Conversation One
对话一
So John, I hear you and Arthur share a job, don't you?
约翰，我听说你和亚瑟共同担当一份工作，是吗？
Yes. We've shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.
是的，我们在Sonatech做销售工作做了两年了。
Well, how do you divide up your schedule?
你们是怎么分开工作安排的？
You know we are both sales representatives, and we take orders over the phone. When we started job sharing it was difficult, because we both worked all day Monday. I worked Tuesday and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday. I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. But Arthur couldn't answer the question and he couldn't ask me about it because I wasn't in the office. So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. Of course, they didn't like to wait until the next day to have their questions answered.
我们都是销售代表，通过电话获得订单。刚开始分工的时候很麻烦。因为我们都在周一上班。我在周二、周四工作，而亚瑟在周三、周五工作。问题是周二我在办公室打完电话，之后客户可能在周三打电话咨询，但是亚瑟不能回答这些问题，我又不在办公室，他也无法问我。所以他只能告诉他们明天，也就是周四再打来。顾客当然不愿意等到第二天才知道结果。
Yes, that sounds like a problem
是的，这听起来是一个问题。
So, finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons. Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning, Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon. This way, people get their questions answered the same day.
所以最后我们决定亚瑟在早上工作，我在下午工作。现在即使有人早上打电话找我咨询，亚瑟也可以让他们下午再打来。这样，人们就可以在当天得到咨询结果。
What do you do about vacations?
你们怎么放假？
Well, Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees, I take a week and Arthur takes a week.
Sonatech给全职员工两周的假期。我休息一周，亚瑟休息一周。
It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.
听起来这种工作分享很适合你。
Yes, it has. We are both happy with it.
是的。我们对此都很满意。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题19至21是基于你刚才听到的对话。
Question 19. What do John and author do at Sonatech?
问题19. 约翰和亚瑟在Sonatech做什么？
Question 20. What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing?
问题20. 刚开始分享工作的时候，约翰和亚瑟遇到了什么问题？
Question 21. What does John say about their annual vacation?
问题21. 约翰说他们的年假是什么样的？