Lesson 23. Section 1. Task 1. Finding a job.
Hello, my name is Hudson, Disk Hudson. I'm Pamela Gable.
Well, take a seat, please, Miss Gable, it is Miss, isn't it? Yes. Thought so, well, let me just check that I've got these particulars right.
Your surname is Gable, spelt G-A-B-L-E, and your first names are Pamela Ann.
Fine. You live at 147 Collingdon Road, Croydon, your telephone number is 2468008,
you were born on July the eighth 1965, and, that's about it, OK? Fine.
Now let's see, what are you working with at the moment?
I'm the personal assistant to the manager of a modelling agency.
Oh, really? And what does that involve? A bit of everything, really.
I have to keep the accounts, write a few letters, answer the telephone, look after bookings and engagements and that sort of thing.
You work with people a lot, do you? Oh, yes, I have to look after all the models who work for us, you know, keep them happy, lend an understanding ear to their heartaches, you know.
Have you ever done anything to do with hotels or conferences, hotel management, for instance? No, not really.
I did work for a short time as a courier for a tour operator, taking foreigners on guided tours of London.
Perhaps that's the sort of thing you mean? Yes, I think it is.
Do you speak any languages? Yes, I do, I speak French and Italian, you see, I spent several years abroad when I was younger.
Oh, did you? That's very interesting.