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????????Hunting for a job late last year【late last year去年年底】, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled 絆腳，磕磕絆絆across 【stumbled?across意外發(fā)生，偶爾遇見（本文意思）】CareerBuilder,a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success butwas attracted by the site's "personal search agent代理". It's an interactive feature特征 that lets visitors key in job criteria標(biāo)準(zhǔn) such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property and Washington,D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification通知 of an opening工作."I struck gold【struck?gold開采到黃金】,"says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house?counsel律師，顧問?for a company.

????????With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising有前途的 openings工作 can he time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for【worked for為...工作】 Redmon, career experts see drawbacks弊端. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against【work against對(duì)...不利】 you:"Every time you answer a question you eliminate排除 a possibility可能性,"says one expert.

????????For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept-what you think you want to do-then broaden it."None of these programs do that,"says another expert."There's no career counseling implicit內(nèi)含的?in all of this."Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast并肩?of【keep abreast?of跟上】 jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder提醒物，通知單?to check the database again."I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,"says the author of a job-searching guide.

????????Some sites design their agents to tempt誘惑 job hunters to return回訪【網(wǎng)站】. When CareerSite's?agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs-those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them-and they do."On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp急劇的 increase in our traffic,"says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.

????????Even those who aren't hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Someuse them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation補(bǔ)償，工資 to arm themselves when negotiating談判，商討 for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at CareerBuilder."You always keep your eyes open【?keep your eyes open保持警覺】,"he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.

一、文章結(jié)構(gòu)分析

文章介紹了一種能夠幫助人們迅速找到工作的搜索代理工具。全文從一個(gè)使用搜索代理而找到工作的實(shí)例入手，對(duì)這種新事物的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)進(jìn)行了全面分析，并引用了當(dāng)事人和專家的觀點(diǎn)。

第一段：律師雷德曼通過“個(gè)人搜索代理”順利地找到了工作。

第二、三、四段：這種搜索代理的優(yōu)點(diǎn)是避免了人工重復(fù)性地訪問數(shù)據(jù)庫，但缺點(diǎn)是當(dāng)求職者縮小搜索條件時(shí)會(huì)失去很多機(jī)會(huì)。并且這種機(jī)械的程序缺少人性化的求職建議。因此最佳策略是把它當(dāng)作一種提示性服務(wù)。比如一些網(wǎng)站在“代理”的程序設(shè)計(jì)上就考慮到讓它吸引求職者回訪網(wǎng)站。

第五段：“搜索代理”即使是對(duì)那些不找工作的人也有用。

21. How did Redmon find his job?

[A] By searching openings in a job database.

[B] By posting a matching position in a database.

[C] By using a special service of a database.

[D] By E-mailing his resume to a database.

21.雷德曼是怎樣找到工作的？

【A】通過在職業(yè)資料庫中尋找空缺職位。

【B】通過在資料庫里張貼相匹配的職位。

【C】通過使用數(shù)據(jù)庫的一種特殊服務(wù)。

【D】通過將個(gè)人簡歷電郵到數(shù)據(jù)庫。

22. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?

[A] Lack of counseling.

[B] Limited number of visits.

[C] Lower efficiency.

[D] Fewer successful matches.

22.下面哪一個(gè)可能是搜索代理的缺點(diǎn)？

【A】缺少建議。

【B】限制訪問次數(shù)。

【C】效率低。

【D】匹配成功幾率低。

23. The expression "tip service"(Line 4, Paragraph 3) most probably means.

[A] advisory.

[B] compensation.

[C] interaction.

[D] reminder.

23.“tip service”（第三段第四行）最可能的含義是。

【A】忠告

【B】補(bǔ)貼

【C】互動(dòng)

【D】提示

24. Why does CareerSite's agent offer each job hunter only three job options?

[A] To focus on better job matches.

[B] To attract more returning visits.

[C] To reserve space for more messages.

[D] To increase the rate of success.

24.為什么求職網(wǎng)的代理每次只提供給求職者三項(xiàng)工作選擇？

【A】為了集中在更好的相匹配的工作上。

【B】為了吸引更多人回訪。

【C】為了保存更多的信息空間。

【D】為了提高成功的幾率。

25. Which of the following is true according to the text?

[A] Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.

[B] Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.

[C] Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.

[D] Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed.

25.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，下面哪一個(gè)是正確的說法？

【A】個(gè)人搜索代理對(duì)于找工作的人來說是必不可少的。

【B】一些網(wǎng)站不斷地給求職者發(fā)電子郵件，以便發(fā)現(xiàn)它們的需求。

【C】個(gè)人搜索代理對(duì)于那些已經(jīng)找到工作的人來說也有用處。

【D】一旦人們找到工作，一些代理就停止給他們發(fā)送信息。

二、核心詞匯與超綱詞匯

（1）stumbled（n./v.）絆倒，使絆跌~across/on/upon偶然找到，無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)

（2）notification（n./v.）通知（書），布告，告示；

notify（v.）（用正式信件）通知

（3）strike（v.）邂逅，發(fā)現(xiàn)strike gold發(fā)現(xiàn)金子

（4）criteria（n.）criterion的復(fù)數(shù)形式，（批評(píng)判斷的）標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，規(guī)范

