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Book-I（《大學(xué)英語(yǔ)》全新版）

Unit1

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.Howareyou?/I'dlikeyoutomeetmyclassmate.

2.Pm.../MayIintroduce...toyou?/Pleasedtomeetyou.

3.Comeandmeetmyfamily./...thisisTom./It'sgoodtoknowyou./...t

hisismysister.

PartB

Text

Exercise1:1.B2.D

Exercise2:

1.YangWeiping:

China/Chemistry/LikeslisteningtoEnglishprogramsonradioandTV;

enjoysEnglishpopsongs/StartedlearningEnglishseveralyearsago/F

avoriteactivity:listening;Difficulty:speaking

2.Virginia:

Singapore/Libraryscience/Togetagoodjob,onehasbetofluentin

English./StartedlearningEnglishinhighschool./Favoriteactivity:readi

ng;Difficulty:writing

TalkingaboutStudyingEnglish

AtagatheringofstudentsfromChinaandsomeothercountries,YangWeipin

gandVirginiaWang,bothfirst-yearcollegestudents,aretalkingabouttheirle

arningofEnglish.

Hello,mynameisYangWeiping.I'mafreshmanatPekingUniversitya

ndI'mmajoringinchemistry.

Atcollegewehavetostudyaforeignlanguage.IchooseEnglishbecauseIli

kelisteningtoEnglishprogramsontheradioandTV.IalsolikeBritishand

Americanpopsongs.SomedayIhopetovisitBritainandtheUnitedStates.

IstartedlearningEnglishseveralyearsagoandI'mgettingbetteratit.Myfa

voriteactivityislistening,especiallylisteningtosongsandstories.Mybigpro

blemis,however,speaking.IfeelnervouswheneverIspeak.AndIneversee

mtoknowwhattosaywhenpeopletalktome.ButI'vedecidedtoovercom

emyshynessandlearntospeakEnglishbyspeakingasmuchasIcan.

Hi,mynameisVirginiaWang.I'malibrarysciencemajorattheNationalU

DiversityofSingapore.Inourcountry,Englishisimportant.Itisoneoftheof

ficiallanguagesandyouhavetobefluenttoEnglishtogetagoodjob.

I'vebeenstudyingEnglishsincehighschool.I'mgoodatreadingbecauseIli

kelearningaboutnewthingsandnewideas.Therearesomanybooksandart

icleswritteninEnglish.OurtextbooksattheuniversityareinEnglish,too.I

knowwritingisalsoveryimportant,butIfinditrallydifficult.

WhenIgraduatefromtheuniversityIwouldlikeajobinthecitylibrarywh

ereIcanreadallkindsofnewbooks.

PartC

Exercise:

HowtoImproveListeningComprehension

Amongthefourskillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwrit

ing,Ifindlisteningmostdifficult,becauseIworryaboutthewo

rdsIdon'tknow.NowIamtryingtofocusonthegeneralidea,

notworryingabouthenewwords.Thismakesmefeelgood,b

ecauseIknowIhaveunderstoodsomething.Then,Ilistenagain

carefullyandifIhaveanyproblemsIplaythedifficultpartag

ain.InthiswayIcometounderstandbetterboththemainidea

andthedetailsofthelisteningtext.

Unit2

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.closing

2.opening

3.closing

4.opening

5.opening

6.opening

ListeningStrategy

1.a2.b3.b4.a5.b6.a7.b8.a9.b10.b

PartB

Text

Exercise1:

1.1)b2)c3)a

2.d

Exercise2:

1.a.ageb.moneyc.people'sappearance

2.a....saythatagain?Ididnotcatchit./b....speakmoreslowly,please?

3.a...Jreallyneedtobegoing./...nicetalkingtoyou.

HowtoImproveYourConversationSkills

Tospeaktopeopleinaforeignlanguagerequirescourageandawillingnesst

omakeerrors.Somepeoplearesoafraidofmakingmistakesthattheynever

opentheirmouths.Andthat9sthebiggestmistakeofall.Nowifyouhavecou

rageandarereadytomakeafewerrors,whatdoyousay?

