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expect to graduate from the university next June, and I hope to find a job in a kindergarten. I’ll try to start working in September. Track 4-4-OL-4
B. Listen to the job interview. Check the right item in the table based on the information from the interview. Mr. Grant: Hello, Ms. Hale. I’m Mr. Grant, the advertising manager for the company. Do you have a resume or curriculum vitae to give to me?
Ms. Hale: Yes, Mr. Grant. Here it is.
Mr. Grant: Thank you. Now, let me tell you a little bit about the job. We need someone to design brochures on the computer. Do you have up-to-date computer skills?
Ms. Hale: Yes, I do. In my present position I use computer graphics all the time. I have experience with animation as well.
Mr. Grant: Oh, that’s very good. We hope to launch a new group of animated ads next spring. Can you work with others in a pleasant manner, Ms. Hale?
Ms. Hale: My co-workers seem to think so. I can also work independently by myself.
Mr. Grant: That’s necessary, too. What about flexibility in working long hours on a project?
Ms. Hale: I have a lot of energy and I’m willing to get the job done. The work I did last year won two awards at a national conference.
Mr. Grant: Excellent. That’s very impressive. By the way, did I mention that we need someone to start next week? Ms. Hale: No, you didn’t, but it might be possible.
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A. Listen to the passage about an unusual job. Fill in the blank with information from the passage.
You’ve never met Melissa Hayes, and you don’t know her name, but you know her voice. Mellissa record information messages for the telephone company. When you hear the number you called has been changed…--that’s Mellissa!
“Yes, it’s true,” she say. “I’m the voice talent for Nation Telephone.” At least 50000 people hear her
voice every day. “I try to sound warm and friendly, even when I’m saying, I’m sorry, that number is incorrect. Please try again.”
Melissa works only three days a week, but she has to practice a lot. “My voice has to sound the same at the end of eight hours.” She’s very careful about her voice. “I don’t drink lots of water with honey. I can’t g to horror movies because I always scream, and I might hurt my voice!”
How did she get her job? “A friend told me about it. I listened to all the telephone company messages on my phone, and then I recorded a cassette of those messages. After I sent it to the company, I called them every day for a month!”
She’s done this work for three years now, and she loves it. “It’s fun! And I’m helping people by using my voice.” Plus, people are always surprised when they hear about Melissa’s job. They say, “You’re a real person? I thought it was a computer!” Track 4-4-OL-6
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A. Listen to the interviews about Ken’s and Steven’s jobs. Then check Ken or Steven for each item in the
box below. Interview 1
Interviewer: What is your job, Ken? Ken： I’m a V.J. or “video jockey.”
Interviewer: How would you describe your job?
Ken: I’m on TV. I introduce music videos and talk about them. I also interview singers who appear in videos. Interviewer: What is the best part of your job?
Ken: I get to meet a lot of famous people. That’s very exciting. Also, I love music, so it’s a lot of fun. Interviewer: What is the worst part of your job?
Ken: I get to meet a lot of famous people. Some of them are not very nice. They think they are better than me. They can be very demanding.
Interviewer: What was your most memorable moment?
Ken: Last year, I presented an award on TV at a video music award show. I couldn’t believe it. They flew me out to Los Angeles and I stayed in Beverly Hill. I was on the TV show for a whole 45 seconds! I got to meet a lot of stars.
Interviewer: I want to be a V.J. How I get the job?
Ken: Well, first you have to make a videotape about yourself. You need to talk about certain things on the video. In my case, there was a list of question, like “What did you do last weekend?” and “What’s in your CD player right now?” After you talk about yourself, you send the videotape in to the TV station. They call you if they like the tape. Interview 2
Interviewer: What is your job, Steven? Steven: I’m a car courier.
Interviewer: How would you describe your job?
Steven: Sometimes a person or a company needs a car moved from one place to another. They may not have time to do it themselves. They hire me to drive the car. Interviewer: What is the best part of your job? '.
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Steven: I like to drive, so it’s fun for me. Last summer, I drove all the way from New York to California. The weather was great. I had the radio on and enjoyed my trip very much. Interviewer: What is the worst part of your job?
Steven: I have to be very punctual. If I say I’ll arrive on Monday at 6:00, I have to be there by Monday at 6:00. I have to be dependable. It’s stressful at times.
Interviewer: What was your most memorable moment?
Steven: I drove across the desert as the sun was setting. It was incredible! Interviewer: I want to be a car courier. How do I get the job?
Steven: That’s a good question. My mother started this business, so she hired me. You’d have to call my mother to find out! Track 4-4-OL-8
B. Listen again and the complete the summaries of Ken’s and Steven’s job below. Use the words in the box.
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B. Now listen to a quiz show and check your answers in A. Host: Welcome back to “You Snooze, You Lose!” the best game show on television! This is our final
round. Let me remind you of the rules. We will show an object for a couple of seconds. It’s your job to guess what it is. Michael? Linda? Are you ready to play?
M & L: Yes! Host: Ok, then, let’s play “You Snooze, You Lose!” Show us item number one. Host: Yes, Michael? Michael: I know what they are. They’re called “cams” and they’re used in mountain climbing. Host: That’s right for one point! They’re used to hold climbing ropes. All right then, here’s our second
object. Yes, Linda?
