新编大学英语自主听力 4Unit 5

[05:15.14]Working freelance means I'm my own boss and I can decide when I work.
[05:21.59]Consequently, I have more time for myself. I've designed an adult board game and now I have the time to refine it before I try to sell it to one of the big games companies.
[05:34.40]When I was working as an employee of just one company, I couldn't do that because I had to work such long hours.
[05:42.47]The disadvantage of freelance work is that you don't have the stability of a monthly wage;
[05:48.62]at the moment I don't know if I'll have any work in December and January.
[05:54.31]I think my job is the most difficult when I have an idea block. Fortunately, it doesn't happen that often,
[06:02.20]but it is quite stressful constantly having to think of new ideas.
[06:06.84]Now I've calmed down quite a lot and don't find it as stressful as I used to.
[06:13.32]In the afternoons, I may continue working at home or I might have a meeting with a producer.
[06:20.99]Now that I'm working freelance and not tied to one company, my evenings and weekends are generally free.
[06:30.31]As a designer, it's important for me to keep up with what's happening in the design world,
[06:36.14]so I often go to the cinema and exhibitions. But I don't see this as work, it's definitely pleasure!
[06:45.04]I think I'll stay in this job for now. I don't think there are many people who really enjoy their work as much as I do.
[06:52.24]It's a very exciting job and I get a terrific kick out of seeing my designs up on screen at a show.  (407 words)
[06:59.65]1)What is the speaker?
[07:03.29]2)When does the speaker usually start work?
[07:09.16]3)Why does the speaker go to the cinema and exhibitions?
[07:16.43]4)What words would the speaker use to describe his work?
[07:23.41]Exercise 2:Directions:As the speaker says, there are advantages and disadvantages for a freelance.
[07:36.44]Listen to the passage again and complete the following chart.
[07:42.31]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F),
[07:56.93]then underline the word(s) conveying wrong information and correct it.
[08:03.08]Practice Three Women and Work
[08:08.59]Words You Need to Know
[08:10.57]discrimination      auxiliary      disproportionately
[08:17.77]pin money      maternity leave      telly
[08:24.43]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the dialogue and choose the answer which best summarizes the two women's points of view on their working life.
[08:41.21]Anne (A) , Kate (K) and Max (M) are talking about women's working life.
[08:51.97]A:Well all talk about how liberated we are, but in fact women are still discriminated against all the time.
[09:01.73]M:Oh, I don't know, Anne. You've got your careers, so you don't have to get married if you don't want to - I think you've got the best of both worlds.
[09:12.42]K:It's so easy to say that, Max. If you're a girl, discrimination begins almost as soon as you're born.
[09:20.59]You're given dolls and little cooking sets and fairy stories for your birthday - it's the boys who get the computer games and the guns.
[09:33.30]A:It's the same at school. Girls are expected to do art subjects, and home economics and typing.
[09:42.12]It's mainly the boys who get into the science and technology courses.
[09:47.84]M:But what about all the women who go to university? Actually, they're usually much brighter than men.
[09:54.54]K:That's because they are - they have to be to get a place. The trouble is that most of us,
[10:04.51]like the boys, are just average, so every year hundreds of girls leave school, take a secretarial course and end up as secretary to some man who treats them as a sort of auxiliary wife.
[10:20.78]A:Yes, women are still expected to do non-career jobs.
[10:26.29]Except perhaps in teaching and nursing, the ratio of men to women in management,
[10:32.66]technology, the professions generally is disproportionately high.