It'sapartofalargermediacompanycalledLiftoffUSA,sotherearelotsof

opportunities.But...

Li:

But...What?

A:

It'snotalwaysveryeasyworkingwithJoe.Imean,Ikindofthinkhehasadifferentagenda（differentwayofthinkingfromAndy不一

样的想法）.Ilikehiswork,butsometimesIdon'tthinkhisheartisinhisjob.

Li:

HowdidheendupinLondon?

A:

HedidmediastudiesintheStates,andthenfoundworkasagofer（杂工）atLiftoffUSAinNewYork.

Li:

What'sagofer?

A:

Goforthis,goforthat.It'sawordfortheleastexperiencedpersoninthefilmandTVindustry.ThenhecametoLondonandgotaproperjobasaresearcheratLiftoffUK,andthenafterafewyearshegottheproducer'sjobinLondonTimeOff

Li:

Heisgoodathisjob,isn'the?

A:

Yes,heisconfidentandcompetentatwhathedoes,sothepeoplewhoworkwithhimratehimquitehighly（speakhighlyof）.

Li:

Exceptyou?

A:

No,Iratehimtoo.AndIgetonwithhimquitewell,althoughwearenotbestbudiesoranythinglikethat,it'sjust...Iwanthisjob!

Li:

Nowweknowyourlittlesecret.IpromiseIwon'ttellanyone

A:

Janet,therewassomethingIwasgoingtoaskyou...

Li:

Sure,whatisit?

A:

Iwaswondering...oh,it'snothing.Anyway,allthistalkaboutyourfuturecareerismakingmethirsty.Let'sgoforadrink.

Li:

Whoisround?

A:

You...

Outsideview:

Howtogetajob

Graduation.Whatabigday!

Yourlifeisabouttobegin!

Andthenyourparentssay..."Getajob".Itellyou!

Lookingforyour

firstjoboutofcollegecanbeprettyhard.Readingallthejoblistingissoannoying.Eventryingtofigureoutwhattheactualjobiscanbedifficult.Searchingthroughthewantadscanbesoboring.Andwritingyourresumeisreallyhardwork.

"Idon'thavethatdayopen."Gettingajobinterview,andthengoingonit—thewholeprocessisprettytough.

"Sorrytokeepyouwaiting.Uh,haveaseat.""Ihaveyourresumehere,andyouareinterestedintheassistant'sposition.""Yeah,yeah"

"Well,therightcandidateforthisjobhastobeveryoutgoingandsociable.Afterallitisasaleposition."

"Well,I'marealextrovert（性格外向的人）.Definitely."

"Andtherightcandidatehastohavegreatself-confidence.Customersneedtofeelthatyouknowwhatyou'retalkingabout."

"Well,I'mreallyself-confident.UmIknowwhatI'mtalkingaboutandIthinkIcanprojectthat"

"So,whatskillswouldyoubringtothisjob?

"

""Well,IrealizethatI'mcompletelyoverqualifiedforthisposition.Imean,um,inmylastjob,Iwasrunningthewholeplace."

"Oh,soyou'vesupervisedpeople?

"

"Yep,fiveofthem.So,obviouslyIcoulddothisjob,noproblem.Ialsohavereallygoodcomputerskills.Umwhatelsedoyouwanttoknowaboutme?

"

"Eh..."

EventhoughIwastryingreallyhard,eventhoughIhadsentoutabout300resumes,eventhoughIaskedallmyfriendand

relativesiftheyknewofanything.Iwasn'tgettinganywhere!

Despiteallmybestefforts,Iwasstillunemployed.

"Please,whydon'tyouseeacareercounsellor（顾问）?

I'llpayforit.Anythingtohelpyougetajob!

"

"Samantha,I'mPhyllisStein.Welcome""Oh,hi,Phyllis.Nicetomeetyou."

SoIfigure,heck,whynot?

ImetwithPhyllisStein,aprofessionaljobcoach.

"Interviewingisvitaltogettingthejobthatyouwant."Sheshowedmehowtoprepareforaninterviewbydoingresearchonthepositionandthecompany.Andlatter,shecoachingmeonmyinterviewingskills.

"Iamgoingtopretendtobeyourinterviewer,andthenwe'llstopitandreplayitandlookatthevideoandseewhatwecouldlearnfromthat.OK?

""Idon'tthinkthatyoushouldgointoaninterviewhavingnotpractisedwithsomeofthequestionsthatareprettystandard."

"Tellmeaboutyourself."

"Well,myparents—mymomisasocialworker,andmydadisanengineer."

