【正确答案】不久之前，个人加入一个组织，并且常常就在那里工作一辈子。那些组织会经常奖励忠诚的员工。然而，这样的职业忠诚已经渐渐淡化。自20世纪80年代中期以来，一般20岁的年轻人平均一生可能会更换6次或7次工作。根据最近的数据表明，现在的大学毕业生，平均每人一生可能做过8～10份工作，拥有3个职业生涯。

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Not long ago, individuals joined an organization and often stayed with it for their entire working career. And organizations frequently rewarded loyal employees. However, this concept of organizational loyalty has already faded. Starting in the mid-1980s the average 20-year old employees were expected to change jobs approximately six or seven times during his or her lifetime. According to current statistics, today's college graduates will, on average, have eight to ten jobs and as many as three careers in their lifetimes.

[解析] 本段涉及人们从事职业理念的变化。这种社会现状考生较为熟悉，比较容易把握。重点在于全文出现了7个数据，要准确地记录，并且在译文中准确地还原。同时，段落听译要善于推断段落的走势，由被动地听取变为主动地预测。如本段“not long ago”这样的行文，往往是将过去的状况和现在的状况做出对比，下文往往会出现转折词语，说明现在不同于过去的状况。有了这样的预测，段落的内容就显得简单清晰，更加易于把握。