英语听力教程(第2册)Unit 6 听力原文

Unit 6 听力原文Part IB1. Tell me about yourself.2. What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses3. We have a lot of applicants for this job, why should we appoint you4. What has been your most valuable experience5. How would you describe your personality6. When did you last lose your temper Describe what happened.7. Which is more important to you: status or money8. How long do you think you’d stay with us if you were appointed9. Why do you want to leave your present job10. What makes you think you’d enjoy working for us11. Are you an ambitious person12. What would you like to be doing ten years from now13. What are you most proud of having done in your present job14. What was the worst problem you have had in your present job and how did you solve it15. What is the best idea you’ve had in the past month16. What is your worst fault and what is your best quality17. Don’t you think you’re a little young for this job18. What are your long-range goals19. Describe your present job — what do you find rewarding about it20. Now, what do you do in your spare time21. What excites you about the job you’re doing now22. What worries you about the job you’re doing now23. Describe your ideal boss.24. How would you rate your present bossC1. A person who likes to give or share things with others.2. Someone who always tells the truth.3. A person who is quick at learning new things.4. Someone who is always on time.5. A person who can’t keep a secret.6. Someone who does not think about other people’s feeling.7. A person who speaks in a very direct and honest way.8. Someone who is educated or has good manners.9. A person who comes up with new and original ideas.10. Someone who has a strong desire to succeed.Part II Two girls talking on the phoneClara: That number has been engaged for ages. Nobody can be that popular. I wonder if her number’s been changed. I think I’ll try again (Dialling)Sue: 3346791Clara: Is that you sueSue: Who’s callingClara: This is Clara, Clara Fulkson. Don’t you remember meSue:Clara! Of course I remember you. How are you I haven’t heard from you for at least 2 years. What are you doingClara: Nothing very exciting. That’s one reason I’m ringing. I need some advice.Sue: Advice Hm...That’s a good one. I’ve just been sacked (Pips)Clara: There’s (a) pips. Hang on Sue. (Insert a coin) What do you mean you’ve just been sacked Sue, you are the most successful woman I know.Sue: That’s probably why I’ve been sacked. But let’s talk about you. You said you needed some advice. Clara: I certainly do. I want to ask you about interviews. Have you had (a) lots of themSue: Yes, I have. Too manyClara: So could you tell me the sort of questions you are usually askedSue: Let me think. The first ten questions are almost always the same. I call them the why’s, how’s and where’s.(pips again)Clara: Not again, Don’t go away, Sue, I’ve got one more coin. (Insert one more coin) Are you there Sue Sue: Yes, I’m still hereClara: Sorry, I didn’t understand what you were telling me. Could you repeat itSue: It’s very boring. But here you are. I’m always asked: why I want to leave my present job; why I’m interested in the new job; how I intend to get to work; how long I intend to stay at the job; Where I live; where I went to school; how much I ‘m paid in my present job; how much I expect to be paid in the new job. Oh, yes. I’m always asked if I’m married.(pips again)Clara: That is it, Sue. No more coins. I’ll write to you soon. And many thanks.Questions:1. What are the manes of the two speakers2. Where might the caller make the phone call3. How many coins did the caller insert4. How long haven’t the two girls seen each other for5. How many why’s, how’s and where’s can you remember Place a tick by all the questions you can remember.Part III A good interviewA.Interviewer: Good morning, Miss ...Miss Jones: Miss Jones.Interviewer: Miss Jones, yes, right. Now, you’d like to join our team, I gather.Miss Jones: Yes, I would.Interviewer: That’s very good. I’d like to know a little bit about you. Perhaps you could tell me a little bit about your education.Miss Jones: Oh yes. I left school at 18 and for the first two years I went to Gibsons. They’re an engineering firm. And after that, I did a one-year full-time PA course and went back to Gibsons. I was PA to the Export Director. I stayed there for two years and then moved on to my present company. That’s Europa Marketing. And I’ve been with them for three years now, first working with the Marketing Director and now I’m with the Sales Director.Interviewer:That’s all very interesting, Miss Jones. I’d like to know what was the course that youenjoyed most at schoolMiss Jones: Foreign languages. We did French and German.Interviewer: And are you quite fluent in those languages now or ...Miss Jones: Yes, a bit rusty now, but obviously the more travel I can do the more I can use my languages and I’d like to learn another language. I’d like to add Italian as well.Interviewer: ItalianMiss Jones: Yes.Interviewer: Very good, that might be very useful. Now