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The storekeeper apologized for the mistake and promised to exchange the ladies’ purchases and to refund half the price. Needless to say he fired the careless assistant.
Unit 7
Part A
Communicative Function
1.O, 2.O 3.F 4.F 5.O 6.F 7.O 8.O 9.F 10.O 11.O 12.F Listening Strategy (omitted) Part B Text Exercise 1: 1.a 2.d Exercise 2:
Steve Wells a university junior B average
a lifeguard for two summers in an apartment
hard working and reliable
seldom absent from work and always on time pay the rent of the apartment
a clerk in the mailroom
2 to 6 am Monday through Friday Minimum
We Have an Opening Now
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Ms. Campbell: Have a seat, Mr. Wells. Let me take a quick look at your application… I see that you want a part-time job. Steve: That’s right.
Ms. Campbell: We hire part-timers occasionally. How many hours a week do you want to work? Steve: About fifteen or twenty.
Ms. Campbell: You’re junior at the university, I see. Also, you were a lifeguard for the past two summers.
Steve: Yes. But this year I have an apartment. So I need a job during the school year, too.
Ms. Campbell: Do you think you can handle both a job and school?
Steve: Well, I have a B average. Yes, I think I can do it. Ms. Campbell: Your references are very good. They say you’re a hard worker and are very reliable.
Steve: I seldom miss work, and I’m always on time. Ms. Campbell: Well, Steve, we have one opening now. Steve: That’s wonderful!
Ms. Campbell: We need a clerk in the mailroom. Steve: That’s fine.
Ms. Campbell: The job pays the minimum wage. Steve: That’s okay.
Ms. Campbell: However, it’s on the night shift. Steve: That’s all right.
Ms. Campbell: The hours are 2 to 6 a. m., Monday through Friday.
Steve: That’s …not so good.
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Ms. Campbell: I know. What do you think? Are you interested ? Steve: Well, …I often take a nap in the afternoon, and then I stay up late. I guess the hours are okay. When do I start? Ms. Campbell: On Monday. Steve: All right. Thank you. Part C Exercise: mentioned: 1,3
not mentioned but can be inferred: 2,5 not mentioned and can't be inferred: 4,6
Unusual Interviewees
A recent survey asked vice-presidents and personnel directors of America’s 100 largest corporations fro their most unusual experiences interviewing prospective employees. They included:
A job applicant who challenged the interviewer to a fight.
A job candidate who said he had never finished high school because he was kidnapped and kept in a closet in Mexico.
A balding candidate who excused himself during the interview and then returned wearing a full hairpiece.
A candidate who wore headphones to the interview and, when asked to remove them, explained that she could listen to the interviewer and the music at the same time.
A candidate who said she didn’t have time for lunch and then started to eat a hamburger and French fries in the interviewer’s office.
A clumsy candidate who fell and broke an arm during the interview. An applicant who interrupted the questioning to phone her doctor for advice. A candidate who dozed off during the interview.
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A candidate who refused to sit down and insisted on being interviewed standing up.
A candidate who asked, “Would it be a problem if I’m angry most of the time?”
It was reported that all of them were hired.
Unit 8
Part A
Communicative Function
1. because he dialed the wrong number 2. because she was late for work. she overslept. 3. because he did not notify her earlier about quitting. 4. because he could not hire the woman. Listening Strategy (omitted) Part B Text Exercise 1: 1.c 2.b 3.c Exercise 2:
1. he was clumsy and spoiled everything he did. 2. in a warehouse.
3. he unpacked the goods newly arrived from the factory and put them in assigned places. 4. Fred broke a large base. 5. $350
6. to deduct part of Fred's weekly wages until the base was paid for. 7. as it would take a long time to deduct $350 from his wages, he could keep the job while he was paying for the vase.
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a steady job
Fred, a very conscientious worker, had one serious flaw: he was clumsy. The poor boy spoiled everything he did and for that reason could never keep a job. He’d had many jobs over the years but only for a few weeks at a time. For six months, Fred was out of employment. Finally, he got a job in a warehouse where many different types of home furnishings were stored. Fred’s job was to unpack the merchandise newly arrived from the factory and put each item in its assigned place. The work was only temporary, but after so long with no employment at all it was better than nothing.
One morning Fred unpacked a large and quite fragile vase. He picked it up to carry across the warehouse. But he had only walked two steps and he tripped. There was a loud crash as the vase fell from Fred’s hands and shattered into a thousand pieces.
Fred was called immediately to the manager’s office, and he was sure he would be fired. The young man’s spirits began to drop.
“I’ll have to deduct something from your wages every week until the vase is paid for,” the manager said sternly.
“How much is the vase worth?” Fred asked. “$350”
A wide grin spread across the young man’s face. “That’s wonderful!” he shouted happily. “At last I have a steady job!” Part C
Exercise: 1.d 2.c 3.d 4.b 5.b
Mark Hill
Mark Hill is a traffic police officer in Watford, near London. He works on some of the busiest Motorways in Britain, the M1 and the M25.
There are traffic police on duty twenty-four hours a day. There are three shifts, and each shift is eight hours. On average they have to deal with three to four accidents each shift. Here is Mark Hill talking about his job:
“We deal with anyone in the accident who is injured. That’s the first thing. Then we have to clear the road and get the traffic moving again.”
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