Linda: Is it some kind of tool? Host: Can you be more specific? Linda: I don’t know… a tool used to fix some kind of machine? Host: No, I’m sorry. It’s a nose and ear hair trimmer. Next … item number three. Do you have any idea?
Time is up. Since no one guessed, I’ll tell you the answer. Those are called Hopi ear candles.
Linda: You stick them in your ears? Host: That’s right. They are used to clean out your ears. They also help to relax you. Let’s move on to
item number four. Here it is.
Michael: That’s obvious. It’s a corkscrew. You use it to open bottles. Host: Yes, that’s correct! It’s a mini-travel corkscrew. You can pack it in your suitcase. Oh, no! You
know what that means! You’re out of time. Michael, with two correct answers, you are today’s winner! Congratulations! And before we leave, let me show the remaining objects. Item number five is an egg slicer. Item number six is a tongue scraper---make sure to use it so that you don’t have bad breath! That’s all the time we have for today. See you next time on “You Snooze, You Lose!” Goodbye everybody.
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A. You will listen to a passage about Microsoft Corporation. Then write down as much information as possible about Microsoft.
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures,
licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling flagship products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the
Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft ships products to Europe, Asia, and Latin America. It manages branch offices in more than 60 countries. It has nearly 90,000 employees in 105 countries by 2008.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. In the mid-1980s, it rose to
dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS. Since 1985, Microsoft has released an upgrading line of Windows operating systems featuring a friendly user interface. The latest one, Windows Vista, was released in January 2007 and has sold 140 million copies to date.
As one commentator notes, Microsoft’s original mission was “a computer on every desk and in every
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B. Listen again. Then fill in the table according to what you hear about Microsoft Corporation.
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A. You will listen to a passage which protests against advertising and shopping. Then fill in the blanks with
words from the passage.
A different kind of holiday: shop less, live more!
Advertising is everywhere. It’s on race cars and subway trains, on T-shirts and billboards. Every day, you
see hundreds of ads, and each advertiser wants you to buy their product. But do we really need all these products?
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A group in Canada says “No.” In 1991, they stared an event called Buy Nothing Day, to protest against
consumerism and waste. Every year, on the last Friday in November, no one should spend any money for 24 hours. The event has spread to over 15 countries around the world, including Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
In the United States, Buy Nothing Day takes place on the Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday. This is
usually the busiest day of the year in department stores and shopping malls. Traditionally, it’s the first day of the Christmas shopping season, when Americans buy gifts for family and close friends.
However, this “season” has grown longer every year. Now some stores put up their Christmas window
displays in the middle of October, and Americans are pressured to buy gifts for every one of their relatives, for all of their coworkers, and for everyone they do business with. Many people feel that they are forgetting the real significance of the holidays, because companies just want them to spend more money.
Of course, Buy Nothing Day supporters don’t want to change just one day. They want the change to
continue all year. But if we take a break from shopping on one day, we can start thinking about what we really need in life. Michael Smith, British organizer of Buy Nothing Day, says: “Our message is clear: Shop less, live more!”
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B. Listen again. Then answer the questions with information from the passage.
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B. Listen to the talk about advertising, “Ad or no ad?” Complete the statements.
Ad or no ad?
Is advertising really necessary? Billions of dollars are spent on it every year, so it must be important. After
all, it’s a busy world. You have to advertise, sell products, and make money!
Not every company thinks that way. The NO-AD company (“no-ad” stands for “not advertised”) avoids
big advertising campaigns. The company was started in 1960 and is successful today. Their products are still affordable because the company saves money on advertising. They also use their savings to support a drug and alcohol awareness program to educate high school students.
NO-AD sells by word of mouth. “Word-of-mouth advertising” happens when a person tells another person
about a good experience with a product or service. That second person then tells another friend, family member, or colleague. And so a chain of information is created.
Typically, advertisers talk about how good their product is. Although they say things like, “Students show
that our product is the best,” or “Everyone loves this product,” it can sound insincere or unconvincing. It’s much more believable to hear about a product from someone who did not make it. Our friends’ opinions are very important to us, so we often listen to their advice about a product.
Word-of-mouth advertising has other advantages, too. It’s cost-effective (after all, it’s free) and a company
doesn’t have to create a complex business plan to do it. Here is some advice for small business about word-of-mouth advertising:
? Be prepared to talk about your company at any time. You never know who you will meet. Always
carry business cards.
? Only say positive things about your company. Don’t say negative things about your company.
? Help other companies by referring people to them. The more you help others, the more good fortune
will come back to you.
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C. How does the author feel about word-of-mouth advertising and paid-media advertising? Now listen to the talk
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Listen to the story summary. Fill in the blanks with what you hear.
Mike is helping Takeshi shoot a TV commercial for a store called Furniture Showroom. The president of
Furniture Showroom, Mr. Howard, is starring in the commercial. First Mr. Howard talks about the company, which was founded in 1982. Then Mike helps show off the furniture while Mr. Howard describes it and tells how each piece is made very well. However, while Mr. Howard is describing one of the sofas, Mike lies down on it and falls asleep!
Later, Takeshi is telling Tara about the commercial when the phone rings and it’s Mr. Howard! Mr.
Howard says that his company loves the commercial, so they have decided to hire Takeshi to make five more commercials!
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