2007英语四级考试听力部分综合指导(三十六)
转折词及因果词定位原则：
1）故事的突然转折及其原因肯定是短文的答案
2）转折及原因往往由But－so（结果）或because（原因）组合
或是其他转折词：instead、unfortunately，however、yet、one， the other或是on one hand－on the other hand组合，although， nevertheless
其他因果词since，the reasons is，as a result引导
3）文章中偶尔也会将某一个but省读，此时要注意自己搭建因果联系
When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force, but my eyesight wasn't good enough, so I had to give up that idea. I went to university and studied physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research but my father died about that time so I thought I had better get a job and earn my living. I started working an engineering firm.
I expected to stay in that job for a long time, but then they appointed a new managing director. I didn't get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me, but on my way to the interview I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain and I have always liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America but I had just got married so I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasn't earning enough to support the family so I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings. I liked English teaching more than working for the travel agency and then the owner of the school offered me a full-time job as a teacher so I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am!