Interviewers

1. Before you interview an applicant, look through his/her application form carefully.

2. Decide what questions you are going to ask.

3. Be ready to explain about the job and say what the person will have to do.

4. Here are some useful phrases:

Good morning(afternoon), Mr., Mrs./Miss (Brown).

My name's (Freeman), I’m (the Personnel Manager)

How do you do?

What can I do for you?

Please, sit down.

Do, sit down.

Sit down, please.

Please, take a seat (have a seat).

During the interview you can say:

Now, I have your application form in front of me and I'd like to ask you

a few questions.

Well, I’ve got your application form here. I just want to check the infor-

mation... is that all right? (Can I just check the information?)

But first, let me explain the job.

We plan to ...

You'd be responsible for ...

We are looking for someone who ( speaks English, French...)

I see from your application form that you (went to secondary school

and technical college, didn’t you?, graduated from a higher school ...)

You’ve been to America (Italy ,France, etc.), haven’t you?

Are there any questions you'd like to ask us?

Now, if you wouldn't mind waiting outside for a few minutes ...

Well, thank you, Mr./Mrs./Miss (Brown)

If you could just wait outside for a short while ...

We have one or two other applicants to interview.

Examples of responses:

I see; Yes, I see; Uh huh; Mm;

Really?

Well, I'd just like to say that ...

I see your point of view, of course, but ...

I know what you mean, but ..., etc.

No, I’m afraid I haven’t, but I’d like to (I’d love to).

Applicants

1. Memorize your application form. You must be sure of your own personal background.

2. Be ready to say why you applied for a job and what salary you expect to get.

3. You will have a chance to ask questions. Here are some things you can ask about :

Chances for promotion (career opportunities)

Holidays

Size of a company

Pension schemes

Car allowance, etc.

APPLICATION FORM

1. Surname ...

2. First name ...

3. Address ...

4. Telephone ...

5. Date of birth ...

6. Nationality ...

7. Marital status ...

8. Education, experience ...

9. Present position (employment) ...

10. Previous employment ...

11. Reasons for leaving present job ...

12. Present salary ...

13. Other skills + hobbies, interests ...

14. Other information ..._______________________________________

Signature: ...

Date:

UNIT 2

I. Text 2a. Railroads conquer the world

Read and translate the text:

The railroad was invented before the age of steam. It was originally an economic roadway for horse-drawn vehicles. Its advantages and disadvantages were long debated, but its efficiency was finally demonstrated in 1805, when a single horse drew a total load of 55 tons for six miles along a level without distress.

The early railroad pioneers understood the question of speed as very significant. Before the beginning of the machine age there was a definite upper limit to the speed which could be attained on land. It was set up by horse and the world record for a horse pulling a light vehicle in 1806 was 20 mph. Later developments with pneumatic-tyred wheels brought this average up to about 30 mph, which we may take as the absolute limit for animal transport.

An English inventor of the "iron horse" was George Stephenson whose "Rocket" ran at a speed 35 miles an hour and his first public railroad, the Stockton and Darlington, a distance of about 20 miles (32 kilometers) was opened in 1825. It was the first railroad to run steam freight trains on a regular schedule. Stephenson's second railroad, opened in 1830 ran 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Liverpool to Manchester. It was the first railroad to run steam passenger trains on a regular schedule.

By the mid-1800's other countries also had steam-powered railroads. During the late 1800's and early 1900's, thousands of steam trains made their way across the U.S. countryside, carrying most of the nation's freight and long-distance passengers. The first railroad across western North America was completed in 1869 and so helped open the American West to settlers.

Nowadays, the railroads surround our Earth with many bonds. The railroad has opened up new countries and connected them with the rest of the world, it has founded new cities and populated waste lands; and this has been achieved in spite of the fact that the railroad is neither simple in construction, nor easy in maintenance. There are many obstacles: swamps and deserts, watercourses and snow, high mountains and deep valleys, but the difficulties are overcome for the benefit of man.

The railroads are developing and remain great and vital arteries of national and international economic life.

Notes:

1. mph – miles per hour (1 mile = 1,61 km)

A C T I V E V O C A B U L A R Y

1. to invent – изобретать

2. vehicle – средство передвижения

3. efficiency – эффективность, производительность

4. single – один, единственный

5. total load – общий груз

6. to pull – толкать

7. to consider – рассматривать, считать, полагать

8. steam engine – паровой двигатель

9. to haul – тащить, перевозить

10. to power – приводить в движение

11. schedule – расписание поездов

12. surround – окружать

13. bonds=ties=connections – связи, линии

14. waste lands – невозделанные, пустынные земли

15. maintenance – содержание, эксплуатация, уход

16. vital arteries – жизненно важные артерии

Comprehension questions:

1. What was the first railroad like?

2. What was the main thing the railroad pioneers considered very significant?

3. What was the first speed record in the world?

4. Who was the inventor of the "iron horse"?

5. Where was the first public railroad opened?

6. What line ran first steam passenger trains on a regular schedule?

7. When was the first railroad across North America completed?

8. Why is the railroad neither simple in construction, nor easy in maintenance?

9. The railroads do not remain great and vital arteries of national and international economic life, do they?