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1、Unit Three7. How to Take a Job Interview Information related to the text 1. Kirby W. Stanat: a former personnel recruiter and placement officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has helped thousands of people get jobs. His book Job Hunting Secrets and Tactics (1977) tells readers what the

2、y need to know in order to get the jobs they want. 2. Berkeley: Berkeley is a US city in Alameda County, western California. The city is a leading educational center, seat of the University of California at Berkeley, Armstrong University, and numerous research institutes. 3. New Haven: a US city in

3、New Haven County, southern Connecticut. Once a prosperous manufacturing center, now it has an economy based on four sectors: bio-technology, health care, higher education, and arts and entertainment. Yale University commands a central position in the citys economic and cultural life. 4. Chapel Hill:

4、 a residential town in central North Carolina, the United States. The University of North Carolina is here. 5. Boulder: Boulder City, a US city in Nevada. 6. Sears: Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a leading retail company in the US. Sears sells a wide range of consumer goods, including apparel, appliances

5、, tools, automotive supplies, and household items. It is based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, near Chicago. 7. General Motors: General Motors Corporation (GM) is the worlds largest manufacturer of automobiles and one of the worlds largest manufacturers of trucks. GM sells about 30 percent of all cars

6、 and trucks in the US and about 15 percent of all cars and trucks in the world. Based in Detroit, Michigan, GM is the largest corporation in the US based on overall sales. 8. Laurel and Hardy: They refer to two famous comedians, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Stan Laurel was born in Ulverston, Englan

7、d in 1890 and died in 1965. Oliver Hardy was born in Georgia of the US in 1892 and died in 1957. They were a pair of seemingly mismatched clowns in their films. Their first encounter was in the movie Lucky Dog, and after featuring in the movie Duck Soup they transformed into the best comedy duo of c

8、inema history.Difficult Language Points in the Text 1. Hes on an invisible leash to the office, and if he is worth his salary, he is mentally in corporate headquarters all the time hes on the road. (L.7) Paraphrase: Although he is away from the office, he is actually bound to it (he works as if he w

9、ere still in the office), and if he is responsible for his work, he always has the best interests of his company in his mind when he recruits potential employees. Translation:他處于公司無(wú)形的控制之下,而且如果他對(duì)得起自己的薪水的話,那么他雖然人在外奔波,心里裝的卻是公司總部. 2. Youre on. (L.57) Paraphrase: You are being interviewed. Translation: 你

10、正在接受面試. 3. Then he calls your name, and at that instant he visibly clicks into gear. Paraphrase: Then he calls your name, and at that moment his recruitment has clearly started already. Translation:然后,他叫了你的名字,就在那一刻他明顯地進(jìn)入了工作狀態(tài). 4. If you are sitting on the middle of your back, with a book open and a

11、cigarette going, and if you have to rebuild yourself to stand up, the interest will run right out of the recruiters face. (L.76) Paraphrase: If you are lying halfway down, reading a book and smoking a cigarette, and if you have to struggle to your feet, then the recruiter will immediately lose inter

12、est in you. Translation:如果你半躺半坐,一邊看著書(shū),一邊抽著煙,而且如果你得重新直身站起,那么招聘人員對(duì)你的興趣馬上就從臉上消失了. 5. Theres enough room for you to get past him, but its a near thing. Paraphrase: There is enough space at the door for you to pass by him, but it will not be easy for you. Translation:門口有足夠的空間可以讓你從他身邊過(guò)去,但你差點(diǎn)沒(méi)過(guò)去.Phrases an

13、d Expressions On an invisible leash處于無(wú)形控制之下 Be in for a shock大吃一驚 On the college circuit在大學(xué)招聘團(tuán) Sign up簽到 Take in the scene看到場(chǎng)景 Off guard不提防 Transfer sth. From sw. to sw. else轉(zhuǎn)移 Be close to doing sth.幾近于，近乎 Jot down匆忙記下 Be under way正在進(jìn)行 Into gear進(jìn)入工作狀態(tài) Run right out of sw.從某處消失 Pop out of sw/sth.迅速走出

14、/起來(lái) Make hasty decisions匆忙做出決定 Snap ones fingers打響指 Rush to judgment匆忙做出判斷 Head for朝向Key to the Exercises I. 1. D2. A3. C4. A II. 1.他處于公司無(wú)形的控制之下，而且如果他對(duì)得起自己他處于公司無(wú)形的控制之下，而且如果他對(duì)得起自己的薪水的話，那么他雖然人在外奔波的薪水的話，那么他雖然人在外奔波,心里裝的卻是公司心里裝的卻是公司總部?？偛?。 2. 比如比如,要是你以為由于面試是在校園里進(jìn)行要是你以為由于面試是在校園里進(jìn)行,招聘人員就招聘人員就期望你的舉止打扮像個(gè)學(xué)生期望你