Firstofall,youhavetoopentheconversation.Findinganappropriatetopicis

halfthebattle.Sometopics,suchastheweatherandnews,workwell.Buto

thers,suchasage,moneyorpeople'sappearancedonot.Thefollowingareso

megoodwaystoopenaconversation.

Weather-Itsureiscoldtoday,isn'tit?

News-Didyouhearaboutthatterribleforestfire?

Aconversationinaforeignlanguagedoesn'talwaysgosmoothly.Sometimes

yourpartnertalkstoofastandyoufinditdifficulttofollow.Nottoworry,th

ough.Youcanalwaysaskyourpartnertorepeatwhathehassaidortospeak

moreslowly.Forexample,“Excuseme,butcouldyousaythatagain?Idid

n'tcatchit."Or"Couldyouspeakmoreslowly,please?”

Attheendofaconversationyouneedtofindawaytocloseitinapolitew

ay."Well,Ireallyneedtobegoing,"or"Itwasnicetalkingtoyou^^arefreq

uentlyusedbypeopletoendaconversation.

PartC

SmileWhenYouReadThis

Howgoodisyourmemory?Answerthesefourquestions:Whatdidyouhave

forbreakfastyesterday?WhatclothesdidyouwearlastFriday?Whodidyou

talktoyesterday?WheredidyougolastSaturday?Ifyoucananswerallfour

questions,youmemoryisverygood.

Memoryisimportantforleaninglanguageskills.EducationspecialistsinEngla

ndwanttohelppeopleimprovetheirreadingabilities.Theywantstudentstor

ememberthebooksandarticlestheyread.Thespecialistsfoundsomethingto

help:facialexpressions.Theygavetenstudentsahappyarticletoread.Fiveo

fthestudentsreadthehappyarticlewhilesmiling.Fivestudentsreadthehapp

yarticlewhilefrowning.Thentheyansweredcomprehensionquestionsthesmil

ingstudentsrememberedmoreofthehappyarticlethanthefrowningstudents.

Thenthespecialistsgavetenstudentsanotherarticletoread.Itwasanangry

lettertotheeditorofanewspaper.Fivestudentsreadtheangryarticlewhiles

miling,andfivestudentsreadtheangryarticlewhilingfrowning.Whichgroup

rememberedbetter?You'reright.Thefrowningstudents.

Thespecialistdon'tknowwhyfacialexpressionshelpmemory.Theyareconti

nuingtostudytherelationshipbetweenthemindandthebody.Untiltheyfind

theanswer,keepsmiling(orfrowning?)!

Unit3

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

Maggielikesswimmingbutshedoesnotcareforskiing.Shelovesflyingo

nplanesandtravelingbytrainbutshehatesgettingonbusesbecausetheyar

etoocrowdedanddirty,sheisnotinterestedinplayingthepianoandshepr

efersreadingtoplayingcomputergames.ShelovesgoingtoChineserestaurant

sandherfavoritefoodisspicySichuanbeancurd.Afterworksheiskeenon

listeningtomusic.Shepreferslightmusictorock,becauselightmusicmakes

feelrelaxed.SheenjoyswatchingTVintheevening.Shethinksalotofne

wsprogramsbutsitcomsarethelastkindofthingforhertowatch.

ListeningStrategy

1.923816.900

2.26087.84200

3.15408.1735

4.759.9:40

5.15610.5:45

Text

Exercise1:l.c2.d

Exercise2:

1.accommodation

2.private

3.hallsofresidence

4.37.86(single)

5.52.78(double)

6.Limited

7.Beforetheendofthemonth/assoonaspossible

8.Private

9.Students9union

10.manager

AccommodationforCollegeStudents

R:Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?

S:Yes,please.I'manewstudentandI'dliketohavesomeinfbrmatio

naboutthe...em...theaccommodationfbrstudents.

R:Right.Theuniversityprovidestwotypesofaccommodation,hallsof

residenceandself-cateringaccommodation.

S:Howmuchdoesitcostfortheself-cateringaccommodation?

R:Forasingleroom,thirty-sevenpoundseighty-sixperweek,that9sab

outfiveforty-oneaday.Foradoubleroom,ifsfifty-twoseventy-eight

perweek.Thiswillapplythroughoutthisacademicyear.

