新标准大学英语第四册Unit1TextA.ppt

… a 2:1 … A 2:1 means an Upper Second-Class Honours degree, which is one of the final grades students can obtain. It’s based on the average mark of the assessed work which a student has completed. Other Honours degrees include First (First-Class Honours), 2:2 (Lower Second-Class Honours), and Third (Third-Class Honours). 二级一等荣誉学士学位 Language Points Civil Service fast stream Civil Service fast stream refers to the recruitment of graduates to serve in government departments or agencies. Their academic and personal records assure them of fast promotion in government service. 快速晋升人才培养计划 Language Points I passed the exams, but at the interviews they accused me of being ‘too detached’ and talking in language that was ‘too technocratic’, which I didn’t think possible, but obviously it is. Jack passed the entrance exams for a government post, but he was criticized in the selection interviews. They said he was not personally involved and used the language of a technical expert or high authority. As a new graduate he probably wanted to show his expertise so he can’t understand this criticism. 我通过了笔试，但在面试时，他们说我‘太冷漠’了，谈吐‘太像专家政治论者’。我觉得自己不可能那样，但我显然就是那样的。 Language Points For the rest it is 9-to-5 “chilling” before heading to the pub. The others who do not have a routine low-status job (like stacking goods on a supermarket shelf) chill out all day (they spend their time casually relaxing – they don’t look for work) and go to pub for a drink in the evening. 其余的则都是朝九晚五地“无所事事”，晚上则去酒吧喝酒打发时间。 Language Points I went to a comprehensive and I worked my backside off to go to a good university … Jack went to a school for students of all abilities (not to a special school for academic students), so he had to work very hard to enter a good university. To work your backside off is informal and means you work very hard indeed. 我上的是综合学校，我拼命读书才考上了一所好大学…… Language Points … but having work