剑桥商务英语中级第二辑真题阅读精讲（20）

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人邮第二辑真题 TEST 4 READING PART 5
When to Recruit?
0 In a small business, deciding when to take on new staff is a delicate calculation. On
00 the one hand, if you are increase your workforce, you might find it difficult to cover
# @' ~7 K1 B: e# H# S% ]% U' ?! ]34 for the increased costs straight away. On the other hand, extra staff could
  p; C# m" o5 L9 Q- m1 p35 enable you to spend more time on activities such as marketing, which in the
36 end should meanthe increased profits. A useful way of deciding when to increase
: H0 J! E& p, X7 K( @! C% v. y37 your workforce is to ask yourself if you can make enough of extra sales to meet
5 w3 t: E) d( s- o3 D' g38 the cost of taking on with an extra employee. But even if you are not able to
9 l: _: \* ?) F4 u  k6 [/ Z- w39 increase your sales immediately you may still be able to employ someone.
40 In this such case, however, you must keep your business going until you have built
41 your sales up to the new level you need. If in the end you are clever enough to
42 get your timing so right, you will not want to throw away your advantage by
43 employing the wrong type person. The whole process of advertising and
/ R" X7 V1 Z7 a# S44 interviewing can take around many months, so finding you made a mistake and
: A/ y8 R' J& r9 @; D0 b45 need to recruit again it can have a very serious impact on the future of your business.
% L5 x! w0 e3 S# z2 `《When to recruit？》，何时招人？文章是讲的小公司招人的一些注意事项，应该如何判断招人的时机。
34题，cover是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要用for。cover在此处的含义是“to be enough money to pay for something”。
# N( o/ X+ H0 }3 I35题，正确的。
/ B- H+ D; z9 W( T5 x& j36题，这句的意思是说招人可以反过来增加收益。mean (the) increased profits，意味着增加的收益。并不是特别指代，不需要使用定冠词the。
( Q  ?# R0 p2 H/ K37题，make是及物动词，直接后面接名词，make enough extra sales，不需要of。
8 ^5 j8 Z8 c0 x; d38题，take on是雇佣的意思。看韦氏词典的解释：If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job.后面不需要with。
: c" H  _( M( ?' v0 z* M39题，正确的。
40题，in this case: in this situation, if so, if we consider this situation 在这种情况下，such多余。
% W, M$ `& ^- X8 U+ w: ^. u41题，正确的。
42题，timing是时机掌握的意思：the choice, judgement, or control of when something should be done。这个句子的意思是如果你够聪明，把握好了正确的时机。直接用get sth. right，so是多余的。
8 i- Y$ K+ u. V) q43题，招到了错误的人，形容词wrong后面直接接名词person，type是多余的。
# o, Z# V7 e& y) W9 l. s44题，take在这里是及物动词，指耗费了多少时间和精力，直接用动词take就能表示这个意思，around是多余的
& i9 Q! [. d- E7 _45题，整个句子finding you made a mistake and need to recruit again(it) can have a very serious impact 成分很完整。finding you made a mistake and need to recruit again是主语，have是谓语，impact是宾语，it在这里多余。