Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов неязыковых вузов специальности "Государственное и муниципальное управление". Касторнова О.Н. - 13 стр.

                “You see, I must get that job. I’ve got a large family.”
                “Why must you go to Liverpool yourself?” I asked, “It’s better to send
         the documents by airmail.” “I think,” Stevenson answered, “many people want
         to get the job and I’m sure all of them will send letters. If I get there before the
         manager of the plant receives the letters I think I’ll be able to get the job.”
                Stevenson was right. He received the job.
                My other friend Black had lost three or four jobs though he was a very
         good clerk. I told him Stevenson’s story. The story impressed him. A few days
         later I met Black with a suitcase in his hand. “Where are you going” I asked
         him. “To Mexico,” was the answer. “A bank there requires a clerk. I have sent
         my documents by post, but to settle the matter sooner I decided to go there
         myself. I remember the story you told me the other day about Stevenson.”
                So black went to Mexico City. But his letter had come there three days
         earlier. When he came to the Bank and spoke to the assistant-manager, the
         assistant-manager said, “I’m sorry to say we have already got a man. But I’ll
         clarify the matter with the manager”. And he left the office.
                “Yes,” the manager said, “I have received a letter from a man who lives
         near Liverpool. His name is Black. A good young man, he suits us right. I’ve
         sent him a telegram to come here immediately and we’ll keep the job for him
         for 10 days.”
                “There is a man outside,” said the assistant-manager, “who wants to get
         this job.”
                “But we’ve got this man Black and we’ll wait for him.”
                Black had not heard the conversation between the manager and his
         assistant. He had to go back home. But as he had spent all his money and
         nobody in Mexico could help him it took him two months to get back to
         England. There he found the telegram, which was waiting for him.
            Say what you have learned from the story about:
            1.Stevenson and the way he got the job;
            2. Black and his problems.
            Think and answer.
            1. Why was it difficult for Stevenson and Black, good specialists, to find a
                job?
            2. Why did the writer recommend Stevenson to send his documents by
                airmail?
                Why didn’t Black go back to Mexico when he got the telegram?
         ¨ Grammar snack: Put the verbs into the correct form.
                                  AN ITNTERVIEW FOR A JOB
             On Wednesday I had an important interview for a job. I (get up) ____ at 7
         o’clock in the morning and (shave) ____ carefully. I (put on) ____ my best
         jacket and trousers. I (must, travel) ____ by train, so I (walk) ____ to the station.
             On my way I (see) ____ a man who (paint) ____ his fence with red paint.


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