M: Say, Rason, what are you watching W: An old Japanese film. I wonder if I’m going to spend all my next year there. I’d better start familiarizing myself with the culture. M: You mean you are accepted into the program W: Yes. M: That’s wonderful. You must be excited. W: Excited and nervous. You know I owe a lot to Professor Mercheno. He wrote a letter of recommendation for me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book which goes with them. Just so I can work on my basic conversation skills. M: How much Japanese can you understand W: Not a lot at present. But I signed up for intensive Japanese this semester. M: I wish I were as talented as you are in foreign languages. I’d like to study abroad. W: Than why don’t you The university has lots of over- seas programs that don’t require mastery of a foreign language. The tuition is about the same. You just have to be the kind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and willing to adjust to a different kind of life style.M: I had assumed that all programs required you to know a foreign language. I might check into this. W: You won’t regret it. What is the woman doing when the man interrupts her()
A. Taping some music.
B. Watching a film.
C. Making a video recording.
D. Writing a letter.
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An apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman - someone who has done the job for many years. The rest of the apprentice’s time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full-time undertaking. One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What’s more, it offers apprentices an "earn while you learn" opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from. Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off (下岗) if business for the employers is slow. Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go onto different companies or become self employed contractors. Apprenticeship Definition: On-the-job training combining workplace experience and classroom learning The majority of the time in a workplace: learning the practical skills The rest of the time in a classroom: learning the theoretical skills Advantages: Costing apprentices nothing Offering apprentices money-making opportunities Half the pay of a journeyman (46) Gradually increasing pay in the process 90% of (47) near the end Offering employers (48) Disadvantages: Little time for anything else The possibility of (49) Results: A formal certification (50) Free choices of jobs
Marriage is still a popular social practice in America, but divorce is becoming almost as "popular". Most Americans get married, but at the same time, fifty percent of their marriages end up in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not stay single. They get married for the second time to new partners. Sociologists tell us that in the 21st century, most American people will marry three or four times in one lifetime. Alvin Toffier, an American sociologist, calls this new social form social marriages. In his book Future Shock, Toffier gives many reasons for this change in American marriage. In modem society, people’s lives don’t stay the same for very long. Americans frequently change their jobs ,their homes, and their circle of friends. So the person who was a good husband or wife ten years ago is sometimes not as good ten years later. After being married for some years, a husband or wife can feel that their lives have become very different, and they don’t have the same interests any more. Because of this, Toffier says,people in the 21st century will not plan to marry only one person for an entire lifetime. They will plan to stay married to one person for perhaps five or ten years, and then marry another. Most Americans will expect to have a "marriage career" that includes three or four marriages.The divorce rate in America has reached____________________________________6In the 21st century, most Americans will marry three or four times_________7Alvin Toffler published a book named_______________________________________8The percentage of remarriage among divorced Americans is___________________9One of the reasons for the change in American marriages is_________________10 7().
A …………………… Bill of Material (BOM) B …………………… Business Plan C …………………… Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) D …………………… CBA (Cost-benefit analysis) E …………………… Demand Management F …………………… Flow Shop G …………………… Material Record H …………………… item Record I …………………… Job Shop J …………………… Just-in-time (JIT) K …………………… Material Requirements Planning L …………………… On-hand Balance M …………………… Open Order N …………………… Planned Order O …………………… Safety Time P …………………… Shrinkage Factor Q …………………… Zero inventories ( )保险期 ( )流水车间
Is there something strange high up in the world’s tallest mountains If so, is it a big bear Is it a monkey Or is it a kind of man No one knows. This mystery has puzzled the world for years. In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don’t walk without shoes in the snow! In 1906, another climber saw more than footprints. Far off, he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran very quickly. Fifteen years later, newspaper had new stories about the "something". A mountain climber said he had seen the "Snowman" walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man. From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. "The pictures showed clearly that the Snowman walked on two legs." So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape (类人猿) man The mystery grew! And the mystery keeps growing. Some day we may find out what it is that makes the large footprints. When did the first evidence that could prove the existence of the large footprints appear In ______.