时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
原文:

Kelly: So, have you found a job yet?
Josh: No, but, I have a few leads, so things are looking up.
 
Kelly: But isn't that what you always say?
 
Josh: Well . . . uh . . . this time is different.
 
Kelly: What are you looking for this time, then?
 
Josh: Actually, I want to work for a Web hosting company.
 
Kelly: What would you do there?
 
Josh: Well, in a nut shell, Web hosting companies provide space for people to store and run their Websites. Does it sound like I know what I'm talking about?
 
Kelly: Oh, yeah, sort of.
 
Josh: Well, And then, sort of? Well, they allow people to run their Web sites without having to buy and maintain 1 their own servers, and I'd like to work in technical support, you know, helping 2 customers resolve 3 computer-related problems with their sites. And you know I'm a good communicator.
 
Kelly: So, how's the pay for that kind of job?
 
Josh: Well, most people l know start out with a very reasonable salary; you can earn pay increases depending on your performance.
 
Kelly: So, what about benefits?
 
Josh: Oh, the benefits are pretty good. They provide health insurance, two weeks (of) paid vacation a year, and opportunities for advancement 4. And in the end, I'd like to work in a management position. You know, sitting back, enjoying the view out of the twentieth-story window of the office building. Something like that.
 
Kelly: Well, is there any long-term job security 5 in a job like that?
 
Josh: Uhh. That's hard to tell. I mean, the Internet is booming 6, and these kinds of companies are sprouting 7 up everywhere, which is a good thing, but just like the dot-com era 8, you never know how long things will last.
 
Kelly: Well, have you ever thought about going back to school to improve your job skills?
 
Josh: Wait, wait. What are you suggesting?
 
Kelly: Well, you know, more training might help you land a better job.
 
Josh: Wh . . . wh . . . Are you trying to say something about my current job? I mean, is there something going on here? I mean, what are you saying?
 
Kelly: You know, you did drop out of college.
 
Josh: I know, I know, but I don't know. I'm just seeing my current job at McDonalds as a step up. [McDonalds!]. Yeah, but, you know, I don't have the resources to go back to school at the moment; however, the job I am looking at will pay for some classes after I have been with the company for six months.
 
Kelly: Well, it looks like you have things planned out this time.
 
Josh: If I last that long.

1. In which field is the man looking for a job? 
A. education
B. medicine
C. technology
2. Which statement best describes the pay for the job?
A. Employees can receive periodic 9 pay increases based on their work.
B. The salary for the position is above the industry average.
C. Workers are paid on a commission 10 basis depending their sales.
 
3. What are some of the benefits that the company provides?
A. insurance, paid vacation, and a company vehicle
B. paid vacation, opportunities for promotion 11, and insurance
C. opportunities for advancement, insurance, and a free bus pass
 
4. What does the future hold for the industry that he is considering?
A. growing, yet uncertain
B. expanding and secure 
C. contracting, yet stable
 
5. From the conversation, what do we know about the man's educational background?
A. He dropped out of high school.
B. He has some post-secondary education.
C. He has a college degree.
 
正确答案:

1. technology
2. Employees can receive periodic pay increases based on their work.
3. paid vacation, opportunities for promotion, and insurance
4. growing, yet uncertain
5. He has some post-secondary education.

 

1 maintain
vt.支撑;赡养,抚养;维持,保有
  • He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
  • We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。
2 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
3 resolve
vt.解决,解除;决定,决心
  • It's up to him to resolve this problem.这个问题应由他来解决。
  • This did not shake his resolve.这事并未动摇他的决心。
4 advancement
n.前进,促进,提升
  • His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
  • The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。
5 security
n.安全,安全感;防护措施;保证(金),抵押(品);债券,证券
  • A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
  • There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时,机场的保安措施很严密。
6 booming
adj.急速发展的v.激增( boom的现在分词 );猛涨;发出隆隆声;以低沉有力的声音说话
  • The opera singer has a deep, booming, masculine voice. 这位歌剧演唱家有一副深沉而又浑厚有力的嗓音。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He is booming as a teacher. 作为一位教师,他日趋成功。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 sprouting
v.发芽( sprout的现在分词 );抽芽;出现;(使)涌现出
  • new leaves sprouting from the trees 树上长出的新叶
  • They were putting fresh earth around sprouting potato stalks. 他们在往绽出新芽的土豆秧周围培新土。 来自名作英译部分
8 era
n.时代,年代,纪元,阶段
  • We are living in the information era.我们生活在信息时代。
  • We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
9 periodic
adj.周期的,定期的,时而发生的
  • Long long ago,we knew the periodic motion of a planet.很久以前,我们就知道行星的周期运动。
  • These arrangements are subject to periodic reviews.这几项安排每隔一定时间须予复查。
10 commission
n.委托,授权,委员会,拥金,回扣,委任状
  • The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
  • The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成,其中包括两名妇女。
11 promotion
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
学英语单词
acoustic spectrometer
administration of students' enrollment status
alouette r.
Antonius
arm braces
ashman
automatic quantitative perimetry
back-paddle
backslap
bassaricyon gabbii
be on tenterhooks
bithynian
blepharostasis
chicago creativity project
cupolar
Daphni
delivery-ratio
dependent cross-sections
deputy chairman
Dick-serum
disinsanity
dissentshik
driue
efferentnerve
electrocompetent
embayed volcano shoreline
expansion packs
fiffer
foreswore
Frantsa-Iosifa, Zemlya
frolicksomely
furanocoumarins
garzn
gas-reversible
give it some welly
government guaranteed obligation
grey hole
hand-cart
heteromyopia
hydroxyuridine
hypomotile
international investment trust
intersecting gill box
invaried
Jaffa cake
ladies' whim
Ledermox
linearization of relay system
Loiret
malveuille
meningeocortical
Mercurea
methylene blue method
military reguisition
millikan cosmic-ray meter
moonquake
myrrh
naming rule
off-set wavegiude
on off mode
orthose (orthoclase)
personal dose equivalent
phosphofluoric acid
phthisogyne
pianta
piece of water
pressure response factor
Psamathe
quinoa
raw natural gasoline
relumination
ringus
sarcophaga pattoni
scan string
screen scarifier
sensories
serre-fine
sesasrslsys-s
Shelby tube
single-spindle automatic bar machine
space structure for bridge
spectral response range
step into the picture
Stuka
supervoltage radiotherapy
sweep oscillator
swinging at
Talling in Separate Ports
tapping sample
teleseminar
tendernesses
ticket books
train-kilometers
transpiration coefficiency
tribelet
trifluromethylthiazide
trimotor
us amateur
Viterbo, Prov. di
waste silk spinning machine
Westinghouse, George
within fours walls