S:rdliketostayintheself-cateringaccommodation.Howfaristhatf

romtheresidencetotheuniversity?

R:Italldepends.Theresidencesat36ElmsRoadand110PalmRoad

areaboutoneandahalfmilesfromtheuniversitymainsiteandthe

Freeman'sCommonHouseatWilliamRoadarehalfamile.

S:WhendoIneedtoapply?

R:Areyouanundergraduateorapostgraduate?

S:Undergraduate.

R:Thenyoushouldapplyforitassoonaspossible,sinceplacesinun

iversity-ownedaccommodationarelimitedandifyoudon'tapplybefore

theendofthemonth,youarenotlikelytogetaplace.

S:Couldyoupossiblytellmewhattodo,ifnovacancyisavailable?

R:Yes,youmayconsiderprivateaccommodation.Theuniversityrunsa

nAccommodationInformationOfficeanditsstaffwillhelpyou.

S:Whereistheoffice?

R:IntheStudents9UnionBuilding.

S:WhomcanIcontact?

R:Mr.Underwood.DavidUnderwood,themanageroftheaccommodati

oninformationoffice.

S:Thankyouverymuch.

R:Youarewelcome.

PartC

Exercise:

1.Abusylife

2.Between6and15hours

3.Reading,remaincurrent

4.reviseandupdate

WhatCollegeProfessorsDo

Collegeprofessorsareoftenbelievedtoleadeasylivesofquietthinkingwhile

teachingoneortwoclasseseveryweek.Butcollegeprofessorsdomuchmor

ethangotoclass.Theaverageprofessorspendsbetweensixandfifteenhours

intheclassroomweekly.Andthatsamecollegeprofessorworksfromsixtyt

oeightyhoursaweek.

Becausetheymustremaincurrentintheirfields,professorsspendpartofthat

timereading,reading,reading.Thatleadstoadditionalhoursduringwhichthe

yreviseandupdatetheirclasslecturenotes.Ittakesfarlongertopreparenot

esthantodelivertheminclass.Professorsmayspendtimeconductingexperi

ments,workingoncollegeprojects,oradvisingstudents.Theymaybewriting

books,articles,orpapersfordeliveryatconventions.

Whennotintheclassroomorintheoffice,professorsarestillworking,behin

dcloseddoorsincommitteesessionsorathomegradingpapersandpreparing

fortomorrow'sclasses.Toacceptthissortofschedulewillingly,theymustfe

elstronglyabouttheimportanceofthecollegeexperience.

Unit4

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.Yeah/Bytheway/Who?/Don'tyouthinkso?/Yes./Quitewell.

2.Likewhat?/Yeah/Hmmm,letmethink./Well./Cometothinkofit.

ListeningStrategy

1.Onceaweek

2.Twiceaweek

3.Everyday

4.Everyotherday

5.Fourtimesaweek

6.everyweekend

PartB

Text

Exercise1:1.c2.a3.d

Exercise2:

1.AtCaroFshouseonSaturday

2.He'suncertainwhetherhecanhaveagoodtimeatthepartyornot.

3.Heisnotgoodatsmalltalk.

4.oneshouldtalkaboutsomethingotherpeopleareinterestedin.

5.bygettingthemtotalkaboutthemselves.

SmallTalkIsEasy

A:Mike,guesswhat?

B:What?

A:CaroljustinvitedmetoapartyatherhouseonSaturday.

B:Carol?Youmeantheprettygirlinyoureconomicsclass?

A:Yeah.

B:Great!I'msureyou911haveasupertime.

A:I'mnotsosure.

B:Whatdoyoumean,John?IthoughyoureallylikedCarol.

A:Ido.ButIdon'tknowherfriendsverywell.

B:Sogettoknowthem.

A:ButI'mnogoodatsmalltalk.

B:Smalltalkiseasy.Youcanlearn.

A:ByFriday?

B:sure,I'llcoachyou.Youjusthavetorememberafewsimplesentences.

A:Idon'tknow.Ihavetroublerememberingthings.EspeciallywhenImeetp

eople.Igetnervous.

B:Don'tworry,John.Youcandoit.Youjustneedafewtips.

