TASK 2
1.Some people prefer to have a job that has a regular schedule, which means you may go to work at 9 in the morning and get off work at 17 in the afternoon. Some people prefer to have a job that has a flexible schedule, which means you may don't have to go to work at a certain time and you can arrange your own schedule. Which one do you prefer and why?
Sample response:
Personally, I prefer the latter one.
Firstly, this helps me save time. I may arrange my schedule to avoid the traffic jam in rushhours. However, if choosing the first one, in my city when everyone goes towork and gets off work at a certain time, the traffic will be very congested, you may spend 2 more hours than the normal time in commuting.
Secondly, this may help me save money. For example, in my city, normally I may only spend around 10 dollars by taxi in commuting 15 kilometers. However, if choosing the first one and meeting the traffic jam, I may have to spend around 20 dollars by taxi in commuting the same distance.
2.Three months later you will be graduating from your university and you are looking for a job. It happens the other day you got a job offer from one of your desired companies, however, the headquarters of this company is far from yourdormitory. As for this condition, you are offered two choices on theinterviewing; one is the telephone interview and the other is the face-to-faceinterview which entails a long journey to that company. Which choice would you prefer? Give specific explanation in your response.
Sample response:
As for these two choices, definitely I will choose the telephone interview.
One reason is this choice is time-saving. Staying in my dormitory, the moment the interviewer picks up my phone, the instant we can start the interview, it is very efficient. However, if having the face-to-face interview, I might spend 3-4 hours commuting from my house to that company.
The other reason is economical. Having the telephone interview, lasting 15- 20 mins, actually the cost might be no more than 2 dollars. However, if going to that company, in my city the transportation cost might be 10 dollars by subway and if by taxi, the cost might be over 100 dollars.
3.As for important business meetings, do you prefer to have face-to-face meeting or have the meetings through advanced technologies like telephones?
Sample response:
If I were the boss, I would recommend my staffs to have the meetings through something like telephones. The most remarkable reason is that this choice is very economical. When having the face-to-face meeting, if two sides are in different cities, then staffs from one company may have to go to another city, then money will be spent on airplane tickets or train tickets, booking hotels or restaurants and so on, the cost might be over hundreds of dollars. On the contrary, if having meetings through telephone, arranging a certain time, staffs from both sides just need to sit before the screen to have the meeting, the cost might be less than 5 dollars.
4.Some day inthe future the library will be replaced by e-books and other electronic devices, then libraries will no longer exist in universities. Do you agree or disagree with the statement?
Sample response:
Personally speaking, this trend is beneficial.
The most remarkable reason is saving money. For schools, using the e-books and electronic devices, the university doesn’t have to build a library or rehabilitate the old library, which is money-saving; also there is the wear and tear, the more students read and borrow paper books, the more money schools will have to spend on maintenance and repairs. Apart from those, the price for an e-book is much cheaper than the price for one paper book, then the universities can save abunch of money when buying materials for students or teachers for reference.