新编大学生英语教程三精华课件.ppt

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MyFirstJobRobertBest1WhileIwaswaitingtoenteruniversity,IsawinalocalnewspaperateachingpostadvertisedataschoolinasuburbofLondonabouttenmilesfromwhereIlived.Beingveryshortofmoneyandwantingtodosomethinguseful,Iapplied,fearingasIdidso,thatwithoutadegreeandwithnoexperienceofteachingmychancesoflandingthejobwereslim.2However,threedayslateraletterarrived,summoningmetoCroydonforaninterview.Itprovedanawkwardjourney:atraintoCroydonstation;aten-minutebusrideandthenawalkofatleastaquarterofamile.AsaresultIarrivedonahotJunemorningtoodepressedtofeelnervous.3Theschoolwasadreary,gabledVictorianhouseofredbrickandwithbigstaringsash-windows.Thefrontgardenwasagravelsquare;fourevergreenshrubsstoodateachcorner,wheretheystruggledtosurvivethedustandfumesfromabusymainroad.4Itwasclearlytheheadmasterhimselfthatopenedthedoor.Hewasshortandrotund.Hehadasandy-colouredmoustache,afreckledforeheadandhardlyanyhair.Hewaswearingatweedsuit—onefeltsomehowhehadalwayswornit—andacrosshisamplestomachwasloopedasilverwatch-chain.5Helookedatmewithanairofsurpriseddisapproval,asacolonelmightlookataprivatewhosebootlaceswereundone.Ahyes,hegrunted.Youdbettercomeinside.Thenarrow,sunlesshallsmelledunpleasantlyofstalecabbage;thecream-printedwallshadgoneadingymargarinecolour,exceptwheretheywerescarredwithinkmarks;itwasallsilent.Hisstudy,judgingbythecrumbsonthecarpet,wasalsohisdiningroom.Onthemantelpiecetherewasasaltcellarandpepper-pot.5Youdbettersitdown,hesaid,andproceededtoaskmeanumberofquestions:whatsubjectshadItakeninmyGeneralSchoolCertificate;howoldwasI;whatgamesdidIplay;thenfixingmesuddenlywithhisbloodshoteyes,heaskedmewhetherIthoughtgameswereavitalpartof

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