新视野大学英语视听说教程第三册 Unit 4 Task3: An Interview That Upsets the Boss
John was in a terrible accident at work and lost both of his ears. Since he was permanentlydisfigured, he settled with the company for a fairly large compensation and decided to invest the money in a small but growing telecom business. After weeks of negotiations, he bought the company. Then he realized that he knew nothing about running such a business and quickly set out to hire someone who could do that for him.
So he set up three job interviewers. The first guy was great. He knew everything the company needed and was very interesting. At the end of the interview, John asked him, ”Do you notice anything different about me?” And the gentleman answered, “Why yes, I couldn’t help notice you have no ears.” John got very upset and threw him out.
The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better than the first guy. He asked her the same question, “Do you notice anything usually about me?” and the she replied, “Well, you have no ears.” Again John got furious and tossed her out.
The third and the last interview was the best of all three. It was with a very young man who was fresh out of college. He was smart and handsome. And he seemed to be a better businessman than the firs two put together. John was anxious to employ him, but asked him the same question, “Do you notice anything different about me?”
And to his surprise, the young man answered, “Yes, you wear contact lenses.”
John was amazed, and said, “What an incredibly observant young man! How in the world did you know that?”
The young man laughed and replied, “Well, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with no ears!”
For Reference
1. He lost both of his ears.
2. Because he realized that he knew nothing about running the business after he bought it.
3. Because the interviewee said he noticed that John had no ears, and John got upset.
4. He said he noticed John wore contact lenses.
5. He thought it was pretty difficult to wear glasses with no ears.