tell me a little bit about the work you’re doing at present.Miss Jones:Well Europa Marketing is a marketing and public relations company and they do consultancy work for companies operating in the UK and European markets. Our clients come from all over the world. I assist the sales director by arranging these visits, setting up meetings and presentations and I deal with her correspondence. I’ve not been able to go with her on any of her trips abroad, but I’ve been to the firms in this country, several times on my own to make these arrangements.Interviewer: It sounds as if you’re very happy there, Miss Jones. I’m curious why you’d like to leave them and join our company.Miss Jones: Well I know Anglo-European has a very good reputation. And I feel that I would have more scope and opportunity in your company and that the work will be more challenging for me. I might be able to travel and use my languages because at the moment most of my work is rather routine secretarial-type work and I like the idea of more challenges in my life really ...B.Interviewer: Good morning, Miss ...Miss Jones: Miss Jones. Good morning.Interviewer: Miss Jones, yes, right. Hi. Um ... now, you’d like to join our team, I gather.Miss Jones: Yes, I would.Interviewer: That’s ... that’s very good. Er ... I’d like to know a little bit about you. Perhaps you could tell me ... perhaps we could start ... if you could tell me a little bit about your education.Miss Jones: Oh yes, right. Well, I left school at 18 and for the first two years I went to Gibsons, you might know them, they’re an engineering firm.(An, yes, right.) Um ... and after that, I wanted to do a course, so I d ... I did a one-year full-time PA course and went back to Gibsons. I was PA to the Export Director. I stayed there for another two years and ... and then I moved on to my present company. Um ... that’s Europa Marketing ... um ... Mr. Adair, the marketing director, offered me a job because Gibsons had ... had worked quite a lot with Europa Marketing. (Oh, yes, Europe’s got big business.) And I’ve been with them for three years now ... um ... first with the Marketing Director and ... and now I’m with the Sales Director.Interviewer:That’s all very interesting, Miss Jones. Um ... I ... I’d like to know, what did you enjoy most at school What was the course that you enjoyed mostMiss Jones: Ah ... foreign languages I liked best. (Foreign languages.) We did French and German. Yes. Interviewer: Mhm. And are you quite fluent in those now or ...Miss Jones: Yes, a bit rusty now, but ... um ... obviously the more travel I can do the more I can use my languages and I’d like to learn another language. I’d like to add Italian as well.Interviewer: ItalianMiss Jones: Yes.Interviewer: Very good, very good, that ... that might be very useful. Now ... er ... tell me a little bit about ... er ... the work you’re doing at present.Miss Jones: Um ... well ... er ... Europa Marketing is a marketing and public ... public relations company and they do ... they do consultancy work for companies operating in the UK and European markets. Er ... our clients come from all over the world ... um ... we deal with some of them by ... by post, but most of them come to our offices and at least once during a project. I assist the sales director by arranging these visits, setting up meetings and presentations and I ... I deal with her correspondence. I’ve not been able to go with her on any ... on any of her trips abroad, but I ... I’ve been to firms in this country, several times on my own ... um ... to make these arrangements. Interviewer: It sounds as if you’re very happy there, Miss Jones. I’m curious why you’d like to leave them and join our company.Miss Jones: Well ... um ... I know the reputation of Anglo-European and it has a very good reputation. And I feel that I would have more scope and opportunity in your company and that the work will be more challenging for me. I might be able to possibly travel and use my languages because at the moment most of my work is ... is rather routine secretarial-type work and I like the idea of more ... um ... challenges in my life really ...Part ⅣAAt interview the first thing that I notice is how the person settles down, and when they sit down. Do they immediately rush into the room, grab a chair without being invited to sit down Are they nervous Do they spend a lot of time fiddling with their hands, brushing their hair back, holding their pen, tapping it on the table Obviously everyone is nervous at interview and you make allowances for that, but if it continues throughout the whole interview then you have to ask yourself what will they be like in a normal jobSecond thing that I look for is: Do they look at you Do they make eye contact Because if they won’t look at you in a job which depends on making a good impression, then probably in the job they won’t do very well in terms of making contact and having good relations with other colleagues. The sort of person normally we would look for would be someone who was, open, outgoing, enthusiastic and