听力原文： W: Is this the right line to file a claim？ M: Yeah. It's the same line for every

听力原文： W: Is this the right line to file a claim？

M: Yeah. It's the same line for everything. You just stand here and wait.

W: Oh. Is there always such a long line？

M: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here？

W: Yes.

M: What happened？ Your plant close down？

W: No. I'm a car salesperson, or, I was a car salesperson. But we just aren't selling cars. It's the interest rates. Two years ago, I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars I sold last month？ One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go. How about you？

M: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a good day's work. But the machinery was getting old. As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the management decided to build a new plant. You know where？ In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made about eight or nine an hour. You know how much they're paying the workers in Singapore？ $ 2. 50 an hour. Who can live on $ 2. 50 an hour？ Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off.

W: How long ago was that？

M: They closed down ten months ago.

W: Any luck finding another job？

M: Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again.

W: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk.

M: Maybe you'll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. I'll see you here next week.

W: I hope not. I hope I'll have something by then.

19.Why are the man and woman standing in line？

20.According to the woman, why aren't people buying cars as they used to？

21.What happened to the vacuum cleaner plant where the man used to work？

22.How much money did most of the people in the vacuum cleaner plant make？

(39)

A．They are waiting for their turn to file a claim for unemployment.

B．They are waiting to talk to their boss.

C．They are waiting to buy some plants.

D．They are waiting to be interviewed.