（5）counseling（n.）（對(duì)個(gè)人、社會(huì)以及心理等問題的）咨詢服務(wù)

counsel（v.）提出建議，勸告；推薦，介紹

（6）abreast（adv.）并肩，并列；最新，趕得上

keeping abreast of the latest developments.及時(shí)了解最新動(dòng)態(tài)

計(jì)算機(jī)專業(yè)詞匯：

（1）database（n.）數(shù)據(jù)庫，資料庫

（2）search agent 搜索代理

（3）interactive 交互性

（4）key in 鍵入

（5）post?粘貼（帖子）

（6）keywords 關(guān)鍵詞

（7）repeated visits 回訪

（8）matches 匹配項(xiàng)

求職專業(yè)詞匯：

（1）title?稱號(hào)，頭銜

（2）opening 有空缺的工作或職位

（3）in-house counsel?機(jī)構(gòu)內(nèi)部的律師

（4）raise?加薪

（5）negotiate 談判；協(xié)商；商談?

eg:negotiate?with someone about something.

（6）compensation 賠償（金）薪水，工資（for）

其他專業(yè)詞匯：

（1）intellectual property?知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)

三、閱讀答案：C A?D B C

四、全文翻譯：?

????????去年末，甘特·雷德曼律師在找工作時(shí)偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)網(wǎng)上有一個(gè)被稱作“職業(yè)建筑師”的求職資料庫。他找來找去，沒有找到需要的工作，但卻被該網(wǎng)站上的“個(gè)人搜索代理”所吸引。其特點(diǎn)是互動(dòng)性，這樣訪問者就可敲入一些和工作標(biāo)準(zhǔn)相關(guān)的關(guān)鍵詞，如：地點(diǎn)、職位和薪水等等，然后當(dāng)資料庫里出現(xiàn)了相匹配的職位時(shí)，“代理”就會(huì)把這些信息用電子郵件發(fā)出去。雷德曼選擇了關(guān)鍵詞“法律”、“知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)”和“華盛頓”。過了三個(gè)星期后，雷德曼接到了第一個(gè)職位空缺的通知。他說，“我挖到金子了”。他把個(gè)人簡歷用電子郵件寄給了雇主，接著就得到了一份駐公司律師的職務(wù)。

????????由于網(wǎng)上的求職招聘網(wǎng)站數(shù)不勝數(shù)，因此尋找可能的空缺職位變得費(fèi)時(shí)又費(fèi)力。而“搜索代理”避免了人工重復(fù)性地訪問數(shù)據(jù)庫。不過，雖然有一個(gè)“搜索代理”已成功地為雷德曼找到了工作，就業(yè)專家們還是指出了“搜索代理”存在的問題。比如縮小搜索條件很可能對(duì)求職或應(yīng)聘者不利。一位專家說，“你每回答一個(gè)問題就喪失了一次機(jī)會(huì)”。

????????尋找任何職業(yè)，都得從一個(gè)窄的概念出發(fā)，即你想要干什么，然后再去擴(kuò)大它。“而這是任何程序所無法做到的”，另一位專家說，“程序都不會(huì)有隱含的求職建議”。實(shí)際上，最佳策略是把“代理”當(dāng)作一種提示性服務(wù)，來及時(shí)跟蹤一個(gè)特定數(shù)據(jù)庫里的工作信息。當(dāng)你收到電子郵件時(shí)，把它看作是提醒你該去查一查資料庫的新信息了。一本求職指南的作者這樣說到，“我不愿意依賴‘代理’，它只是在數(shù)據(jù)庫里逐一尋找可能讓我感興趣的新東西”。

????????一些網(wǎng)站在“代理”的程序設(shè)計(jì)上考慮讓它誘使求職者回訪網(wǎng)站。比如，當(dāng)這些求職網(wǎng)站的“代理”向注冊(cè)用戶發(fā)送信息時(shí)，只提供三種它認(rèn)為最匹配的工作。而實(shí)際上，數(shù)據(jù)庫里可能還有更多的匹配項(xiàng)，于是，求職者只得再次訪問這個(gè)網(wǎng)站來尋找。事實(shí)上，求職者真的這樣做。求職網(wǎng)銷售副總裁塞思·皮茨說，“在我們發(fā)送新信息的當(dāng)天網(wǎng)站訪問量就會(huì)急劇上升”。

????????即使那些不找工作的人也會(huì)覺得“搜索代理”有用。一些人利用搜索代理密切關(guān)注職業(yè)市場(chǎng)對(duì)于自己行業(yè)的需求情況，或者收集有關(guān)薪水的信息以便和老板協(xié)商加薪時(shí)有所準(zhǔn)備。雷德曼雖然已經(jīng)愉快地就業(yè)了，但他依然保持著與“職業(yè)建筑師”網(wǎng)“代理”的聯(lián)系。他說，“你要時(shí)刻睜大眼睛，關(guān)注這方面的信息”。使用“個(gè)人搜索代理”就意味著多了一雙眼睛在為你觀察留心。