年夜学英语测验精读：第二册（UNIT4）
Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse...
My First Job
While I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newsIT a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.
However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous.
The school was a red brick house with big windows, The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main from a busy main road.
It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair.
He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. 'Ah yes,' he grunted. 'You'd better come inside.' The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. 'You'd better sit down,' he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy's education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.The school, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry-two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time. I said shyly, 'What would my salary be?' 'Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.' Before I could protest, he got to his feet. 'Now', he said, 'you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school.' This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.NEW WORDS applyvi. write to ask for (a job, membership. etc.), esp. officially请求 applicationn. interviewn.面试；访问；会面 advertisevt. make know to people by printing a notice in a newsIT, etc. or by broadcasting on television, ets.为...做广告 advertisementn. local of, special to, a place or district外埠的;中央性的 postn. job or position职位 suburbn. outer area of a town or city, where people live郊区 slima. small, slight; slender巨大的;苗条的 depressvt. make sad使悔恨 depressionn. brickn.砖 graveln.砾石 evergreena. with green leaves throughout the year常绿的 shrubn. low bush with several woody stems灌木 fumen. strong-smelling smoke, gas or vapour浓烈难闻的烟,气,汽 headmastern. (中,小学的)校长 sandy-coloureda. yellowish-red沙色的,黄中带红的 moustachen. hair growing on the upper lip小胡子 disapprovaln. unfavorable opinion or feeling; dislike不赞同;不满 coloneln.上校 privaten. soldier of the lowest rank列兵;战士 bootlacen. shoelace for a high shoe or boot靴带 undovt. untie, unfasten解开;松开 ahinterj. (a cry of surprise, pity, pain, joy, dislike, etc.)啊 gruntvt.咕哝着说出 unpleasantlyad.令人不高兴地 stalea. not fresh不奇怪的 cabbagen.卷心菜 crumbn. very small, broken piece of bread or cake面包屑;糕饼屑 carpetn. heavy woven material fir covering floors or stairs地毯 certificaten.证(明)书 bloodshota. (眼睛)充血的 vitala. very necessary; of the greatest importance必不可少的,极度重要的 mumblevt. speak (words) unclearly迷糊地说 attachvt. give (to); fasten (to)把...给以;系,贴 importancen. the quality of being important obviouslyad. it can be easily seen; plainly清楚地，显然 obviousa. consist (of)vi. be made up (of)组成，组成 rangevi. vary between certain limits（在一定的范围内）变动 cricketn.板球 set-upn. arrangement dismayvt. make discouraged or afraid使泄气，使畏惧 algebran.代数学 geometryn.多少学 incompetenta. completely unskillful; not good enough at doing a job, etc.无本领的；不胜任的 competenta. opposite of incompetent leisuren. free time; time which one can spend as one likes空隙；空隙 salaryn. fixed (usually monthly) pay for regular work薪水 plusprep. with the addition of加（上） protestvi. express a strong objectionIT；反对 strawn.稻草；麦杆 prospectvi. sth. expected or considered probable; possibility期看中的事；展看；远景 constitutevt. form; make up; be组成，组成 ultimatea. greatest; utmost; last or final最年夜的；最终的，最终的 indignityn. injury to one's dignity; insult欺凌PHRASES EXPRESSIONS be short of not having enough of缺少 smell of have, give out the smell of有...的气息 judging by forming an opinion based on attach importance to consider important器重 in common shared with someone else共有的,共同的 consist of be made up of in turn one after another轮番PROPER NAMES London伦敦(英国都城) Croydon克洛伊登(英国地名)
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