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1、Dialogue 1 Main ideas1. This is not a naturally-occuring conversation; this is a conversation in a movie written by a film writer.2. The conversation most probably takes place in Ruths home. The two speakers are friends. The first speakers name is Barbara and the second speakers name is Ruth. The co

2、nversation is about work related issues. Ruth doesnt like her job and is thinking of looking for another job.3. Barbara feels terrible about her job while Ruth likes her job.4. Barbaras attitude towards her job is not quite right. For her, meeting the public was tiresome and unpleasant because her a

3、ttitude was cold and uncooperative, sometimes even antagonistic.5. Narrator: It was as simple as that. For Ruth, meeting the public was pleasant because she enjoyed people and greeted them with a smile. For Barbara, meeting the public was tiresome and unpleasant because her attitude was cold and unc

4、ooperative, sometimes even antagonistic.Details and Inferences1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T5_FDialogue 2Main Idea1. Her work came home last week and this job means their daughters bedroom has been turned into a mini- studio and their house suddenly seems like the Bethesda bureau of NPR. In fact, she loves the fac

5、t that she is sitting at home right now. She has had a cup of coffee, and she is sittingm a very comfortable armchair. She has a home office. Despite all these, she is questioning howone can set psychological boundaries in the home to keep work from interfering, aside from athe lines are blurring.2.

6、 The second speakers name is Maggie Jackson. Her new book is called Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age. She states that Because of technology, we are able to have our bodies at home, but our minds in a different place. You are doing work that separates you mentally from the home.

7、 She thinks that were making the boundaries more flexible ;boundary- making is important, but we dont make enough boundaries In that sense, we are facing all kinds of problems and dilemmas while working at homeDetails and Inferences1. Maggie says, For me, I was writing about the world of the workpla

8、ce, the work/life balance, and noticing that the lines were blurring and also, at the same time at home, I was gaining the technology to be more Ilexible in my work. I could come home for dinner, put the kids to bed, finish a story or interview people in California-and Im on the East fhme, I felt as

9、 though my work was seeping and leaking and bleeding into the rest of my house. JQllcIt supports Maggies point of view that the kind of experience of home is being lost if we work at homebecause the lines, the boundaries between the work and life at home are becoming blurring. II.1.C 2. B 3.A 4.BPar

10、t iiPassage IMain IdeaThe passage mainly tells us that U.S. job growth has ended in November 2001. But rath much, or at all, at least for the foreer than strengthening anytime soon, the labor marketand Wall Street economists. been well below normal since, seeable future,the last recessionmay not pick up according to a growing number of labor market experts