Popup Chinese — Advanced listening test: Job Interview

我们这份工作呢，主要要求就只有两点。第一是，瘦。Now our job has two important requirements. The first is: you need to be thin.我挺瘦的。I'm pretty thin.嗯，这点你比较符合。Hmmm, you're about up to par on this one.嗯。Hmmmm....第二呢，是胆儿大。Secondly, you need to be brave.啊？胆儿大？？/ Huh? Brave???对，蹦过极吗？我们这份工作呢让你每天都有蹦极的感觉。Yes. Have you ever bunji-jumped? Our job will give you the sensation of bunji-jumping every single day.啊？？？每天？Huh??? Every day?而且呢，给你配备的设备都是最先进的... 在十几年前。And the equipment we'll outfit you with is the most modern there is... or at least was about ten years ago.啊？？？十几年前？/ Huh??? More than ten years old?嗯，没有出过任何问题。很...很少。你的工作呢,性质呢，就是...We've never had a problem, or only a few at least. The special thing about your job is...我到底做什么呀？What on earth am I supposed to do?清洗玻璃。Window washing.哦，我干过。Oh, I've done that.嗯，里边的玻璃呢，就不用你清洗了Oh, there's no need for you to clean the glass on the inside.啊？Huh?主要是清洁大楼外面的玻璃。It's mostly cleaning the glass on the outside of the building.啊？Ahhh?因为我们这个楼呢，高四十层。Because our building is forty stories high.这个有点儿危险吧。Isn't this a little dangerous?嗯,危险呢，那是因人而异了。当然比较重的人呢，就比较危险了。Well, the degree of danger depends on the person. For anyone who's relatively fat,the job is sort of dangerous.啊...啊？？Huh? What?像你这么瘦呢，肯定没有问题。For someone thin like you, there's no way we'd have problems.Learn this vocabularyQuestions:1. 这份工作给人什么样的感觉？a) 跳楼b) 蹦迪c) 蹦极d) 爬山2. Which of the following words is an incorrect alternative to the word 胆儿大 as used in the dialogue:a) 胆子大b) 胆量大c) 强壮d) 勇敢3. 这份工作对面试者有什么要求?a) 苗条还有胆子大b) 瘦而强壮c) 对工作的安全性不在乎d) 有工作经验4. 配备的设备怎么样？a) 全新的b) 比较新的c) 比这个男人还老d) 比较旧5. 性质 is used to refer to what aspects of a job?a) basic dutiesb) defining characteristicsc) gender requirementsd) work quality6. 这份工作的安全性怎么样？a) 很高，从没发生过事故b) 一般，有时发生事故c) 不高，经常发生事故d) 不太清楚，但是发生过事故7. 这份工作的真正职责是什么？a) 清洗玻璃b) 清洁大楼c) 作“蜘蛛人”d) 蹦极8. 这个女孩以前有工作经验吗？a) 有b) 她假装有c) 有一点儿d) 没有9. How should 因人而异 be translated in this dialogue?a) from each according to his abilitiesb) to each his ownc) it depends on the persond) people make it strange10. 这栋大楼有多高？a) 我们不知道b) 四十层c) 十四层d) 四十四层Answers: 1- c, 2- c, 3- a, 4- d, 5- b, 6- d, 7- c, 8- d, 9- c, 10- b.