现代大学英语听力2Unit 6.docx

1、现代大学英语听力2Unit 6Unit 6 WorkTask 1Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 oclock, but last Monday she left at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldnt get on a bus. There were too many people and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to

2、get home so she decided to go by tube. In the station she went to one of the automatic ticket machines but she didnt have enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran to the escalator. Laura went to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived a

3、nd the crowd moved forward. Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel the train stopped suddenly and Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with

4、 the moustache. Somebody screamed. The lights went out. It was quarter past 6 on a cold, wet December evening. KeyA1. db-a-e-cB1. aTask 2X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window

5、looking out at the dull beds of geraniums, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of Queen Victoria that stood across the street from him. It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and miserable. X was miserable, too. How, he wondered, could anybody think there was anyt

6、hing interesting about the life of a secret agent? He knew it was because people had seen so many television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting. They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain pen h

7、eld in a certain way would open a locked door, that the touch of a gold ring against the hand of an enemy would make him reveal all his secrets. How wrong they were! He looked round his room. The wallpaper was in the worst possible taste, the pictures horrible, the carpet worn, dirty and faded; and

8、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. He k

9、new 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. KeyA1. a 2. b 3. d 4. cB1. T 2. T 3. FCwondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way; the touch of a

10、 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. Harry: Not at all, Nora. Its wisest to d

11、ecide in 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. Nora: Now if I were a man Id be a farmer. To see the crops growingthats

12、 my idea of a good life. Harry: 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. Harry: Maybe not; but youll learn to care about the money too, when youve got a family to keep. Nora: And of cours

13、e Peterwell, hes keen to be a racing driver, or else an explorer Robert: Oh, Peters not old enough to make up his mind about such things. Harry: You havent answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to do? Nora: Are you sure you dont want to be a farmer, Robert? Or a market gardener? Robe

14、rt: No, Im sorry Mum, but I dont want to at all. Id rather be a civil engineer. I want to build roads and bridges. Harry: Not ships? Isnt it better to be a shipbuilding engineer? Robert: Look here, is it my career were planning, or yours? Harry: All right, all right, theres no need to lose your temp

15、er But youd better win that scholarship first. KeyAHarry-Sailor Nora-Farmer(if she were a man)Robert-Civil engineer Peter-Racing driver or explorerB1. 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 t

16、he editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist. Very probably the editor does 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

17、 will come later. A young person should not tell the editor that newspaper work is only the first 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 t

18、eaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else. A young journalist should 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 wa

19、s a young newspaperman with no experience. He expects a journalist to understand how things are on a newspaper. Key1. 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 pe

20、ople3. working hours; free time; work long hours to begin withTask 5Sylvia: Weve got a new manager in our department. Larry: Oh? You hoped to get that job, didnt you? Sylvia: Yes, I did. Larry: Im sorry. Thats too bad. Who is it? Who got the job, I mean? Sylvia: Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler.

21、 Hes been with the company only two years. Ive been here longer. And I know more about the job, too! Larry: Hmm. Why do you think they gave it to him and not to you? Sylvia: Because Im the wrong sex, of course! Larry: You mean you didnt get the job because youre a woman? Sylvia: Yes, that was probab

22、ly it! It isnt fair. Larry: What sort of clothes does he wear? Sylvia: A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why? Larry: Perhaps that had something to do with it. Sylvia: You mean you think I didnt get the job because I come to work in jeans and a sweater? Larry: Its possible, isnt ? Sylvia: Do you reall

23、y think I should wear different clothes? Larry: Well.perhaps you should think about it. Sylvia: Why should I wear a skirt? Or a dress? Larry: Im not saying you should. Im saying you should think about it. Thats all! Sylvia: Why should I do that? Im good at my job! Thats the only important thing! Lar

24、ry: Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isnt, not in this company. KeyA1. acd 2. abeB1. 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. You just stand here and wait. Al: Oh. Is th

25、ere always such a long line? Bob: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here? Al: Yes. Bob: What happened? Your plant closed down? Al: 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 ten new cars a mon

26、th. 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? Bob: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a good days work. But the machinery was getting old.

27、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? $2.50 an hour! Anywa

28、y, all fifty of us got laid off. Al: How long ago was that? Bob: They closed down ten months ago. Al: Any luck finding another job? Bob: 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 aga

29、in. Al: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk. Bob: Maybe youll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. Ill see you here next week. Al: I hope not. I hope Ill have something by then. KeyFormer Jobs When Laid-off Why Laid-off1st man Car salesman Recently Low sales, due t

30、o the increase of interest rates2nd man Worker at a vacuum 10 months ago Plant moved to Singapore where cleaner plant worker are paid much lessB1st speaker-bcd 2nd speaker-aeC1. F 2. FTask 7Interviewer: Do you prefer what youre doing to teaching? First Man: Yes, one of the things I found a bit frust

31、rating about teaching was rather difficult, 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 learn 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