【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 mes a little shorter if you have to do a lot of work from your desk. P:Yeah,how about Brazil? Penny:That39。s the same, about an hour. P:And,and with overtime,I mean,if you...I mean you39。re obviously contracted to do a certain number of happens if you do more than the hours that you...that39。s in you...that are in your contract? E:I have to make a fairly strict record of my hours so if I go beyond 5 o39。clock on most days I put in for overtime. P:Right. E:And it39。s...the first hour is one of overtime and then there39。s I think 15minute periods after I could work an hour and a quarter. P:And you39。d be paid for the quarter hours? E:That39。s right,by the quarter hour. P:How about in Brazil? Penny:It39。s,it39。s a lot looser in Brazil we often end up doing overtime but unfortunately not paid. P: 39。s hard what about holidays,what about in the States?You don39。t have much holidays in the States do you? E: you start at a pany you get two weeks holiday or two weeks vacation as we say... P:Yeah E:Um then it39。s usually not until you39。ve been at the pany for about five ears that they give you another you get three weeks after you39。ve been there for five years. P:And what about in Brazil? Penny:Um it39。s quite good actually30days. P:Sounds very generous. Penny:Yeah I can pop back to... P:Is that 30 working days or 30 days in total? Penny:That39。s 30 working days P:Wow,that39。s Penny:Yes,yeah it39。s a good deal. P:What about retirement?I know it39。s a long way of there!When do you retire? E:Generally speaking it39。s at 65. P:And the same for women. E:Um it39。s I think a little sooner than that for I think 62or 63. P。Right , in Brazil is it similar? Penny:Similar to the 39。s um after 60 for for men,or if you39。ve clocked up about 30 or 35 years of service then you can retire after that. P:Right and when...do you have a pay day?When is pay day? E:Um,well ,we gt paid twice a month,so we get paid at the beginning of the month and then we get paid in the middle of the month at the 15th give or take(大約 ). P:Yeah,and what about in Brazil? Penny:I think it all depends which pany you39。re working the one I am working for right now I get paid twice a month but when I began,with a different pany that was once a month,so,it varies. P:And are there any pany benefits that you have in the States?Do you have a pany car or a pension? E:Yeah,we get a pany 39。re able to...we lease a car in effect but it39。s a pany car that we get for 18 months to two years and then we...we can move on to another model from 39。s a fairly good pension scheme,that39。s still working,and hospitalization as well. P:Oh,that39。s important E:Yeah,a health plan through work is very important. P: what about in Brazil? Penny:Yeah,excellent benefits like I mean it does depend on the pany and the status of your or your job but you might get a car,living acmodation,school for the children,they39。ll pay for your lunch,travel passes,gasoline,health insurance,all sorts of benefits actually it39。s very good. P:Sounds very good,with the holiday and all those benefits it sounds a great place to work. Unit 2 Outside view Conversation 1 Joe: OK, when you finished chatting, let39。s get down to work. Andy: OK, sure. Ja: Fine by me. What39。s on the agenda? Joe: First up today is Read all about it! Now, I assume everyone has read all the books for the future? Has anyone read any of the books? Andy: Well, Joe, there are over 20 new books ing out next month, so… Joe: I39。m sorry, I really think that39。s quite unacceptable. It39。s your job! What about you, Ja? Ja: I39。m sorry but this is the first time I39。ve worked on Read all about it! And I didn39。t know I was meant to read all the books. Andy: Have you read them? Joe: No, but that39。s why you39。re my assistants. You39。re meant to assist me. Andy: It39。s true that we need to read the books, Joe, but we haven39。t… Joe: OK, there you go. You are always making excuses! Andy: And what39。s more, we haven39。t even chosen the books yet. Joe: OK, let39。s get down with it. What39。s on the list? Ja: I suppose we39。re looking for books with a London angle（倫敦視角） ? Andy: Not necessarily. Ja: Is it OK to look for nonfiction too? Joe: Absolutely. Ja: OK, here39。s an idea. There39。s a new biography（自傳） of Charles Dickens which I39。m reading. Andy: Sounds goodhis books are always on TV. Ja: You see I39。m studying Dickens at university, and I noticed it in the bookshop last week. It39。s really interesting. Joe: OK, tell us more. Ja: Well, it39。s a description of the London locations where he set many of his books like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. Andy: Sounds right up your street（拿手的） ! Joe Well done, Ja. Maybe you can show Andy how to plan the feature. OK, that39。s it everyone. Let39。s get to it! Conversation 2 Ja: What39。s the matter with Joe today? Andy: No idea. He39。s a bit like that sometimes. He gets annoyed with me, but I don39。t really know why. Ja: He wasn39。t being at all fair. How often does he get like this? Andy: Well, I suppose it39。s not very often. But sometimes he really gets on my nerves（使某人心煩意亂） . Ja: Don39。t let it get to you. He39。s probably got too much work, and he39。s stressed. Andy: Well, he should keep his problems away from the studio. Anyway, you39。re the expert on Dickens, tell me something about him. Ja: Well, Charles Dickens was one of the most popular novelists in 19th century Britain. Many of his novels first appeared in magazines, in short episodes. Each one had a cliffhanger at the end that made people want to read the next episode（集，一集） . Andy: And was he a Londoner? Ja: He was born in Portsmouth but his family moved to London when he was ten years old. Andy: And he set most of his stories in London, didn39。t he? Ja: That39。s right. He knew t