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Unit1 That's what friends are for.

you have a date for the party yet

Do you have a date for the party yet

Actually,I don't.

Do you know anyone I could go with

em..what kind of guys do you like

oh,I like guys who aren't too serious,and who have a good sense of humor.

You know,someone like you.

okay,erm,what else

Well I prefer someone I have something in common with,who i can talk to easily.

I think i know just the guy for you,Bob..

Do you know him

No,i don't think so.

okay,I'll ask him to meet us for coffee,and you can tell me what you think.

,what's the verdict

So,what's the verdict

What did you think of Bob

Well,I was worried at first,especially when I saw that he rode a huge motorcycle.

I thought he might turn out to be one of those guys who is into heavy metal music and stuff like that.

You know what I mean

But he is just a regular kind of guy right

Yeah,we got along really well.

I knew you'd like him!

he is really funny!

He had me laughing hysterically at the coffee shop,rememberI think the people sitting next to us thought we were crazy.

So,are you two going to get together again

fact,we 'll going to the party together.

That is great!

So,Have you seen Andrea lately

yeah,I see her pretty ofen.

We work together at cafe latte.

How's she doing

I've been meaning to call her.

Well,to be honest,I've always thought she was a little days,I find her impossible.

What do you mean

Oh,you know how she is,she has such strong ideas about everything,and if you don't agree with her,she lets you know what she thinks of you!

yes,that's that's why we love her,right

I guess she's changed a lot since she started talks about herself all the she always manages to mention how good she is at everything she does.

em,maybe i won't call her after all.

Have you met the new apartment manager

Mr. Jonnson

yeah,i met him last 's...a little strange.

yeah,he 'm not sure i like him.

He's hard to predict.

Sometime he's pretty cheerful and talktive,and the next day,he doesn't even say think he must have personal problems or something.

I think you're right.

And have you noticed that half the time when he says he's going to do something,he never actually does it

He told me three times he comes to fix the light in my he still hasn't done it.

Unit2 Career moves

So,where are you working this summer,Carlors

I'm working as a tutor in a learning Central for kids.

Interesting,what kinds of things do the kids do there

Well,they work on subjects they need help in.

Erm..mainly math and English.

Is your job hard

No,not at kids work on computers most of the have to help them started and be there when they run into problems.

Do you enjoy it

Oh, with kids is so much more fun than working with adults.

And I get to choose my own hours.

As long as I work eight hours a day,I can come in at anytime from

eight am to nine pm.

Lucky you.

So,what kind of job did you find for the summer

I'm working for a marketing 'm doing telephone marketing.

Oh,so you're one of those people who drives me crazy by calling me up and trying to persuade me to buy something that I have absolutely no need for

Exactly.

Do you like it

Believe it or not,I 's mostly a bunch of students working there,and we have a lot fun when we are not making .

It's really easy, we just have to read from a script.

Are you doing this full time

Yeah,but I work from two in the afternoon until eleven at I get to sleep as late as I want to in the morning.

Paul,Did you find your summer job yet

Yeah,I'm working in a restaurant.

Oh,How's it going

Oh,the money is not bad.

What are you doingAre you waiting tables

I ,I'm working in the cut up stuff for the chef,vegetables and meat and also wash the dishes.

Oh,yake!

Yeah,It's pretty hard didn't realize how hot it is in a restaurant kitchen until I took this job.

So why don't you quit

I'd love to!But I need the money.

Why the long face,Tony

Oh,I get some bad news today.

What happened

Well,you know my job at the design studio

Yes

Well..

Oh no..

Oh yes!Today the boss called me into his office and tell me they

had to lay me means as of April 30th ,I'm out of work!

oh..

No more job!

Oh ,Tony,I'm so said you really like working there,too.

Yeah,well,It's not all bad news.

The boss told me there's still a small chance that the company would call me back in the summer if the work picked up.

You never know What'll happen,they may need me than.

This is so sudden,isn't it

Well,not ,the boss also explained that two other employees had already been laid off.

I had feeling I might be the next one in know,I've only been working there ten months.

So we don't have any they're going to lay someone off,it's always going to the newer employees first.

What are you going to do

Like i said i still get a job until the end of the in May,I plan to send out resumes and go on some ..

Depending on the outcome of the interviews,I may..

Unit3 What's wrong with it

Can I help you

Yes, I bought this briefcase here last week.

There're something wrong with the lock.

I can't get it to close properly.

Let me see...

Yes I see what you mean.

The lock seems to be jamed or something.

No problem,I'll get you another one.

Sorry about that.

Excuse me

YesHow can I help you

You see that shirt,I bought it here a few weeks ago,but the first time I washed it,the color went from bright red to light pink.

How did you wash it

Well ,I just tossed it into the washing machine with my other clothes.

What temperature did you use

I usually wash my clothes in the hot water,so I guess hot!

Well,did you check the washing instructions

Am..Maybe not.

Well you see here on this label,it says wash in cold water only. Aha..

So I'm really ,since you didn't follow the washing instruction,I can really do anything for you.

Excuse me.

Yes

I wonder if you could take o look at these shoes I bought are pretty new,but they seemed to be falling apart.

em,let me ,this doesn't look right.

The stitching is coming long did you say you've had them

Only about a month,Here's the receipt.

em,yes,well,let me exchange this for you.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Achiever

Do you wanna be a high achiever

Then you're going to have to think like a high achiever.

Are you ready to change the way you think

Are you willing to change the way you do things

Then it sounds like you're ready to be high achievers!

The first thing you've got to keep in mind is that life is a constant process of learning.

The secret of any kind of success is education.

And we're all able to take in much more information than we think we can.

People who aim to be high achievers can take advantage of this in a number of ways.

For example,no matter what you're trying to achieve,make sure to absorb information about it every day.

Get books、articles、CD-Roms、DVDs,and search the web.

Do whatever you can to increase your knowledge in your chosen field. And whenever they're available,take courses that will build your knowledge in the area you're interested in.

In conversations with many high achievers over the years,I've come to understand that high achievers always accept total responsibility for their situation.

In order to develop this quality in yourself,practice not blaming other people for you try not using difficult situations as excuses.

High achievers know that the keys to success are always in their hands.

But that is their responsibility to use them.

Now we come to the quality of high achievers that I think many people have the most trouble developing in 'm talking about the vital quality of being a risk-taker.

Now，if you're already willing to take risks,that's great!

If not,you've got to practice going after opportunities that are a little risky.

Think of something you've always wanted,but were afraid to try for. Then,go for it！

Even if you're going out of your comfort zone.

Remember,no pain,no gain.

Devil wears in Prada 穿普拉达的女王

Do you know why I hired you

I always hire the same girl：stylish, slender, of course worships the magazine. But so often, they turn out to be... I don't know, disappointing, and um, stupid. So you, with that impressive resume and the big speech about your so-called work ethic.

I, um…I thought you would be different.

I said to myself, go ahead, take a chance, hire the smart , fat girl .

I had hope, my god, I live on it.

Anyway you ended up disappointing me more than , um, more than any of the other silly girls.

Um...I really did everything I could think of.

That's all.

Excuse me,where do you think you're going

She hates me, Nigel.

And that's my problem because...oh, wait, no, it's not my problem.

I don't know what else I can do, because if I do something right, it's unacknowledged, she doesn't even say thank you.

But if I do something wrong, she is vicious.?

So quit.?