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1、大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀：第二冊(cè) UNIT 45500字
Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse... 作文 /zuowen/
My First Job 簡(jiǎn)歷大全 /html/jianli/
While I was waiting to enter unive
2、rsity, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting
3、 the job were slim. However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous. The school was a red brick house with big windows, The
4、front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main from a busy main road. It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled for
5、ehead and hardly any hair. He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. Ah yes, he grunted. Youd better come inside. The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was
6、all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. Youd better sit down, he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodsh
7、ot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boys education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common. The school, he said, consisted of one class of
8、twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class
9、into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry-two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying lei
10、sure at that time. I said shyly, What would my salary be? Twelve pounds a week plus lunch. Before I could protest, he got to his feet. Now, he said, youd better meet my wife. Shes the one who really runs this school. This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman co
11、nstituted the ultimate indignity. 簡(jiǎn)歷大全 /html/jianli/
簡(jiǎn)歷大全 /html/jianli/
applyvi. write to ask for (a job, membership. etc.), esp. officially 申請(qǐng) applicationn. interviewn. 面試；接見(jiàn)；會(huì)見(jiàn) advertisevt. make know to people by printing a notice in a newspaper, etc. or by broadcasting on television,
12、ets. 為...做廣告 advertisementn. local of, special to, a place or district 當(dāng)?shù)氐?地方性的 postn. job or position 職位 suburbn. outer area of a town or city, where people live 郊區(qū) slima. small, slight; slender 微小的;苗條的 depressvt. make sad 使沮喪 depressionn. brickn. 磚 graveln. 礫石 evergreena. with green leaves through
13、out the year 常綠的 shrubn. low bush with several woody stems 灌木 fumen. strong-smelling smoke, gas or vapour 濃烈難聞的煙,氣,汽 headmastern. (中,小學(xué)的)校長(zhǎng) sandy-coloureda. yellowish-red 沙色的,黃中帶紅的 moustachen. hair growing on the upper lip 小胡子 disapprovaln. unfavorable opinion or feeling; dislike 不贊成;不滿 coloneln.
14、上校 privaten. soldier of the lowest rank 列兵;士兵 bootlace n. shoelace for a high shoe or boot 靴帶 undovt. untie, unfasten 解開(kāi);松開(kāi) ahinterj. (a cry of surprise, pity, pain, joy, dislike, etc.) 啊 gruntvt. 咕噥著說(shuō)出 unpleasantlyad. 令人不愉快地 stalea. not fresh 不新鮮的 cabbagen. 卷心菜 crumbn. very small, broken piece of b
15、read or cake 面包屑;糕餅屑 carpetn. heavy woven material fir covering floors or stairs 地毯 certificaten. 證(明)書(shū) bloodshota. (眼睛)充血的 vitala. very necessary; of the greatest importance 必不可少的,極其重要的 mumblevt. speak (words) unclearly 含糊地說(shuō) attachvt. give (to); fasten (to) 把...給予;系,貼 importancen. the quality of be
16、ing important obviouslyad. it can be easily seen; plainly 明顯地，顯然 obviousa. consist (of)vi. be made up (of) 組成，構(gòu)成 作文 /zuowen/ rangevi. vary between certain limits （在一定的范圍內(nèi)）變動(dòng) cricketn. 板球 set-upn. arrangement dismayvt. make discouraged or afraid 使灰心，使害怕 algebran. 代數(shù)學(xué) geometryn. 幾何學(xué) incompetenta. c
17、ompletely unskillful; not good enough at doing a job, etc. 無(wú)能力的；不勝任的 competenta. opposite of incompetent leisuren. free time; time which one can spend as one likes 閑暇；悠閑 salaryn. fixed (usually monthly) pay for regular work 薪水 plus prep. with the addition of 加（上） protestvi. express a strong objectio
18、n 抗議；反對(duì) strawn. 稻草；麥桿 prospectvi. sth. expected or considered probable; possibility 期望中的事；展望；前景 constitutevt. form; make up; be 組成，構(gòu)成 ultimatea. greatest; utmost; last or final 最大的；終極的，最終的 indignityn. injury to ones dignity; insult 侮辱 簡(jiǎn)歷大全 /html/jianli/ be short of not having enough of 缺少 smell
19、 of have, give out the smell of 有...的氣味 judging by forming an opinion based on attach importance to consider important 重視 in common shared with someone else 共有的,共同的 consist of be made up of in turn one after another 輪流 畢業(yè)論文
簡(jiǎn)歷大全 /html/jianli/
London 倫敦(英國(guó)首都) Croydon 克洛伊登(英國(guó)地名)
大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀：第二冊(cè) UNIT 45500字
