Interviewer:
"Marjorie Scardino, you are leading one of the top companies in the U.K., and you"ve been voted business
woman of the year. What qualities do you need to run a large company effectively?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"Well, I think different companies probably require different qualities, but for me there are only a few
simple qualities that cut across all requirements, and those are courage and imagination and empathy. And by
empathy, I mean, having the ability to put yourself in other people"s positions and understand how they feel
about situations and ideas."
Interviewer:
"Which business leaders do you admire and why?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"I think the best business leaders are probably ones we don"t know about, not the stars we read in the
newspapers. I think they"re probably the ones who have had a great business idea and have seen the desired
result. So the business leaders I most admire right now are those managers in Pearson who are achieving our
goals of double-digit earnings growth."
Interviewer:
"What do business leaders actually do?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"My staff would probably say this was a really excellent question they ask themselves every day. I think
what they do is just what I"ve said the business leaders I admire do. They create a business idea, and they
see it through."
Interviewer:
"As a leader, how do you motivate your employees?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"I"d like to think we motivate each other. I think my job is to make sure the company has a purpose,
because I think people like to work for a company that has a reason for being, that they can identify with and
feel good about. I think that I have to communicate well with them everything that"s going on and everything
I"m trying to do in a clear way. And then in return I think they inspire me to think more adventurously and to
think more carefully about how to inspire them and how to build a better business. So, it"s sort of cooperation."
Interviewer:
"Do you think leaders are born or made?"
Marjorie Scardino:
"I think it"s probably a bit of both. All human beings obviously are born with certain qualities, and certain
common features. But I"ve seen so many people in my life who have, using those basic qualities, re-invented
themselves several times as they"ve gone into new situations. You know, you"re a certain kind of person when
you"re in school, and your friends know who you are. And then as you grow up you go into new situations
and become somebody else. So, people who were never leaders in school become the great business leaders
of our time. So, I would have to say, mostly it"s made, but you have to use what you"re born with." |
1._____ with Marjorie Scardino
| Interviewer"s 2_____. | Answers by Marjorie Scardino | What are the qualities for
3._____ a large company
effectively? | They are courage, imagination
and empathy, by which she
means being 4._____ to put
herself in others" positions and
understand them well. | Who are the business leaders
she admires and why? | They are those 5._____ in
her company who have had a
great business idea and have
seen the desired result. | What do the business leaders
do actually? | They create business 6._____
and see them through. | What"s the way of 7._____
her employees? | Motivation is sort of cooperation.
Employers and employees motivate
each other. She thinks that she
should make them well 8._____ of
the company"s purpose. | | Are leaders born or made? | Leaders are mostly made 9._____
they are born with certain qualities.
But these born qualities must be made
10._____ of. |
答案
1. Interview 2. questions 3. running/managing/operating 4. able 5. managers
6. ideas 7. motivating/inspiring/stimulating 8. aware 9. though/although 10. use |
举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | Hi! I"m Sylvie from Toulouse in France. I"m 14 years old and I"ve got a twelve-year-old sister called
Camille. I love going to pop music concerts and playing tennis with my friends. I"m interested in cooking
and my favorite food is pizza. I don"t like getting up in the mornings and I hate tidying my room! I like
animals and I"ve got a cat called Mimi. What about you?
I"d like to have pen friends from a lot of different countries.
Love,
Sylvie Deschamps | Hello! My name is Antonio and I"m from Verona in the north of Italy. I"m 12 years old and I"ve got a
brother and a sister. I"m interested in music, travel and pets. At weekends I love going to parties with my
friends. This is my first year studying English. I"m also learning French and German.
Write to me soon. I"d like to receive letters from all over the world.
Best wishes,
Antonio Lazaro | Hello everyone! I"m Tyler Collins. I live in Florida, and I"m 18 years old I"m very much interested in
meeting new people from different cultures. I"m studying languages and I plan to go to other countries to
teach English within the year. I love all kinds of music, any movie, and I love books about places around
the world. If you want to know more about me, just message me.
