初级剑桥商务英语 unit6

[00:01.04]Lesson 3

[00:02.22]Part B

[00:03.27]Listen to these 3 people talking about their jobs.

[00:07.73]Complete the table in your book.

[00:09.85]1 INTERVIEWER:What do you do,Lee?

[00:13.95]LEE:I'm a lawyer for a multinational¹ company based here in Singapore.

[00:19.67]INTERVIEWER:Do you like your job?

[00:21.26]LEE:Yes,I do.

[00:22.54]I deal with some very interesting cases,so I'm always learning something new.

[00:28.73]My colleagues here are very nice,

[00:31.29]we have attractive new offices here at Raffles² Place,and I am paid quite well.

[00:37.43]INTERVIEWER:Are there any bad things?

[00:39.63]LEE:Well,I do work very long hours...if something important comes up,

[00:46.39]I can be in the office until eight or nine in the evening.

[00:50.91]Because I work for a multinational company,

I have to travel to other offices quite often,and I miss my family.

I also wish I had more holiday--

I'd even be willing to earn less money and have more holiday!

INTERVIEWER:Tell me something about your job,Jan.

JAN:Well,I'm a shift supervisor³.

INTERVIEWER:So you work shifts?

JAN:That's right,yes.

One week I work from six in the morning to two in the afternoon,

the next week from two in the afternoon to ten in the evening

and the third week from ten in the evening until six in the morning.

INTERVIEWER:That must be terrible!

JAN:Actually,I quite like it.

I don't mind getting up early and I love finishing at two in the afternoon.

And I get a lot of time off between shifts.

I also get a lot of holiday.Six weeks a year.

INTERVIEWER:That sounds wonderful!

But is there anything you don't like about your job?

JAN:Well,the pay's not too good.

3 INTERVIEWER:Ute,what do you do?

UTE:I'm a secretary.I work in R&D.

INTERVIEWER:And do you like your job?

UTE:Yes,I do.You see,I don't just sit at my desk and write reports.

I have a lot of contact with our clients,and I enjoy that.

And I have a terrific boss.

INTERVIEWER:Is there anything you don't like about your job?

UTE:Well,the journey's terrible.It takes me an hour to get to work.

And then we have flexitime.

But it's not very flexible because I'm always in minus at the end of the month.

So I have to stay in the office even if there's no work.

I'd prefer to work when there's something to do and go home when there isn't.

1 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

2 raffles   

n.抽彩售物( raffle的名词复数 )v.以抽彩方式售（物）( raffle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Elsa and I will buzz on to the Raffles bar. 埃尔莎和我继续往前去，到拉福尔旅馆的酒巴。 来自辞典例句
• Tudsbury rushed to the Raffles and dictated this hot story to Pamela. 塔茨伯利冲到拉福尔旅馆，对帕米拉口述了这个最新消息。 来自辞典例句

3 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。