• Translation
• 1.他在当地一家银行找到一份当出纳员的工作，但 不久便因不称职而被解雇了。 • 2.很明显是他的年轻助手在经营这家书店。 • 3.这项建议在会上一宣布，他就站起来提出异议。 • 4.比尔已向哈佛大学申请助教职位，但他得到它的 可能性很小。 • 5.由于缺乏资金，他们正在设法吸引外资。 • 6.这个房间有股霉味，一定好久没人住了。 • 7.就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共 同之处。 • 8.不言而喻，青年人的教育对于一个国家的未来是 至关重要的。
New words
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • apply interview advertise local suburb slim awkward depress brick forehead private undo stale certificate 申请 面试，接见 为„做广告 当地的 郊区 微小的 造成困难或尴尬 使沮丧 砖 额，前额 列兵，士兵 解开，松开 不新鲜的 证（明）书 • • • • • • • • • • • • • vital attach obviously consist range leisure salary plus protest straw prospect constitute ultimate 必不可少的 把„给予 明显的，显然 组成，构成 变动 闲暇，悠闲 薪水 加（上） 抗议，反对 稻草，麦秆 展望，前景 组成，构成 最终的，终极的
Text
• Trying to make some money before entering university ,the author applies for a teacher job .But the interview goes from bad to worse……
Notes
• 1、This text is slightly adapted from Pick and Choose, published in 1971 by Longman Group Limited. • 2、fearing as I did so :fearing as I applied. • 3、cricket: a very popular game played in England with bat and ball on a large filed between two teams of eleven men each • 4、This was the last straw.:This expression is based on the saying:“It’s the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.” It means the final thing that makes a task,job,situation,etc.unbearable.
• 5.The sad news that her baby had died at birth depressed me all day. • 6.Joe used to live in a northern suburb of Chicago before he was given a post in the center of the city. • 7.Few people shop at this market ,for many of the vegetables hபைடு நூலகம்re seem to be stale • 8.All the local farmers protested against the building of a new airport on their rich farmland.
• 9.The imcompetent typist had to retype the letter three times. • 10.How one presents himself at an interview will often decide whether or not he will be given a job.
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1、Warm-up Questions 2、New Words 3、Text 4、Notes 5、Study and Practise
Warm-up Questions
• 1、Have you ever taken a full-time job ?If the answer is yes,what kind of a job was it ? • 2、What kind of a job do you want to have after graduation ? • 3、What kind of a person do you want to have as your future boss ?
Study and Practise
• Words and Phrases • 1.Though the job requires a great deal of effort, the salary is quite low. • 2.The young man in the story said he didn’t like the prospect of teaching in the school that was actually run by a woman. • 3.It was a long drive to get to the beach and we three took the wheel in turn . • 4.After a sleepless night ,during which Joe smoked whole pack of cigarettes,his eyes were bloodshot and his breath smelled of tobacco.