You don't come into journalism for the money. When you start, you're sort of earning, I think, about 150 to 180 pounds a week, which really isn't very much to live on. But then as you move up, you get more, so you're looking to get 14,000 a year, 15,000, 16,000 a year. And you know you're working really long hours, and it's hard work. OK thanks, bye.
Waiting for phone calls and waiting for people to get back to you is really frustrating. Like today I had other things to keep me going and I was doing other things, but you know I've got this thing over my head because I know I've got to get this quote and I've got to keep chasing it and then while you're working on other stories whether they're bigger or smaller ones you know. It's very frustrating because you just want to get this done and out of the way, but it just doesn't happen.
Journalism is just a, is a great career to go into because (there's) so much you can do. So you can stay in newspapers, you can go into radio, television—there's just so much out there, and I guess at the stage where I am—sort of just starting out, just really looking at what there is and what I will enjoy doing more.
In 10 years I think I'd like to be an editor of a section of a national paper either here or abroad, 20 years, launching my own paper. Journalism is just fantastic because you don't know what's happening on a day-to-day basis. You meet so many different people and it just puts you in such a privileged position. And I just love it. I just think it's great.
earning live on frustrating head chasing television editor
launching basis Privileged
Unit 5 Distant pastures are always greener. Basic listening
(1)W:
Why do some people stay in one job for life while others switch jobs from time to time?
Some people want a fixed routine so that they don't have to adapt to new circumstances over and over again, while others think variety is the spice of life!
Why do some people stick to one job for life?
(2)M: Cathy, you've been late for work so many times lately that I have
to warn you that any repetition will result in your dismissal.
M:
Q:
W:
I'm sorry. I promise to be on time from now on. Perhaps I could work later to make up for the time I've lost. What does the woman say?
Q:
（3）M: Mrs. Brown, my time here has been frustrating for me. I have a better
opportunity with another firm, and I'm taking it. W:
We won't be sorry to see you leave, Richard. You've done your best to make everyone here as miserable as you are.
How does the woman feel about the man's leaving? （4）W:
Mr. Stone, I wanted to tell you in person that at the end of this month I'll be leaving the company. Well, Jane, we are certainly going to miss you here, but I wish you the best of luck.
What is the woman going to do?
Q:
M:
Q:
（5）Tim, I hate to tell you this, but we're caught in a budget crunch, and we must W: lay you off. I'm sorry. M:
I understand. I've enjoyed my time here. Don't worry about me. I'm confident I can find something else. What is the man's response?
Q:
BDACD Listening in Task 1
Manager: Adam! Have you any suggestions about how we can avoid bankruptcy? Adam:
Downsizing would certainly reduce our operating costs. You know, lean and mean, the way you have to be in today's market.
Manager: Where do you suggest we start making these staff cuts? Adam:
The logical place to start would be in administration. They're usually overstaffed.
Manager: That's not going to go over very well with our employees. Some of them
have been with the company for years. Adam:
It's a painful process, but there's no other choice. They'll just have to accept the idea.
Manager: We can give them a fairly decent severance package when they're fired.
Adam:
I know. And I think that if we computerize the office, we could reduce office staff by about 20 percent just by eliminating a lot of paperwork.
Manager: OK. If we lay off 20 percent of the administrative staff, will that be enough to get the company back on its feet? Adam:
Unfortunately not. We'll also need to make some cuts in the service department.
Manager: How can we do that and maintain the level of service that we offer our
customers? Adam:
Well, we'll have to retrain the service staff and streamline our operations, so we won't need as many people to run things smoothly.
Manager: Well, this is tough, but I really don't think we have any other choice.
If we keep losing money like this, we'll have to shut everything down.
BACCD Task 2
Although the scarcity of employment opportunities for college graduates has shown no signs of improving, the shortage does not prevent young employees from job-hopping.
The Chinese young people who graduated from college three years ago have on average changed jobs twice. According to a report by an education consulting agency, 88 percent of these changes were voluntary, with the graduates choosing to resign instead of being fired.
In the Pearl River Delta, one of China's economic centers, less than 20 percent of newly recruited college graduates remained for more than a year in the first company where they had worked.
Entrepreneurs are worried that the job-hopping fever among graduates will destabilize their companies and harm long-term development. To prevent constant job-hopping, some enterprises have actually started withholding their employees' graduation certificates; some even hold back wages. Experts are studying the causes of this trend toward job switching. According to the report, 33 percent of the respondents changed jobs for better career prospects, 25 percent due to low salaries, and 13 percent just wanted to try new professions. Experts also analyzed the deep-rooted reasons for the frequent job changes. Enterprises usually ranked the five most desirable qualities as a sense of responsibility, professional ethics, communication skills, learning ability, and problem-solving ability. But in a university education those five qualities were sometimes listed in the reverse order.
Although employers value highly a sense of responsibility and
professional ethics, many inexperienced graduates made concessions by accepting a temporary position, taking it as a springboard to a better job. Today's young people are usually the only child in the family. Many of them have been brought up by doting parents, and are now bitterly disappointed at the low-paying jobs offered them.
Sometimes firms have disillusioned college graduates by having no long-term development strategies. If there is neither proper planning nor training for employees, they see only a dim future.
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