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If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct, which of the following statement is true？
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Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. This is a lot of time, especially for hard-charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time. While some job seekers spend hundreds -- even thousands -- of hours discovering daytime television, others seen to thrive on activities that boost their professional careers or resolve family issues when they aren't working.
Having an extended period of free time in the prime of one's life can in fact be a unique opportunity to focus on volunteer service, professional education or personal growth.
Community Involvement
For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadn't been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment.
She realized that cleaning and organizing her home wasn't helping her job search. Nevertheless, "I made lists of' 50 things to do every day," says Ms. Perez, a political and public-relations consultant in Scottsdale, Aliz. "My house was spotless, just so I'd have something to do."
One day, her boyfriend didn't arrive on time for dinner because he had to work late, and her pork chops were mined. She threw a fit. "I'd never been a person like that," she says. "So I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and go out and do something productive."
Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign.
The work bolstered her self-confidence. "Volunteering takes the focus off of you. One thing you have that's still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life that's much worse than yours, "she says.
Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months.
Before her job loss, she thought she didn't have time to volunteer while working. "Now, even though I have a demanding job, I still volunteer, because of what I got out of it", says Ms. Perez.
Confirming Education
Gene Bellavance, a 36-year old information-technology project manager, took another route during his unemployment. When he was laid off from a steel company near Cleveland, he knew his immediate prospects were bleak. He expected his search to take a year. He faced a decision: take a job that would set back his career or hold out for an offer he really wanted. Mr. Bellavance cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didn't need at garage sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then he says, "I signed up for every benefit I could find."
But he wasn't just waiting out the year. He spent file rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database and project-management software. "You have to invest in yourself," Mr. Bellavance says. "I estimated what technology was going to be the most beneficial and chose applications that were going to be pervasive, that were right for my market, and that were going to ensure top pay."
In addition to income from the occasional IT--consulting assignment, he relied on a combination of displaced-worker-retraining grants and unemployment benefits. "I went out and found the classes, submitted the paperwork, and dealt with the bureaucracy. You have to stay after them, keeping your benefits moving forward. It's up to you to make it work with your overall transition plan, "he says.
His job search was one month shy of the full year he'd expected. He looked for work 'during his training and says he would have
听力原文：W: Dave. (19)I'm going to the supermarket to pick up food and drink for Saturday's picnic later. Any suggestions？
M: Well, (19)everyone has been talking about having a barbecue down by the river, so why don't you pick up some hamburger and hot dogs？
W: Okay, but how much hamburger meat are we going to need？ And hot dogs too？
M: Uh, I don't know. How about three pounds of hamburger and a couple packages of hot dogs？
W: Oh, that's not going to be enough. Do you remember the last picnic we went on？ Your roommate, Jim, ate about ten hamburgers by himself!
M: You're right. (20)Let's buy nine pounds of hamburger meat and seven packages of hot dogs then.
W: And you'd better pick up some chicken for those who don't like hamburgers or hot dogs.
M: Okay. How about five or six bags of potato chips？
W: Better make that eight or so.
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M: Okay. What else？ Uh, we're going to need some soft drinks. How about ten of those big 2-liter bottles？
W: Sounds tine, but be sure to buy a variety of drinks.
M: Okay. And what about dessert？
W: Well, maybe we could ask Kathy to make a few cherry pies as she did last time.
M: Well, I wouldn't mind that, but you know, she's been very busy working two jobs, so I'd hate to ask her. (21)OK, to be honest, I have broken up with her last week, and we haven't talked since then.
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