50 Life at Work
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hello hello hi today we look at life at
work we talk about working conditions
and we meet this man bill the
manager of an in the North
Sea what kind of work do you do do you
like it I work as a as a press officer
for the Bank of England so what I have
to do is to explain the bank's policies
to the press and the public in general
and answer their questions
I like explaining things so I enjoy my
job I'm a student and I definitely like
going to school I'm a professional
and manager and I love it
I'm a teacher and I like it because I
find it very and I enjoy
working with people particularly young
people I'm an I enjoy my
job I enjoy the of discovering
things that have lain hidden for
hundreds of thousands of years and I
enjoy trying to tell others about it as
well
what was your first job
well when I was a student I worked in a
hotel during the vacation why why so
that I could make some money how much
did you make
not much the wages were very low I
worked in a hotel so that I could make
some money but the wages were very low
wages or salary or pay that's the money
you earn from your job
the working conditions here are terrible
terrible they're so bad that I intend to
complain to the management it's good me
really yes I mean the wages are
may I say something
just a minute we don't give any wages
exactly and we never get a break we
don't need a break we're machines we
never get tired
we never go wrong but I demand the right
to have a break let me finish as I was
saying I demand the right to have a
break
leaveme record and we never go wrong go
wrong
the working conditions weren't very good
when I worked in the hotel either I
worked for 10 hours a day I worked for
so long that I never had time to do
anything else except sleep and the meal
breaks were so short that I never had
time to eat anything
I was all the time and the wages
were so low that I didn't save any money
worked in a hotel so that he could
earn some money that was his reason for
working there but the wages were very
low
the result was he didn't save any money
at all
off the north coast of Scotland in the
North Sea there are which
work 24 hours a day and gas
from under the sea bill is the
manager of a North Sea
let's find out what the work of an oil
platform is and how that work is
organized the platform's that we walk
from produce oil and gas and within the
platform we actually we make the gas we
make the oil and gas safe we process it
just a little
we then export it as we call it through
a to
once it gets to it's then
a large and taken to
some other part of the world
when we're working we work what
we call a shift pattern and we walk two
weeks and then we come home for
two weeks typically my day will
start at 5:00 in the morning I will be
my desk
generally at about 5:30 or 6:00 in the
morning the day shift crew they will
come on at 7:00 and they will walk right
through until 7:00
later that day breakfast we normally
between six and seven
thirty something like that lunch break
is about 11:30 through to 12:30 and then
the evening meal which for the night
shift is is 6:30 until
7:30 and then for the night shift crew
because bear in mind and our production
platform runs 24 hours a day then around
11:30 to 12:30 is the meal
I know is
interesting because it's where you live
as well as the place that you work so
you can't unlike
you can't drive home so we have
a for example which has a
running machines and stuff
like that and we have
we have quite a variety of
things and we have a large and we
take so we can get
news as it virtually as it's happening
the normal working day is 12
hours that occasionally stretches to 15
hours but the day itself is very
demanding the work itself is quite
demanding so that is usually only three
