MI6 is Hiring: Could You Become England's Next Super Spy? 英國祕密情報局 ── 現正招募中 Britain's spy agency▼ has started looking for the next generation of spies. 英國的間諜機構已經開始尋找下一代的間諜。
Millions of people dream of living like James Bond. In the movies, 007 shoots bad guys, meets beautiful women, races fast cars, and gets the coolest high-tech tools. Although Bond is just a movie character, the group he works for, MI6, is real and it is looking for new people. To find new workers, MI6 recently started showing ads in movie theaters. The ads show what kinds of people MI6 wants to hire. They want to make it clear that they don't just hire handsome, white men. The intelligence▼ agency hopes that more women and people of other races will apply for jobs there. They feel that having people from different sexes and backgrounds makes their team better. MI6 also wants people to understand that you don't have to be good at shooting guns to become an MI6 agent▼. In today's world, MI6 needs lots of smart people with good computer skills, too. Having great people skills also helps because their employees must work with people from all over the world. British citizens who think they can do the job should give it a try. Maybe they will save the world with their brains!
hire vt. 僱用（某人） Since you are so busy, you should hire a housekeeper to take care of your house. 既然你這麼忙碌，應該要僱用一位管家來照料你的房子。
spy n. 間諜 The spy got caught when he was trying to leave Germany. 那個間諜在試圖離開德國時被逮捕。
race vt. & vi.（使）疾駛；快速移動 Michael raced home after he got his mother's call. 麥可在接到母親的電話後便火速趕回家。
ad n. 廣告（非正式用法） advertisement n. 廣告（ad 的正式用法） The new store attracted many customers with its ad. 這家新開的店靠廣告吸引了不少顧客。
apply for... 應徵／申請…… Tony is applying for a scholarship right now. 東尼目前正在申請獎學金。 * scholarship n. 獎學金
background n. 出身，個人背景 Because of her background, Catherine got the job very easily. 由於她的出身背景，凱瑟琳很容易就獲得那份工作。
employee n. 受僱者，員工 Don't be mean to the new employee. He just needs some time to learn. 不要對新來的員工那樣刻薄。他只是需要一點時間來學習。
give...a try 試試看…… I've never tried being a group leader before, so I thought I'd give it a try. 我從來沒嘗試過當一個團隊的領導人，所以我想試試看。
▼agency n. 機構；（尤指政府內的）局，部，處 ▼intelligence n. 情報；智力 ▼agent n. 特工人員，情報員
make clear的相關片語 本文 "They want to make it clear that they don't just hire handsome, white men." 中的片語 make it clear + that 子句，表「清楚表明某事」，此處 it 為虛受詞，that 子句才是句中的受詞。若是要表示「使某人清楚明白某事」則可以用 make sth clear to sb + that 子句。當想要確認他人是否「明白自己的意思」則可以說 make oneself clear。例：
My father made it clear that I'm not allowed to go out after 10:00 p.m. （爸爸清楚表明我晚上十點後不能出門。）
You must make it clear to Henry that he should never say that word again. （你必須向亨利說清楚，他絕對不可以再說那個字眼。）
If I catch you cheating again, I'll call your parents. Do I make myself clear? （如果再讓我發現你作弊，我就打給你爸媽。我的話你聽清楚了嗎？）
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