Unit 8 Work and Business 工作与社交
Listening 1 Worst Job I Ever Had 最糟的工作体验

英语听力原文：
Speaker 1:
Well,I've had some terrible jobs I can tell you,but the worst...I suppose...the worst was probably in a factory down in London.My job...if you could call it that...was to pick out all the black beans,you know,the bad beans on the conveyor belt in a baked beans factory.Once I'd removed all the bad ones,then I had to pull a lever down which put a lid on the tins.It was really boring I can tell you,very repetitive...and the pay...the pay was awful.I only managed to do it for a couple of weeks before I quit.

Speaker 2:
Let me tell you...the absolutely worst job I ever had was working on a pig farm near a place called Toowoomba,in Australia...Phew!I can smell it even now,if I think about it too much.The wages were good,but I hated having to get up at 5 o'clock every morning,even if it was raining...and the filth and muck...Yuck!I had to feed the pigs and clean out their little houses...you know,the sites...No,no,that was the longest six months of my life...never again!

Speaker 3:
I don't know...It's a bit embarrassing really...Well,I had this job...it was only for a couple of hours really...just for one night.It was in a town at a local art college.They needed a model...nude...no clothes and that...so I just said OK.Easy really...just stood there very still and they just painted.But,the room was really,really cold and I nearly froze.Awful money too...only a couple of pounds for an hour...never do it again...rotten job.

英语听力翻译：
1 号说话者：
嗯，我有一些很糟的工作经验可以说，但是最糟糕的.....我想.....最糟的可能是在伦敦工业区一家工厂工作的经验。我的工作......如果那可以成为工作的话.....是把全部的黑色豆子挑出来，你知道的，在一家烘豆工厂从传送带上捡坏掉的豆子。在把所有坏掉的豆子都挑完之后，我必须去拉下一根控制杆来帮罐头封盖。这个工作真的很无聊，我可以跟你说，一直重复同样的动作......还有薪水.....薪水也很糟。我只勉强做了几周，就辞职不干了。

2 号说话者：
我跟你说......我所做过最糟最糟的工作，是在一个养猪场，在澳洲一个叫做土温巴的地方附近......哎！甚至到现在我都还闻得到那个味道，如果一直想这件事的话。薪水还不错，但是我讨厌每个早上5 点就要起床，连下雨天也不例外......还有那股脏劲、臭劲......恶！我必须喂猪、清理它们的家，你知道.....就是猪圈，不，不，那是我一生中最漫长的6 个月......千万不要再来一次了！

3 号说话者：
我不知道......说真的有点不好意思......呃，我做的这种工作.....其实只有几个小时......而且只有一个晚上。那是在一个小镇当地的艺术学院，他们需要一个模特儿......裸体的.....不穿衣服什么的......所以我就答应了。其实蛮容易的.....只要一直不动站在那里，让他们画就好了。但是，那个房间真的好冷好冷，我都快冻僵了。收入也不怎么样.....一个小时只有几英镑.....绝对不会在做了....烂透了的工作。

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英语听力测试任务1：
接下来听到的对话中，用到了1~9 所列出的单字和片语，请从（A）~（I）中选出一个意思最接近的选项。
1.  factory                   (A) terrible or very bad
2.  remove                   (B) again and again
3.  repetitive                 (C) to give food to something or someone
4.  quit                      (D) a building where products are made
5.  filth and muck              (E) a way to describe very dirty conditions
6.  feed                      (F) to voluntarily stop your job
7.  sty                       (G) a shelter made for pigs
8.  froze                      (H) past tense of ‘freeze’
9.  awful                       (I) to take away something

答案：1.D  2.I  3.B  4.F  5_E  6. C  7. G  8.H  9.A

英语听力测试任务2：
请根据独白内容，分别在空格内填入三位说话者的工作场所和城市。请注意，一位说话者所填的可能不只一项。且列出的选项不一定都正确。
Speaker1 ____________________________
Speaker2 ____________________________
Speaker3 ____________________________

a farm                   Australia
a college                 clothes shop
London                  Wimbledon
a factory

答案：
Speaker 1:a factory/London
Speaker 2:a farm/Australia
Speaker 3:a college

英语听力测试任务3：
请根据对话内容回答问题。
1. When did the man move?
A: __________________
2. How many people does the man live with?
A: ___________________
3. What do they do?
A: ___________________
4. Who does the woman now live with?
A: ____________________
5. Why did the woman move back with her parents?
A: ______________________

答案：
Speaker l:find bad beans/put lids on tins
Speaker 2:feed and clean
Speaker 3 cake off clothes/stand still

英语听力测试任务4：
请根据独白内容，判断下面句子是否正确，如果符合独白内容，请在T做记号，如果不符合，请在F做记号。
1. Speaker 1’s job was boring.                                （T）（F）
2. Speaker 2 had to get up very early.                           （T）（F）
3. Speaker 3’s job was difficult and cold.                        （T）（F）
4. Of all three speakers, Speaker 2 worked the longest.             （T）（F）
5. Of all three speakers, Speaker 3’s pay was the best.              （T）（F）

答案：1.T  2.T  3.F  4.T  5.F

英语听力测试任务5：
下面是Speaker 1 独白的内容，请再听一次，在空格内填入遗漏的部分。
Well, I’ve had some terrible jobs I can tell you, but the worst…. I suppose… the worst was probably in a factory down in ____________. My job … if you could call it that… was to pick out all the____________, you know, the bad beans on the conveyor belt in a baked beans factory. Once I’d removed all the bad ones, the I had to pull a lever ____________which put a lid on the tins. It war really ________________I can tell you, very repetitive… and the pay … the  pay was___________. I only managed to do it for a couple of weeks before I______________.

答案：London,  black beans,  down,  boring,  awful,  quit