or four hours at the most after the end
of the shift to occupy yourself people
tend to be in bed at 9:30 or 10 o'clock
at night we look for as much of the home
comforts as we can possibly get
so the accommodation that we have is
very good but the meals and
you are walking a long day it's a
minimum of a 12-hour day we're walking
an 84 hour a week and the food is
good sometimes too much
food
they have to work 12 hours a day in
seven days a week yes but after two
weeks they get two weeks off here's how
Bill described the hours of
work the work on the is
done in shifts there's the day shift the
men who work from 7:00 o'clock in the
morning to 7 o'clock at night and
there's the night shift the men that
worked through the night everybody on
the platform works a 12 hour a day and
an 84 hour week the is
close to what
are the the dangers of working
there the particular platform that I
actually work on in fact is in an area
we know as the which is
very much in the northern North Sea now
that's quite a variety of
climate quite rapid as
well now this is typically in the month
of January for example we can get wind
speeds 100 the rain
can be very heavy the snow can be very
heavy and because we are only four
degrees below we can
get quite a severe drop in temperature
the Seas in these northern waters can
really be quite violent typically we
might have waves of around 12 or 15
height and they come in from
the and they're very
powerful
it is particularly important to have
firm and fixed safety procedures
offshore it is potentially
environment typically no one can leave
the accommodation to go out into the
unless they are properly
no that means they
will be wearing a
eye
glasses and steel hmm
violence sees rapid and
heavy rain and snow and the platform
itself is so dangerous that the workers
have to wear they
wear so that their heads
are protected against injury they wear
so that their eyes
are protected against the freezing wind
it's quite that anyone wants
to work there
yes hard dangerous work long hours
freezing weather that's right the work
is so hard and the weather is so severe
why does anyone want to work there there
are a number of reasons for people
wanting to work offshore clearly because
it's a difficult environment then the
the pay scale is as much greater as much
higher there are a number of additional
benefits to working offshore one of the
main ones of course is perhaps the free
time that you can get you do what the
two weeks offshore but you do get a
clear two weeks now
to that because it is a relatively
environment working offshore
then there are other benefits pension
benefits medical benefits which are
perhaps a little better than you might
expect to get
so now we know as the work is so
dangerous there are lots of special
benefits and the pay is good and there's
a lot of time off hmm I'm afraid it
doesn't attract me no I could see myself
one of those for oil
fighting against the wind and the sea
goodbye man against nature
fighting the elements the way is
laughing up against my stone
知识点
重点词汇
incredible [ɪnˈkredəbl] adj. 难以置信的，惊人的 {cet6 ky toefl ielts :3026}
hungry [ˈhʌŋgri] adj. 饥饿的；渴望的；荒年的；不毛的 {zk gk :3181}
shore [ʃɔ:(r)] n. 海滨；支柱 vt. 支撑，使稳住；用支柱撑住 n. (Shore)人名；(英)肖尔 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :3244}
kevin [ˈkevin] n. 凯文（男子名） { :3255}
Atlantic [әt'læntik] n. 大西洋 adj. 大西洋的 {zk gk cet4 :3289}
cinema [ˈsɪnəmə] n. 电影；电影院；电影业，电影制作术 n. (Cinema)人名；(意)奇内马 {zk gk ielts :3322}
pumping [pʌmpɪŋ] n. [机] 抽吸；脉动；抽气效应 v. 抽水（pump的ing形式） { :3444}
midnight [ˈmɪdnaɪt] n. 午夜，半夜12点钟 adj. 半夜的；漆黑的 {gk cet4 cet6 ielts :3461}
situated [ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd] v. 使位于；使处于（situate的过去分词） adj. 位于…的；处于…境遇的 {cet6 ky ielts :3529}
stimulating [ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ] v. 刺激；激励；促进（stimulate的ing形式） adj. 刺激的；有刺激性的 { :3560}
