新世纪大学英语视听说教程5听力原文部分1.docx

1、新世纪大学英语视听说教程5听力原文部分1Track 5-1-3之马矢奏春创作创作时间：二零二一年六月三十日C. Now listen to the whole interview. Circle the correct words or phrases to complete each sentence according to whateach speaker says.Cynthia: And welcome back to Book Talk on WKRZ. Im your host Cynthia Marques, and this morning well be reviewing

2、 Corinne Maiers French bestseller Bonjour Paresse - which translates into English as Hello Laziness. Maiers book, Hello Laziness, takes a humorous look at the corporate workplace, and encourages readers todo as little as possible when theyre at work.Joining me to discuss the book are David Sorenson,

3、 a journalist for City Tithes magazine, and Marc Pryce, a professor of social psychology at Bower UniversitySo, lets start with Maiers opinion in Hello Laziness that we work because we have to - because we need the money, not because most of us love out jobs.David, what are your thoughts about this?

4、David: I completely agree with that . I mean, the fact is, most of us do go to work for the paycheck . not because we love our jobs . we need money to live.yntbia: Are you speaking from personal experience?David: Oh absolutely! Who hasnt felt this way - especially if youve worked in a boring job wit

5、h little chance of advancement? . Anyway, I thought that Maier dealt with the subject of office work in a very witty, amusing way in her book. 1 laughed out loud several times while reading it.Cynthia: Can you give us an example?David: Of what made me laugh? Well, for instance, she gives all of thes

6、e wonderful tips for doing as little as possible at work - things like pretending to be a smoker so that you can take frequent five-minute breaks.Cynthia: Thats a good one.David: . Or . um . hiding a magazine inside a large work manual.Cynthia: Right, her tips were funny . So what about you, Marc? W

7、hat did you think of the book?Marc: Well, in places, it was humorous, no question. But overall, I found it to be rather negative - in spite of the humor.Cynthia: What bothered you about the book? Can you think of a specific example?Marc: Well, one thing Maier says in her book is to be nice to tempor

8、ary workers. Why? Because they are the only ones who do any real work. In other words, the other people in the company are all just modern-day slaves .They arent doing anything meaningful.David: Now I think thats pretty funny.Marc: And then theres another tip from the author: Never accept a position

9、 of responsibility. She says that youll just have to work extra hard for little money. Instead of encouraging people to figure out what else they could be doing with their lives, she tells them its better to just goof off at work. 1 didnt really find that very funny, 1 guess.David: Yes, but Maier is

10、 being ironic, Marc .Marc: I know what youre saying, David, but what Im getting at is that Maiers book encourages people to just give up. She claims that its pointless to try to change things in the workplace . you know, that you can be WordStrd by another person at any time. Her message is that you

11、 cant get ahead in todays workplace, and youll probably be laid off eventually, so why bother.David: Yes, but Maier wasnt trying to write a self-help book, Marc. When she tells us to go for the most useless position in the company so that you wont have to work too hard . well, shes not being entirel

12、y serious. Its kind of a joke.Cynthia: Well, I can see that our listeners are going to have to read the book and decide for themselves. Thank you both for joining us today.Track 5-1-8C. Pair work. Now listen to the whole interview. Pay special attention to what Resende said towards the end of the in

13、terview. Who do you think may have said each statement below7 Write the persons name. Then compare your answers with a partner and give your reasons.Interviewer: Why dont we start off by talking a little about how you developed your interest in food and cooking?Resende: We!l, food has always been my

14、 passion. As a child, ! used to love preparing meals with my grandmother, who was from Brazil. And as I got older, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen, experimenting with different dishes Thai soups, German tortes, Italian pastas.Interviewer: But you never considered a career in the culinary arts7R

15、esende: Not at all. You know, as a kid, I grew up learning that a person went to college and got a job in business, law, or something like that. Telling myparents that ! wanted to study food wouldve been impossible. They never would have agreed.Interviewer: So, fast forward to the present. Youre now

16、 a business development manager for an international technology company. !t doesnt exactly sound like the career you dreamed of. Tell us, how did The Mediterranean came into your life?Resende: About three years ago, I moved into an apartment around the corner from this store its a lovely little plac

