【正文】 n 54,000 Chinese students attended American schools. Japan sent the next highest number of students, almost 47,000. India was next, with about 42,000. And Korea was fourth, sending more than 41,000 students to the United States.The report says the most popular subjects of study for international students in the United States last year were business and management. Twenty percent of all foreign students were studying those subjects. Fifteen percent studied engineering. Nineteen percent studied mathematics and puter science.A: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided. Discuss with your classmates why you think the statement is true or false.F 1. The school year in the United States begins in September of this year and ends in June of next year. (The school year in the United States begins in September of this year and ends in May of the next year.)F 2. New York University in the State of New York had the largest number of foreign students. (New York University in New York City had the largest number of foreign students.)T 3. The State of California had the most foreign students living there last year. (The report says the State of California had the most foreign students, with about 66,000 living there last year.)F 4. More than 50,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year. (More than 500,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year.)F 5. Last year the most popular subject of study for international students in the United States was puter science. (Last year the most popular subject of study for international students in the United States was business and management.)B: Listen to the report again and match the number of students with the corresponding country.54,000 China 47,000 Japan42,000 India 41,000 KoreaPart 2 Oral WorkIn a recent broadcast, I heard a woman say that she felt guilty because she spent ￡20 at an auction sale. She was afraid her husband might accuse her of being extravagant. I find this attitude difficult to understand, for, obviously a married woman has as much right to spend ￡20 as her husband. Sometimes both husband and wife go out to work. But, in a case where the woman stays at home to look after the children, it is still unfair that she should feel guilty about spending a small sum of money on herself.Exercise: Listen to the passage and then give your opinion on the following topic.Do you agree with the speaker that the woman39。s attitude is wrong?職業(yè)訪談與工作面試是一回事嗎說起職業(yè)訪談（Informational Interview），很多人都不清楚是什么意思。這個(gè)詞最早由北美著名職業(yè)指導(dǎo)專家Richard Nelson Bolles在他那本為許多職業(yè)輔導(dǎo)專業(yè)人士參考的經(jīng)典職業(yè)輔導(dǎo)暢銷書《What Color Is Your Parachute》中首次使用。