Listen this way听力教程第二册-8
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：Listen this way听力教程
Part Ⅰ Getting ready
Anyone who works regularly has a vocation 2. Making a choice, however, offers the opportunity to have a vocation that is satisfying and rewarding. The alternative is a job that is a matter of chance, depending only on what can be found easily. Leaving the choice to chance generally proves unsatisfactory and leads to boredom 3 with work and difficulty in performing the job well.
A The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.
1. career: the general course of a person's working life
2. make a fortune: earn a great amount of money, possessions, etc.
3. torture: severe pain or suffering caused in the mind or body
4. shift: a group of workers who take turns with one or more other groups
5. aptitude 4: natural ability or skill, especially in learning
6. team work: the ability of a group of people to work together effectively; (work done through) combined effort
7. client: a person who buys goods or services
8. survey: a general examination or study (of conditions, opinions, etc.), especially carried out by asking people questions
9. cross-section; a part or group that is typical or representative of the whole 10. brainstorm 5: have a sudden clever idea
B A new friend of yours is telling you about his career. Listen carefully. Rearrange the following events in the order of time, and then complete the following flow diagram.
A. Go to university
B. Leave school
C. Become a teacher
D. Go into the army
E. Look for anew job
F. Work as a clerk in a small office
G. Finish the university course
at 18 ->from 18 to 20 ->at 20 ->at 25 ->at 29 ->after graduation ->now
_____ _____________ _____ _____ _____ ________________ ___
Part Ⅱ Summer jobs
The knowledge of the world of work will be very helpful for a student's future career. Ignorance of the many ways in which people earn a living has been a great deterrent 6 to freedom of occupational choice. To solve this problem, many students find holiday jobs to gain actual work experience as part of their educational preparation.
A You are going to hear an interview with some students who are doing holiday jobs in Brighton. While listening for the first time, add more key words in the left-hand column. After the second listening, answer the questions.
Questions
1. Where have the following people been working?
a. Christine: ________________
b. Kevin: ____________________
c. Kevin's brother: __________
2. How much has Christine earned?
3. In which part of the day has Christine been working mostly?
4. What has Christine done in the hotel?
5. Which of these statements about Christine are true and which are false?
( ) a. The most enjoyable part of being in Brighton for her has been the job.
( ) b. She has had free meals and accommodation.
( ) c. She has made a fortune in Brighton.
( ) d. She hasn't spent much money.
( ) e. She has been working as a waitress some of the time.
( ) f. She finds Brighton an interesting place.
6. Kevin's been doing two different kinds of work. What are they?
7. What was Kevin's main reason for coming to Brighton?
8. What has Kevin's brother done in Italy?
9. Why is Kevin's brother particularly lucky?
B Now listen to the interview again. Write in the missing words with the help of the above notes.
Interviewer: And have you been _________ it? Or has it been rather _________?
Christine: No, it hasn't been _______. I've found it _________ here, in fact. Not so much _________, but ________ I've got to know and _________ I've made, and I've managed to do lots of things in my __________ too. It's a ____________, so there's been quite a lot ________ in the evenings-you know, _______, ________, ________, and so on-and on my ________ I've been doing quite a bit of _________.
Part Ⅲ Jobs: my idea of hell, my idea of heaven
Job satisfaction in employees is extremely difficult to measure. Tasks that bore some people interest others and some people will work hard even though they are dissatisfied with their work (for example, to earn more money). Levels of punctuality, rates of absenteeism, and the rate of labour turnover 7 are perhaps the best indicators 8 to measure job satisfaction.
A You are going to hear three people describing the jobs they would hate to do. While listening for the first time, add more key words in the left-hand column. After the second listening, tick the places that they consider as hells in the right-
Places that offer job vacancies 9
an abattoir 10 (屠宰场) an AIDS clinic
a factory a nuclear power station
a casino (赌场) a university
a chicken battery (层架式鸡笼)
B Now listen to the same three people describing the jobs they would really like to have. While listening for the first time, add more key words in the left-hand column. After the second listening, write down their ideal jobs in the right-hand column.
Ideal Jobs
First speaker: _________________________________
Second speaker: _________________________________
Third speaker: __________________________________
C Now try this: listen to some more authentic 11 versions of the monologues 12. Pay close attention to the reasons given by each speaker. Complete the following chart with the help of the above notes.
Reasons given for jobs Reasons given for
undesirable jobs desirable
1st speaker It would be too repetitive. I'm paid a lot of ________.
It would drive me ________. I can _________ and see ___
______________.
2nd speaker It would be so The New York Mets is the___
It would be too much ______ ________ in the world.
__________ for me.
3rd speaker I could be _____________ of I can have an opportunity to
doing it. _____________.
It would be like a form of I can be __________ and work
_________. on my ________.
Part Ⅳ More about the topic: Occupational Outlook
The availability of occupations depends on shifts in the national economy and increasingly on economic developments worldwide. There are several ways to measure their effects, including the rate of unemployment, the international balance of trade, and the productivity of workers.