A:ButwhatifIsaysomethingstupid?

B:Hey,you'renotgivingaspeech.You'rejusthavingaconversation.Sojust

talkaboutsomethingyouknowtheyareinterestedin.

A:That'stheproblem.Idon'tknowwhatCaroPsfriendsareinterestedin.

B:Letthemtellyou.Ifyouletpeopletalkaboutthemselves,they'llthinkyo

uTeinteresting.

A:Youmeansomethinglike,"So,tellmewhatyou'reinterestedin.”

B:Well,youdon'thavetobethatdirect.Forexample,youcantalkaboutth

eweather.

A:Youcan'tbeserious.Theweather9sboring.

B:It'sagoodexcusetofindoutwhattheyliketodo.Onarainyday,yous

ay,“Whatdoyoudoinsuchterribleweather?^^

A:Whatiftheyjuststayedhomeandreadabook?

B:Thenaskthemaboutthebook.Youcanaskifitwasgood.Askiftheyli

keditandwhy.Thentalkaboutabookyoureallyliked.

A:Sothafswhatsmalltalkisabout,isit?Well,rilgiveitatry.Thanksfo

rthetips,Mike.

B:You'rewelcome.Haveagoodtimeattheparty.

Note:

Smalltalkmeanslightconversationsonunimportantornon-serioussubjects

suchastheweatherorTVprogramsyousawlastnight,orlittlecompliments

onwhatpeoplearewearing.Inasocialgatheringwherealotofguestsarest

rangerstooneanother,smalltalkcanbeveryusefultomakethemfeelateas

e.

PartC

Exercise:1.F2.T3.F4.T5.F

AreyouCallingabouttheParty?

Laura:Hello.ThisisLauraDavisspeaking.

Simon:Oh,hello,Laura.ThisisSimonhere.SimonWilliams.

Laura:Oh,Simon.Hownicetohearyou.Areyoucallingabouttheparty?Y

oudidgettheinvitation,didn'tyou?

Simon:Yes,thanks,Idid.That'sjustit.I'mafraid.Yousee,I'malreadytied

upthatevening.

Laura:Oh,really?Thatisapity.

Simon:Yes.I'mafraidit'sbeenplannedforages.Yousee,somefriendsof

minearecomingtoseeme.Ihaven'tseenthemforalongtime,andyoukn

ow...well...Imanagedtogetsometicketsfortheopera,andIpromisedtot

akethemouttodinnerafterwards.Ican'tgetoutofit,unfortunately.IwishI

could.

Laura:Oh,whatashame!Wearelookingforwardtoseeingyou.Still,ifyou

candropinlaterwithyourfriends,we'dlovetoseeyou.

Simon:Thanks.Well,I'llcertainlytry,butIdon'tthinkthere9smuchchance.

ActuallyFvesentyouane-mailtosayIcan'tcome.

Laura:Oh,haveyou?That'sverykind,thanks.Well,keepintouch,Simon.

Simon:Iwill.RegardstoJames.AndIhopethepartygoeswell.Bye!

Laura:Thanks.Bye.

Note:forages:foralongtime

Unit5

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.CallBackDavidJohnsonthisafternoon

2.CallBillGreenat415-289-1074thisevening.It'simportant.

3.MeetJudyoutsidetheArtMuseumattentomorrowmorning.

4.Don*tforgettogotoTom'spartythisevening.

ListeningStrategy

1.6247-2255

2.5404-9982

3.612-930-9608

PartB

Text

Exercise1:1.b2.a

Exercise2:

TelephoneMessage:

For:Mr.JohnsonofABCImports

Caller:RichardAlexanderfromStarElectronics

MobilePhoneNumber:909-555-2308

Officenumber:714-555-2000

Message:CallRichardAlexanderatofficenumberbefore6pm.

ABusinessCall

A:Goodafternoon.ABCImports.MayIhelpyou?

B:Yes,mayIspeaktoMr.JamesJohnson,please?

A:I'mafraidMr.Johnsonisn'tavailablerightnow.Wouldyouliketoleave

amessage?

B:ThisisRichardAlexanderwithStarElectronics.It'sveryimportantthathe

returnsmycallthisafternoon.

