创新英语教程第一册UNIT8

[00:05.69]2 Talking about what you do [00:12.96]So what do you do,Nori? Are you working or studying or what? [00:19.62]Well,I graduated a couple of years ago and now I'm working in Osaka. [00:27.87]Oh right,So what do you do? [00:32.10]I'm a civil servant.I work for the government. [00:38.14]Oh,do you ? Do you enjoy it? [00:42.58]Yes,it's OK.I have to do a lot of paperwork,which is quite boring,but [00:50.13]it's quite well paid. Oh,that sounds good. [00:55.59]Yes,it is,but sometimes I get a bit bored wiht it. [01:01.26]I have to work a twelve-hour day most days,and a lot of the time, [01:08.62]I don't really have much to do,so I just sit around and kill time. [01:15.47]Do you have to work weekends? [01:19.44]No,thank goodness!Five days a week is enough. [01:26.39]Yes,I know what you mean.Do you get much holiday? [01:32.26]It's not too bad.I get three weeks a year,so that's OK. [01:39.53]And do you have to travel very far to work? [01:44.07]Yes,quite a long way.It's about an hour on the train, [01:51.23]so I have to spend a lot of time commuting. [01:56.27]Anyway,what about you,Jenny? What do you do? [02:02.20]I'm an estate agent,actually.I work in an office in the centre of Leeds. [02:14.95]Oh really? That sounds interesting. [02:19.78]Yes,it is,but it's quite stressful sometimes. [02:25.21]We don't get paid that much. [02:28.66]It depends how many houses we sell.If I don't sell anything, [02:35.14]I don't get any extra money. [02:38.90]Oh,I see.So how's it going at the moment? [02:45.56]It's been OK this month,actually,but it's not always like that. [02:51.62]Right.And what're the other people you work with like? [02:58.00]Oh,they're OK.We all get on OK. [03:02.86]How long've you been doing it? [03:07.12]About a year an da half now. [03:06.12]I'm still not sure that it's what I really want to do,though. [03:11.68]I'm going to continue doing it for another six months [03:16.85]and see if I start enjoying it more. [03:20.80]It might get easier to sell things. [03:24.77]And if it doesn't get easier?What then? [03:30.02]Oh,I don't know.I'll have to think about it. [03:34.77]4 Using vocabulary:expressions with get [04:31.14]A lot of people ask me why I do temping work rather than get a permanent job with one company. [04:45.01]I guess it's partly because of my father. [04:50.29]He was a computer programmer for a big multinational company. [04:56.46]His job was very important to him. [05:01.11]He used to work very long hours. [05:06.15]When we were kids,he often got home after nine o'clock at night- [05:12.31]the time that we went to bed. [05:16.26]Sometimes I didn't see him for days and days. [05:21.90]He did very well in his job.He got promoted. [05:28.56]He became the manager for the whole of the country [05:33.42]and then the whole of South-east Asia. [05:37.26]He just worked harder and harder. [05:42.43]I don't think he was really happy doing what he was doing, [05:47.55]but I guess he couldn't see any other wy. [05:51.71]Then,when he retired,he didn't know what to do. [05:57.58]He was even more unhappy. [06:01.84]He died of a heart attack when he was 68. [06:06.88]I don't want to be like that. [06:12.84]Doing temping work means I don't have to go to work every day. [06:18.72]When I work,I don't have to do the same things or see the same people every day. [06:25.85]That's why I like it.I've been with the same agency for about ten years now. [06:34.00]They know I'm a good worker and I'm reliable-I've never been late for work- [06:41.44]so I can more or less choose the jobs I want to do. [06:46.30]Sometimes I work in the same place for a few weeks, [06:52.47]sometimes it's for just one day. [06:56.83]I only get paid for the days I work, [07:01.79]so if I'm not very well and take a day off sick,or if I want a holiday, [07:07.75]I don't get any money. [07:10.91]I suppose that if I had a family,it would be a problem,but I don't mind. [07:09.91]Money isn't that important to me. [07:13.75]It's more important that I can take time off when I want to. [07:19.21]Some of my friends only get two weeks'holiday a year. [07:25.58]I often take five or six weeks'holiday and go travelling all over the world. [07:32.74]At the moment,I'm working in an office as a secretary. [07:39.19]I've been there for about three months.It's a nice place. [07:45.85]The people who work there are really