Exercises-A

　　填入适当的介词或冠词。

　　A: Who do you work (1)?

　　B: IBM.

　　A: They're (2) computers, aren't they?

　　B: Yes. I'm (3) sales manager. What about you?

　　A: I work (4) Balfour Co.

　　B: So you're (5) the construction business?

　　A: That's right. I'm (6) engineer.

　　Exercises-B

　　请用括号中的词或短语，翻译下列句子。

　　1. 你父亲做什么工作(谋生)?(for a living)

　　2. 我是搞软件开发的。(on the…side)

　　3. 我以前没有这儿见过你。(see…around)

　　4. 约翰在一家计算机公司干了许多年了。(with, for years)

　　5. 我妻子在家工作。(from / at home)

　　Translation

　　1.在飞机上，甲乙两人邻座，他们交谈了起来。

　　甲：你好，我叫罗斯。

　　乙：很高兴认识你，我叫莎拉。

　　甲：你做什么工作?

　　乙：我是搞计算机的--程序设计。你呢，罗斯?

　　甲：哦，我在一家贸易公司工作，在海运部。

　　2.在公司餐厅里，甲乙在排队等候。

　　甲：你好，我叫汤姆。

　　乙：你好我叫玛丽。你在这儿工作吗?我以前没见过你。

　　甲：我刚来这个公司，在销售部。

　　乙：你在那儿干什么?

　　甲：搞市场调研。你呢?

　　乙：我在人事部，做秘书。

　　Key to Exercises-A

　　(1) for (2) in (3) a (4) with/for (5) in (6) an

　　Key to Exercises-B

　　1. What does your father do for a living?

　　2. I'm on the software development side.

　　3. I haven't seen you around before.

　　4. John has been with a computer company for years.

　　5. My wife works from / at home.

　　Key to Translation

　　1. A and B are seated next to each other on a plane. They start to talk.

　　A: Hello, I'm Rose.

　　B: Nice to meet you. I'm Sarah.

　　A: What do you do for a living?

　　B: I'm in computers-programming. What about you, Rose?

　　A: Oh, I work for a trading company-in the Shipping Department.

　　2. In the company canteen, A and B are waiting in a line.

　　A: Hi, I'm Tom.

　　B: Hi, I'm Mary. Do you work here? I haven't seen you around before.

　　A: I've just stated to work for the company. I'm in the Sales Department.

　　B: What do you do there?

　　A: I'm on the market research side. And you?

　　B: I'm working in the Personnel Department as a secretary.