Getting a job with an airline

文章大意

年轻女性Ellie Fisher打电话给在航空公司做空乘的朋友，咨询如何进入航空业当空乘。对话涉及空乘的日常工作，如起飞前做安全演示、飞行中售卖商品、发放餐食，以及应聘条件：年满19岁、身高至少168厘米以便够到飞机高处的储物柜。

题目与答案

1. Example

   Job: cabin crew attendant

   Duties include

   ·giving the safety demonstration

   ·1 some responsibility for _____ from sales during the night

   ·serving food

   答案：money

   原文定位：And during the flight, you'd also be going round to see if anyone wants to buy anything;So I'd be dealing with money;That's right. You'd be responsible for that. And then, of course, you'd be serving meals and snacks and things

   同义替换：「some responsibility for」↔「be responsible for」，「from sales during the night」↔「dealing with money」

2. Other information

   ·10 you don`t have to buy a _____

   答案：uniform

   原文定位：And a lot of airlines expect you to pay for your own uniform, but the good thing about this airline is that they provide it for you

   同义替换：「you don`t have to buy」↔「they provide it for you」

3. Requirements

   ·2 must be over age 19 and at least _____ cm tall

   答案：168

   原文定位：Well, there are certain requirements.You must be at least nineteen years old,and there's also a minimum height.That's 168 centimeters.That's to make sure you can reach the higher cupboards in the plane

   同义替换：「at least」↔「a minimum;at least」

4. ·3 basic academic requirements: English and _____

   答案：maths

   原文定位：What about qualifications;You need to show that you have a good level of English, that's written and spoken, and also maths

   同义替换：「basic academic requirements」↔「need to show that you have a good level of」，「English」↔「English」

5. ·4 at least one other _____ is desirable

   答案：language

   原文定位：Mm-hmm;And it's an advantage if you can speak another language, although for cabin crew it's not essential

   同义替换：「at least one other」↔「another」，「is desirable」↔「it's an advantage」

6. ·5 must be able to _____

   答案：swim

   原文定位：Oh, and can you swim;Yes;Good, because that's another requirement

7. Training will include

   ·6 what to do in case of _____ during a flight

   答案：illness

   原文定位：So thatll cover all aspects of the job;all the basic things you need to know;and then some special things;like what action to take if a passenger suddenly has some sort of illness while you re in the air

   同义替换：「what to do」↔「what action to take」，「in case of」↔「if」，「during a flight」↔「while you're in the air」

8. ·7 awareness of different _____

   答案：cultures

   原文定位：And then youll have to do a lot of work during the training on becoming aware of the variety of cultures that your passengers may come from and the implications of that

   同义替换：「awareness of」↔「becoming aware of」，「different」↔「the variety of」

9. Application

   ·8 the airline is called _____

   答案：EURONTAS

   原文定位：Um, what airline do you actually work for;It's a small airline called Eurontas. That's E-U-R-O-N-T-A-S;Is that N or M in the middle;N for November

10. ·can download application from website

    ·mention experience of:

    - dealing with questions from supermarket customers

    -9 working in a _____ (voluntary work)

    答案：team

    原文定位：And last year, I also did some voluntary work as part of a team. Should I put that down too;Of course. That's something else they'll be looking for, being able to work with others

    同义替换：「working in a」↔「as part of a」