15、的舉止打扮像個(gè)學(xué)生,那你會(huì)大吃一驚的。那你會(huì)大吃一驚的。 3. 招聘人員在大約輪到你面試招聘人員在大約輪到你面試5-10分鐘前，先打發(fā)走你之分鐘前，先打發(fā)走你之前的求職者前的求職者,就如何處置他就如何處置他/她記下幾點(diǎn)看法她記下幾點(diǎn)看法,然后他拿起你然后他拿起你的簡(jiǎn)歷或資料的簡(jiǎn)歷或資料(這是你事先提交的這是你事先提交的) 4. 如果你從他身邊無(wú)精打采地走過(guò)，像個(gè)動(dòng)輒就要打架的如果你從他身邊無(wú)精打采地走過(guò)，像個(gè)動(dòng)輒就要打架的大漢大漢,他是不會(huì)對(duì)你有好印象的。他會(huì)認(rèn)為你在工作中可他是不會(huì)對(duì)你有好印象的。他會(huì)認(rèn)為你在工作中可能也是這樣懶散。能也是這樣懶散。Key to the Reading Ski

16、ll Exercises 1. Because they indicate only where people get “most” of their news, not how much news they actually get. 2. 1). Newspaper readers have more control over content. 2). Television viewers obtain less information than newspaper readers. 3). Television news receives less attention from its

17、audience than a newspaper does. 3. C8. Who Needs a Diploma? Why the High-tech Industry Wants Dropouts? Information related to the text 1. Mark Wallace: the author of more than ten books and chapbooks of poetry, including Nothing Happened and Besides I Wasnt There and Sonnets of a Penny-A-Liner. Temp

18、orary Worker Rides a Subway won the New American Poetry Award. His first collection of fiction, The Big Lie, was published by Avec Books in Fall 2000. His critical articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications. With Juliana Spahr, Kristin Prevallet, and Pam Rehm, he edited A Poetics of

19、 Criticism, a collection of poetry essays in non-standard formats published by Leave Books in 1994. He runs the Ruthless Grip Poetry Series and the “dcpoets” e-mail list in Washington, D.C., where he teaches at area colleges including Georgetown University, The George Washington University, and Amer

20、ican University. 2. Mitsubishi Eclipse: Brand name of a sports car made by Mitsubishi Group (三菱公司)of Japan. 3. Ferrari: Fiat S. p. A. is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy. Fiat manufactures cars under its own name, as well as the famous Italian sports cars Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lancia, and

21、 Maserati. 4. Richardson: a US city in Dallas county, northeastern Texas. 5. Manhattan: a borough of New York City. The main economic center of New York City, Manhattan is one of the worlds leading commercial, financial, cultural, manufacturing, medical, and tourist centers. 6. LAN: Local Area Netwo

22、rk (LAN), in computer science, refers to a collection of interconnected computers that can share data, applications, and resources, such as printers. Computers in a LAN are separated by distances of up to a few kilometers and are typically used in offices or across university campuses. A LAN enables

23、 the fast and effective transfer of information within a group of users and reduces operational costs. 7. BASIC: In computer science, it is short for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a high-level programming language developed by Jhon Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in t

24、he mid-1960s. 8. Cisco: Cisco Systems, Inc. is the leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet. Products include routers, hubs, and dial-up access servers, etc. and softeware.Difficult Language Points in the Text 1. Dan and Anthony, by contrast, learned their ski

25、lls not in classrooms but in pursuit of the passions that grip so many teenagers these days. (L. 48) Paraphrase: instead of learning their skills in school, Dan and Anthony learned their skills while they were pursuing their hobbies, the same hobbies that attract so many young people these days. Tra

26、nslation:相比之下，丹和安東尼并不是在課堂上而是在追求自己愛(ài)好的過(guò)程中學(xué)的技術(shù)，這些愛(ài)好如今吸引了許多青少年。 2 An intimate knowledge of routers comes in handy at Verio, (L.72) Paraphrase: A good command of knowledge of routers is very useful at Verio, Translation:在Verio公司，熟練掌握路由器的知識(shí)是非常有用的。 3. This is what passes for training in an industry that mo

27、ves too quickly for textbooks and knows precious few rules. (L.80) Paraphrase: This is the kind of training needed in an industry which develops so fast that textbooks are soon outdated and which also provides very few rules for people to follow. Translation:這個(gè)行業(yè)發(fā)展太快，教科書(shū)的內(nèi)容很快變得陳舊，又缺少行業(yè)規(guī)范，這就算是這個(gè)行業(yè)需要的

28、培訓(xùn)了。 4 In high schooljust as the World Wide Web was exploding into Americas consciousnessDan got a part-time job at a local Internet service provider. (L.129) Paraphrase: In high school, just as Americans started to have some knowledge of the World Wide Web, Dan got a part-time job at a local compan

29、y that provided Internet service. Translation:在中學(xué)，正當(dāng)美國(guó)人開(kāi)始對(duì)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)有所了解時(shí)，丹已在當(dāng)?shù)氐囊患乙蛱鼐W(wǎng)服務(wù)商那兒找到了一份兼職工作。 5. Other “drop-ins” echo Dans frustration. (L. 136) Paraphrase: Others who left school to take up work in the new economy have similar feeling of frustration as Dan does. Translation:其他那些退學(xué)后開(kāi)始工作的人也經(jīng)歷了同丹一樣的失