17、e that specializes in imported food from Greece, Spain, and Italy. Theres a deli as well. Anyway, id drop in there once a week or so to pick up different items. But the next thing you knew, i was talking with the owner, Alex Kanellos, about a cheese or a certain wine. Then one day, he jokingly sugge

18、sted that i work in the deli since I had all of these ideas. I just laughed when he said it, but when I got home, ! couldnt stop thinking that maybe this part-time job was an opportunity in disguise.interviewer: So you took the job?Resende: Oh yeah. ! went to the deli the next morning. I had butterf

19、lies in my stomach. ! kept thinking . Im thirty years old and Im taking a part-time job in a deli. What am I doing? When I asked Mr. Kanellos if he was serious about letting me work there part-time, he looked a little surprised at first. But then, Mr. Kanelloshanded me an apron, and the rest is hist

20、ory, so to speak, ive been working there every Saturday for the last couple of years.Interviewer: What led to your decision to buy the deli? Resende: About eight months ago, Mr. Kanellos mentioned that he was getting ready to retire, and was going to sell the place. So, l started thinking . lfhes go

21、ing to sell it to someone, why not me? When lapproached Mr. Kanellos with the idea, he was very open to it. l also think he was pleased to turn over the place to someone he knew.Interviewer: And what about your job with the tech company?Resende: Im going to stay for another three months, until Mr. K

22、anellos retires.Interviewer: How are your family and friends reacting to the news?Resende: My friends are really happy for me. A lot of them have jobs they cant stand - especially my friend Suki - and most would love to make a change in their lives. My boyfriend has been pretty supportive, too, thou

23、gh at first, he thought I was crazy to work part-time at the deli. My mom isnt thrilled, though. Shes worried about me leaving a good job to run the store, but I know that as a small businesswoman, 1 can be successful, too. Im sure shell come around!Unit 1, Lesson BForced to outsourceTV reporter: Si

24、licon Valley software developer S. Atlantic makes no apologies for the fact that most of its work is done by engineers in India. Much of its business involves helping start-up software companies launch their products. Without Indias cost savings, those companies wouldnt exist, because venture capita

25、l firms now require software start-ups to offshore before theyll invest.OBrian: It is now a table stake for a software start-up to do a pretty large percentage of their product development with an outsourcing and offshore model. And I would say the majority of that work is done in Indiatoday, withCh

26、ina starting to grow quickly, and other areas as well: Eastern Europe, Latin America, other parts of South Asia.TV reporter: S. Atlantics founders are Indian immigrants, as are most of its 70 U.S. employees. Its Hyderabad, India, software developers make about a quarter of what U.S. workers would. T

27、hat translates to 50% overall costsavings for its clients. The CEO of software start-up Kommendio says he had no other option.Gil: Not in Silicon Valley during one of the most - the toughest economic periods in history. Because capital is very, very tight.TV reporter: (;il says the lower costs will

28、also speed up Kommendios development cycle by at least a year. S. Atlantics offshoring business is growing faster than it expected. The company plans to add a total of about a thousand jobs in India this year and next. S. Atlantic says hiring in the United States will be proportional, so thats less

29、than a hundred jobs. Nationwide, information technology employment continues to struggle. At the end of the first quarter, it was 2% higher than last year, and thats expected to slow because tech companies plan to hire fewer than halfthe number of workers they did last year.OBrian: Its clear that th

30、ere is a lot of creative destruction in capitalist societies and economies, and nowhere more so than in Silicon Valley. And the benefits of that sort of creative destruction, at the bottom line, are fundamentally, economic growth and more jobs in the long run.TV reporter: In the near term, however,

31、most ofS. Atlantics jobs will be created in India.Your reporter, Fremont, California.Track 5-2-3C. Now listen to the whole conversation. Complete each sentence with words and information you hear.Mr. Young: Hi, Carrie . Joel. Its nice to meet you. Please, have a seat.Joel: Thanks, Mr. Young.Mri Youn

32、g: So, is this your first time visiting with a financial advisor?Carrie: Yeah, it is for me.Joel: Me too.Mr. Young: OK, thats fine. Now, in preparation for our meeting, you were asked to do a little homework - to create a budget of sorts on your own. Did you get a chance to do that?Carrie: Yeah, we did, but it was tough. I dont see how its going to work.Mr, Young: And you, Joel? How do you fee!?Joel: Pretty much the same. But, ifwe dont get things under control, were