问答题 Before you listen to the recording, look at this advertisement and decide what kind of person the advertiser is looking for. Highlight the important points in the ad.
Assistant Marketing Manager

We are a well-known international manufacturer, based in the UK, and we are expanding our export marketing activities in our European headquarters in London.
We are looking for a lively and intelligent person to join our team as soon as possible. The work will involve working in our London office, telephoning and corresponding with our overseas clients and agents, and some travel, mainly to European countries. Applicants should be fluent in at least one foreign language. Experience in marketing would be an asset but not essential. The successful applicant will be paid top London rates and provided with generous removal expenses.
You'll hear three telephone messages. Each of the speakers has held interviews with applicants for the job.
1 Listen and take notes. You'll need to pause the recording frequently.
2 Compare your notes with the notes in the Answer Key.
3 Decide which of the job applicants sounds most promising:
Which of them will you put on the short list for a second interview in London?
Which of the three candidates do you rate most highly, judging from what you've heard about them?
If possible, compare your views with another student who has done this exercise.
REPORT FROM :
Best candidate: ______ Age:______
Education :______
Languages :______
Work experience:______
Personality:______
Availability :______
Suitability:______
Address :______
Phone :______
【正确答案】Suggested answers REPORT FROM: GUS MORRISON IN GLASGOW Best candidate: Duncan McCabe Age: 21 Education: Graduate of Edinburgh University (MA in modern languages) Languages: Speaks fluent French and quite good German Work experience: Publicity department of Glasgow City Council (about a year) Personality: Very pleasant, a bit shy when you first talk to him, but when you get to know him he has a lovely sense of humour Availability: Not available until September 1st Suitability: Very bright and eager and he'd fit in well with your people down in London Address: 145 Pentland Gardens, Glasgow, G5 8TG Phone: 041 667 8092 REPORT FROM: LAURA STEELE IN SHEFFIELD Best candidate: Mrs Sylvia Sabbatini Age: 25 Education: Paper qualifications not all that good: left school at 16 to do secretarial course Languages: Speaks Italian fluently (father Italian, mother English) Work experience: Johnson Brothers in Marketing since leaving school Personality: Lovely personality - very cheerful and bright Availability: Husband has just got a job in London, so able to start work in London right away Suitability: Very intelligent young woman - she impressed me very much Address: 78 Pennine Avenue, Huddersfield, L534 7QT Phone: 0484 078432 REPORT FROM: TERRY WILLIAMS IN CARDIFF Best candidate: Miss Emma Harris Age: 20 Education: Had right exam results to get into university, but decided to go into industry Languages: Speaks Spanish and French (not exactly fluent, but so confident this doesn't matter) Work experience: Working in marketing for small light engineering firm, had become Export Marketing Manager. Firm taken over and she was made redundant - they decided to (:lose her department Personality: Full of confidence, makes friends easily Availability: No ties here, could start work next week if you wanted Suitability: Has really good potential - would work well in a team Address: 214 Gower Road, Swansea, SA2 4PJ Phone: 0792 98762
【答案解析】[解析] Transcript Gus Morrison: Good afternoon. This is Gus Morrison calling from Glasgow. Now, most of the people I've talked to today have been pretty hopeless. One of them was obviously lying when he filled in the application form. Do you know, he claimed to speak German, but when I started talking to him in German, he couldn't understand! Well, now, the best of the bunch was er...where is it...er Duncan McCabe (that's D-U-N-C-A-N M-c-C-A-B-E). He's quite young, he's only 21 and he's a graduate of Edinburgh...Edinburgh University. He's got an MA and it's in modern languages. Now, he's been working for the publicity department of Glasgow City Council for about a year. He speaks fluent French and his German is quite good too. He's a very pleasant lad, he seems a bit shy when you first talk to him, but when you get to know him he's got a lovely sense of humour, and I think he's very bright, he's very eager and I think he'd fit in well with your people down in London. Now unfortunately he's not available until September 1st. But if you want to contact him, his address is 145 Pentland (I'll spell that, that's P-E-N-T-L-A-N-D) Pentland Gardens, Glasgow, and the postcode is G5 8TG, and his phone number is 041 667 8092. Laura Steele: Hello, this is Laura Steele, I'm calling from Sheffield. I've spent this morning interviewing four candidates and the best one is a Mrs Sylvia Sabbatini (that's S-Y-L-V-1-A S-A-B-B-A-T-I-N-I). Now, she's 25, she's married and has been working for Johnson Brothers, in Marketing since leaving school. She has a lovely personality - very cheerful and bright. She speaks Italian fluently (her father is Italian, her mother is English). Her qualifications on paper are not all that good, she left school at 16 to do a secretarial course, but she's a very intelligent young woman - she impressed me very much. She's been married for two years, no children, and her husband has just got a job in London, so she'd be able to start work in London more or less right away. Her address is 78 Pennine Avenue, Pennine (P-E-N-N-I-N- E) Avenue, Huddersfield (that's H-U-D-D-E-R-S-F-I-E-L-D), and the postcode is LS34 7QT. Her telephone number is 0484 078432. Terry Williams: Hello, this is Terry Williams calling from Cardiff. I've just finished a very frustrating day interviewing people for you. There were really only two applicants that you should have invited for interview and I discovered after half an hour that one of them isn't available: he'd already accepted another job but decided to come to the interview anyway! So the only person I have to tell you about is Miss Emma Harris (that's E-M-M-A H-A-R-R-I-S). She's only 20 but she has really good potential. She had all the right exam results to get into university when she left school, but decided to go into industry. She speaks Spanish and French, though she's not exactly fluent in either, but she's so confident I don't think that matters. She's been working in marketing for a small light engineering firm and she had just become their Export Marketing Manager when the firm was taken over and she was made redundant because they decided to close her department. She is full of confidence, makes friends easily and she would work well in a team. She has no ties here, and she could start next week if you wanted. I think she'd be a real find and you should get in touch with her right away. Her address is 214 Gower Road (that's G-O-W-E-R), Swansea (S-W-A-N-S-E-A), SA2 4PJ. Her phone number is 0792 98762. All right. Ah, cheerio then.