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对话一
Mr. Pitt. I'd like you to tell me a bit about what you've been doing.
皮特先生，我想请你介绍一下你的经历。
Well, I left senior high school after I'd done my A levels.
啊，我通过甲级考试以后高中毕业。
I took four subjects, French, German, chemistry and art. I really wanted to study art.
之后我修了四门课程，分别是法语、德语、化学和美术。我真的很想学习美术。
It didn't turn out like that, because a friend of my father's offered me a job.
但是事实并没有如我所愿，因为我父亲的一位朋友给了我一份工作。
It's an accountant in London. A quite big firm, you know.
这份工作是在伦敦一家大型公司做会计。
I see. In your application, you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants. Why was that?
我明白了。你的简历上显示你在这家会计公司只工作了9个月。这是为什么呢？
Well, to be quite honest, I didn't like it.
说实话，是因为我不喜欢这份工作。
I just couldn't seem to get interested in the job although there were fairly good prospects.
尽管这份工作似乎很有前景但是我就是无法喜欢上它。
So I got a place at the art college to do a three-year diploma course.
所以我进入了一个艺术学院，修了一个三年的文凭。
We like our executive staff to undergo a thorough training.
我们希望我们的行政人员对新员工进行一个彻底地培训。
Young men on our trainee scheme would have to work through every branch in the company.
我们的培训项目要求年轻人在公司的每个分支进行轮岗。
And one of them is accountancy. Presumably you wouldn't like that.
其中的一个岗位就是会计。我想你可能会不喜欢。
Well, if I had to do it, I suppose...
啊，如果我必须做的话，我想……
But I was thinking that my French and German would mean that I could specialize in overseas work.
但是我想我的法语和德语技能可以让我专门从事一些海外业务。
I'd like to be some sort of an export salesman and travel abroad.
我希望我可以做类似外贸员，可以去海外出差。
You know, the glamour of traveling abroad disappears when you've got a hard job of work to do.
你知道吗，当你的工作任务十分艰巨时，到海外出差的光鲜感就会完全消失。
It's not all fun and game.
这不是玩笑也不是游戏。
Oh yes, I realize that. It's just that my knowledge of languages would be useful.
哦，是的，我知道这一点。我只是觉得我的语言能力可以派上用场。
That's all, Mr. Pitt. You should hear from us in a couple of weeks.
皮特先生，我们的面试结束了。几周内你会收到我们的答复。
One way or the other, or we may ask you to come back for another chat. Thank you.
不论是哪种形式的回复。或许我们会需要你回来再谈一下。谢谢你。
Goodbye, Mrs. Williams.
再见，威廉姆斯女士。
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题1-4是基于刚才你所听到的这段对话的。
Qusetion 1. What did Mr. Pitt do after he left senior high school?
问题1.皮特先生高中毕业后做了什么？
Qusetion 2. Why did Mr. Pitt quit his job after nine months?
问题2.为什么皮特先生在工作9个月后辞掉了工作？
Qusetion 3. Why did Mr. Pitt think he could do overseas work?
问题3.为什么皮特先生认为他可以做海外的工作？
Qusetion 4. What should Mr. Pitt do after this conversation?
问题4.谈话之后皮特先生应该做什么？
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