人人说英语高级18

　　Unit 6 Jobs and Occupations
A Job Interview(E)
Reaching the end fo a job interview
the interviewer asked a young accountant fresh out of college
"And what starting salary were you looking for?"
The accountant said,"About $100,000 a year,depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer said,"Well,what would you say to a package of 5 weeks'vacation14 paid holidays,full health insurance a retirment fund for 50% of your salary and a company car leased every 2 years?"
The accountant sat up straight and said,"Wow!Are you kidding?"
And the interviewer replied,"Yeah,but you started it."
Test (M)
Fred and Eric were computer programmers,and they applied¹ for a single position at a computer companyThey both had the same qualifications In order to determine which individual to hire,the manager asked them to take a test.Upon completion of the test,both men missed only one of the questions
he manager went to Fred and said,"Thank you for your interest but we've decided² to give the job to the other applicant³."
"And why would you do that?We both got nine questions correct,"asked Fred.
"We have based our decision not on the correct answers
but on the question you missed,"said the manager.
"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?"asked Frank.
"Simple,"said the manager.
"Your fellow applicant put down on question #5,'I don't know.'
You put down,'Neither do I."
Competing for a Job(M)
A telephone company puts a want ad in the newspaper in order to recruit workersThe next day,two groups of workers show up a crew of five men and a crew of five womenThe company cannot decide whom to give the job to,so they give the two groups a test
The company boss says,
"Each crew will receive a telephone pole that must be installed into the groundWhoever is able to get it done first will get the job."
Both groups agree this is a fair test,so off they go in the company trucks with the long telephone poles sticking out the back
At 5:00,the female crew returns.
"Yes!"they shout."We came back first,so we get the job!!"
"Good work,ladies,"says the boss.
"However,we must wait until the other crew comes back to make sure the reason they're delayed is not because of traffic or the truck breaking down"Fine,no problem,"say the ladies.
Finally,at 8:30,the male crew arrives.
They are flushed and breating hard,as if they had just gone through hard labor⁴.
"What happened to you?What took you so long?"asks the boss.
"What do you mean,'what took you so long'?Do we get the job?"
"You get the job?No way!The ladies were back here hours ago!"
"Well,of course they were,"say the men."They only put the pole in halfway⁵!"

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

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 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。