Unit 1 Nine to five Con versati ord

Li:What a wonderful view! This is such a great city!Do you ever get tired of living in London, Andy?

A;\can afford\

Li:That's a quotation by Samuel Johnson, isn't it?

A:Correct,so do you have any plans when you finish at Oxford? Li:「ve got another year to go and then I suppose ni go back home. A; And you will find a job?

Li:l think I have to do my Master's before I look for work.But I must admit London is very special.Do you think you would ever leave London?

A:Sure, I'd love to come to china one day, and I like traveling. But i think ni always come back here.

Li:Well, your roots are here and there are so many opportunities. A;But have you ever thought of living in London for a year or two?

Li:Yes, but what could I do here? I had planned to become a teacher.But i have often thought if there was a job i could do here in publishing,maybe as an editor, ni go for it. A:That's sounds like a great idea」think that would really suit you

Li:Maybe I should update my CV and send it to one or two publisher. A:DorTt make it look too good Li:Why not?

A;Well,if you enjoy working with London Time Off, we don't want you working with anyone else

Li:Oh, working with you and Joe it's great fun and really in teresti ng. I could n't think of a better way to find out about a city

A;So maybe you should think about applying for a job with us

Li:But do you think rd stand a ch a nce（ 有可能， 有希望 ）?l mean, rm not sure if Joe likes me

A:Don't even think about it!Joe is very straight talking and I promise you that you'd know if he didn't like you.

LiPerhaps we should both update our CVs and look for jobs together A:Hey,right!That would be fun. Con versati on2

Li:Talking about future plans,how do you see your career developing?

A:My career?Well, I like working for London Time Off.It's a part of a larger media company called Lift off USA,so there are lots of opportunities.But... Li But... What?

A:It's not always very easy working with Joe」mean,I kind of think he has a different agenda （different way of thinking from Andy 不一样的想法） 」like his work, but sometimes I don't think his heart is in his job. Li:How did he end up in London?

A:He did media studies in the States, a nd then found work as a gofer （杂工） at Lift off USA in New York. Li:What's a gofer?

A:Go for this,go for that.It's a word for the least experieneed person in the film and TV industry.Then he came to London and got a proper job as a researcher at Lift off UK,and then after a few years he got the producer's job in London Time Off Li:He is good at his job,is n't he?

A:Yes,he is con fide nt and compete nt at what he does,so the people who work with him rate him quite highly （speak highly of）. Li:Except you?

A:No,l rate him too.And I get on with him quite well,although we are not best budies or anything like that,it's just...I want his job!

Li:Now we know your little secret.I promise I won't tell anyone A:Janet,there was something I was going to ask you... Li:Sure,what is it?

A:I was wondering...oh,it's nothing.Anyway,all this talk about your future career is making me thirsty.Let's go for a drink. Li:Who is round ? A:You...

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\」t is only by aski ng where they are from that we ca nun ravel 阐明 the 1」ogic 逻辑； 理由 behi nd who succeed a nd who does n't.\

This is the basic idea of an intriguing 有趣的 book called Outliers 局夕卜人,by the

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American journalist Malcolm Gladwell. The book 2.explores 探索 the factors which con tribute to for 25 years in journalism 新闻业.As a result, many critics 评论家 have seen it as an 促成 people who are 3.extremely 非常地 successful in their careers, for example, the role that family, culture and frien dship play.

Gladwell examines 检查 the causes of why the 4.majority 大多数 of Canada ice hockey 冰球 players are born in the first few mon ths of the cale ndar

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建立者 of Microsoft Bill Gates did to achieve his 5.extraordinary 非凡的 success, and why the Beatles 6.managed to 能够 redefine 重新定义 the whole of popular music in the 1960s. Gladwell points out that the youth hockey league in Canada 7.recruits 招收 from January the first, so that players born early in the year are bigger, stronger and better athletes than others born later in the year. And because they have this 8.advantage 优势 at the start of their sports career, they ‘ re given extra 9.coaching 辅导,and so there' s a greater chanee that they ‘ II be picked for an elite 精英的 hockey team in the future.

He calls this 10.phenomenon 现象 accumulative 累积的 advantage, a bit like the idea that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Success depends on the ll.process过程 by which talented 有天赋的 athletes are 12.identified 确认 as much as it does on their own abilities. Ano ther 13.aspect 方面 which con tributes to success is the 10000 hour rule. Great success dema nds an 14.e no rmous 大量的 amount of time for practice and trai ning. For example, the

Unit 2 A good read Con versati on1

Joe: OK, when you finished chatting, let's get down to work. Andy: OK, sure.

Jan et: Fine by me. What's on the age nda?

Joe: First up today is Read all about it! Now, I assume every one has read all the books for the future? Has anyone read any of the books?

