视听面试英语听力原文.docx

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视听面试英语听力原文

Episode1

PH:

Youwhat?

Whatdoyoumean?

You’velosttheDollarMartcontract?

OhBrian,tellmeyou’rejoking!

That’sourbiggestcontract!

Andyou’velostit!

OK...OK...yes,Iknowyou’vehadsomepersonalproblemsrecently...yes,sure...yes,Iknowourcompetitorshaveimprovedtheiroffer...but,reallyBrian,thesearejustexcuses...

OhBrian,comeon–youfailedtomeetagreedtargetsfortheentire lastquarter.Wetalkedaboutthisatyourlastperformancereview andItoldyouthenithadtoimproveandtobequitehonest–ithasn’t.LosingtheDollarMartcontractis thelaststraw...No,I’msorryBrianthat’sit,that’syourlastchance.I’mgoingtohaveto letyougo.

Letyougo.Yes.That’swhatitmeansBrian.You’refired.

HiJess,canyouputmethroughtoMarciain HR please?

HiMarcia.It’sPhiliphere.Listen,I’vehadtoletBriango.HelostustheDollarMartaccount.Yeah,butithadbeengoingonforawhile,hejustwasn’t pullinghisweight anymore.He’dbeenwarned–hislastperformancereviewwasreallybad.Heknewitwascoming...

So-we’llbelookingforsomeonenewandwe’llneedtodecideonwhothatis...

Whoarewelookingfor?

Goodquestion...Iwashopingyoumightbeabletohelpmewiththat!

Here’swhatI’mthinkingandletmeknowifyouagree.

Well,obviously,they’llneedtohaveafirst degree,doesn’tmatterwhatsubject,andthena masters oran MBA,I’dsay.

Experience?

Atleastfiveyears'relevantexperience,inaninternationalcompany–Iwantsomebodywithaproventrackrecord.Ohtheyhavetobe ateamplayer –Brianneverwas–sostrong interpersonalskills.OhandIwantsomeonewith vision...yes,“vision”–Iknowit’sdifficulttodefine,butwhatImeanis,someonewhoknowswe’reinarapidlychangingmarket,andtheycanuseittoouradvantage.

Experiencewithonlinesales,perhaps–butyes,I’dbeinterestedinthat.Oh,languageskills–Ican’temphasisethatenough–notnecessarilyanativespeaker,buttheymustbeverygoodatEnglish,andanotherlanguageaswell,Spanish,orMandarinisbest.

DoesthatsoundOKtoyou?

Great!

OK,canyougetanadoutonthewebsiteassoonaspossible,andthe tradepress,aswell?

OK,great,thanksMarcia.Iwantanewsalesdirectorbytheendofthemonth!

Episode2

PhilipHart:

 So,howmany applications didweget,Marcia?

MarciaBoardman:

Well...overallwe’vegotovertwohundred...

PH:

Thatmany!

?

MB:

Yes,but...mostofwhichwecan discard rightaway...peoplewhodon’thavetherightexperience,qualificationsthatkindofthing...

PH:

Ofcourse...

MB:

...andthenwegetthepeoplewhosubmitten-page-long CVs,orCVsin comicbookfont,orgreenink,ortheyattachaphotoofthemselvesdiscodancing...youknowthekindofthing!

MB:

So,I whittleddown theserious candidates toa shortlist oftwelvepeople.

PH:

Andwe’llinterviewallofthem?

MB:

Ithinkweshould–butobviouslyI’llletyouhavealookfirst.

PH:

Great...so,whohavewegotthen?

MB:

Well,Ithinkwe’vegotsomeprettystrongcandidates,twoinparticular...

PH:

Theyhavetherightkindof profile?

MB:

I’dcertainlysayso–astrong educationalbackground,experiencein multinationalsales,languageskills...

PH:

Good,Ilookforwardtomeetingthem.

MB:

SoI’dsaywedothe standardinterviewformat..

PH:

Sure..

MB:

Afewgeneralquestions,thenontospecifics...

