1、 and he was cold. This was the third Monday he had come to the window to look out. He prayed it would be the last. As if in answer to his prayer, a certain meeting he had been sent to investigate was about to take place. He took out his camera. Just beneath the statue two women had stopped to speak.
2、 He knew one of them, and it was she who pointed in his direction. The other woman looked up towards him and in that brief moment he photographed her. 1. a 2. b 3. d 4. c1. T 2. T 3. FCwondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way; the touch of a
3、 gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were!Task 3Harry: Well, Robert, have you made up your mind yet what you want to do when you leave college Nora: Oh Harry. Surely hes a bit young to decide on his career. He hasnt even got to college yet. Not at all, Nora. Its wisest to decide in
4、 good time. Look at me, for example. I really wanted to be a sailor, but now I spend my days sitting at a desk in an office. Yes, its silly to train for the wrong job. And after all, Robert will be going to college soon. Now if I were a man Id be a farmer. To see the crops growingthats my idea of a
5、good life. Yes, and to see the money rolling in is more important still. Robert: Well, thats not the way I look at it, Dad. Its the job I care about, not the money. Maybe not; but youll learn to care about the money too, when youve got a family to keep. And of course Peterwell, hes keen to be a raci
6、ng driver, or else an explorer Oh, Peters not old enough to make up his mind about such things. You havent answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to do Are you sure you dont want to be a farmer, Robert Or a market gardener No, Im sorry Mum, but I dont want to at all. Id rather be a ci
7、vil engineer. I want to build roads and bridges. Not ships Isnt it better to be a shipbuilding engineer Look here, is it my career were planning, or yours All right, all right, theres no need to lose your temper But youd better win that scholarship first. Harry-Sailor Nora-Farmer(if she were a man)R
8、obert-Civil engineer Peter-Racing driver or explorer1. a 2. b 3. c . b 5. dTask 4Here are some of the things a young man or woman should not do when he first asks an editor for a job: He should not tell the editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist. Very probably the editor d
9、oes not need either. He wants a reporter who will go to such places as government offices and police stations and write a true story of what is happening there Being a foreign correspondent or a columnist will come later. A young person should not tell the editor that newspaper work is only the firs
10、t step on the way to bigger and better jobs, such as those in government. The editor must take a lot of time and trouble teaching someone to be a good newspaperman or woman. He does not like the idea of teaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else. A young journalist shou
11、ld accept the working hours and free time the editor gives him. As a new journalist, it is very probable that he will work longer hours than others and work on weekends. The editor did the same when he was a young newspaperman with no experience. He expects a journalist to understand how things are
12、on a newspaper. 1. correspondents; columnist; may not need either; to go to places where events take place and write stories about them2. first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other people3. working hours; free time; work long hours to begin withTask 5Sylvia: Weve got a new manager
13、in our department. Larry: Oh You hoped to get that job, didnt you Yes, I did. Im sorry. Thats too bad. Who is it Who got the job, I mean Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler. Hes been with the company only two years. Ive been here longer. And I know more about the job, too! Hmm. Why do you think the
14、y gave it to him and not to you Because Im the wrong sex, of course! You mean you didnt get the job because youre a woman Yes, that was probably it! It isnt fair. What sort of clothes does he wear A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why Perhaps that had something to do with it. You mean you think I did
15、nt get the job because I come to work in jeans and a sweater Its possible, isnt Do you really think I should wear different clothes Well.perhaps you should think about it. Why should I wear a skirt Or a dress m not saying you should. Im saying you should think about it. Thats all! Why should I do th
16、at Im good at my job! Thats the only important thing! Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isnt, not in this company. 1. acd 2. abe1. she is the wrong sex 2. she wears the wrong clothesTask 6Al: Is this the right line to file a claim Bob: Yeah. Its the same line for everything.
17、 You just stand here and wait. Oh. Is there always such a long line Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here Yes. What happened Your plant closed down No. Im a car salesman, or, I was a car salesman. But we just arent selling cars. Its the interest rates. Two years ago, I averaged
18、ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars I sold last month One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go. How about you I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a good days work. But the machinery was ge
19、tting old. As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the management decided to build a new plant. You know where In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made eight or nine an hour. You know how much theyre paying the workers in Singapore $ an hour!
20、Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off. How long ago was that They closed down ten months ago. Any luck finding another job Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again. At least yo
21、u know something about machines. All I can do is talk. Maybe youll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. Ill see you here next week. I hope not. I hope Ill have something by then. Former Jobs When Laid-off Why Laid-off1st man Car salesman Recently Low sales, due to the increase of interest rate
22、s2nd man Worker at a vacuum 10 months ago Plant moved to Singapore where cleaner plant worker are paid much less1st speaker-bcd 2nd speaker-ae1. F 2. FTask 7Interviewer: Do you prefer what youre doing to teaching First Man: Yes, one of the things I found a bit frustrating about teaching was rather d
23、ifficult, especially if youre teaching in England and most of the students know quite a lot of English before they arrive. They learn a lot of English outside the classroom, in pubs or coffee shops or other places, with the families theyre living with. Its very difficult to pin down how much they le
24、arn from your actual lesson, whereas in marketing, again there are lots of areas that are grey rather than black or white, but there are quite a few other areas where one can see quite clearly the results of ones efforts. What did you do after you quit your job in advertising Second Man: In fact, I became a journalist and I worked as a freelance. I didnt have a full-time job with any newspaper. I just
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