Tyler Collins | Hey! My name is Freyja; I"m 15 years old. I live in England and love the countryside. I go climbing a
lot. I"m crazy about rock music and like the guitar. I"m in a band which I and my friends started two
months ago. If you have the same interests as mine, message me and we could be friends!
Freyja Murphy | | 阅读理解。 | Let"s Bake (烤) Sugar Cookies
Nobody is actually sure who created the very first cookie. But the first cookie may have been a mistake.
Many cooking experts believe that a long time ago cooks who wanted to test the temperature of their ovens
would bake a little bit to find out if the oven was hot enough to bake an entire cake. These test cakes were
called keokje, which means "little cake" in the language used in the Netherlands. People from the Netherlands
brought the recipe to the United States. The word "cookie" may have come from their word keokje.
Cookies are also very popular in England, but the English call them "biscuits", as do Australians. Almost
every country has a word for cookie. In Spain, they are called galletas, and in Italy, cookies are called biscotti.
Americans are not the only people who enjoy cookies.
You can make cookies following these steps:
·Preheat oven to 150℃. Put a little butter on a cookie sheet.
·Mix together white sugar, brown sugar, butter and eggs. Then add vanilla.
·Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Then mix well.
·Drop by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
·Bake at 150℃ for 12 minutes or until lightly brown. | | 1. In which country were the test cakes first made? | A. Spain.
B. Australia.
C. The Netherlands.
D. The United States. | | 2. What does the first paragraph talk about? | A. Describe how to bake a cake.
B. Tell why people like cookies.
C. Tell when people make cookies.
D. Describe the history of cookies. | | 3. What is the first step to bake cookies? | A. Heat oven t0 150℃.
B. Mix the butter and the sugar.
C. Test the temperature of the oven.
D. Brush the cookies with some oil. | | 4. If the cookies look lightly brown, what does this mean? | A. They have burned.
B. They are done.
C. They have become soft.
D. They need to cook for 12 minutes. | | 阅读理解。 | Stamp collecting is fun and easy to do. You do not even have to buy stamps to start a collection. Ask
friends and members of your family for used stamps from letters and postcards. Here is some advice to
get you started.
Think carefully what kinds of stamps you want to collect when you start. Some people get stamps from
all over the world. Others save stamps from just one country. You might want to save a special type of stamp,
such as animal stamps, sports stamps, or space stamps.
Keep your stamps in your album, a special book, to protect them. It may have paper pages or plastic ones
with pockets to hold your stamps. Never tape or glue your stamps, because you may damage them.
Joining a stamp club can help you learn more about stamps. You can also trade stamps with other collectors.
Now you know what to do. You can start collecting stamps today! | | 1. According to the author, collecting stamps is _____. | A. modern
B. easy
C. expensive
D. strange | | 2. What is the first thing to do in collecting stamps? | A. Trade stamps with foreigners.
B. Save your stamps in a pocket.
C. Decide what stamps to collect.
D. Ask your friends to write to you. | | 3. The passage is mainly about _____. | A. what are the best stamps to collect
B. why collecting stamps is important
C. how to start a stamp collection
D. where to find a stamp club | | 阅读理解。 | Throughout history there have always been people who can make other people
laugh. Early clowns often both annoyed and delighted listeners with their comments
and songs. They Were not the silent performers seen in today"s circus rings. Clowns
lost their voices when the big three-ring circuses made it impossible for the audience
to hear them. |  | | 阅读理解。 | Monday, April 17
Dear Gramps,
I was so upset last week when somebody stole my Super Racer from the park by your house. I
called up the toy company but they said they have only red, blue and green racers. Dad called Cobb"s
Toy Store today and found out they might have purple ones. Can we go there when I come to visit
you next week?
You and I were only gone for a few minutes to the shop down the street to get ice-cream and
cookies. Maybe the thief was watching us. Mum was surprised when I told her the racer was stolen.
She said she used to leave things at the park all the time when she was young. Once she even left her
bicycle for two days near the swimming pool.
Tell Grandma that I like the food she made last time. Ask Grandma if we can have pancakes with
sugar for breakfast when I come this time. I have packed in my towel, comb and soap. Tell her this
time I won"t forget to pack in my toothbrush.
Love
Toby |
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