who could talk intelligently about what they had done and what they hoped to do. That doesn’t mean that they have to have had a lot of experience but that they should be able to reflect on whatever experience they’ve had.The other kinds of things that we might talk about in an interview of course are what the person expects to get from a new job, and I think that it is important because it shows the expectations that the person has-what they want from their job. It’s interesting to hear why people want to change jobs.B... But as important as qualifications are, and you won’t get to an interview or at least people won’t get to an interview without the qualifications, the most important thing in fact is the character and how a person presents themselves at interview. I find it very difficult to define exactly the sort of person I am looking for, but when I meet someone I can tell whether they are the sort of person that I would like to appoint or whether they are not.At interview the first thing that I notice is how the person settles down, when they sit down. Do they immediately rush into the room, grab a chair without being invited to sit down Are they nervous Um, do they spend a lot of time fiddling with their hands, brushing their hair back, er holding their pen,tapping it on the table Obviously everyone is nervous at interview and you make allowances for that, but if it continues throughout the whole interview then of course you have to ask yourself if they’re like this after, say, an hour of interview, what will they be like in a normal jobSecond thing that I look for is: Do they look at you Do they make eye contact Because if they won’t look at you in a job where in, in a situation where a job depends on, on them making a good impression, then probably in the job they won’t do very well in terms of making, er, good, making contact with other colleagues, making, having good relations with other colleagues. The sort of person normally we would look for would be someone who was, open, outgoing, enthusiastic and who could talk intelligently about what they had done and what they hoped to do. That doesn’t mean that they have to have had a lot of experience but that they should be able to reflect on whatever experience they’ve had.The other kinds of, of um things that we might talk about in an interview of course are what, er what the person expects to get from a new job in a new country, and that I think is important because it shows the expectations that the person has — what they want from their job. Um it’s interesting to hear why people want to change jobs, why they want to go to a new country.Part V Who’ll Get the Job(Jane Langley is being interviewed by Mrs. Grey, the Personnel Manager, and Mr. Toms. )Mr. Toms: Yes, I see. Good. Good.Mrs. Grey: Miss Langley, I see that your last employer, Mr. Carmichaes, described you as “conscientious”. Do you think you areJane: Well, I certainly try to be. I have a set routine for the day in the office which means that I know exactly all the jobs that I have to do. And if conscientious means being exrtemely careful and paying attention to detail, then yes, I suppose I’m conscientious.Mr. Toms: But he said too that you could ‘adapt quickly to change’. Did you leave because they were making changes, or whatJane: No, not at all. They made a lot of changes while I was there. I’m afraid I became unhappy because I wanted something more challenging.Mrs. Grey: I assume you wanted something like the job of Senior Secretary that we’re offering. Jane: Yes, that’s right.(Michael James is being interviewed now by the same two people. )Mrs. Grey: ...and according to your last employer, Mr. Smith, you ‘tend to be a little impatient at times’.Michael: Well, perhaps I am, perhaps I’m not. Some of the others in the office there were so slow! Mr. Toms: Yes, yes. I like a person who wants to get on with the job.Mrs. Grey: Mr. James, what I’d like to know is ...Mr. Toms:Excuse me, Mrs. Grey, but I wanted to ask Mr. James about his sport. You’re a keen footballer, I understand.Michael: Oh, yes. I play regularly twice a week. And I organised a team at my old place.Mr. Toms: And golf, too, I gather.Michael: Yes. Actually, I like golf better than football really. That’s why I play nearly every morning ... (Mrs. Grey and Mr. Toms are now discussing Jane and Michael after the interviews.)Mrs. Grey: ... so in my view, when you compare the two of them — and this has nothing to do with Jane being a woman — I’d give the job to Jane Langley. She’s obviously a better secretary than he is, she’s a much better typist, she mixes better with people and is clearly far more polite. We don’t evenneed to discuss Mr. James.Mr. Toms: Well, we do, because I think he’s brighter than Miss Langley. I know he doesn’t dress as well or speak as clearly, and he’s not as experienced as she is, but he’s quicker, more alert. And he’s keen on football and golf. I like that. So he gets the job.Mrs. Grey: No, I’m sorry, Mr. Toms. He doesn’t.Mr. Toms: Yes, he does, Mrs. Grey. He’s the Director’s nephew.。