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听力教程第三册答案UNIT6

UNIT6

SectionOneTacticsforListening

Part1SpotDictation

WindandSpirit

Wedonoticethewindwhenitseems

（1）cruel，whenthetreesturnawayfromit,andit

（2）cutsintoourhearts。

"Certainwindswillmakemen’s（3）temperbad",saidGeorgeEliot。

InSouthernCalifornia，theSantaAnais（4）associatedwithanincreaseindepressionanddomestic（5）violence.

Scientistshavetried（6）withoutsuccesstoidentifyphysiologicalreasonsforthese（7）reactions.Everyoneagrees，however，that（8）drywindsliketheSantaAna，themistralinFranceandthefoehn＊inGermanyandSwitzerlandseemtohave（9）negativeeffectsonourmentalandphysical（10）negativeeffects。

Onwindydays,playgroundfights，（11）suicidesandheartfailuresaremore（12）frequent。

InGeneva，trafficaccidents（13）increasewhenawindcalledthebise＊blows。

Atthe（14）requestofpatients,someSwissandGermanhospitals（15）postponesurgeryduringthefoehn.

Itishumantoaskwhatis（16）behindthewind。

ltiseasytopersonifythewindasthe（17）breathofGod。

Theactoftakingwindintoourlungsiswhat（18）givesuslife。

TheJews,Arabs,RomansandGreeksalltooktheirwordfor（19）spiritfromthewordforwind.

Butourday—to-daylivesarenolonger（20spiritthewinds。

Wedonotidentifywindwithspiritanymore.

Part2ListeningforGist

AcatgotontoaScandinavianAirlinesplaneinNairobiyesterdayandcostthecompanyabout£10，000。

Oneofthe66passengersheardastrange"miaow"whentheplanelandedinCopenhagen.Mechanicsarrivedimmediatelyandtheairlinecompanyphonedforananimalambulance.Themechanicsfoundthecataftereighthours'work。

Ithadgotintotheair-conditioningsysteminNairobi.TheplanewastwelvehourslateleavingforTokyo，costingthecompany£10,000。

Thecatwasquitewellafteritsexperienceandwasgivenalargebowlofmilkandaplateoffish。

Exercise

Directions：

Listentothepassageandfinditstopicsentence.

Thetopicsentenceis"AcatgotontoaScandinavianAirlinesplaneinNairobiyesterdayandcostthecompanyabout£10.000。

”

SectionTwo

ListeningComprehension

Part1Dialogue

WhataCoincidence!

Storyteller:

Talkingofcoincidences，didItellyouaboutwhathappenedtomeandJeannielastholiday？

Friend（s）：

No。

Storyteller:

WewentonholidayintheStatesandwewenttoMexico。

Well，weweredrivingdowntoMexicoCity.WeweregoingtospendafewdaysinPalmBeach。

。

.seethesea，lookupanoldfriend，youknow.Aswelefttherewestoppedatagarageforacarcheck.。

。

oil，thewater，thetires，allthat...petrol.Andthemechanicsspottedsomething。

Theysaidthatourfuelpumpwasnotworkingproperlyanditwasquiteserious.。

。

itwouldcostalotofmoney。

。

.well，wewereveryworried。

Friend（s）:

Wereyouinsured?

Storyteller：

Well,no，weweren’tandIdidn'thavethatmuchmoneyonme,youknow。

Itwasmeanttobeacheapholiday。

Well，justthen,twomendroveupandtheysaidwhat’stheproblem？

And，doyouknow?

Theyweremechanics—itwassuchgoodluck。

Theylookedatourcarandtheysaid,”There'snothingwrongwithyourcar。

Don'tspendmoneyonit。

Justforgetaboutit。

"Well,naturally,wewereworried,but..。

er，Ithought.。

.I'lltrustthem，Ithinkthey'reright。

So，wedroveon,wecrossedtheMexicanborderandhadamarvelousfewdayssightseeingthereroundMonterey。

Friend（s）：

Oh，oh，brilliant。

。

.jealous..。

Storyteller:

AndthenwewentonandontoMexicoCity.WedroveaboutfortykilometersandthenwesawacarwiththesameUSnumberplatesastheothercarwe’dseeninPalmBeach。

Friend（s）:

You’rejoking！

Storyteller:

Itwasparkedbytheroad，andthesametwomenwhogaveustheadviceaboutourcarwerestuckwiththeircar。

Friend（s）:

Oh，no!

Storyteller:

So，westoppedandaskedthemwhatwaswrong.Anddoyouknow？

Theircarhadbrokendownforexactlythesamereason:

Thefuelpumpwasn’tworking！

Itwasquiteextraordinary。

Exercise

Directions：

Listentothedialogueanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue（T）orfalse（F）

l。

T2。

T3.F4.F5.F5。

T6。

F7.T8.F

Part2Passage

CorporateCulture

1.Howwelltheemployee"fits”theculturecanmakethedifferencebetweenjob-searchsuccessandfailure。

2.Itguideshowemployeesthink,act,andfeel.

3.Theamountoftimeoutsidetheofficeyou'reexpectedtospendwithco-workersispartofthecorporateculture。

4。

Thetruthisthatyouwillneverreallyknowthecorporatecultureuntilyouhaveworkedatthecompanyforanumberofmonths.

