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Conversation One
W: Mr. Pitt. I'd like you to tell me a bit about what you've been doing.
M: Well, I left senior high school after I'd done my A levels. I took four subjects, French, German, chemistry and art. I really wanted to study art. It didn't turn out like that, because a friend of my father's offered me a job. (1)It's an accountant in London. A quite big firm, you know.
W: I see. In your application, you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants. Why was that?
M: Well, to be quite honest, I didn't like it. (2) I just couldn't seem to get interested in the job although there were fairly good prospects. So I got a place at the art college to do a three-year diploma course.
W: We like our executive staff to undergo a thorough training. Young men on our trainee scheme would have to work through every branch in the company. And one of them is accountancy. Presumably you wouldn't like that.
M: Well, if I had to do it, I suppose... (3) But I was thinking that my French and German would mean that I could specialize in overseas work. I'd like to be some sort of an export salesman and travel abroad.
W: You know, the glamour of traveling abroad disappears when you've got a hard job of work to do. It's not all fun and game.
M: Oh yes, I realize that. It's just that my knowledge of languages would be useful.
W: That's all, Mr. Pitt. (4) You should hear from us in a couple of weeks. One way or the other, or we may ask you to come back for another chat. Thank you.
M: Goodbye, Mrs. Williams.
1. What did Mr. Pitt do after he left senior high school?
2. Why did Mr. Pitt quit his job after nine months?
3. Why did Mr. Pitt think he could do overseas work?
4. What should Mr. Pitt do after this conversation?
对话一
女：皮特先生，我想请你介绍一下你的经历。
男：啊，我通过甲级考试以后高中毕业。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。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。这份工作是在伦敦一家大型公司做会计。
女：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？
男：说实话，是因为我不喜欢这份工作。尽管这份工作似乎很有前景但是我就是无法喜欢上它。所以我进入了一个艺术学院，修了一个三年的文凭。
女：我们希望我们的行政人员对新员工进行一个彻底地培训。我们的培训项目要求年轻人在公司的每个分支进行轮岗。其中的一个岗位就是会计。我想你可能会不喜欢。
男：啊，如果我必须做的话，我想……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。我希望我可以做类似外贸员，可以去海外出差。
女：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。这不是玩笑也不是游戏。
男：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。
女：皮特先生，我们的面试结束了。几周内你会收到我们的答复。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。
男：再见，威廉姆斯女士。
问题1.皮特先生高中毕业后做了什么？
问题2.为什么皮特先生在工作9个月后辞掉了工作？
问题3.为什么皮特先生认为他可以做海外的工作？
问题4.谈话之后皮特先生应该做什么？
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