friendly, [07:51.03]but I'm getting a bit fed up with the work, [07:54.97]so I think I'll probably ask to change and do something else soon. [08:00.64]I do quite a lot of office work because I'm good at typing, [08:07.17]but I've done lots of other jobs as well. [08:11.30]I've been a security guard and a barman;I washed cars one summer; [08:18.66]and I worked in a hotel in a ski resort for two winters, [08:23.70]which was good because I went skiing a lot. [08:27.96]Not all the jobs I had was when I worked in an abattoir, [08:35.83]which is a place where they kill animals. [08:40.08]I had to cut up the meat,pack it and send it off to supermarkets. [08:46.14]Then I had to clean the floor. [08:50.58]It was disgusting!My best job was working in a chocolate factory for a week. [08:58.24]I went home with lots of free chocolate bars. That was great! [09:04.72]3 Listening [09:15.35]Hello Sue!How are you? [09:19.50]Oh hi,yes.I'm all right,I guess. [09:25.38]You don't sound very well.Have you been ill? [09:29.82]I didn't see you in class yesterday. [09:33.79]No,I know.I've just been really busy applying for jobs. [09:40.92]I've applied to about ten different places [09:46.17]and all the application forms are really big. [09:51.45]They take a really long time to fill in. [09:55.89]It's awful. [09:59.36]I had to finish one yesterday so I could hand it in before the deadline. [10:05.53]That's why I missed class. [10:09.47]Wow!really don't know what I want to od when I finish. [10:15.72]I'm just going to go on holiday [10:19.27]and then I'll think about looking for a job after that. [10:24.23]Well,that's probably quite a good idea. [10:28.88]Look at me.I've sent off ten application forms [10:34.73]and I've only had one interview and that was a disaster. [10:40.61]Oh dear.What was the job? Accountant. [10:45.76]Accountant!You? [10:49.52]Yes,why are you so surprised? [10:53.65]Well,you're doing a degree in biology and you're terrible with money! [10:59.42]You're always asking to borrow money from me! [11:03.97]Yes,OK,but I was quite good at maths when I was at school, [11:10.94]and they said they would give people training. [11:15.30]So,you know,I thought I might have a chance. [11:20.58]I know,but usually they want people to have some experience of working in business. [11:27.11]Ah,yes..well,that was the problem,actually. [11:32.44]I told them in the application form [11:36.59]I had experience of working for an accountancy company. [11:41.63]What,you mean you lied? Well,it wasn't exactly a lie. [11:48.58]My cncle runs an accountancy company, [11:53.34]and I sometimes worked there in the holidays to get some extra money. [11:58.98]Yes,but what were you doing there? [12:03.45]Well,OK.I was making tea and posting letters and things like that, [12:10.50]but it WAS an accountancy company! [12:14.86]Right,yes.SO what happened in the interview? [12:20.71]Oh,they asked me some really difficult questions. [12:26.36]I didn't knwo what to say. [12:30.12]It was a bit embarrassing,actually. [12:34.24]Oh well,you live and learn.So what else have you applied for? [12:40.41]Well,I've sent off a couple more for accountancy jobs, [12:46.34]one for marketing,three for jobs in drug companies, [12:52.19]and the last one was to work in a zoo, [12:56.55]but the money's terrible for that one,so I don't know if I really want that. [13:02.82]Review:units 5-8 [13:11.89]Consonant sounds: [13:25.16]pattern 1 [13:31.79]upset enquire [13:37.12]career arrange [13:42.76]pattern 2 [13:46.32]bracelet necklace [13:51.18]lecture details [13:57.11]Parttern 3 [14:00.95]library opposite [14:05.80]sensible restaurant [14:11.05]Pattern 4 [14:15.10]imagine directly [14:19.96]appointment revision [15:07.64]Listen and repeat these paris of sounds. [15:13.15]1 /p/ /b/ [15:20.31]2 /t/ /d/ [15:29.97]3 /ch/ / / [15:39.92]4 /k/ /g/ [15:50.19]Now listen and practise these words and expressions. [15:58.05]/p/ /b/ /pay/ /back/ I'll pay you back tomorrow. [16:12.21]/t/ /d/ /turn/ /down/ Can you turn the TV down? [16:34.05]/ch/ / / /change/ /jacket/ I just need to change my jacket. [16:54.61]/g/ /k/ /get/ /break/ I get an hour break for lunch. [17:14.77]4 Difficult sounds:consonant clusters [17:26.01]Listen and try to say the sounds. [17:30.76]/pr/ /br/ [17:37.24]/tr/ /dr/ [17:43.14]/kr/ /gr/ [17:49.07]/skr/ /skr/

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