5。

Itshouldbeaplacewhereyoucanhaveavoice，berespected，andhaveopportunitiesforgrowth。

Whyshouldjobseekerscareaboutapotentialemployer'scorporateculture?

Aren'ttheremoreimportantfactorstoconsider,suchasthejobitself，salaryandbonuses，andfringebenefits？

Thesefactorsareindeedimportant,butincreasinglycareerexpertsaretalkingabouttheimportanceofemployee-employerfitintermsofculture,withtheideathathowwelltheemployee”fits"theculturecanmakethedifferencebetweenjob-searchsuccessandfailure.

Whatiscorporateculture？

Atitsmostbasic,it’sdescribedasthepersonalityofanorganization,orsimplyas"howthingsaredonearoundhere”。

Itguideshowemployeesthink，act,andfeel.Corporatecultureisabroadtermusedtodefinetheuniquepersonalityorcharacterofaparticularcompanyororganization，andincludessuchelementsascorevaluesandbeliefs,corporateethics，andrulesofbehavior。

Corporateculturecanbeexpressedinthecompany'smissionstatementandothercommunications，inthearchitecturalstyleorinteriordecoration（室内装饰）ofoffices，bywhatpeopleweartowork，byhowpeopleaddresseachother,andinthetitlesgiventovariousemployees.

Howdoesacompany’scultureaffectyou？

Inmany，manyways。

Forinstance：

∙Thehoursyouworkperday,perweek,includingoptionssuchasflextimeandtelecommuting.

∙Theworkenvironment,includinghowemployeesinteract，thedegreeofcompetition，andwhetherit'safunorhostileenvironment—orsomethingin-between.

∙Thedresscode，includingtheacceptedstylesofattire＊andthingssuchascasualdays。

∙Theofficespaceyouget，includingthingssuchascubicles＊,windowoffices,andrulesregardingdisplayofpersonalitems.

∙Thetrainingandskillsdevelopmentyoureceive，whichyouneedbothonthejobandto

keepyourselfmarketableforfuturejobsandemployers。

∙Onsiteperks,suchasbreakrooms,gymsandplayrooms,daycarefacilities,andmore.

perk=perquisiten.特殊待遇，特权;工资外收入

∙Theamountoftimeoutsidetheofficeyou’reexpectedtospendwithco-workers。

•Interactionwithotheremployees,includingmanagersandtopmanagement。

Howdoyouuncoverthecorporatecultureofapotentialemployer?

Thetruthisthatyouwillneverreallyknowthecorporatecultureuntilyouhaveworkedatthecompanyforanumberofmonths,butyoucangetclosetoitthroughresearchandobservation.Understandingcultureisatwo-stepprocess,startingwithresearchbeforetheinterviewandendingwithobservationattheinterview.

Ifyougetachancetomeetwithotheremployees,youcanasksomequestionstotryandget

ahandleonanorganization’scorporateculture。

Suchas：

∙What’sitreallyliketoworkhere?

∙Whatskillsandcharacteristicsdoesthecompanyvalue？

∙Howdopeoplegetpromotedaroundhere?

∙Thebottomlineisthatyouaregoingtospendalotoftimeintheworkenvironment--—andtobehappy,successfulandproductive，you'llwanttobeinaplacewhereyoufittheculture,aplacewhereyoucanhaveavoice，berespectandhaveopportunityforgrowth.

ExerciseAPre—listeningQuestion

Manyarticlesandbookshavebeenwritteninrecentyearsaboutcultureinorganizations,usuallyreferredtoas”CorporateCulture".Thedictionarydefinescultureas"theactofdevelopingintellectualandmoralfaculties，especiallythrougheducation"。

Somepeopledefineitas"themoral，social,andbehavioralnormsofanorganizationbasedonthebeliefs,attitudes，andprioritiesofitsmembers”。

Everyorganizationhasitsownuniquecultureorvalueset.Mostorganizationsdon’tconsciouslytrytocreateacertainculture.Thecultureoftheorganizationistypicallycreatedunconsciously，basedonthevaluesofthetopmanagementorthefoundersofanorganization。

ExerciseBSentenceDictation

Directions：

Listentosomesentencesandwritethemdown.Youwillheareachsentencethreetimes

ExerciseCDetailedListening

Directions：

Listentothepassageandcompletethefollowingparagraphs

Atitsmostbasic,corporatecultureisdescribedasthepersonalityofanorganization。

Itguideshowemployeesthink,act，andfeel.Corporatecultureisabroadtermusedtodefinetheuniquepersonalityorcharacterofaparticularcompanyororganization,andincludessuchelementsascorevaluesandbeliefs,corporateethics,andrulesofbehavior。

Corporateculturecanalsobeexpressedinthecompany'smissionstatementandothercommunications,inthearchitecturalstyleorinteriordecorationofoffices，bywhatpeopleweartowork,byhowpeopleaddresseachother，andinthetitlesgiventovariousemployees。

Acompany'scultureaffectsyouinmanyways，suchastheworkinghours，theworkenvironment,thedresscode，theofficespaceyouget,thetrainingandskillsdevelopmentyoureceive，onsiteperks,theamountoftimeoutsidetheofficeyou’reexpectedtospendwithco—workersandinteractionwithotheremployees，includingmanagersandtopmanagement。

ExerciseDAfter-listeningDiscussion

Directions:

Listentothepassageagainanddiscussthefollowingquestions。

1。

Thetruthisthatyouwillneverreallyknowthecorporatec