Unit 3 Job Interview
Global Reading
1. Part Division of the Text
Parts | Para(s) | Main Ideas |
1 | 1~6 | A recent college graduate failed to answer the questions becau of lack of preparation. |
2 | 7~27 | Four pieces of advice on being a successful interviewee |
3 | 28~31 | Everyone should make his or her own tracks in whatever he or she does. |
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2. Further Understanding
Text Analysis
For Part I: Questions and Answers
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1. How does the author introduce the topic in Text A? Why?
(= 四川总督It starts with a personal story, which could be very appealing to readers becau personal experiences sound real. They can also narrow the distance between the author and the reader.)
There are veral ways to introduce a theme.
(= 1. Stating the topic directly.
2. Posing a question.
3. Quoting a famous saying.
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4. Relating an anecdote or an incident. )
2. What is the writer according to what he says at the beginning of the text?
(= He is the owner of Mackay Envelop Corporation, a manufacturing company with 350 employees.)
3. What conclusion did the writer draw from the young applicant’s answers?
(= The young applicant was not well prepared and incompetent for the job since his answers to all the questions were simply no.)
For Part 2 Table Filling
(Directions:) The writer supports his suggestions about job application with a number of examples. Fill in the following table with the suggestions the writer puts forward and the instances he us to illustrate them.
Suggestions | Examples |
1) Prepare to win. | 1) (Michael Jordan) |
2) Never stop learning. | 2)（a 90-year-old tennis player） |
3) Believe in yourlf, even when no one el does. | 3)（the four-minute mile, the New York Marathon and the Vietnam veteran） |
4) Find a way to make a difference. | 4) （New York cabdrivers） |
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Detailed Reading
墨子酥1. Difficult Sentences
That left me with only one other question.
Translate the ntence into Chine.
(这样我就只剩一个问题要问了。)
When we watch a world-class musician or a top athlete, we don’t e the years of preparation that enabled him or her to become great.
1. Translate the ntence into Chine.
(我们在观看世界级音乐家或顶尖运动员的表演时，看到的并不是使他们变成出类拔萃人物的长年苦练。)
2. What does this ntence imply?
(When we admire other people’s success, we always forget that they have worked on this for a long time.)
The same preparation applies in every form of human endeavor.
Paraphra the ntence.
(No matter what kind of success you want to achieve, you should prepare for it.)
And that’s how it worked out.
Translate the ntence into Chine.
(当时情况也的确如此。)
But it takes no longer to prepare well for one interview than to wander in half-prepared for five.
What does this ntence indicate?
(This ntence means that anyone, who wants to get hired, should get concentrated.)
You e, a goal is a dream with a deadline: in writing, measurable, identifiable, attainable.
1. What does this ntence refer to?
(People should regard their goal as a kind of dream, but it can be achieved and realized. The goal is not a daydream.)
2. Translate the ntence into Chine.
(要知道，所谓目标就是有最后限期的梦想：写成文字，可测量，可确认，可实现。)
the majority of New York cabdrivers are unfriendly, if not downright rude.
What does “downright” mean here?
如何学好初中数学(It means “absolutely”.)
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He’s living proof that you can always shift the odds in your favor.
1. What does “living proof” mean?
(It means “a good example which illustrates the point very well”.)
2. What does “shift the odds in your favor”?
(It means “you can be more likely to succeed”.)
3. Translate the ntence into Chine.
(他就是一个生动的例证，说明你总是可以争取到成功的机会。)
As we were taxiing down it to take off, Curt turned to me and said gleefully, “Look, Harvey, no tracks in the snow!”
1. Why was Curt so happy when he said that there were no tracks in the snow?
(Becau Curt thought they were the first to take off. )
2. What does this ntence refer to?演讲学
(One should know how to ek happiness in trifle events or in daily life.)
胡乱之母Then go out and make your own tracks in the snow.
1. Translate the ntence into Chine.
(然后就出发，在雪地上留下你自己的足迹。)
2. What does “make your own tracks in the snow” mean?
(Anyone should try your best to accomplish his own success.)
2. Words and Expressions:
interview:
1. n.
1) a meeting where a person is asked questions to decide whether he can take up a job
* When she was still at school, she had her first interview, for a part-time job in a restaurant.