The following short passage is about the occupational outlook in America. Supply the missing words while listening.
For many people their lifework, or ________, is a matter of _________ rather than ________.
Yet there is great variety in the world of work. The task of _________ the right work from the thousands of available choices takes ____________. Individuals need to know many things about themselves and many things about ______________________. After they have this information in hand, the ____________ of the work can be matched against the _________ and potential qualifications of each individual, and a choice can be made. This procedure requires ______, ______, and _____, but the _______ are great.
There are several ________ to be considered when choosing a vocation: aptitudes 13, ______, education and ________, wages and ________, and physical demands. Each is __________ to making a good vocational choice.
Based on the Occupational Outlook Handbook, some American occupations are expected to _______ in the future and others are likes to __________ sharply. Changes are related to the Unites States __________. The occupational areas expected to be in greatest _____________ will be in response to __________ predicted in American society for the coming years. The following occupations are expected to have the fastest growth:
___________(会计师) and auditors 14 (审计师);
Actuaries(保险精算师);
Computer _________, operators and technicians;
Corrections ________ (管教罪犯的警官)；
Electrical and electronic _________ and technicians;
___________ and legal assistants;
__________ practitioners 15 (开业医生) and managers;
__________ specialists;
Securities and ________ analysts 16;
__________ programmers;
Travel __________.
Occupational areas expected to decline include jobs that require _________ skills, those that do not _________ computers or other technologies, and those that are unable to _______ to changes in society. This does not mean that there will be no jobs in these areas-simply fewer _____________ and fewer _________. They include:
________ and meat cutters;
Industrial truck and trailer (拖车) __________；
______________ carriers and postal 17 clerks;
Statistical 18 ________________;
Stenographers (速记员)
Telephone _________ and repairers.
Part Ⅴ Memory test: My Line of Work
You are going to hear three people describing the work they do. Listen carefully, and decide what each job is. Make notes of the aspects of their jobs the speakers like and dislike.
Job Likes Dislikes
1st speaker _________ ______________ _________________
2nd speaker _________ ______________ _________________
3rd speaker _________ ______________ _________________
part Ⅵ Reminder 19 of key points in this unit
Verb & Verb Phrase Noun & Noun Phrase Other
Part Ⅰ criticize career unemployed 20
stay in economy increasingly
gather location various
remain at home aspect
community
Part Ⅱ make fortune accommodation boring
plus bowling obviously
peel sunbathing reasonable
hire out suntan fantastic
courier
Part Ⅲ melt down abattoir day in and day out
be capable of nuclear power station mad
comprehend casino revolting
pinpoint AIDS clinic self-explanatory
beat boredom sane 21
work on one's own responsibility independent
chicken battery amongst
night shift
torture
archaeologist
anthropologist
third baseman
photographer
contact
Part Ⅳ select requirement available
have sth. in hand reward vocational
match factor present
consider aptitude potential
expect decline accountant essential
relate auditor sharply
be in response to actuary electrical
predict programmer electronic
rely on technician legal
respond to medical practitioner financial
public-relations manual
specialist industrial
security postal
analyst statistical
stenographer
installer
Part Ⅴ stick behind client beforehand
deal with viewing impersonal
handle readership figure varied
build up survey creative
admit cross-section in hell of
persuade brainstorming session expensive
count team work tremendously
dry up campaign tedious
get the sack drawback
bother front man / woman
move on character
overload grapevine
battle-ax
- The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
- The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
- She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
- She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。
- Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
- A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。
- That student has an aptitude for mathematics.那个学生有数学方面的天赋。
- As a child,he showed an aptitude for the piano.在孩提时代，他显露出对于钢琴的天赋。
- The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other.她们每个月聚会两次，在一起出谋献策，为各自制定生意目标。
- We can brainstorm a list of the most influential individuals in the company.我们可以集体讨论，列出该公司中最有影响的人员的名单。
- Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
- I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。
- The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
- Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。
- The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
- It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。
- job vacancies 职位空缺
- The sign outside the motel said \"No Vacancies\". 汽车旅馆外的招牌显示“客满”。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The sheep were driven to the local abattoir.羊被赶到当地的屠宰场。
- It was surreal meeting her at the abattoir.竟然会在屠宰场里遇见她，真离奇。
- This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
- Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
- That film combines real testimonials with monologues read by actors. 电影中既有真人讲的真事，也有演员的独白。 来自互联网
- Her monologues may help her make sense of her day. 她的独白可以帮助她让她一天的感觉。 来自互联网
- They all require special aptitudes combined with special training. 他们都应具有专门技能，并受过专门训练。
- Do program development with passion. has aptitudes for learning. research. innovation. 热爱程序开发工作。具有学习。钻研。创新的精神。
- The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year. 那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。
- a meeting to discuss the annual accounts and the auditors' report thereon 讨论年度报表及其审计报告的会议
- one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
- The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
- Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
- They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。
- There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
- The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。