[00:05.36]Practice One Laura's Job
[00:09.14]Words You Need to Know
[00:11.23]essay repetitive
[00:20.30]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions briefly.
[00:30.10]In the following conversation Laura, a university lecturer, is talking with Mary about her job.
[00:38.41]Laura:People think university lecturers don't work very hard.
[00:42.66]I only have to do eight lectures a week, so they imagine that I only work for eight hours!
[00:48.53]In fact, I work much longer hours than a secretary in an office.
[00:53.78]I get up every morning before seven-and I hate getting up early-and I never go to bed before midnight.
[01:01.49]I work better late at night.
[01:03.79]Mary:But of course you have much longer holidays, Laura.
[01:07.28]Laura:Oh, I'm not complaining. It's more pleasant to work in the university than in an office.
[01:13.33]I love my work. I like lecturing and I'm keen on doing research.
[01:17.98]I don't like correcting essays very much, but I enjoy talking to the students.
[01:23.88]I'd hate to have to work the same hours every day, and do a boring, repetitive job.
[01:29.53]But I would like to have more time for the things I enjoy doing, apart from work.
[01:34.68]Mary:What takes up most of your time?
[01:37.99]Laura:Reading and preparing lectures.
[01:40.73]Preparing a lecture is like cooking.
[01:43.57]My mother always says it takes two hours to prepare a good meal, and ten minutes to eat it. (202 words)
[01:50.02]1)What do people think of university lecturers?
[01:55.70]2)How does Laura like her own work?
[02:00.24]3)What does Laura think of her job compared with a secretary's in an office?
[02:07.37]4)What does Mary think of Laura's job?
[02:12.08]5)What takes up most of Laura's time?
[02:17.38]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the conversation again and decide what Laura likes to do and what she hates to do.
[02:29.29]Write an "L" for "like" and an "H" for "hate" beside the expressions you hear from the recording.
[02:36.49]Practice Two A Pilot's Job
[02:40.20]Words You Need to Know
[02:42.36]mine dynamite Bolivia
[02:55.00]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which choice is the best answer to each of the questions.
[03:04.54]I've been in a lot of dangerous situations. Over in Bolivia, for example,
[03:10.40]I was working for a small airline, and we carried just about everything,
[03:15.05]animals, whisky, dynamite, and, of course, people.
[03:19.51]There were times when I felt I was flying a bomb, not a plane.
[03:24.30]Once I was taking dynamite to the mines.
[03:27.58]Dynamite! Man, I had never seen so much.
[03:31.68]They had even put some on the floor right next to me.
[03:34.92]I was certainly nervous on that trip.
[03:37.62]Well, I was flying over ther mountains when suddenly the engine stopped.
[03:43.20]Well, that time I landed without the plane. I got down all right, but I was hurt.
[03:50.98]I was lying out there for about four days before they found me.
[03:55.33]They told me later that they had almost given me up for dead.
[03:59.65]Anyway, they got me back to the hospital, and three months later I was flying again.
[04:05.84]No, I'm not afraid of flying. But there's a lot to worry about as a pilot. (167 words)
[04:12.29]1)What is the speaker?
[04:15.60]2)What does the speaker mean by "I was flying a bomb, not a plane"?
[04:22.44]3)How did the speaker feel when flying a plane carrying a lot of dynamite?
[04:29.24]4)What happened once when the speaker was flying over the mountains?
[04:34.64]5)What does the speaker think of his job?
[04:39.07]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and pay special attention to the speaker's account of an accident he once experienced.
[04:52.03]Put the following sentences into the right order according to the recording. Write down the letters only.
[05:00.71]Practice Three Working as a Delivery Boy
[05:05.39]Words You Need to Know
[05:07.55]panel truck previous normal
[05:19.93]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the statements you hear from the recording are true (T) or false (F).
[05:32.64]The summer I was ten, in the Depression year of 1935, I worked on a big panel truck delivering foods to as many as 100 stores a day.
[05:43.30]For 12 hours' work I received a sandwich, a soft drink and 50 cents.
[05:48.98]Since I had no previous work experience, I thought working this hard was normal.
[05:54.17]On days that I wasn't delivering food, I worked at the candy store.
[05:58.78]Once while sweeping, I found 15 cents under a table and gave it to the owner.
[06:04.64]He put his arm around me, admitting he had put the money there to see if he could trust me.
[06:09.72]I ended up working for him and his wife all through high school.
[06:13.79]I've never forgotten that honesty is what kept me in that job.
[06:18.29]I saved every penny from those two jobs and opened my first bank account.
[06:23.22]There were many other jobs over the years-waiter, parking-lot attendant, housecleaner.
[06:28.94]With each job, I couldn't help remembering the lesson I learned that day in the candy store about trust.
[06:34.92]That's the key in working with others and building a business-and, that's what made my own business successful. (195 words)
[06:42.34]1)I worked as a truck driver in the summer of 1935.
[06:48.60]2)I hated having to work hard.
[06:52.85]3)I worked at a candy shop when I wasn't delivering food.