30、意。 6 The place is aclatter with waiters and barmen and local cheering the Dallas Stars, but none of this seems to reach Dan, who is lost in a video game on the tiny screen of his cellular phone. (L. 157) Paraphrase: The place is filled with loud noises made by the waiters, barmen and local people wh

31、o are cheering the Dallas Stars, but Dan seems not to have heard all these noise because he is lost in the video game on the small screen of his mobile phone. Translation:這個(gè)地方充滿了服務(wù)員、酒吧招待員的說(shuō)話聲，以及當(dāng)?shù)厝讼蚶剐顷?duì)（一支冰球隊(duì)）歡呼的聲音。但這一切似乎都沒(méi)有影響丹， 他正專注地在其小小的手機(jī)屏幕上玩視頻游戲呢。 7. Even with a Cisco certification, its impossib

32、le to tell how far Dan could go in the high-tech job market, where brain sweat and elbow grease are still the best predictors of long-term earning potential. Paraphrase: Even if Dan gets a Cisco certification, its hard to predict how much he can achieve in the high-tech market, in which hard work ra

33、ther than qualifications is the surest way to get a decent salary in the long run. Translation:即使有Cisco 的證書(shū)，要想預(yù)測(cè)丹在高技術(shù)就業(yè)市場(chǎng)上能走多遠(yuǎn)也是不可能的，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)市場(chǎng)里，人們未來(lái)掙錢的前景仍然取決于他們?cè)谀X力上所付出的艱苦努力。Phrases and Expressions Drop out of school輟學(xué) Amount to sth.成功，成為人物 Put up with sth./sb.忍受 Cut off打斷（講話等） Remind sb. Of sth.提醒 In

34、pursuit of 追求 Take advantage of利用 Come in handy派得上用場(chǎng) Pass for被稱作 From scratch從零開(kāi)始 Burn out 耗盡（才智等） At long last終于 Go after追求 Be bummed out煩躁的，灰心喪氣Key to the Exercises I. 1. B2. C3.A4. C II. 1.開(kāi)車上下班是丹作為電腦網(wǎng)絡(luò)工程師的新生活中已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)忍受的小煩惱之一，但它顯然不像在衣阿華零度以下的冬天里走一英里路去上學(xué)那樣令人沮喪。 2.也許斯滕伯格的悲觀看法是可以諒解的：在美國(guó)，25歲的中學(xué)退學(xué)男生平均一年掙不

35、到25，000美元。而他們那些有中學(xué)畢業(yè)文憑的同學(xué)只掙約31，000美元，相當(dāng)于有工程學(xué)位的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的起點(diǎn)工資。 3.不過(guò)，作為丹的母親，愛(ài)麗絲哈曼斯說(shuō)退學(xué)并不能保證有好工作，“你不可能不勞而獲。丹尼爾掌握了很多知識(shí)以后才開(kāi)始工作的?！?4.他們是信息時(shí)代的第一代公民，不是改行過(guò)來(lái)的人。他們天生就熟悉其語(yǔ)言和方法。9 A Path of Ones Own: Three Who Transformed their Dreams into Careers Information related to the text 1. Andy Steiner: associate editor at Ut

36、ne Reader, and a free-lance writer for local and national publications. 2. Minneapolis: a city in southeastern Minnesota. 3. Gray: Henry Gray (1827?-1861) was a British anatomist. Gray studied at St. Georges Hospital in London, where he became a demonstrator of anatomy and curator of the hospital mu

37、seum. He compiled a book on anatomy, published in 1858. The book remains a standard text for students and surgeons alike. 4. Philadelphia: the largest city of Pennsylvania. It is known as the Birthplace of the Nation because of its role in Americas struggle for independence from Britain. 5. alternat

38、ive newsweekly: Newspapers that cover offbeat but important stories or issues that the mainstream press does not cover. For example, many newspapers are published in the US in languages other than English by immigrants. 6. Alaska: Alaska is the northernmost and westernmost state of the US. It occupi

39、es the extreme northwestern region of the North American continent and is separated from Asia by the Bering Strait. : the largest city in west central Washington State. There are 3.6 million people in Greater Seattle, one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the US. The areas rate of economi

40、c growth led the nation in 1997. This growth reflects the success of local high-tech industries such as aerospace, software, computer and electronic equipment, medical devices and biotechnology, and telecommunications products.Difficult Language Points in the Text 1. He is known and respected for hi

41、s confident manner, thoughtful demeanor, and large, powerful frame. Paraphrase: People in the neighborhood all know and respect him because he is confident, considerate and strong. Translation:他以自己自信的舉止、考慮周全的行為以及高大強(qiáng)壯的體魄為人所知并受人尊重。 2 Usually, when security companies come in, they have the guns strapped on, and they use forceful intimidation to get what they want from people. Paraphrase: Usually, when security guards come in, they are armed with guns and th