新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 4-15

Task3: An Interview That Upsets the Boss
Script
John was in a terrible accident at work and lost both of his ears. Since he was permanently¹ disfigured, he settled with the company for a fairly large compensation and decided² to invest the money in a small but growing telecom business. After weeks of negotiations³, he bought the company. Then he realized that he knew nothing about running such a business and quickly set out to hire someone who could do that for him.
So he set up three job interviewers. The first guy was great. He knew everything the company needed and was very interesting. At the end of the interview, John asked him, ”Do you notice anything different about me?” And the gentleman answered, “Why yes, I couldn’t help notice you have no ears.” John got very upset and threw him out.
The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better than the first guy. He asked her the same question, “Do you notice anything usually about me?” and the she replied, “Well, you have no ears.” Again John got furious and tossed her out.
The third and the last interview was the best of all three. It was with a very young man who was fresh out of college. He was smart and handsome. And he seemed to be a better businessman than the firs two put together. John was anxious to employ him, but asked him the same question, “Do you notice anything different about me?”
And to his surprise, the young man answered, “Yes, you wear contact lenses.”
John was amazed, and said, “What an incredibly observant young man! How in the world did you know that?”
The young man laughed and replied, “Well, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with no ears!”

For Reference
1. He lost both of his ears.
2. Because he realized that he knew nothing about running the business after he bought it.
3. Because the interviewee said he noticed that John had no ears, and John got upset.
4. He said he noticed John wore contact lenses.
5. He thought it was pretty difficult to wear glasses with no ears.

1 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。