A:Doeshehaveyourofficenumberandyourmobilephonenumber?

B:Ithinksso,butletmegivethemtoyouagain.

A:Okay.

B:Myofficenumberis714-555-2000;mycellphonenumberis909-555-2308.

Hecanreachmeatmyofficenumberbefore6p.m.oranytimetodayonm

ymobile.

A:Verywell,rilgivehimyourmessageassoonashereturnstotheoffice.

PartC

Exercise:

1.BrianTong

2.GoodluckCompany

3.Computersalesrepresentative

4.adegreeinComputerscience

5.acomputerprogrammerinatradingcompanyfortheeyea

rs.

6.38839673

GoodLuckCompany

Secretary:GoodLuckCompany.

Applicant:I'mcallinginconnectionwithyourpostofcomputersalesr

epresentative.YouradvertisementsaidthatIshouldringupfirstforan

interview.

Secretary:That'sright.Whatareyourqualifications?

Applicant:IhaveadegreeinComputerScience.

Secretary:Doyouhaveanyrelevantworkingexperience?

Applicant:Yes,Ihavebeenacomputerprogrammerinatradingcompa

nyforthreeyears.

Secretary:CanIhaveyourname,please?

Applicant:BrianTong.

Secretary:Okay,I'vewrittendownyourinformationandrilpassthiso

ntoourpersonneldepartmentforfurtherconsiderationbeforewedecide

whethertherewillbeaninterviewwithyou.

Applicant:Whenwouldyouletmeknowtheresult?

Secretary:Inabout2weeks'time,Ithink.HowcanIcontactyou,Mr

Tong?

Applicant:Youcancallmeatmyofficeat38839673duringofficehou

rs.

Secretary:3-8-8-3-9-6-7-3.Okay,I'llletyouknowtheresultwhenIhe

arfromthepersonneldepartment.

Unit6

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.Hewantstoknowwherehecanbuyapainting

2.Hefoundouthowmuchthedresscostaswellaswherehicouldbuy

it.

3.Shesuggeststhatthemmanbuyatieforhiscousin.

ListeningStrategy

1.20.50

2.50.95

3.175.40

4.50.80

5.594

PartB

Text

Exercise1:

1.Inadepartmentstore

2.therearefourpeoplespeakingintheconversation,theyarethereceptio

nist,thesalesperson,AnnandMark

3.tobuyadressforAnn

Exercise2:1.a2.d3.b4.d5.c

WhereCanWeFindWomen'sWear?

Mark:Excuseme,wherecanwefindwomen'swear?

Receptionist:Onthesecondfloor.Youcantaketheescalatoronyourright.

Mark:Thankyou.

Salesperson:Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?

Ann:No,thanks.We'rejustlooking.

Mark:Howaboutthisreddress,Ann?It'sveryfashionable.

Ann:Idon'tknow.I'mnotcrazyaboutred.Ithinkifsabittoobrightfor

me.

Salesperson:Howaboutthiswhitedress?It'sanewarrivalfortheseason.

Ann:Isit?itlookspretty.Butisitveryexpensive?

Mark:Letmeseethepricetag.Itsays$299

Ann:That'stooexpensiveforme.I'dlikesomethingbelow$200.

Salesperson:Whataboutthisbluedress?It'sonsale.Ifs10%off,soit'sonl

y$126/

Ann:Umm.Ilikethecolor.Doyouthinkit'lllookgoodonme,Mark?

Mark:Ithinkso.Whydon'tyoutryiton?

Salesperson:Whatsizedoyoutake?

Ann:Medium.

Salesperson:Here'samediuminblue.Thefittingroomisrightbehindyou.

Ann:(wearingthedress)Whatdoyouthinkofit,Mark?

Mark:It'sverynice.Ithinkbluesuitsyou.Anditfitsperfectly.

Ann:Great.IthinkI'lltakeit.

Mark:That'sagooddeal.

Salesperson:Willthatbecashorcharge?

Ann:Cash,please.

PartC

Exercise:

1.…somedefectivegoods

2....wasabsent/...hadmistakenhisshopforasecondhadgoodsstore./...

wascareless

3....themistake/...exchangetheladies1purchases/...halftheprice.