An dy: Well, Joe, there are over 20 new books coming out n ext mon th, so

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Joe: rm sorry, I really think that's quite un acceptable. It's your job! What about you, Jan et? Janet: rm sorry but this is the first time 「ve worked on Read all about it! And I did n't know I was autobiography 自传，in which the writer appears to be 20.apologizing 道歉； 辩解 for his own pers onal achieveme nts. But the idea that you have to be born at the right mome nt, in the right place and in the right family, and then you have to work really hard is a thought-provoking 弓丨人深思的 way of revisiting our traditional view of genius and great achievement. It' s certainly worth reading, as long as 只要 you don't take it too seriously. Passage1 P8-3 选择题答案 bdac

Beatles performed live in Hamburg Germa ny more tha n 1200 times over four years, much more meant to read all the books.

An dy: Have you read them? than the 10000 hours Gladwell 15.claims 宣称 is necessary for great success. So by the time they retur ned to En gla nd, they had developed their tale nt and soun ded completely differe nt from any other group.

In the same way, Bill Gates had thousands of hours ' worth 值…的量 of programming 编程 because he had 16.access使用 to a computer at his high school. He also became a teenager just at the right time to take advantage of the 17.latest

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computer tech no logy. All through the book, Gladwell repeats his claim that it ' s not just tale nt or 18.ge nius 天才 which 19.determ ines 决定 some one' s success, but opport uni ty, adva ntage and even simple good luck.

Outliers has met with extraord inary success, matched 比得上 only by Gladwell ‘ s own career

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Joe: No, but that's why you're my assista nts. You're meant to assist me. An dy: It's true that we n eed to read the books, Joe, but we have n't Joe: OK, there you go. You are always mak ing excuses! An dy: And what's more, we have n't even chose n the books yet. Joe: OK, let's get dow n with it. What's on the list?

Jan et: I suppose we're look ing for books with a London an gle （伦敦视角） ？ An dy: Not n ecessarily.

Janet: Is it OK to look for non-fiction too? Joe: Absolutely.

Jan et: OK, here's an idea. There's a new biography （自传） of Charles Dicke ns which rm readi

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An dy: Sounds good-his books are always on TV.

Andy: I think some of his stories take place south of the river?

Jan et: That's right, especially around Dockla nds. The thing was …Dicke ns was a social

Jan et: You see rm study ing Dicke ns at uni versity, and I no ticed it in the bookshop last week. commentator （社会评论员） as much as he was a novelist-his stories describe the It's really in teresti ng.

hardship, the poverty, and crime which many Londoners experieneed in the 19th century.

Joe: OK, tell us more.

It makes me want to read some Dicke ns aga in. Maybe r II just go shopp ing for a copy of Great

Janet: Well, it's a description of the London locations where he set many of his books like Oliver

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Twist and David Copperfield.

An dy: Any way, you did me a huge favour. That was a real brain wave （突然想至 U的妙计，

Andy: Sounds right up your street （拿手的） ！ 灵感） to suggest the new biography. Joe Well done, Jan et. Maybe you can show Andy how to pla n the feature. OK, that's it every Jan et: Cheer up An dy. It was n't your fault. one. Let's get to it! Con versati on2

Jan et: What's the matter with Joe today?

An dy: No idea. He's a bit like that sometimes. He gets anno yed with me, but I don't really know Passagel why. M : So how long has your book group 读书会 been running? Jan et: He was n't being at all fair. How often does he get like this?

C: Well, let me see, it's over 20 years now. I think it's actually one of the oldest book groups

An dy: Well, I suppose it's not very ofte n. But sometimes he really gets on my n erves （使某 人around, because it was only about 20 years ago that they started to become l.fashionable 流行的 心烦意乱）.

in the UK.

Jan et: Don't let it get to you. He's probably got too much work, and he's stressed. M : And how often do you have meetings? An dy: Well, he should keep his problems away from the studio. Any way, you're the expert on Dicke ns, tell me someth ing about him.

Jan et: Well, Charles Dicke ns was one of the most popular no velists in 19th cen tury Brita in. Many of his novels first appeared in magazines, in short episodes. Each one had a cliffha nger at the end that made people want to read the next episode （集，一集）. An dy: And was he a Londoner?

An dy: And he set most of his stories in London, did n't he? Jan et: That's right. He knew the city very well. An dy: Whereabouts in London are his stories set?

C: We meet about once every four or five weeks, although we try to avoid meetings in the summer holidays, and during the run-up to （前奏, 预备期）Christmas when we all start to get busy with other thin gs.

M : And how many 2.members 成员 do you have?

C: We're ten in all, although it's rare that every one can 3.atte nd 参力口 . An dy: No, it's OK, I'll get over it. Go on, off you go and enjoy your shopp ing! Conversation2 P15-6 选择题答案 abdcc

Jan et: He was born in Portsmouth but his family moved to London whe n he was ten years old. M : And what happens during the meeting?

C: Well, we usually meet at one of our homes, and we start 4.fairly 非常地 late, around 8:30, and the 5.host 主人 prepares dinner, and sometime duri ng the meal, some one asks \did you think of the book?\

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Jan et: Around the Law Courts in the centre of London. He worked as a court reporter and many M : It sou nds quite 6.i nformal 随意的，不正式的. of the real life stories he heard in court in spired some of most famous characters in his no vels.

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