[06:58.36]4)Once I found 15 cents while I was cleaning the truck.
[07:03.40]5)The owner of the candy shop had put the money there to see if I was honest.
[07:09.73]6)I saved some money from the job with the candy shop.
[07:14.77]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with the information you get from the recording.
[07:24.35]Practice Four Working as a Waiter
[07:27.88]Words You Need to Know
[07:29.78]immigrant on the spot wait on dime quarter
[07:54.91]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and complete the table with the information you get from the recording.
[08:05.14]When I was 12, my family moved to Chicago. There I convinced a restaurant manager that I was 16, and he hired me as a waiter for 25 cents an hour.
[08:16.12]The restaurant was owned by two Greek immigrant brothers, Frank and Georget Regas,
[08:21.05]who had started in America as dishwasher and hotdog seller.
[08:25.01]They were tough and set high standards, but they never asked their employees to do what they wouldn't do themselves.
[08:31.16]"My boy," Frank told me, "as long as you try, you can work for me. But when you don't try, you can't work for me."
[08:37.75]Trying included everything from working hard to treating customers politely.
[08:43.15]I remember once, when the restaurant was at its busiest, Frank noticed a waitress was not treating a customer politely.
[08:50.86]He fired the waitress on the spot and finished waiting on the table himself.
[08:55.50]He always knew exactly what was going on in the restaurant.
[08:58.70]The usual tip in those days was a dime, but if I brought out the food quickly and was especially polite, I could sometimes get a quarter.
[09:06.48]I remember trying to see how many customers I could wait on in one night. My record was 100. (200 words)
[09:11.70]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and correct the 8 mistakes with the exact words you get from the recording.
[09:23.47]Happy Minute
[09:25.02]Listen to the passage and answer the following question briefly.
[09:30.06]What isthe animal that is struggling in the waves?
[09:33.66]I was a waiter at a restaurant on a beach in Southern California.
[09:37.84]One day while still new at the job, I noticed two kids jumping up and down near the water's edge,
[09:44.50]pointing toward an animal that appeared to be struggling in the waves
[09:48.56]I decided I couldn't watch a dog drown.
[09:51.80]Jumping through the window, I ran toward the beach. As I started to take off my coat,
[09:58.10]a man came by. "What are you doing?" he asked.
[10:02.21]"I'm going to save that dog!" I said.
[10:05.38]Puzzled, he asked where I was from.
[10:08.04]"The Midwest," I replied.
[10:10.13]"Oh, I see," he said. "They don't have sea lions there, do they?"
[10:15.64]Lesson Two Working Experiences
[10:19.63]Practice One Different Jobs Words You Need to Know
[10:27.08]file cabinet surgeon construction
[10:42.38]orchestra instrument fashion
[10:55.13]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
[11:06.58]A secretary types letters, answers the telephone, and meets people.
[11:12.05]She uses a word processor every day. She puts papers away in the file cabinet.
[11:18.78]She stands between her boss and his visitors. She helps her boss to plan his time and to finish his work.
[11:27.02]One kind of doctor is a surgeon. He works in a hospital.
[11:32.35]The surgeon operates on sick people; he repairs their bodies.
[11:37.32]After the operation, he orders medicine. The surgeon watches his patients until they are well.
[11:45.10]A construction worker puts buildings together. He measures wood and cuts it into pieces.
[11:51.32]He follows a building plan to make houses, apartments, and stores. Sometimes he repairs buildings, too.
[11:59.32]A musician usually works with other musicians to make music.
[12:03.85]Musicians play together in an orchestra. They practice playing their instruments every day.
[12:11.05]They read new music and play it until it sounds good.
[12:15.98]Fashion models show us the newest styles of clothes.
[12:20.23]They put on new clothes and stand in front of cameras.
[12:24.16]Pictures of models appear in newspapers and in magazines.
[12:28.84]People see the pictures and want to buy the clothes.
[12:32.54]Fashion models collect pictures of themselves in a book. (200 words)
[12:36.32]1)A secretary puts papers away in the garbage.
[12:41.83]2)She stand between her boss and his visitors.
[12:47.38]3)The surgeon repairs human bodies.
[12:52.49]4)He watches his patients until they are sick.
[12:57.67]5)A construction worker puts departments together.
[13:03.72]6)He follows a lesson plan to build houses and stores.
[13:09.98]7)An orchestra is a group of musicians.
[13:15.82]8)New music always sounds good.
[13:20.96]9)Fashion models show us new styles of pictures.
[13:27.16]10)Fashion models help sell new fashions.
[13:32.48]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the tape again and write down the verbs and verb phrases that are related to each of the corresponding careers.
[13:45.62]Practice Two Stethoscope or Handcuffs
[13:51.71]Words You Need to Know
[13:53.72]shift emergency strategy surgical scrubs
[14:18.74]falsh identification badge tactics stethoscope
[14:47.87]handcuffs pull over
[15:00.72]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide which choice is the best answer to each of the questions you hear from the tape.