他所指的是，即在找工作之前，為了解該職業(yè)或者行業(yè)現(xiàn)狀，直接與已經(jīng)在那個(gè)工作崗位，公司或行業(yè)的人約見會(huì)談，以期評(píng)估自己是否適合該項(xiàng)職業(yè)的一種“投石問路”的直接途徑。這其實(shí)和傳統(tǒng)工作面試Job（Interview）沒有一點(diǎn)關(guān)系。在他的書中指出，大多數(shù)人是在進(jìn)入工作崗位以后才開始了解自己從事的工作，行業(yè)和雇主，當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己并不適合時(shí)已經(jīng)是進(jìn)退若谷。而職業(yè)訪談?wù)窃谔暨x專業(yè)，轉(zhuǎn)工作，轉(zhuǎn)行以及轉(zhuǎn)公司以前搜集信息，了解行情的最佳方式。 職業(yè)訪談可以得到什么? 你通常可以從職業(yè)訪談達(dá)到這些目標(biāo)： 1. 深入了解該行業(yè)，該職位所需的技能，證書，經(jīng)驗(yàn)，教育背景，以及行業(yè)規(guī)則，作息特點(diǎn)，工作范疇，發(fā)展空間，行業(yè)走勢等等從一般教科書和網(wǎng)站上看不到的內(nèi)容。接受訪問的人可能不會(huì)對(duì)你說太多，但是所說的大多是精要所在，絕對(duì)的“現(xiàn)身說法”，信息準(zhǔn)確性及參考價(jià)值都比較高。 2. 和一個(gè)在職人士面對(duì)面交談，擴(kuò)大人際網(wǎng)絡(luò)，還有可能認(rèn)識(shí)到可以做重要決定的管理層人員。 了解該雇主的真實(shí)要求，而不是招聘信息中千篇一律的陳詞濫調(diào)。如果你將來真的來這里應(yīng)聘，你在工作面試中會(huì)有把握、有信心得多。 3. 由于你不是來做工作面試的，你的心情會(huì)更輕松，更能展示真實(shí)的自我，反而留下可能令你自己都吃驚的好印象，說不定能夠帶來一份工作。這對(duì)那些對(duì)自己臨場反應(yīng)和語言表達(dá)有顧慮的朋友是一個(gè)鍛煉的好機(jī)會(huì)。另一方面，被訪的人往往會(huì)更輕松，更自然地和你交談，在這種狀態(tài)下會(huì)為你提供最有意義的信息。 4. 由于你主要目的是搜集信息，所以在整個(gè)過程由你控制，你決定問什么問題，以及如何使用這些得到的答案。 5. 職業(yè)訪談除了能夠搜集到第一手的寶貴信息之外，還幫助你擴(kuò)展人際關(guān)系網(wǎng)絡(luò)乃至得到一份工作的機(jī)會(huì)。據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，每發(fā)兩百到五百個(gè)簡歷能夠得到一份工作，而每十二個(gè)職業(yè)訪談就可以引出一個(gè)Job Offer。兩種方式相差這么大的比率，而后者卻是少人嘗試的，不能不讓人思考。 經(jīng)驗(yàn)分享有的朋友會(huì)問，有工作的人都那么忙，誰會(huì)有時(shí)間和耐心來應(yīng)付我們這些新人，特別是那些位高權(quán)重的要人怎么會(huì)愿意付出寶貴的時(shí)間？或者說，工作難找的情況下，誰會(huì)無緣無故把內(nèi)部消息透露給不相識(shí)的人，讓他們成為自己潛在的競爭者？的確，這也是我本人在探究職業(yè)訪談的時(shí)候的憂慮和擔(dān)心。但是通過我自己的親身體驗(yàn)，事實(shí)卻讓我振奮。以下就是我要與你分享的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 我最近在了解職業(yè)顧問（Career Counsellor）這項(xiàng)職業(yè)的過程中，通過在網(wǎng)上的搜尋調(diào)查和其他朋友的推薦，我鎖定了幾個(gè)訪問對(duì)象。他們分別是著名獵頭公司，職業(yè)培訓(xùn)和人力資源管理顧問公司和大銀行里面做招聘的總裁或負(fù)責(zé)人，正在從事或者管理著類似的職業(yè)顧問生意。我發(fā)了電子郵件過去，出乎我的意料，數(shù)天內(nèi)四人中有三人回復(fù)表示愿意抽出時(shí)間來見我（請(qǐng)注意，我和他們素昧平生）。于是在接下來的幾個(gè)星期中，按照約定時(shí)間，我?guī)е约旱暮啔v到他們辦公的地方和他們分別進(jìn)行了半小時(shí)左右的訪問。通過瀏覽我的簡歷，他們很快了解到我的背景并且捕捉到我的長處，然后從他們自己的經(jīng)歷和角度出發(fā)，有針對(duì)性地解答了我的問題，提供了很多具體的建議（有的信息具體程度讓我非常吃驚）。而且訪問結(jié)束前，應(yīng)我的要求，他們給我介紹幾個(gè)對(duì)我可能更有幫助的人，讓我有目的性地去找更多的專業(yè)人士進(jìn)行訪問。有了他們的推薦，下一次的訪問就更加順利和有收獲。 其中我注意到一個(gè)有趣的現(xiàn)象，所有的接受訪問者都是清一色的白人。我本來極想找一個(gè)中國人，或者亞裔人士，看看他們是怎么入行，如何在一個(gè)西人占主流的行業(yè)立足發(fā)展，但是迄今還沒有找到。我想大概由于這個(gè)職業(yè)通常需要心理學(xué)（Psychology），社會(huì)服務(wù)（Social Service），專業(yè)輔導(dǎo)學(xué)（Professional Counselling），人力資源管理（Human Resource Management）等學(xué)歷背景，對(duì)語言，文化，軟性知識(shí)要求太高，對(duì)中國大陸移民來講難度較大。而且這類職業(yè)在國內(nèi)也是鳳毛麟角，極其罕見（不是普通的職業(yè)中介或介紹所），大多數(shù)人都不太熟悉。通過這些職業(yè)訪談，讓我對(duì)“職業(yè)顧問”這個(gè)職業(yè)有了更清晰的認(rèn)識(shí)和了解，也知道自己需要怎樣才能踏入那個(gè)門檻。這只是我個(gè)人的一個(gè)奮斗目標(biāo)，你一定也有自己喜歡的職業(yè)，不妨也去嘗試一下類似的職業(yè)訪談，我相信對(duì)你會(huì)有很大幫助和啟迪