"Yourpreparationisreallyimportant."

"Whatdoyouknowaboutourorganization?

"

"Well,Isawon,um,ontheInternetthat,youdobusinesspublishing?

Right?

"

"Thereisawholerangeofthingsthathavetodowithhowyoupresentyourself/"

"WhyshouldIhireyou?

"

"Oh,well.,um,I'mareallyoutgoingperson,andIlike,Ilikepeoplealot.I'mresponsibleandnice."

"Youneedtothinkaboutwhattheinterviewerisactuallylookingfor."

"Samantha,whatwasamajorproblemthatyou'veencounteredandhowdidyousolveit?

"

"Ihaven'treallyhadanyproblemstodealwith."

"Thankyou.Nowlet'slookatyourmockinterviewonvideotape.""Ithinkitboilsdown（归结为）topreparation,presentation,

andunderstandingwhattheinterviewerislookingfor"

（Watchingthevideotape）

"Anotherwayofansweringitisnottellingaboutyourself,buttellingyourrelationshiptothejob."So,theydon'tcaresomuchaboutyourparentsandthatyouwanttoliveinCambridge.Theymayneedyoutobeabletobeatroubleshooter.Youusesomeexamplesinyourlifefrombeingatroubleshooter.""Oneofthethingsthatsomeonewhoisanassistantinatradeshowisdoing,isdealingwithproblems.Youneedtobesurethatyoustay,sortof,ontargetwithpreventing,presentingyourselfinthestrongestpossibleway."

ThistimeIfeltalotmoreconfidentwhenIwentinfortheinterview.

"Ihavedevelopedstrongcommunicationskills.IncollegeIworkedontheschoolpaperandIbroughtsomewritingsamplestoshowyou.""Ialsoworkedeverysummeratabed-and-breakfast.""Iworkedalotwithourguests.Ibookedreservationoverthephone,got

themwhattheyneeded,andhandledanycomplains.""Well,IfeellikeIdidreallywell.We'llsee."

Makingagoodfirstimpressionisthemostimportantpartofajobinterview.

Arrivingontimeandbeingconfidentarethemostimportantpartsofajobinterview.

It'sveryimportantthatyouarebeingconfidentandyou'rebeingclearinyouranswersandlisteningcarefullyNotfidgeting（坐立不安，烦躁）andbeingconfidentarethemostimportantthingsinajobinterview.

Writingathank-younoteisthemostimportantthingyouwanttodoafterajobinterview/Andgointherewithafirmhandshake.

Listeningin

"It'snotenoughtoaskwhatsuccessfulpeoplearelike...Itisonlybyaskingwheretheyarefromthatwecanunravelthelogicbehindwhosucceedandwhodoesn't"

ThisisthebasicideaofanintriguingbookcalledOutliers,bytheAmericanjournalistMalclomGladwell.Thebookexploresthefactorswhichcontributetopeoplewhoareextremelysuccessfulintheircareers,forexample,therolethefamily,cultureandfriend

play.

GladwellexaminesthecausesofwhythemajorityofCanadaicehokeyplayersareborninthefirstfewmonthsofthecalenderyear,whatthefounderofMicrosoftBillGatesdidtoachievehisextraordinarysuccess,andwhytheBeatlesmanagedtoredefinethewholeofpopularmusicinthe1960s.

GladwellpointsoutthattheyouthhockeyleagueinCanadarecruitsfromJanuarythefirst,sothatplayersbornearlyintheyeararebigger,strongerandbetterathletesthanothersbornlaterintheyear.Andbecausetheyhavethisadvantageatthestartoftheirsportscareer,they'regivenextracoaching,andsothere'sagreaterchancethatthey'llbepickedforanelitehockeyteaminthefuture.

Hecallsthisphenomenonaccumulativeadvantage（积累优势）,abitliketheideathattherichgetricherandthepoorgetpoorer.Successdependsontheprocessbywhichtalentedathletesareidentifiedasmuchasitdoesontheirownabilities.

Anotheraspectwhichcontributestosuccessisthe10000hourrule.Greatsuccessdemandsanenormousamountoftimeforpractiseandtraining.Forexample,theBeatlesperformedliveinHamburgGermanymorethan1200timesoverfouryears,muchmorethanthe10000hoursGladwellclaimisnecessaryforgreatsuccess.SobythetimetheyreturnedtoEngland,theyhaddevelopedtheirtalenteandsoundedcompletelydifferentfromanyothergroup.

Inthesameway,BillGateshadthousandsofhours'worthofprogrammingbecausehehadaccesstoacomputerathishigh