Comprehension Check
Comprehension

Choose the correct verb in each sentence

1 Magda got / didn't get the job

2 The salary is / isn't good

3 Harry usually remembers / forgets people's jobs

4 Sarah has recently bought / rented a new flat

5 Fadi's cousin wants to talk / know about Sarah

6 Sarah receives / pays rent

7 Olivia offers / refuses to speak to Fadi

8 Olivia will see / phone Fadi

Vocabulary
Complete the text using the words below

architect experience salary job learning

CV work company opportunities

I'm looking for a new (1) ...... as an (2) ....... I'm not happy with the (3) ....... I (4)......for now. They don't value my (5) ......and they don't offer me any (6) ............... My (7) ............... Is not bad but I think I should be (8) ............. I am gong to send my (9) ........................ to a few places and see what happens.

Glossary
A trial (noun) A test; the process of testing the ability, quality or performance of sb/sth, especially before you make a final decision about them 试验,试用
She agreed to employ me for a trial period.
她同意试用我一段时期.

A salary (noun) Money earned from working 薪水
He finally got a job in a company paying good salaries.
他终于在一家薪水高的公司里找到一份工作.

Experience (noun) Knowledge gained from observing or directly undergoing something 经验
She had no experience of life at all.
她毫无生活经验.
Have you had any experience of teaching English?
你有过教英语的经验吗?

A stage (noun) A single step in a process (进展的)阶段;时期
A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.
毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶.

To mention (verb) To refer briefly to something提到,说起
They have three dogs to look after, not to mention the cat and the bird.
他们有三只狗要照顾,更别提那只猫和鸟了.
You never mentioned that your wife had had the baby!
你从没提起你太太已经生了!
When I mentioned what I had come for, he immediately offered to lend me help.
我说明来意之后,他立即提出要帮我忙.

Answers
Comprehension
1 got

2 is

3 forgets

4 rented

5 know

6 pays

7 offers

8 see

Vocabulary
1 job

2 architect

3 company

4 work

5 experience

6 opportunities

7 salary

8 earning

9 CV

Audioscript
Magda: (talking into phone) So…ok…hmm...yeah! That’s great news!

Olivia: So? Did you get the job?

Magda: Yes!!!

All: Hooray!! Fantastic! Well done!!

Magda: But...

Harry: There’s always a ‘but’...

Magda: It’s only on a trial basis...just for a month.

Harry: Ok, that’s pretty normal actually. Most companies do that.

Olivia: But they are paying you, yes?

Magda: Oh yes, the salary isn’t bad. It’s not an internship.

Harry: I did internships for ages...had to work for a month to get experience – no pay! – and then I never got offered the real job at the end. Like now! I’m doing this work for Johnny’s company – they want me to work at weekends too – Saturdays and Sundays – with no extra money!

Olivia: That’s terrible!

Harry: I don’t know what to do...I want to say ‘no’, but I’m afraid I’ll lose the job...

Olivia: You’ll have to think carefully about it!

Magda: Or you’ll be trying to do an internship again!!! Only joking! It can be important to do an internship if you want to get experience – things to put on your CV...

Harry: Yeah, I guess you’re right, but I’m past that stage...I’ve got lots of experience now.

Magda: I’m really worried though, about my first day, really nervous. I might be terrible!

Olivia: Don’t worry Magda, you’ll be great. Show them how good you are in the first month and they’ll be offering you more money by the second month!

Magda: Let’s hope so!

Harry: What are you going to be doing exactly?

Magda: Well, it’s a lot of admin work..but I do get a chance to work with the senior partners on some designs.

Harry: Great...What is it you do again?

Olivia: Harry! How come you always forget this stuff?

Magda: Architecture! I’m an architect! I design buildings!

Harry: Oh yeah, right, of course...

Sarah: She’s a good one too, Harry – I’ve seen some of her drawings. I keep on telling her that she should go to China – there are lots of opportunities there at the moment.

Magda: Maybe, one day. That’d be really interesting...How are you, Sarah?

Sarah: OK...

Harry: How’s the new flat?

Sarah: That’s the problem...

Olivia: Oh no! You’ve only just moved in!

Magda: I thought the flat was great...

Sarah: The flat is nice, but the problem is the landlord...

Olivia: Isn’t that Fadi’s cousin?

Sarah: Yes, exactly...but he’s really intrusive.

Magda: Intrusive?

Sarah: He comes round all the time, wants to know everything about me. I think that if I pay rent, that’s it, I shouldn’t have to tell him anything else.

Olivia: I see...that’s not on, is it? Have you mentioned it to Fadi?

Sarah: No, I don’t know how to. He was so kind helping me get the place. I don’t want to seem rude.

Olivia: Would you like me to have a word with him?

Sarah: Could you? That’d be really great. I’d really appreciate it.

Olivia: I’ll say something the next time I see him! Promise!