Unit 10: Listen to Being Interviewed: Describing Your Background in Exercise 1 (CD2:03), and fill in

the missing information as you listen.

Speaker a I was born in Canada, in (1)__________. I grew up in Canada but I went to

(2)_______________ in California, and I graduated in (3)__________. My major was
(4)________________ and right now I’m a researcher for a (5)_______________________. In my free time
I like to play (6)__________ -- I love music, and it helps me to relax after work.

Speaker b Hello there. I’m from England. I was born in (7)__________ but I grew up in the South of
England, near London. I’m a student -- I’m studying (8)__________ at (9)______________ and I’ll graduate
(10)_______________. I’m not sure what I’ll do after graduation, maybe I’ll be a (11)__________. In my
free time I like (12)______________________ – radio-controlled models like aeroplanes or helicopters. It’s
a little bit expensive, but I enjoy it.

Speaker c Hi! I am a student at (13)________________________ in (14)_____________________.

My major is (15)_________________ and I’ll graduate (16)______________. I love
(17)________________! Colorado has some great ski resorts and in my free time I go snowboarding with
my friends! What else? Oh yeah, I was born in (18)_________________ and I grew up there and went to
high school there. That’s all, I guess.

Unit 10: Listen to Being Interviewed: Talking about your future in Exercise 1 (CD2:04), and fill in the
missing information as you listen.

A Right now I’m a student at medical school in England and I’ll graduate next year. After I graduate
I’d like to (1)_____________________________, I think. Five or ten years from now,
(2)__________________________ new drugs for cancer patients. It’s an exciting field right now and I want
to help people who have serious illnesses.

B My name is Dimitri and I’m a Construction Engineer. I started working last year after I graduated
from university. I work for (3)______________________ and at the moment I am in training. After I finish
training I will start working on some construction projects. In five years, (4)____________ a Supervisor on a
big project, like a bridge or a pipeline, or subway construction or something like that.

C Hi I’m Max. I’m 40 years old and I’m from the United States. I work in advertising and my job is
(5)____________________________ for our customers all over the country, so I travel a lot on business. I
like meeting new people so I love my job, but I’m planning to change my career after a few more years.
Three or five years from now, (6)___________________________ some kind of NGO*. I’d like to work in
Africa or Asia maybe. After that I don’t know. Maybe ten years later I’ll come back to the U.S. I’m not sure
right now.

(*NGO = Non-Governmental Organisation)

Unit 10: Listen to Being Interviewed: Talking about your strengths in Exercise 2 (CD2:05), and fill in
the missing information as you listen.

May: Well, I like (1)________________________ and I think I’m good at it. When I was a student at
university. I (2)__________ high school students for (3)______________. In that job I needed to be
(4)_______________, (5)_____________ and I needed to (6)____________________ so that they studied
hard. I think I was pretty good at it -- all of my students passed their exams!
Yohei: Let me see, well when I was a student I started (7)__________________ and that needed a lot of
(8)___________________ and (9)_______________________. It was kind of small business -- I
(10)_____________ dried fruit into Japan from the Philippines, but I had to work with shipping companies,
and banks, and customers. It was really tough for me, but I enjoyed it and I learned a lot. I managed the
business for (11)__________________ while I was a student, and then when I graduated from university I
sold it to my friend.

Zofia: My language skills are (12)____________ -- I speak English and (13)___________, a little bit of
Russian, and (14)__________ of course. At university I worked in a hotel as (15)___________ for
(16)______________, during the summer vacations. I also worked part time in a (17)__________ for
(18)____________. In that job, I had to (19)______________, do things like filing and working with the
computer and (20)________________________ on the telephone.

Unit 10: Listen to Viewpoints in Exercise 2 (CD2:06), and fill in the missing information as you listen.

Fiona: OK, so what do you think Brian -- what’s the most important thing you look for when you interview.

Brian: Well, I guess I’d say (1)________________. Yes, technical skills. If they don’t have the technical
skills then they can’t do the job. Other skills like management or (2)____________ we can teach
them after they join, but they need to have the right technical skills before they join. How about you?

Fiona: Well we’re a global company and we need people who can work internationally, so we’re looking for
people who are (3)_________ -- flexible in their thinking I mean. (4)_________ is also very
important for us -- people have to be confident and show they can work with other people in a team,
even if other members are much older than they are.

Brian: I see. You don’t worry about the technical or business skills then?

Fiona: Well, not as much, I think. We do look at work experience a lot -- what kind of work they have done
before, how they have shown leadership, (5)___________ and that kind of thing. Other than
technical skills, what do you look for?

Brian: (6)___________________ is important for us too, of course. And also (7)_____________ -- our
work is difficult and sometimes it can be dangerous. We need people who we know will work hard
and will stay with company for a long time.

Fiona: OK. Anything else?

Brian: Yes, (8)_______________________. We have plants all over the world and our engineers need to
travel a lot to install equipment or to train people overseas. They need to be able to communicate
their ideas effectively.

Fiona: I agree entirely! Communication skills are really important nowadays, aren’t they? I also think that
people who have good communication skills are also more flexible, don’t you think?

Brian: Well, I’m not sure about that -- you may be right though.

Fiona: I really think so. Let me give you an example of what I mean ...