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"The business of America is business." This was once said by an American president.

The business district of an American city is crowded with large office buildings which are filled with banks, corporation headquarters, and government agencies. Every weekday morning thousands of office workers enter these buildings and leave in the evening.

The men and women who do the office work are called white-collar workers. Secretaries, computer operators and administrators are all white-collar workers. Many office workers work and hope that they will be promoted to more responsible positions. They want to supervise other workers and see that the company policies are carried out. These policies are established by the top managers. Sometimes office workers are transferred to other places.

Nowadays, education is emphasized in the selection of men and women for management jobs. Courses in business administration are offered by many universities. The graduates of these courses often are placed in middle management jobs. From these, they can be promoted easily when they show the necessary personality and ability.

剛才那篇文章你聽懂了多少? 如果沒有全部聽懂, 沒有關系, 等一會兒我們再 聽英文老師用慢速度念一遍. 現在我們先來聽今天測驗的三個問題.

第一個問題是:

M: Who are the white-collar workers?

第二個問題是:

M: What does one find in the business district of an American city?

第三個問題是:

M: How can one get a management job?

好, 現在我們再聽老師用慢速度把文章念一遍.

"The business of America is business." This was once said by an American president.

The business district of an American city is crowded with large office buildings which are filled with banks, corporation headquarters, and government agencies. Every weekday morning thousands of office workers enter these buildings and leave in the evening.

The men and women who do the office work are called white-collar workers. Secretaries, computer operators and administrators are all white-collar workers. Many office workers work and hope that they will be promoted to more responsible positions. They want to supervise other workers and see that the company policies are carried out. These policies are established by the top managers. Sometimes office workers are transferred to other places.

Nowadays, education is emphasized in the selection of men and women for management jobs. Courses in business administration are offered by many universities. The graduates of these courses often are placed in middle management jobs. From these, they can be promoted easily when they show the necessary personality and ability.

好, 現在請你回答下面三個問題. 每作完一句就請你聽老師念正確答案看你答 對了沒有.

第一個問題是:

M: Who are the white-collar workers?

F: People who do office work are white-collar workers. Secretaries, computer operators and adminstrators are all white-collar workers.

第二個問題是:

M: What does one find in the business district of an American city?

F: One finds large office buildings which are filled with banks, corporation headquarters and government agencies.

第三個問題是:

M: How can one get a management job?

F: One should study business administration at a university.