Interviewer: Art?
% t' O0 o$ {1 N, i! w3 O0 [ Pitt: Well, I really wanted to study art. It didn’t turn out like that, because
# N' u' r- O- y% @ a friend of my fathers offered me a job. It’s an accountant in London. A quite big firm, you know.
4 ]- |. P2 o! @5 C" w. W Interviewer: I see. A firm of accountants. Interesting. In your application, you
8 q+ r: G1 ?3 n- e5 m say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants. Why was that? B" U& ], r* g* M! B- o
Pitt: It was nearly a year actually. Well, to be quite honest, I didn’t like it.
1 h' o2 l- S# i) [/ c I just couldn’t seem to get interested in the job although there were fairly good prospects. So I got a place at the art college to do a three-year diploma course.5 G2 q, Y% X/ T4 B/ e1 e2 w
Interviewer: I see. Now Mr. Pitt, what about hobbies and interests? Er, what do
: z! ~* Q2 P) R7 j' p; r! W" W you do in your spare time?
" H! l. Z4 Q* x3 I2 X Pitt: I like jazz, traditional and folk music. I don’t play of course, but I go* j" ~ w8 {1 T
to quite a lot of concerts and I go to the theater occasionally and act a bit my
% o2 u& ~) ?: m7 y- I+ u U2 x self. I’m in the local Germanic society. I read quite a lot and I’ve done a bit
: i8 | C* E* ~9 d& V of photography. Also, I’ve traveled a lot. Hitchhike a dolly for Europe. Last year that was.9 j6 H& [$ t* W0 w' @
Interviewer: Very interesting. Mr. Pitt. I think, that’s all I wanted to ask about your background. Now let’s talk about the management trainee scheme. What exactly do you think a manager does?
: S+ V$ j- h8 n& o Pitt: I don’t know a great deal about the work.! L9 M( x4 R0 P; I! E2 D5 t
Interviewer: But you have got any ideas about it. You must have thought about it.6 g- q1 Y; h& c) {3 j. b/ b: C* z/ J
Pitt: Well, I... Suppose he has a lot of... a... what is called policy making to7 T5 ~& Q3 S# }/ |5 p5 L
do. And... he has to know how to work with people, and all about the company.
7 O5 Q9 O# x9 H" z# G Interviewer: Mm.
+ W' T, X! I7 B( _. f2 p! u Pitt: Yes, I... should think a manager must know something about all aspects of the work.' j; R- ] a* v- ^
Interviewer: Yes, that’s right. We like our executive staff to undergo a thorough training. Young men on our trainee scheme have to work through every branch in the company.* y k1 H# N: C. Z
Pitt: Oh.
/ J/ i6 _. q' s: J Interviewer: And one of them is accountancy. Presumably you wouldn’t like that., l! B) v* k# h: ^' |
Pitt: Well, if I had to do it, I suppose... But I was thinking that my French an% [- B( W* q! f; b
d German would mean that I could specialize in overseas work. I’d like to be some sort of an export salesman and travel abroad.
" X6 f# c+ f6 i8 b9 ?9 d/ \$ J Interviewer: You know, the glamour of traveling abroad disappears when you’ve got a hard job of work to do. It’s not all fun and game.. U7 ^8 h9 m+ Z/ J% j( [, `6 Z
Pitt: Oh yes, I realize that. It’s just that my knowledge of languages would be" p$ Z0 u( L0 Q- I- E# s
useful.
G; G2 _ K* S- L& ~ Interviewer: Now, Mr. Pitt, is there anything you want to ask me?
' k+ g- X0 @% v Pitt: Well, there is one or two things. I’d like to know if I have to sign a contract and what the salary and prospects are.! H% C$ H; x2 E0 m
Interviewer: With our scheme, Mr. Pitt, there is no contract involved. Your progress is kept under constant review. If we at any time decide we don’t like you,
; ]7 T P6 b$ V4 b" K: w then that’s that. We reserve the right to dismiss you.- C3 |) { P, p* J0 m8 V! a; b
Pitt: I see.
: f% x* Y8 d$ I8 M$ k Interviewer: Of course. You have the same choice about us.$ C# P5 f. s% I0 H% W/ \
Pitt: Fair enough. And what about the salary?
& z! `+ Y3 k# @5 p0 q Interviewer: As for salary, you’ll be on our fixed scales, starting at 870 pounds. For the successful trainee, the prospects are very good.
" S* c$ x9 w. H% Y V! e' _$ S: p Pitt: I see. Thank you very much.
) u7 D0 q* U0 _ K Interviewer: That’s all, Mr. Pitt. You should hear from us in a couple of weeks.* \. F( H* g9 ]/ a7 \$ D# {6 c
One way or the other, or we may ask you to come back for another chat. Thank you.
& \9 j" {& S. I1 x6 Y Pitt: Goodbye, Mrs. Williams.
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News Item 1(For Question 11)" ]0 h5 G2 |. r2 v
Russian authorities are questioning five men suspected of taking about a do6 {, k7 w/ m% Q# C0 D
zen school children hostage and commandeering a helicopter for a ten million dollar ransom. The alleged gunmen were captured early Monday in southern Russia ending a four-day drama. The kidnappers initially demanded to be flown to Iran
( Q z2 K' Y# b; ^6 A6 {: i. T . A police now believes their only aim was ten million dollars paid by the government most of which has now been recovered.' i) f1 }( n3 U6 }" w) f5 L
News Item 2 ( For Question 12 )/ X5 L. B9 F1 R% g: r* ]; a
The United States has announced that it’s to send one thousand more troops |