DefectiveGoods

Theotherday,Mrs.Whiteboughtsomebedlinenatasmallstorenearherh

ome.Thestorehadagoodreputation,andMrs.Whitehadoftenshoppedther

ebefore.Butwhenshegothomeandexaminedthesheets,Mrs.Whitewass

hocked.Oneofthemhadabigholeinthemiddle,andanotherwasbadlysta

ined.Andtwootherswerefrayedattheedges.

Asyoucanimagine,Mrs.Whitewasveryangryandshewentbackimmediat

elytocomplain.Whenshearrived,thestorewasclosedandthetwootheran

gryladieswerewaitingoutside.OneofthemtoldMrs.Whitethatshehadbo

ughtsometowelsthatmorning,andtheotherladysaidthatshehadpurchased

alinentablecloth.Inbothcasesthegoodsweredefective.Alittlelatersome

otherwomenjoinedthem,andtheyalltoldthesamestory.

Finallythestorekeeperappearedandletthemin.Thepoormanlookedveryw

orried.Hebecameverynervouswhentheladiesthreatenedtocallthepolice,

buthedeniedtryingtocheatthem.Thenheexplainedwhathadhappened.In

hisabsence,thedriverofadeliverytruckhadmistakenhisshopforasecond

handgoodsstoreandhaddeliveredaloadofusedmaterialfromanearbyhot

el.Thesalesclerkhadnotbotheredtocheckthedeliveryandhadstartedselli

ngthedefectivegoodsrightaway.

Thestorekeeperapologizedforthemistakeandpromisedtoexchangetheladie

s'purchasesandtorefundhalftheprice.Needlesstosayhefiredthecareless

assistant.

Unit7

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.0,2.03.F4.F5.06.F7.08.09.F10.011.012.F

ListeningStrategy(omitted)

PartB

Text

Exercise1:l.a2.d

Exercise2:

SteveWells

auniversityjunior

Baverage

alifeguardfortwosummers

inanapartment

hardworkingandreliable

seldomabsentfromworkandalwaysontime

paytherentoftheapartment

aclerkinthemailroom

2to6amMondaythroughFriday

Minimum

WeHaveanOpeningNow

Ms.Campbell:Haveaseat,Mr.Wells.Letmetakeaquicklo

okatyourapplication...Iseethatyouwantapart-timejob.

Steve:That'sright.

Ms.Campbell:Wehirepart-timersoccasionally.Howmanyhour

saweekdoyouwanttowork?

Steve:Aboutfifteenortwenty.

Ms.Campbell:You'rejuniorattheuniversity,Isee.Also,you

werealifeguardforthepasttwosummers.

Steve:Yes.ButthisyearIhaveanapartment.SoIneeda

jobduringtheschoolyear,too.

Ms.Campbell:Doyouthinkyoucanhandlebothajobandsch

ool?

Steve:Well,IhaveaBaverage.Yes,IthinkIcandoit.

Ms.Campbell:Yourreferencesareverygood.Theysayyou'rea

hardworkerandareveryreliable.

Steve:Iseldommisswork,andI'malwaysontime.

Ms.Campbell:Well,Steve,wehaveoneopeningnow.

Steve:That'swonderful!

Ms.Campbell:Weneedaclerkinthemailroom.

Steve:That'sfine.

Ms.Campbell:Thejobpaystheminimumwage.

Steve:Thafsokay.

Ms.Campbell:However,it'sonthenightshift.

Steve:That9sallright.

Ms.Campbell:Thehoursare2to6a.m.,MondaythroughFrid

ay?

Steve:Thafs...notsogood.

Ms.Campbell:Iknow.Whatdoyouthink?Areyouinterested?

Steve:Well,...Ioftentakeanapintheafternoon,andthenI

stayuplate.Iguessthehoursareokay.WhendoIstart?

Ms.Campbell:OnMonday.

Steve:Allright.Thankyou.

