新标准大学英语视听说教程4听力原文及翻译.docx

1、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Unit 1OutsideviewConversation 1Li:What a wonderful view! This is such a great city!Do you ever get tired of living in London, Andy?A;When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford Li:Thats a quotation by

2、Samuel Johnson, isnt it?A:Correct,so do you have any plans when you finish at Oxford?Li: Ive got another year to go and then I suppose Ill go back home.A; And you will find a job?Li:I think I have to do my Masters before I look for work.But I must admit London is very special.Do you think you would

3、ever leave London?A:Sure, Id love to come to china one day, and I like traveling. But i think Ill always come back here.Li:Well, your roots are here and there are so many opportunities.A;But have you ever thought of living in London for a year or two?Li:Yes, but what could I do here? I had planned t

4、o become a teacher.But i have often thought if there was a job i could do here in publishing,maybe as an editor, Ill go for it.A:Thats sounds like a great idea.I think that would really suit you Li:Maybe I should update my CV and send it to one or two publisher.A:Dont make it look too goodLi:Why not

5、?A;Well,if you enjoy working with London Time Off, we dont want you working with anyone elseLi:Oh, working with you and Joe its great fun and really interesting. I couldnt think of a better way to find out about a cityA;So maybe you should think about applying for a job with usLi:But do you think Id

6、 stand a chance（ 有可能，有希望 ）?I mean, Im not sure if Joe likes meA:Dont even think about it!Joe is very straight talking and I promise you that youd know if he didnt like you.Li:Perhaps we should both update our CVs and look for jobs togetherA:Hey,right!That would be fun.Conversation 2Li:Talking about

7、future plans,how do you see your career developing?A:My career?Well, I like working for London Time Off.Its a part of a larger media company called Lift off USA,so there are lots ofopportunities.But.Li:But.What?A:Its not always very easy working with Joe.I mean,I kind of think he has a different age

8、nda （ different way of thinking from Andy 不一样的想法） .I like his work, but sometimes I dont think his heart is in his job.Li:How did he end up in London?A:He did media studies in the States,and then found work as a gofer （杂工） at Lift off USA in New York.Li:Whats a gofer?A:Go for this,go for that.Its a

9、word for the least experienced person in the film and TV industry.Then he came to London and got a proper job as a researcher at Lift off UK,and then after a few years he got the producers job in London Time OffLi:He is good at his job,isnt he?A:Yes,he is confident and competent at what he does,so t

10、he people who work with him rate him quite highly （ speak highly of ）.Li:Except you?A:No,I rate him too.And I get on with him quite well,although we are not best budies or anything like that,its just.I want his job! Li:Now we know your little secret.I promise I wont tell anyoneA:Janet,there was some

11、thing I was going to ask you.Li:Sure,what is it?A:I was wondering.oh,its nothing.Anyway,all this talk about your future career is making me thirsty.Lets go for a drink.Li:Who is round ?A:You.Outsideview :How to get a jobGraduation.What a big day!Your life is about to begin!And then your parents say.

12、Get a job.I tell you!Looking for yourfirst job out of college can be pretty hard.Reading all the job listing is so annoying.Even trying to figure out what the actual job is can be difficult.Searching through the want ads can be so boring.And writing your resume is really hard work.I dont have that d

13、ay open.Getting a job interview,and then going on it the whole process is pretty tough.Sorry to keep you waiting.Uh,have a seat.I have your resume here,and you are interested in the assistants position. Yeah,yeahWell,the right candidate for this job has to be very outgoing and sociable.After all it

14、is a sale position.Well, Im a real extrovert（ 性格外向的人 ）.Definitely.And the right candidate has to have great self-confidence.Customers need to feel that you know what youre talking about.Well, Im really self-confident.Um I know what Im talking about and I think I can project thatSo,what skills would

15、you bring to this job?Well, I realize that Im completely overqualified for this position.I mean,um,in my last job,I was running the whole place.Oh,so youve supervised people?Yep,five of them.So,obviously I could do this job,no problem.I also have really good computer skills.Um what else do you want

16、to know about me?Eh.Even though I was trying really hard,even though I had sent out about 300 resumes,even though I asked all my friend andrelatives if they knew of anything.I wasnt getting anywhere!Despite all my best efforts,I was still unemployed.Please,why dont you see a career counsellor （顾问） ?

