W: Can you tell me if you did well in the interview
M: It’s difficult.
Conversation 2
M: Tell me about yourself and your past experience.
W: (8)I have worked as an executive secretary for 5 years, (10)first for a trading company, then a trust company.
M: How fast can you type
W: (9)I can type 100 Chinese words per minute and 150 English words a minute.
M: Can you operate computers skillfully
W: Yes, I can. I have received some special training in computers. Besides I am good at operating common office machines like fax.
M: Sometimes we are very busy and need to work overtime. How do you feel about that
W: Could you tell me how often and how many hours I should work overtime
M: It just depends. If we have important visiting delegations, you have to stay with us. It’s not unusual.
W: That’s all right.
M: Did you hear about the air crash that occurred in South America recently It was quite a tragic accident!
W: No, I didn’t see anything in the news about it. What happened
M: A foreign airliner was attempting to land at night in a motmtainous area in Argentina and flew into a hill!
W: That sounds really terrible! Did anyone survive
M: No, everyone aboard, including the crew, was killed instantly.
W: What were the circumstances Were they bad weather, a fire, or engine failure
M: Apparently, there were some low clouds in the area, but mostly it was just miscommunication between the pilots and the air traffic controllers.
W: Weren’t they both speaking in English, the official international aviation language
M: Yes they were, but the transition from poor quality radios was slightly distorted and the accents of the Spanish speaking controllers was so strong that the pilots misunderstood a vital instruction.A. Bad weather.
B. Human error.
C. Breakdown of the engines.
D. Communications system failure.
M: How did you like Egypt
W: Oh, perfect. It’s one of the most interesting places I’ve ever seen.
M: Where did you go
W: Well, we spent most of the time in Cairo and Luxor.
M: What’s there to see in Cairo
W: Well, not all that much, in fact, but there is the museum and the pyramids, and that’s really some- thing.
M: What’s the city like
W: It’s very large, and the streets are always noisy and dirty.
M: I thought you liked it.
W: Well, I did in a way. It’s very different, but I liked Luxor better. Luxor’s a little town right on the banks of the Nile. It’s very quiet and peaceful and much cleaner than Cairo. And actually I did more sightseeing there.
M: Did you buy anything
W: Oh, sure. There are some excellent shops in Luxor with all sorts of interesting things. A lot better than Cairo, in fact, I bought a gold necklace. Want to see it
A. Egypt.
B. Cairo.
C. Cairo and Luxor.
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