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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date新视野大学英语视听说第4册听力原文及答案Unit5Uint1Uint5 II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptW: Why do some people stay in one job for life while others switch jobs from time to time?M: Some people want a
2、fixed routine so that they dont have to adapt tot new circumstances over and over again, while others think variety is the spice of life.Q: According to the dialog, why do some people stick to one job for life?2. ScriptM: Kathleen, youve been late for work so many times lately that I have to warn yo
3、u that any repetition will result in your dismissal.W: Im sorry. Ill try my best to get here earlier in the future. Perhaps I could work later to make up the time Ive lost.Q: What does the woman say?3. ScriptM: Mr. Brown, my time here has been frustrating for me. I have a better opportunity with ano
4、ther firm, and Im taking it.W: We wont be sorry to see you leave, Richard. Youve done your best to make everyone here as miserable as you are.Q: How does the woman feel about the mans leaving?4. ScriptW: Mr. Armes, I wanted to tell you in person that at the end of this month Ill be leaving the compa
5、ny.M: Well, Sylvia, we are certainly going to miss you here, but I wish you the best of luck.Q: What does the woman want?5. ScriptW: Time, I hate to tell you this, but were caught in a budget crunch, and we must lay you off. Im sorry.M: I understand. Ive enjoyed my time here, and Im confident I can
6、find something else.Q: What is the mans response?Keys: 1.B2.D3. A 4.C 5.DIII. Listening InTask 1: How to Avoid BankruptcyManager: Adam! Have you any suggestions about how we can avoid bankruptcy?Adam: Downsizing would certainly reduce our operating costs. You know, make us lean and mean, the way you
7、 have to be in todays market.Manager: Where do you suggest we start making these staff cuts?Adam: The logical place to start would be in administration. They usually overstaffed.Manager: Thats not going to go over very well with our employees. Some of them have been with the company for years.Adam:
8、Its painful process, but theres no choice. Theyll just have to get used to the idea.Manager: We can give them a fairly decent severance package when theyre fired.Adam: I know. And I think that if we computerize the office, we could reduce office staff by about 20 percent just by eliminating a lot of
9、 paperwork.Manager: OK. If we lay off 20 percent of the administrative staff, will that be enough to get the company back on its feet?Adam: Unfortunately not. Well also need to make some cuts in the service department.Manager: How can we do that and maintain the level of service that we offer our pa
10、ssengers?Adam: Well, well have to retrain the service staff and streamline our operations, so we wont need as many people to run things smoothly.Manager: Well, this is serious, but I really dont think we have any other choice. If we keep losing money like this, well have to shut everything down.1. W
11、hat is the dialog mainly concerned with?2. What does the man mean by “make us lean and mean”?3. What is the difficulty in cutting the administrative staff?4. What will happen as a result of firing the administrators?5. What does the man think will happen after they cut 20 percent of the administrato
12、rs?Keys: 1B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.CFor Reference1. He suggests retaining the service staff and streaming their operations, so they wont need as many people to run things smoothly.2. That is a serious step, but she thinks they havent any other choice. If they keep losing money, they will have to shut everyth
13、ing down.Task 2: A Hard-nosed BossScriptMr. Stone was known far and wide as a hard-nosed boss who (S1) watched his employees like a hawk. He was making one of his regular tours of the factory (S2) when he spotted a young man leaning against a (S3) pile of boxes just outside the foremans office. Sinc
14、e George, the foreman, wasnt around. Stone stood off to the side and watched to see just how ling the young men would stand (S4) around doing nothing.The young man yawned, scratched his head, looked at his watch, and sat on the floor. After ten minutes or so he yawned again and (S5) leaned back on t
15、he pile of boxes.Stone stepped from his (S6) hiding place and walked up to the young man. “You!” he yelled, “How much do you make a week?”The young man looked up (S7) indifferently. “Two hundred and fifty dollars,” He said.(S8) Stone rushed into the cashiers office, took$250 from the cash box, and returned. “Take it,” he said, “and get out! Dont let me see you around here again!”The young man took the cash, put it in his pocket, and left. (S9) Seeing the young man showed no sign of embarrassment, Stone got furi