gym [dʒɪm] n. 健身房；体育；体育馆 {zk ielts :3876}
protective [prəˈtektɪv] adj. 防护的；关切保护的；保护贸易的 {cet4 cet6 :4114}
workplace [ˈwɜ:kpleɪs] n. 工作场所；车间 {gk :4282}
helmet [ˈhelmɪt] n. 钢盔，头盔 n. (Helmet)人名；(德)黑尔梅特 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre :4303}
helmets [ˈhelmits] n. 头盔( helmet的名词复数 ) { :4303}
hazards [ˈhæzədz] n. 危害；[安全] 危险；障碍（hazard的复数） v. 使冒危险；赌（hazard的三单形式） { :4320}
basin [ˈbeɪsn] n. 水池；流域；盆地；盆 n. (Basin)人名；(俄)巴辛；(法)巴赞 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4357}
excess [ɪkˈses] n. 超过，超额；过度，过量；无节制 adj. 额外的，过量的；附加的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4540}
importantly [ɪm'pɔːtntli] adv. 重要地；大量地；有名望地；自命不凡地 { :4703}
drilling ['drɪlɪŋ] n. 钻孔；训练，教练；演练 v. 钻孔；训练（drill的ing形式） { :4760}
knots ['nɒts] n. 结；结头；要点（knot的复数） v. 打结；使纠结（knot的第三人称单数） { :5061}
hopeful [ˈhəʊpfl] n. 有希望成功的人 adj. 有希望的；有前途的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :5116}
pipeline [ˈpaɪplaɪn] n. 管道；输油管；传递途径 {cet4 cet6 :5181}
hazardous [ˈhæzədəs] adj. 有危险的；冒险的；碰运气的 {cet6 toefl ielts gre :5358}
goodbye [ˌgʊdˈbaɪ] int. 再见 放弃 告别 {zk :5578}
thrill [θrɪl] n. 激动；震颤；紧张 vt. 使…颤动；使…紧张；使…感到兴奋或激动 vi. 颤抖；感到兴奋；感到紧张 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :5858}
arctic ['ɑ:ktɪk] n. 北极圈；御寒防水套鞋 n. (Arctic)人名；(英)阿克蒂克 adj. 北极的；极寒的 {gk cet6 toefl ielts gre :6116}
archaeologist [ˌɑ:kiˈɒlədʒɪst] n. 考古学家 { :6264}
offshore [ˌɒfˈʃɔ:(r)] adj. 离岸的；[海洋] 近海的；吹向海面的 adv. 向海面，向海 {gk toefl ielts :7349}
Macintosh [ˈmækintɔʃ] n. 苹果公司生产的一种型号的计算机；Apple公司于1984年推出的一种系列微机；麦金托什机 { :7490}
tanker [ˈtæŋkə(r)] n. 油轮；运油飞机；油槽车；坦克手 n. (Tanker)人名；(土)坦凯尔 {gk cet6 ky :8021}
footballer [ˈfʊtbɔ:lə(r)] n. 足球运动员；橄榄球运动员 { :8082}
Shetland ['ʃetlәnd] n. 设得兰群岛(英国苏格兰东北部一郡) { :8154}
snooker [ˈsnu:kə(r)] n. 斯诺克台球 vt. 阻挠 { :9084}
ordinarily [ˈɔ:dnrəli] adv. 通常地；一般地 {cet6 :9387}
attired [əˈtaɪəd] adj. 用鹿角装饰的 v. 装扮（attire的过去分词） { :10764}
难点词汇
gymnasium [dʒɪmˈneɪziəm] n. 体育馆；健身房 {zk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :13057}
eyeglasses ['aɪglɑ:sɪz] n. 眼镜（等于glasses） { :14443}
billiards [ˈbɪliədz] n. 台球，桌球；弹子戏 { :15749}
multi ['mʌlti] pref. 多 { :16015}
coveralls [ˈkʌvərɔ:lz] n. 衣裤相连的工作服（coverall的复数形式） { :17695}
onshore [ˈɒnʃɔ:(r)] adj. 陆上的；向着海岸的 adv. 在陆上；向着海岸 { :22611}
McIntosh ['mækintɒʃ] n. 麦金托什苹果 { :24051}
flameproof [ˈfleɪmpru:f] adj. 防火的 { :44202}
commensurately [ ] adv. 相当地, 相称地；同量地 { :45558}
词组
Arctic Circle [ ] n. 北极圈 [网络] 北极圈急冻荒原；北极圆；北极圈标线
as a minimum [ ] adv. 至少 [网络] 作为最低限度应该记下的有；设备失效
breakfast time [ˈbrekfəst taim] [网络] 早餐时间；早饭时间；早餐时刻
climate change [ˈklaimit tʃeindʒ] n. 气候变化 [网络] 气候变迁；气候改变；气候变暖
climate changes [ ] 气候变化
drill for [ ] 钻探：
drill for oil [ ] na. 钻探石油 [网络] 钻井探油；开采石油
expose ... to [ ] un. 暴露于 [网络] 接触；使易受；使受
expose to [ikˈspəuz tu:] un. 暴露于 [网络] 接触；使易受；使受
have breakfast [hæv ˈbrekfəst] [网络] 吃早饭；吃早餐；吃早点
in addition [in əˈdiʃən] na. 加之 [网络] 另外；此外；又
in excess [ ] na. 过度 [网络] 过量；过量地；药物依赖性或可能服药过度
in excess of [in ˈekses ɔv] na. 超过 [网络] 多于；超出；指超过
load on [ ] 负荷，加载
metre in [ ] n.在压力管路中的液压调节
North Atlantic [ ] [网络] 北大西洋；北大西洋北大西洋；北大西洋航空
oil platform [ɔil ˈplætfɔ:m] [网络] 石油平台；海上平台；钻井平台
on shore [ ] na. 在岸上 [网络] 在陆上；在陆地上；在岸边
platform drill [ ] 台式钻机
platform drilling [ ] 钻井平台
production platform [prəˈdʌkʃən ˈplætfɔ:m] un. 采油平台 [网络] 生产平台；海上石油开采平台；量产平台
protective boot [ ] 护腿靴, 保护靴
protective boots [ ] 安全靴 ; 安全鞋, 防护靴
protective clothing [ ] na. 防毒服 [网络] 防护服；防护衣；安全罩
pump oil [ ] 泵浦工作油〔液〕
safety helmet [ ] un. 安全帽 [网络] 安全头盔；记住安全帽不是；一种安全头盔
satellite television [ˈsætəlait ˈteliˌviʒən] n. 卫星电视 [网络] 卫视；卫星电视台；卫星台
table tennis ['teɪb(ə)l'tenɪs] n. 乒乓球运动 [网络] 桌球；桌上网球；打乒乓球
the Arctic [ ] [网络] 北极；北极地区；北极圈
the Arctic Circle [ ] na. 北极圈 [网络] 北极圈分界线；专辑；北极圈艺术旅行计画
the shore [ ] [网络] 海岸；海滩；海岸图片
单词释义末尾数字为词频顺序
zk/中考 gk/中考 ky/考研 cet4/四级 cet6/六级 ielts/雅思 toefl/托福 gre/GRE
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