17、Ill pay for it.Anything to help you get a job!Samantha,Im Phyllis Stein.WelcomeOh,hi,Phyllis.Nice to meet you.So I figure,heck,why not?I met with Phyllis Stein,a professional job coach.Interviewing is vital to getting the job that you want.She showed me how to prepare for an interview by doing resea

18、rch on the position and the company.And latter,she coaching me on my interviewing skills.I am going to pretend to be your interviewer,and then well stop it and replay it and look at the video and see what we could learn from that.OK?I dont think that you should go into an interview having not practi

19、sed with some of the questions that are pretty standard.Tell me about yourself.Well,my parents my mom is a social worker,and my dad is an engineer.Your preparation is really important.What do you know about our organization?Well,I saw on,um,on the Internet that ,you do business publishing?Right?Ther

20、e is a whole range of things that have to do with how you present yourself/Why should I hire you?Oh,well.,um, Im a really outgoing person,and I like,I like people a lot.Im responsible and nice.You need to think about what the interviewer is actually looking for.Samantha, what was a major problem tha

21、t youve encountered and how did you solve it?I havent really had any problems to deal with. Thank you.Now lets look at your mock interview on videotape. I think it boils down （归结为） to preparation,presentation,and understanding what the interviewer is looking for （Watching the videotape）Another way o

22、f answering it is not telling about yourself ,but telling your relationship to the job.So,they dont care so much about your parents and that you want to live in Cambridge.They may need you to be able to be a troubleshooter.You use some examples in your life from being a troubleshooter.One of the thi

23、ngs that someone who is an assistant in a trade show is doing,is dealing with problems.You need to be sure that you stay,sort of ,on target with preventing,presenting yourself in the strongest possible way.This time I felt a lot more confident when I went in for the interview.I have developed strong

24、 communication skills.In college I worked on the school paper and I brought some writing samples to show you.I also worked every summer at a bed-and-breakfast.I worked a lot with our guests.I booked reservation over the phone,gotthem what they needed,and handled any complains.Well,I feel like I did

25、really well.Well see. Making a good first impression is the most important part of a job interview.Arriving on time and being confident are the most important parts of a job interview.Its very important that you are being confident and youre being clear in your answers and listening carefully Not fi

26、dgeting （坐立不安，烦躁） and being confident are the most important things in a job interview.Writing a thank-you note is the most important thing you want to do after a job interview/ And go in there with a firm handshake.Listening inIts not enough to ask what successful people are like.It is only by aski

27、ng where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeed and who doesntThis is the basic idea of an intriguing book called Outliers, by the American journalist Malclom Gladwell.The book explores the factors which contribute to people who are extremely successful in their careers, for

28、example, the role the family , culture and friendplay.Gladwell examines the causes of why the majority of Canada ice hokey players are born in the first few months of the calender year,what the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates did to achieve his extraordinary success,and why the Beatles managed to re

29、define the whole of popular music in the 1960s.Gladwell points out that the youth hockey league in Canada recruits from January the first, so that players born early in the year are bigger,stronger and better athletes than others born later in the year.And because they have this advantage at the sta

30、rt of their sports career,theyre given extra coaching,and so theres a greater chance that theyll be picked for an elite hockey team in the future.He calls this phenomenon accumulative advantage （积累优势） ,a bit like the idea that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.Success depends on the proces

31、s by which talented athletes are identified as much as it does on their own abilities.Another aspect which contributes to success is the 10000 hour rule.Great success demands an enormous amount of time for practise and training.For example,the Beatles performed live in Hamburg Germany more than 1200

32、times over four years,much more than the 10000 hours Gladwell claim is necessary for great success.So by the time they returned to England,they had developed their talente and sounded completely different from any other group.In the same way,Bill Gates had thousands of hours worth of programming because he had access to a computer at his high