大学英语第二册第4课 课文及课后答案.docx

1、大学英语第二册第4课 课文及课后答案北京工商大学 专升本 会计学专业 大学英语2 电子版复习课件 整理:王和平QQ 359076395 如果有发现错误或补充请联系我.谢谢大家 所有资料 都可以下载UNIT 4作者想在上大学之前先挣点钱，便申请了一份教学工作。可是面试情况却越来越糟 我的第一份工作 在我等着进大学时，我从一家当地报纸上看到一则伦敦郊区的一所学校要招聘一名教师的广告，此地离我的住处大约十英里远。因为很缺钱花，又想做一点有益的事情。于是我提出了申请，与此同时，我也很担心，因为即没有文凭，又没有教学经验，看来要想得到这份工作，机会渺茫。 可是，三天后来了一封信，让我去克洛伊顿面试。那是

2、一次令人难受的旅程。搭火车到克洛伊顿车站，然后坐十分钟的汽车，最后至少再走四分之一英里。结果，我在一个炎热的六月的早晨到了，因为太沮丧而没感到紧张。 学校是一座红砖房子，大大的窗子。前面的宅院是铺着砾石的正方形，四个角落都各生一丛灌木，它们挣扎着求生于来自一条繁忙大道的烟雾，尘灰。 很显然开门的是校长本人。他又矮又胖，留着沙色的小胡子，前额上布满皱纹，头发几乎秃光。 他带着一种吃惊的、不满的神情看着我，就像是一位上校看着一名没系鞋带的列兵一样，“哦，对”他咕哝着说“你最好到里面来。”狭窄、阴暗的走廊里散发出放久的卷心菜的霉味，让人很不舒服，墙上墨迹斑斑，很脏；到处一片沉寂。从地毯上的面包屑判断

3、，他的书房也是他的餐室。“你最好坐下，他说道，接着又问我了一连串的问题，为了得到普通中学毕业证书我学了哪些科目，多大了，玩些什么游戏，这时他突然用那双满是血丝的眼睛盯着我，问我是否认为游戏对于孩子的教育起着重大的作用。我含含糊糊地说些别把游戏看得那么重要之类的话。他哼了哼。我的话不正确。我和那位校长显然没什么共同点。 他说，学校包括一个有二十四个男孩子的班级，年龄范围是七至十三岁。我必须教所有的课程，除了美术由他自己教外。星期三和星期六下午到一英里外的公园里踢足球，打板球。 教学安排使我充满了恐惧。我得把班分成三级再依次按三个不同水准教他们，想起要教代数和几何我就沮丧，这两门课我在学校里就学得

4、非常差劲。更糟的是想到周六下午打板球，那时我的大多数朋友都在休闲。 我十分不好意思地问：“我的薪水会是多少呢？”“加午餐每星期十二镑。”没等我提出抗议，他已经站起来。“现在，”他说道，“你最好见见我妻子，她才是真正管理学校的人。” 我再也无法忍受下去了。我还年轻，想到要在一个女人手下做事，真是奇耻大辱。TEXTTrying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse.My First J

5、ob Robert BestWhile I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and wit

6、h no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter of a mile. As a result I

7、arrived on a hot June morning too depressed to feel nervous.The school was a red brick house with big windows. The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road.It was clearly the headmaster hims

8、elf that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair.He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone, Ah yes, he grunted. Youd better come inside. The narrow, s

9、unless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room Youd better sit down, he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General Sc

10、hool Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boys education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaste

11、r and I obviously had very little in common.The school, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Satu

12、rday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry=two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse p

13、erhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.I said shyly, What would my salary be? Twelve pounds a week plus lunch. Before I could protest, he got to his feet. Now, he said, youd better meet my wife. Shes the one who really runs this s

14、chool.This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.NEW WORDSapply vi. write to ask for (a job, membership, etc.), esp. officially申请vt.1. 涂,敷;将.铺在表面(+to)The nurse applied the ointment to the wound.护士把药膏敷到伤口上。2. 应用;实施(+to)We should

15、 apply both theories in the language classroom.我们应把两种理论都运用到语言教室中去。3. 使起作用;使适用W(+to)This rule can not be applied to every case.这条规则并不是在每种情况下都能适用的。4. 把.用(于)(+to)5. (后常接oneself)使致力(于),使专心从事(+to)He applied himself to learning French.他致力于学习法语。vi.1. 申请,请求(+for/to)+to-vHe has applied for a post in England.他已申请在英国供职。2. 起作用;适用W(+to)3. 专心致志4. 有关系,相关联W(+to)application n.n.1. 应用,适用;运用UC(+of/to)Biology has practical applications.生物学有实用性。2. 申请,请求;申请书CU(+to/for)+to-vI made an application for