Suppose you have finished your school and now you are looking for a new job'and you are told that yo

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• Suppose you have finished your school and now you
  are looking for a new job.and you are told that
  you are going to have an interview.
• Tell me what you should do as preparations.

resume /ones strong suit
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Integrating skills
Weve already met, havent we?
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Reading Comprehension
The first meeting
The second meeting
Information
on the way to the interview
later (on time for the interview)
Time
Place
an interview room
a street
interviewer / interviewee
strangers
Relationship
pass, cut in, brake, hit, fall, fortunately,
cycle, go up to, knock off, accident, pick up,
ride on.
walk into, in surprise and total silence, look on
as, for a moment, go well, work experience, as
well as.
Details
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D

• 1.Which of the following is not mentioned in the
  text?
• A.The writer was on her way to an interview.
• B.She braked hard and hit another cyclist.
• C.She shouted at the driver of a yellow car.
• D.The driver of the yellow car was angry with
  her for being so rude.
• 2.The driver of the yellow car turned out to be
  ___.
• A.the boss of the office
• B.the manager of the company
• C.one of the her friends
• D.the man with whom she would have to work
  together

B
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• 3.What does she mean by the sentence the last
  time we met I did most of the talking?
• You listened to me last time we met.
• Ill listen to you this time.
• I shall say nothing about the accident.
• I think you must be angry with me.
• 4.Which of the following can be used as another
  title for
• the text?
• A.An accident B.An interview
• C.A kind Manager D.Tell him what you
  think of him
• 5.From the text ,we can conclude that the manager
  was__.
• A.a careless driver B.selfish C.tolerant
  D.determined

C
C
C
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• One day I was cycling_______a street on my way to
  the ________.Suddenly a yellow car______me and
  stopped.I had to ______hard and _____off.I got so
  angry_____I ________at the driver.however.I was
  ___time for the interview.By accident,one of the
  interviewers,the__________of the company,was the
  driver of the yellow car. Fortunately,the manager
  was not angry_____me for ____________so _____.
• Two days later he _______the job.I was very
  pleased and said to every one ________(joke)that
  I told my manager exactly what I thought ___him.

along
interview
passed
brake
fell
that
shouted
on
manager
with
having been
rude
offered
jokingly
of
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Discussion
Topic 1 What would you do if you were
the writer at your first meeting?
Topic 2 Is the result a usual one in a Chinese
company? If you were the manager, what would you
do and why?
Topic 3 Suppose you were the manager of the
company in the story, would you tell us what has
happened to you?
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• Don't cut in while I'm talking.
• A yellow car cut in right in front of me
• to cut in on a queue
• to cut out a dress
• to cut out smoking
• Jean was really cut up when her husband left her.

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• ????(??)??

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• ??????

• ????

• ???

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danger

• There is a lot of danger in rock climbing.
• Smoking is a danger to health.
• The bridge is in danger of collapse.
• He is now out of danger.

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• ????????

• ????(collapse )?

• ???????????

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• .had decided not to be angry with me for having
  been so rude.
• although I had been so rude to him,he decided
• The old man sat by the window, _______a
  newspaper.(read)
• ________a pop song in a low voice,the girl came
  into the yard.(sing)
• I was sorry that I had wasted so much time.
• I was sorry for_________________.

reading
Singing
having wasted so much time
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so that /sothat

• She worked hard so that everything would ready by
  6 oclock.
• Nothing more was heard so that we began to wonder
  if he was dead.
• He was so tired that he fell asleep soon.

(with the aim that/in order that???/??)
(with the result that??/??/??)
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Useful expressions

• knock off
• on time for the interview
• in great surprise
• for a moment
• look on. as. ..
• be angry with
• make jokes
• go well

• on terms with
• on my way to the interview
• cut in
• in the other direction
• so that.
• so.that.
• get off
• wait at the red light
• a danger to