PartC

Exercise:

mentioned:1,3

notmentionedbutcanbeinferred:2,5

notmentionedandcan'tbeinferred:4,6

UnusualInterviewees

Arecentsurveyaskedvice-presidentsandpersonneldirectorsofAmerica's100

largestcorporationsfrotheirmostunusualexperiencesinterviewingprospective

employees.Theyincluded:

Ajobapplicantwhochallengedtheinterviewertoafight.

Ajobcandidatewhosaidhehadneverfinishedhighschoolbecausehewask

idnappedandkeptinaclosetinMexico.

Abaldingcandidatewhoexcusedhimselfduringtheinterviewandthenreturne

dwearingafullhairpiece.

Acandidatewhoworeheadphonestotheinterviewand,whenaskedtoremov

ethem,explainedthatshecouldlistentotheinterviewerandthemusicatthe

sametime.

Acandidatewhosaidshedidn'thavetimeforlunchandthenstartedtoeata

hamburgerandFrenchfriesintheinterviewer'soffice.

Aclumsycandidatewhofellandbrokeanarmduringtheinterview.

Anapplicantwhointerruptedthequestioningtophoneherdoctorforadvice.

Acandidatewhodozedoffduringtheinterview.

Acandidatewhorefusedtositdownandinsistedonbeinginterviewedstandin

gup.

Acandidatewhoasked,“WoulditbeaproblemifI'mangrymostofthetim

e?”

Itwasreportedthatallofthemwerehired.

Unit8

PartA

CommunicativeFunction

1.becausehedialedthewrongnumber

2.becauseshewaslateforwork,sheoverslept.

3.becausehedidnotnotifyherearlieraboutquitting.

4.becausehecouldnothirethewoman.

ListeningStrategy(omitted)

PartB

Text

Exercise1:l.c2.b3.c

Exercise2:

1.hewasclumsyandspoiledeverythinghedid.

2.inawarehouse.

3.heunpackedthegoodsnewlyarrivedfromthefactoryandputthemin

assignedplaces.

4.Fredbrokealargebase.

5.$350

6.todeductpartofFred*sweeklywagesuntilthebasewaspaidfor.

7.asitwouldtakealongtimetodeduct$350fromhiswages,hecould

keepthejobwhilehewaspayingforthevase.

asteadyjob

Fred,averyconscientiousworker,hadoneseriousflaw:hewasclumsy.The

poorboyspoiledeverythinghedidandforthatreasoncouldneverkeepajob.

He'dhadmanyjobsovertheyearsbutonlyforafewweeksatatime.For

sixmonths,Fredwasoutofemployment.Finally,hegotajobinawarehou

sewheremanydifferenttypesofhomefurnishingswerestored.Fred'sjobwas

tounpackthemerchandisenewlyarrivedfromthefactoryandputeachitem

initsassignedplace.Theworkwasonlytemporary,butaftersolongwithno

employmentatallitwasbetterthannothing.

OnemorningFredunpackedalargeandquitefragilevase.Hepickeditupto

carryacrossthewarehouse.Buthehadonlywalkedtwostepsandhetripped.

TherewasaloudcrashasthevasefellfromFred'shandsandshatteredinto

athousandpieces.

Fredwascalledimmediatelytothemanager'soffice,andhewassurehewoul

dbefired.Theyoungman'sspiritsbegantodrop.

'THhavetodeductsomethingfromyourwageseveryweekuntilthevaseis

paidfor/9themanagersaidsternly.

“Howmuchisthevaseworth?”Fredasked.

“$350”

Awidegrinspreadacrosstheyoungman'sface."That'swonderful!,9hesho

utedhappily."AtlastIhaveasteadyjob!^^

PartC

Exercise:l.d2.c3.d4.b5.b

MarkHill

MarkHillisatrafficpoliceofficerinWatford,nearLondon.Heworksonso

meofthebusiestMotorwaysinBritain,theMlandtheM25.

Therearetrafficpoliceondutytwenty-fourhoursaday.Therearethreeshifts,

andeachshiftiseighthours.Onaveragetheyhavetodealwiththreetofou

raccidentseachshift.HereisMarkHilltalkingabouthisjob:

“Wedealwithanyoneintheaccidentwhoisinjured.Thafsthefirstthing.

Thenwehavetocleartheroadandgetthetrafficmovingagain.^^

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