[15:12.35]During a shift change at our hospital emergency room, a few of the doctors and nurses were talking about the times when,
[15:20.84]in their haste to get to the emergency room, they had been pulled over by police.
[15:26.50]Many of us had developed strategies to avoid getting tickets,
[15:31.21]such as wearing surgical scrubs and flashing our identification badges.
[15:37.58]The tactics didn't always work, however, as one doctor related.
[15:42.91]Late for his shift, he was speeding to the hospital, when a police office pulled alongside and motioned him to stop
[15:51.84]To save time, the doctor held up his stethoscope for the officer to see.
[15:58.28]At this, the policeman raised a pair of handcuffs. The doctor immediately pulled over. (116 words)
[16:06.74]1)When were the doctors and nurses talking about their problems with the police?
[16:13.30]2)Why did the police officer notice the doctor?
[16:18.52]3)How did the doctor know that he had caught the officer's attention?
[16:24.46]4)Which of the following items is not used here as a strategy to avoid getting tickets?
[16:33.17]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and finish the following sentences.
[16:41.99]Practice Three A Conversation About a Job
[16:47.78]Words You Need to Know
[16:49.87]textile commission catch
[17:04.56]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions.
[17:12.84]Here's a conversation between a woman whose job is to help people find jobs and a man looking for a job.
[17:20.90]Woman:Look. Here's a job that might interest you.
[17:24.36]Man:What is it? Are you sure? The last job interview you sent me off to was a disaster.
[17:30.48]Woman:Well, look. It says they want a sales manager, and it looks like it's a big international company.
[17:38.26]That'd be good. You might get to travel.
[17:41.06]Man:What kind of company is it, though?
[17:43.73]Woman:Um, let's see. Yes, it's a textile company that seems to import from abroad.
[17:50.75]That's odd, isn't it? What else?... They say the salary is really good.
[17:56.65]They operate a system of paying you a basic salary and then offering sales commission on top of that.
[18:03.38]They say it is high. And oh look! They give you a car to travel round in.
[18:08.60]Gosh! That's not bad, is it?
[18:10.69]Man:Um, do they say anything about experience?
[18:13.82]Woman:Um, let's see. No, they want someone young with ambition and enthusiasm.
[18:20.38]Oh yes, they want graduates, so that's OK, you've been to university. Now what else? Let's see.
[18:27.79]Man:There must be some catch.
[18:29.74]Woman:No, the only thing is you have to travel, but then that's what the company car's for.
[18:35.86]Oh, and you have to be able to get on well with other people because it says you have to be good on a team.
[18:42.62]Man:Um, perhaps I'll have a closer look at that one. (220 words)
[18:46.98]1)Why is the man not so sure about the job?
[18:51.70]2)What company offers the job this time?
[18:56.05]3)What kind of person does the company want to hire?
[19:01.63]4)Does the man want to have a try? How do you know?
[19:06.67]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the dialogue again and fill in each blank with the information you get from the recording.
[19:17.11]Practice Four Animal Training
[19:21.29]Words You Need to Know
[19:23.09]reinforcement whale videotape
[19:39.07]marine mammal
[19:44.04]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
[19:55.45]Sea lions get bored easily, explains trainer Hurley, because they're smart.
[20:01.61]So she spends at least 20 minutes, three times a day with each sea lion.
[20:07.91]She plays games with them, teaches them new skills, and praises their efforts.
[20:13.88]For example, Hurley started by training each sea lion to chase after a ball and touch it with its nose.
[20:23.86]First she waited for the sea lion to do it by chance.
[20:27.74]Then she praised the animal with positive reinforcement, such as food, petting, or a game.
[20:35.20]Eventually, the sea lions knew to chase after the ball to get a reward.
[20:41.06]The next step was to get the sea lions to swim beside life-size plastic whale models, Hurley says.
[20:48.95]She and her team placed the models over a boat and the sea lions would follow them.
[20:55.18]"We began training the animals to touch their noses to the whale's body," says Hurley.
[21:00.94]"Just like they did with the ball. Eventually, the sea lions learned to do it."
[21:07.38]Then they trained them to carry a videotape recorder on their bodies and videotape the plastic whale.
[21:15.26]Now they're almost ready to chase after the real thing, Hurley says.
[21:19.80]If successful, she may send them to videotape other marine mammals, such as the enormous blue whales.
[21:28.30]After doing all that work, you might wonder, do the animals get paid? Well, not in dollars and cents.
[21:37.48]But they do get loving caretakers, a good home, food, and drink-and human companions who are willing to play plenty of games. (236 words)
[21:49.39]1)Hurley should spend 20 minutes, three times a week with each sea lion.
[21:55.55]2)Hurley trains the sea lion to touch a ball with its feet.
[22:01.24]3)The sea lion got praised with food, petting or a game.
[22:07.50]4)Then the sea lions learn to swim beside life-size plastic whale models.
[22:14.48]5)Hurley trains the sea lions to videotape other sea mammals.
[22:20.96]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in each blank with the information you hear from the recording |