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1、一 寸 光 阴 不 可 轻Unit 1 Nine to five Conversation1 Li:What a wonderful view! This is such a great city!Do you ever get tired of living in London, Andy? A;When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can affordLi:Thats a quotation by Samuel Johnson, isnt it?A:C
2、orrect,so do you have any plans when you finish at Oxford?Li: Ive got another year to go and then I suppose Ill go back home.A; And you will find a job?Li:I think I have to do my Masters before I look for work.But I must admit London is very special.Do you think you would ever leave London?A:Sure, I
3、d love to come to china one day, and I like traveling. But i think Ill always come back here.Li:Well, your roots are here and there are so many opportunities.A;But have you ever thought of living in London for a year or two?Li:Yes, but what could I do here? I had planned to become a teacher.But i ha
4、ve often thought if there was a job i could do here in publishing,maybe as an editor, Ill go for it.A:Thats sounds like a great idea.I think that would really suit youLi:Maybe I should update my CV and send it to one or two publisher.A:Dont make it look too goodLi:Why not?A;Well,if you enjoy working
5、 with London Time Off, we dont want you working with anyone elseLi:Oh, working with you and Joe its great fun and really interesting. I couldnt think of a better way to find out about a cityA;So maybe you should think about applying for a job with us Li:But do you think Id stand a chance(有可能,有希望)?I
6、mean, Im not sure if Joe likes meA:Dont even think about it!Joe is very straight talking and I promise you that youd know if he didnt like you.Li:Perhaps we should both update our CVs and look for jobs togetherA:Hey,right!That would be fun.Conversation2 Li:Talking about future plans,how do you see y
7、our career developing?A:My career?Well, I like working for London Time Off.Its a part of a larger media company called Lift off USA,so there are lots of opportunities.But.Li:But.What?A:Its not always very easy working with Joe.I mean,I kind of think he has a different agenda(different way of thinkin
8、g from Andy不一样的想法).I like his work, but sometimes I dont think his heart is in his job.Li:How did he end up in London?A:He did media studies in the States,and then found work as a gofer(杂工) at Lift off USA in New York.Li:Whats a gofer?A:Go for this,go for that.Its a word for the least experienced pe
9、rson in the film and TV industry.Then he came to London and got a proper job as a researcher at Lift off UK,and then after a few years he got the producers job in London Time OffLi:He is good at his job,isnt he?A:Yes,he is confident and competent at what he does,so the people who work with him rate
10、him quite highly(speak highly of).Li:Except you?A:No,I rate him too.And I get on with him quite well,although we are not best budies or anything like that,its just.I want his job!Li:Now we know your little secret.I promise I wont tell anyoneA:Janet,there was something I was going to ask you.Li:Sure,
11、what is it?A:I was wondering.oh,its nothing.Anyway,all this talk about your future career is making me thirsty.Lets go for a drink.Li:Who is round ?A:You.Conversation2 P3-6选择题答案 bdacPassage1“Its not enough to ask what successful people are like.It is only by asking where they are from that we can un
12、ravel阐明the 1.logic逻辑;理由 behind who succeed and who doesnt.This is the basic idea of an intriguing有趣的book called Outliers局外人, by the American journalist Malcolm Gladwell. The book 2.explores探索 the factors which contribute to促成 people who are 3.extremely非常地 successful in their careers, for example, th
13、e role that family, culture and friendship play.Gladwell examines检查the causes of why the 4.majority大多数 of Canada ice hockey冰球players are born in the first few months of the calendar日历year, what the founder建立者of Microsoft Bill Gates did to achieve his 5.extraordinary非凡的 success, and why the Beatles 6
14、.managed to能够redefine重新定义the whole of popular music in the 1960s.Gladwell points out that the youth hockey league in Canada 7.recruits招收 from January the first, so that players born early in the year are bigger, stronger and better athletes than others born later in the year. And because they have t
15、his 8.advantage优势 at the start of their sports career, theyre given extra 9.coaching辅导, and so theres a greater chance that theyll be picked for an elite精英的 hockey team in the future.He calls this 10.phenomenon现象accumulative累积的advantage, a bit like the idea that the rich get richer and the poor get
16、poorer. Success depends on the 11.process过程 by which talented有天赋的 athletes are 12.identified确认 as much as it does on their own abilities.Another 13.aspect方面 which contributes to success is the 10000 hour rule. Great success demands an 14.enormous大量的 amount of time for practice and training. For example, the Beatles performed live in Hamburg G