PH:

Yes,exactly–Iwanttohearspecificdetailsofwhenthey’vesolvedproblems...

MB:

Yesandthensomethingabout“vision”,asyouputit...

PH:

Yes...whatdoyouthinkaboutabriefpresentation?

MB:

Ithinkthat’sagoodidea–wecouldaskthemtogiveashortpresentationonwheretheyseethecompanygoing–andhowtheyseethemselvestakingusthere.

PH:

Great!

Youknowsomething?

I’mreallylookingforwardtothis!

Episode3

MB:

Hi,I'mMarciaBoardman,I'mcallingfromWebWare.

DW:

Ohhi,Marcia.Greattohearfromyou.

MB:

You'llalreadyhavebeentoldyou'vebeenshortlistedforinterview...

ST:

Oh...yes...great...hello?

Canyouhearme?

MB:

Yes...IsitOKifIcallyounow?

Wouldyoulikemetocallyouback

later?

ST:

Erm,no,no,no,that'sOK...

MB:

Good-wellwe'reveryexcitedaboutmeetingyou.OK,Ijustwantto

talkyouthroughtheprocedurefortheday.Someonewillmeetyouwhenyou

arrive,reimburseyouforanytravelexpensesyoumayhave,andthenbring

youuptomeetmyselfandPhilipHart,theCEO.

DW:

OK,soundsgood.Sowillyoubetheonlymembersoftheinterviewpanel

therethen?

MB:

Yes,it'llbejustmeandPhilipwhowilltalktoyou.Theinterview

willbeinthreeparts-firstofallwe'llaskyousomegeneralquestions

aboutyourselfandyoureducationalandprofessionalbackground,thenwe'll

moveontospecifics.

ST:

Oh,er,specifics?

Weller,whatkindofquestionswillyoubeasking?

MB:

Well,it'llbeverysimilartothepersonalstatementyousubmittedwith

yourCV-we'llbeexpectingyoutotogiveactualexamplesofproblems

you'vefacedandsolved,andofwhatyoufeelarethemajorsuccessesin

yourcareersofar.

DW:

OK,wellyeah,thatsoundsgreat-can'twait!

MB:

Thenthere'llbeachanceforyoutoaskusanyquestions-aboutthe

jobitself,orWebWareingeneral...

ST:

Oh,erm,OK...I'llthinkofsomething!

MB:

Afterthat,we'dlikeyoutogiveashortpresentationonhowyousee

WebWareasacompanyprogressing,andhowyouseeyourselftakingusthere.

DW:

OKsowillIbeexpectedtogivelikeaformalstylepresentation?

MB:

Itcanbeasformalorinformalasyoulike.There'llbeaflipchartand

adataprojectorthereavailable.Ifyouneedanythingelse,justletus

know.

ST:

Oh,ermOK,apresentation!

I'llthinkofsomething.Ihaven'tdoneone

ofthoseinawhile...

MB:

Isthatallclear?

Great,so,Daniel,I'llseeyouat11am,aweek

tomorrow.

DW:

OK,great,Ilookforwardtomeetingyou!

Thanks,bye.

MB:

OK,so,Sarah,we'llbeseeingyouat1pm,aweektomorrow.Bestof

luck!

ST:

Oh,thanks...I'llneedit...

Episode4

MarciaBoardman:

GoodmorningDaniel!

Daniel:

Dan,please...

Marcia Boardman:

I’mMarciaBoardman–wespokeonthephone–andthisisPhilipHart,ourCEO.

Philip Hart:

Hello!

Daniel:

Nicetomeetyouboth.

Philip Hart:

SoitsayshereonyourCVthatyou’reinterestedinrockclimbing...

Daniel:

Yeah...loveit!

Philip Hart:

Great–sodoI!

Whendidyoulastgoclimbing?

Daniel:

Oh,err,well,itwasawhileagonow...

Philip Hart:

Anywhereinteresting?

Daniel:

Yeah.Iwalkedupthehillbehindmyhouse.Tookmeaboutthirtyminutes!

Philip Hart:

Oh.

