节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-10-13
难易度:Medium
关键字:misleading, discriminate, privacy, misunderstanding
Hi, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to study with us.
My name is Steve.
At the heart of this month's VIEWPOINTS feature is the question:
How much do you value your privacy?
Would you allow a stranger to access your Facebook account in exchange for a
job?
Although it's not appropriate, nor is it in many places legal, some bosses will
not hire you until you give them access to your Facebook account.
Would this bother you?
Well, let's pick up Tara and Nicole's conversation about giving a boss access to
your personal Facebook account over at the top of page 27.
(Music).
Facebook in a Job Interview?
He might, but I'm also worried that something the boss sees on Facebook could be
misleading.
For example, I wore a really crazy costume to my friend's party last week.
I wouldn't want him to think I always do strange things like that!
That's a good point, but I don't think the boss would assume that one picture
shows how you always act.
I'm sure he'll be pretty cautious about drawing conclusions too quickly based on
Facebook.
Maybe, but the boss also might see my religion or my political views, and
discriminate against me.
He shouldn't do that - it's illegal here in the U.S.
Hello, friends.
Thank you for joining us.
My name is Ryan.
And my name is Kaylah.
And we are looking at your Facebook profile.
Are you OK if your boss looks at your Facebook?
That's true, friends.
We've learned yesterday that your boss just might try to look at your Facebook
profile to decide whether or not you're trustworthy before they give you a job.
And it's good, it's important to be trustworthy.
Now Nicole is giving Tara advice on what she should do because she is a little
worried about something.
Right. She's afraid that her boss might not be able to see the difference
between what she writes on Facebook and what it really means.
We see here she's worried that the boss... what the boss sees on Facebook could
be misleading.
Now "misleading," you see the word "leading" in there.
And in this context, it means helping them to think about something, leading
them in a direction of thought.
And then "mis-" means wrong or not.
So to be misleading means to cause someone to believe something that is actually
not true.
So we don't want the boss to think something that is not true about her based
off of her Facebook page.
Yeah. Now something can be misleading in a good way where it makes you think
that something is better than it really is.
But Kaylah, it can also be misleading in a bad way, make you think that
something is worse than it really is.
But no matter how you define it, no matter if it's good or bad, misleading is
not true.
And so because it is not true, that means it's not very good.
Yeah. It's not honest.
And we see here an example that Tara gives.
She says: I wore a really crazy costume to my friend's party last week.
I wouldn't want my boss to think I always do strange things like that.
Now friends, I've done this.
If you look at my Facebook page, you probably will see some pretty strange
costumes from different events that I have gone to.
But does that mean you'll always think that I dress like that?
Ooh, I want to look at your Facebook now.
This is fun.
Well, that's a great point because sometimes, friends, you'll do this.
You'll wear a certain costume because it's funny, not because it's serious.
But your boss might think it's serious.
But friends, even beyond just what you're wearing, you need to be aware of what
you do.
You don't want to be at a party or an event that you shouldn't be at or doing
things that you shouldn't be doing.
OK. Well, Nichols says that's a great point.
And I agree with that, Kaylah.
But she doesn't think the boss would assume that one picture shows how are you
always act.
Now we hope that about a boss that they don't just assume something about you.
To assume means they get their idea of you, or they base their opinion on you
off of not very many facts.
Well, you know, Kaylah, it looks like Nicole trusts her boss more than Tara
does.
Tara is afraid that her boss might see something and judge her for it, but
Nicole seems more OK with it.
Well, it's interesting.
I wonder if the roles were reversed because Tara is the one trying to get the
job, maybe Nicole wouldn't be as sure.
That's true.
Now Nicole is still very sure.
In fact, she says: I'm sure the boss will be pretty cautious about drawing
conclusions too quickly based on Facebook.
That's right.
He doesn't... he's probably not going to look at it and just think: "Oh, she's
like this all the time" based off of just one picture or one post.
Hopefully he doesn't draw conclusions too quickly.
OK, friends, let's talk about drawing conclusions.
These two words together create a phrase that means to assume something or judge
it before you know everything about it.
It's a great phrase that is very commonly used in English.
It'd be great to use in your writing because it gives it a bit of energy and
life.
So friends, remember this phrase: to draw a conclusion.
OK. Now we know a conclusion means the end of something.
If you draw something, we're talking about picking something up or grabbing
something like out of a jar.
This means that you are grabbing your conclusion and making a decision too
quickly.
So hopefully you don't draw conclusions about people.
You should give them the time to prove who they are before you assume anything
about them.
All right.
So Nichol's making a pretty good point.
She says: Maybe you can trust the boss to know what they're doing.
But Tara says: Maybe, but the boss also might see my religion or my political
views, and then discriminate against me.
This is a very good point.
Friends, a lot of us put our religion or our political views on Facebook.
Now I... I know I personally don't because of this reason.
If you don't want people to make an opinion about you or judge you based off of
just two facts, it might be a good idea to not list those.
Now Kaylah, there is a phrase in English that says there are two things you
should never talk about: politics and religion.
People are very sensitive about these topics.
And you don't want someone to discriminate against you.
To "discriminate" means to treat a person worse because of something else,
because of a difference between you that is actually not usually very important.
You can be discriminated against because of your religion or your politics,
because of your race, because of your hometown.
There are hundreds and thousands of reasons.
Whatever the difference is, people can discriminate.
Yes, it doesn't matter what makes people different, they can be discriminated
against.
Now Nicole says the boss shouldn't do that.
It's illegal there in the U.S. to discriminate someone because of their
religion, politics, their race, anything.
Discriminating is illegal to anyone when you are hiring, no matter what the
differences are.
So friends, this is something important to think about.
Hopefully we can trust the boss to not discriminate or to place judgement.
But we'll see a little bit more of this argument after we visit the Chat Room.
Well, it was nice meeting you, Andrew.
I'll see you around.
Bye.
Hey, Ken. Who was that?
I've seen him here in the library before.
But it seems like he doesn't talk much.
Oh, his name is Andrew.
I'd seen them around too, but this was the first time I talked to him.
I thought he looked a little strange at first, but it tured out he's a really
friendly guy.
Well, it certain looked like you enjoyed talking with him.
I guess it goes to show you can't always judge a book by its cover.
What? How does my conversation with Andrew show anything about books?
Well, the saying "you can't judge a book by its cover" isn't really about books.
It means you can't know the truth about something or someone just by looking at
the outside.
Oh. So you shouldn't make conclusions about someone based on how they dress or
how they look, right?
That's the idea.
But you did make a small mistake.
People don't make conclusions, they draw conclusions.
Oh. So I should have said we shouldn't draw conclusions based on how someone
looks.
Yes. Another way to say that is you shouldn't jump to conclusions.
"Jumping to conclusions" means drawing conclusions too quickly without thinking
enough or getting enough information.
So if you are judging a book by its cover, you jump to conclusions because you
won't take time to find out things that aren't obvious.
That's right.
You've got it.
Well, I'm glad I didn't jump to conclusions about Andrew.
If I had, I would've missed out on making a new friend.
You sure would have.