大学英语四级新标准视听说Unit 5文本.doc

Unit5 Inside view Conversation1 Andy: I loved the question you asked Tim Pearson about financial crisis. Janet: Well, I shouldn’t have asked it. After all he is an expert! Andy: There you go again, you’re always putting yourself down. You don’t know how to take a compliment（称赞，恭维）. Janet: True. I never find it easy to accept praise. Do you think women have been conditioned to accept criticism（批评，指责）? Andy: Well, I think that’s gender stereotyping（对...产生成见，模式化）. Do you think that men are good at accepting compliments? Janet: Well, they seem to be able to deal with criticism much better. Andy: Don’t you believe it! Janet: Anyway, thank you, I accept your compliment. Andy: Not only that, but I think you’d make a really TV presenter. Janet: I’m not so sure. I haven’t seen many women in television here. Andy: Well, in the media in general, I can assure（确保，使确信） you that there are lots of women in presenting and management roles. Janet: Well, maybe, but I’m Chinese as well. I don’t think I’ll be accepted as a presenter on a British TV programme. Andy: Gender and racial stereotyping. I mean, it depends on what job and sometimes where you work in London, of course, but generally, Londoners are proud of their multi-ethnic community. Especially the Chinese, because cook great food! Janet: Now who’s doing the stereotyping! But seriously, look at all these smart women walking to work. Are they all secretaries or managers? Andy: OK, it’s a good point. I think that many women manage to get middle management jobs in most professions. But it’s true that a lot of them talk about the glass ceiling. Janet: What’s the glass ceiling? Andy: It’s the situation where a woman is successful in a company, but then she hits the glass ceiling- this invisible（不可见的，隐形的） barrier which stops her going any higher in her career. Conversation 2 Janet: So what do you think causes the glass ceiling? Andy: It’s partly prejudice by men about women’s abilities in management. But it’s also when women take t