节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-10-27
难易度:Medium
关键字:urgent, refer, communications, escort, prosecutor, operational, recruit
Welcome back, everybody.
Friends, when you're feeling like you need a breather, take a moment and have
some fun with our Tidbits feature on page 34.
There you'll find some activities, games, puzzles and trivia.
Check it out.
Right now let's wrap up the lesson getting our inside look at what it's like to
be a global crime fighter on line 15.
Working for Interpol.
The first was a communications section that kept in contact with other
communications sections all over the world.
The second provided operational support services.
Like other police at the CIB, its officers were all detectives selected from
other police organizations or recruited from universities.
They had to speak and write in a foreign language like English, Japanese,
Spanish or French.
What did you find most interesting about your work?
It was very challenging work, but it gave me lots of opportunities to travel and
study abroad.
Oh, and I was once responsible for escorting two dangerous criminals back from
Japan!
All right.
Before the break, Studio Classroom had asked Charles, who works for Interpol,
just what Interpol is like at the local level.
Now he was working at the Taipei bureau.
So he is in that specific branch.
Now he said that the Taipei bureau, there were two sections; "sections" meaning
two different departments that are doing two different things.
And we're describing the first one.
OK. The first was communications, and that section kept in contact with other
communications sections all over the world.
Now "communications" refers to the act of communicating with someone.
So the communications section would be the people that are getting... getting
information and giving information to different places around the world,
and their departments that are getting information and giving information to
communicate.
OK. So they make sure that all those different organizations and all those
different sections are talking to each other.
And that's... there's sections all over the world.
Yeah, everywhere.
And so this is all Interpol making sure Interpol is communicating with all of
Interpol.
OK. So this is all of Interpol, but we're talking about the Taipei bureau.
And we're looking at the first section was communications.
And the second one provided operational support services.
That's a lot of fancy words meaning what?
Well, operational.
Anything that is "operational" means that it is relating to an activity that
gets things done.
OK. So what would an operational service... support service be then?
OK. Well, that means they are the ones who are actually doing something,
actually making sure that they're chasing those criminals and making sure they
get arrested.
Does that mean the communications people don't do anything?
Oh, no. They communicate.
OK. So one is they're sharing the information, getting the information back and
forth.
And the other ones are leading the office to go do the... or make the arrests
and get that information.
Both parts are important.
Both are equally important.
That's... that's... that's... that's a good thing to remember is that one is not
better than the other.
Absolutely. They are both needed to make this organization run.
Now like other police at the CIB, its officers were all detectives that were
selected from other police organizations or that were recruited from
universities.
OK. So these are... they were all detectives.
We learned that a detective is the person who goes out and does the research.
Now friends, if you are familiar with police force, you start off on a low rank
and work your way up.
A detective is a high ranking place in a police force doing and leading
investigations.
OK, so we see here they were recruited from universities as well.
And if you are "recruited," that means that you are persuaded or asked to join a
company maybe even from another company or something like a university.
OK, so some were selected or chosen from already established police forces and
others were asked to join right out of college, right out of university.
Exactly. So they got a large team of people, some with experience that are
already working at trying to catch criminals,
and some that have had an education and learning how to catch criminals from
universities.
So this is what the Taipei office doing - they're selecting people.
Now what were the requirements for them to be recruited or selected?
Good question.
They had to speak and write in a foreign language such as English, Japanese,
Spanish or French.
What was that first language?
English! Ta-da!
Friends, it's important to learn English.
Take time to practice your English if you want to work with a police force or
work internationally.
It is very beneficial.
So stay with us here at Studio Classroom.
But of course, if you are learning English, it's fantastic. I'm glad.
And you can also learn Japanese, Spanish, any other number of languages that
helps you communicate with other people.
This is a fun and exciting way to use a foreign language, working with Interpol.
Now our final question from Studio Classroom.
OK. Now this all sounds like a complicated job, but catching criminals does
sound theory interesting.
So we decided to ask: What did you find most interesting about your work?
"Interesting" meaning the most exciting or what he enjoyed the most about his
work.
Now what was our answer?
Well, Chang says it is very challenging work.
Of course we know that challenging means it's difficult.
But it gave him lots of opportunities to travel and study abroad.
So friends, if you're interested in going abroad, traveling internationally, you
can do this.
You can work with Interpol, working with the police force communicating with
people all over the world.
OK. So it sounds like he did have some fun being able to travel, being able to
see different places.
And to study abroad, like Kaylah said, means you get to study in a different
place, a different country.
But that's not the only thing.
At the end he says: Oh, and I was once responsible for escorting two dangerous
criminals back from Japan!
So that's exciting.
He has this "Oh!", this exclamation is excitement here.
And he was responsible for escorting these people.
Yes. If you "escort" something, that means that you go with someone or something
in a vehicle make sure they get from one place to the other safely.
Now when we're talking about escorting a dangerous criminal, that doesn't mean
they get to sit nicely.
It means you're making sure they don't get away or cause any trouble.
So he got to do this internationally bringing back these dangerous criminals
from Japan.
That would be an exciting trip.
Yes, it would.
So this does sound like an interesting part to his job.
And... working in Interpol does sound like a very interesting career.
I think it would be a great career, something very exciting.
Never... you would never get bored.
Friends, I hope you've enjoyed learning about Interpol with this interview
today.
Now let's visit the Chat Room.
What's so funny there, Ken?
Oh, I'm looking at a picture that my old college buddy Sam sent me.
It's a picture of us goofing off in his dorm room.
That is very funny.
I've never seen you wear your hair that long.
Yeah. I thought it looked cool back then.
Well, I was surprised to get this e-mail from Sam.
I haven't made contact with Sam since college.
Oh, you mean you haven't had contact with each other.
Oh. So it's not right to say that people make contact with each other?
It's not technically wrong, but there's a better way to say it.
"To make contact" implies you're communicating with somebody for the first time.
And I'm guessing that you and Sam are old friends.
That's right.
We first made contact in chemistry class back in college.
OK. In that case, I'd suggest saying you haven't had contact with him, or you
haven't been in contact with him since college.
So how should I use "make contact"?
You know, scientists have been trying to make contact with aliens for years.
Oh, like what happened in Close Encounter of the Third Kind.
Yes, that's the idea.
But that was the aliens making contact with us.
Oh, yeah. That's right.
Of course, you can also describe your contact with a person over time.
You'll often hear people talking about staying in contact or keeping in contact
with somebody.
I have heard that.
Could I say that Sam and I haven't stayed in contact with each other?
Of course.
That's a great example, Ken.
And as you probably know we often switch "contact" with "touch." So you could
say you haven't stayed in touch with Sam.
Right.
Well, I'll sure try to stay in touch with him now that I finally have his e-mail
address.
Well, thanks for the lesson.
You bet, Ken.
(Chinese).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And I guess we have to say goodbye now.
See you. Bye-bye.
Thank you, Michelle.
And we want to thank Charles Chang as well for taking time to talk with us about
his experience working with Interpol,
an international agency that helps law enforcement officials from different
nations work together to fight crime.
Friends, why is an organization like Interpol important?
And do you think you would like to work for an organization like Interpol?
Use these and other Talk About It questions found at the bottom of page 47 to
take your English to the next level.
OK. I hope you all have a great weekend.
We'll see you on Monday.
Take care.