Marcia Boardman:

OK,erm,Daniel,canyoutellusalittlebitaboutyourcurrentposition?

Daniel:

Certainly–asitsaysintheCV,I’mpartoftheEuropeanSalesteamatNetworld.We’retheworld’sleadingsupplierofIThardware.

Philip Hart:

Whydoyouwanttomoveon?

Daniel:

Well,they’retoosmallforme.

Marcia Boardman:

Networld!

?

Networldaretoosmallforyou?

Daniel:

Ohyeah.I’mlookingforsomethingmuchbigger.

Philip Hart:

Well,we’renotabigcompanybyanymeans,butwearelookingtogrow!

WhatfirstattractedyoutoWebWareinparticular?

Daniel:

Well,IseeWebWareaskindoflikeasteppingstone...

Marcia Boardman:

Sorry?

Daniel:

Yeah,startheregainthenecessaryexperience,thenmoveontosomethingbigger.

Philip Hart:

OK...well,Idoadmireyourambition!

Daniel:

Thanks–I’vegotlotsofit!

Marcia Boardman:

Let’smoveontomanagingpeople.Canyougiveanexampleofatimewhenyouhadtodealwithaparticularlydifficultmanagee?

Daniel:

Sure–wellIthinkthat’soneofmystrongpointsactually.Acoupleofyearsago,Iwasworkingwithaguy,hewasn’tpullinghisweight,basicallybeinglazy–soItoldhimtogetout.

Marcia Boardman:

Oh,youdidn’tgivehimaperformancereview,orawarning,orperhapstrytohelpdevelophismotivation?

Daniel:

No,no,no.Noneofthatrubbish.Ifsomeone’snotworkinghardenough,thenthey’reout!

That’sthewayIwork.I’mahardman.

Marcia Boardman:

Isee.

Philip Hart:

Howwouldyouhandlearapidlychangingmarket?

Daniel:

Basicallynotchangeanythingatall!

Justcontinueonasnormalregardless!

Marcia Boardman:

AccordingtoyourCVyouarefluentinMandarin...

Daniel:

Well,Iwouldn’tsay‘fluent’exactly...but,IlikeChinesefoodalot–soIcanreadthemenu!

Philip Hart:

Soyoucan’tactuallyspeakthelanguage?

Daniel:

Erm,no.

Marcia Boardman:

Canyoutellusaboutatimeyouhadtocloseaparticularlychallengingdeal.

Daniel:

Ihaven’thadone.They’realleasyforme.Iclosedealsallthetime!

Marcia Boardman:

OK–welldoyouhaveanyquestionsforus?

Daniel:

No.

Philip Hart:

Oh.OK.Erm.Thanks.

Marcia Boardman:

Let’smoveontothepresentation...

Episode5

MarciaBoardman:

HiSarah!

I’mMarciaBoardman–wespokeonthephone...

Sarah:

Ohyes,Iremember–Iwashavingabadday!

MarciaBoardman:

...andthisisPhilipHart,ourCEO.

PhilipHart:

Hello!

Sarah:

Hello,it’sverynicetomeetyouboth. 

PhilipHart:

ItsaysonyourCVthatyoudovoluntarywork...

Sarah:

Well,whenIhavetime,yes!

Idoworkatacentreforchildren with difficulties,yes...

PhilipHart:

Thatmustbeveryinteresting...

Sarah:

It’srewardingandchallenging.

MarciaBoardman:

Sarah,canyoutellusalittlebitaboutyourcurrent position?

Sarah:

I’massistantsalesdirectorforachainoflanguageschools.

PhilipHart:

Sothispostwouldbequiteachangethen...

Sarah:

Idon’tthinksohonestlybecausetheskillsarethesame,despitetheproduct.

MarciaBoardman:

Whyareyouthinkingofmovingon?

Sarah:

WellI’vecomeasfarasIcaninmycurrentposition,IfeelandI’m28nowandwouldlovetotakeonsomemoreresponsibility.

MarciaBoardman:

Ok,let’smoveontomanagingpeopl