新编大学英语听力2 unit3

[06:27.61]S: No...but it got better when the children were asked about
[06:33.55]how they imagined the engineer as a person
[06:40.07]The majority of the children chose positive comments
[06:44.82]except that they thought the engineer was likely to be poorly
[06:51.26]rather than well dressed.
[06:56.09]Exercise 3
[06:59.76]Directions:
[07:03.40]Listen to Section Three twice and fill in the missing information.
[07:10.45]Section Three
[07:13.87]I: Well, what about the other professions, the Erm...what came out favorite,
[07:20.53]for example?
[07:23.09]S: Oh the lawyer without a doubt
[07:26.62]He collected by far the greatest number of positive opinions
[07:32.34]The sales representative and then the estate agent were right at the bottom.
[07:38.78]I: Oh, so the engineers weren't down there?
[07:44.11]S: Oh, nn
[07:47.24]Probably the children don't have much of an idea of their real work
[07:52.90]I think they... (laugh)...they went by the titles, really,
[07:59.27]since civil engineer came out top, perhaps the suggestion of the name?
[08:06.18]I: Oh, I see
[08:09.38]You mean that he was a... a more civilized sort of fellow than the others?
[08:16.19]S:Yes, right.Reasonable sounding, isn't it?
[08:21.59]I: Yes. Quite sensible, I suppose
[08:25.87]And I imagine the mechanical engineer came out bottom?
[08:30.55]S: Absolutely right
[08:34.15]In fact 90% of the children associated him with dirty work,
[08:40.78]as against 76% for the electrical engineer and 68% for the civil engineer.
[08:49.24]I: And the other professions?
[08:53.05]S: Well, after the lawyer came the accountant then the scientist, the physicis
[09:00.83]The economist came just above the engineers
[09:05.69]I: A real sign of the times, that is.
[09:09.43]I: Hmm.
[09:12.28]S: After all, in most other European countries to be an engineer is to be somebody
[09:20.92]And I imagine that this means that many bright children,
[09:26.78]who might really enjoy the profession and do well in it
[09:31.93]probably never consider it, which is a great pity for the country as a whole