时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:礼节美语


英语课

David Tang到Players杂志社求职面试,考官是杂志社经理Fred Dixon。


F: Ok...what do you think are your biggest weaknesses?


D: Hmm...I'd say that my biggest weakness is a tendency to be a bit of a perfectionist. Sometimes I get too close to the project and need to step back to get the whole picture.


F: All right. How would you say you react under pressure?


D: I've had to make a lot of major adjustments in my life such as moving to a new country, learning 1 a new language and making new friends. I'd say it was all quite stressful but I faced each challenge as it came and step-by-step things got better. For me I think the key is not to let things pile up but instead to face each problem as it comes and attack it head-on.


David说自己最大的缺点是有点perfectionist,万事追求完美。有时过份投入, get too close to something, 需要退一步纵观全局to step back to get the whole picture. David承受压力的能力也不差,他觉得关键是不能让问题积累起来,not to let things pile up,而是遇到一个解决一个, attack it head-on,迎头痛击。


F: Ok. So what would you say is the one thing that's most important to you in your job?


D: I'd say having good direction from my supervisors 2 but also a high degree of freedom to implement 3 creative ideas. I need guidance, but I don't want my creativity to be stifled 4.


F: Can you tell me why you left your last job?


D: Well, I needed a challenge. I felt like I was in a comfort zone and I needed to shake things up in my life. I enjoyed my time at my last job, but I feel like I'm ready for the major leagues.


David 说,他想换工作是因为感觉自己是在一个各方面都驾轻就熟的地方,I was in a comfort zone, 需要变化,to shake things up. 他觉得I'm ready for the major leagues. 应该更上一层楼了。 Major League是职业棒球大联盟,代表棒球最高水平,高于minor league小联盟。


F: I noticed that you have recommendation 5 letters from each of your previous supervisors. Their comments are all quite positive.


D: I'm honored 6 that they value my work. I've found that I generally get along well with co-workers. I'm just not really into drama and I'm pretty easy-going.


F: Well...thanks for coming in today, David. We will be reviewing your info and you'll get a callback within a week.


D: Great! And thanks for your time, Fred. I'll be looking forward to your call.


David以前的上司都给他写了很好的推荐信。他说自己not into drama,不喜欢惹事生非,pretty easy-going,很好相处。Fred听上去对David很满意,说一周内给他回音。


 



1 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
2 supervisors
n.监督者,管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )
  • I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。 来自辞典例句
  • Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。 来自辞典例句
3 implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
4 stifled
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵
  • The gas stifled them. 煤气使他们窒息。
  • The rebellion was stifled. 叛乱被镇压了。
5 recommendation
n.推荐(信)建议,优点,长处
  • I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
  • This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。
6 honored
adj.光荣的:荣幸的v.尊敬,给以荣誉( honor的过去式和过去分词 )
  • I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾,不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
acid-frac
barbershop quartets
Brooks, Phillips
Bu'ayjā
chronic inflammation
Circaea mollis
clear customs
cleft cutting
close breach of
closing pseudo text delimiter
combined steam-gas turbine propulsion plant
communicate in
complete culture solution
Corydalis tianshanica
Csikeria
double intended circle
elsehow
endless rope way
Endocistobil
epitheliomorph layer (or epithelial-like layer)
exonymy
extend assembler
fabalis
fatigue breakage
feeding pattern
flash of hope
fundamental reflection
gold-weights
gouvernement
hassaguay
Heitersheim
high explosives
huaiyuan movement
indeterminable
Isoglossa
isohydric shift
kaliphs
kolbeckine
Kyffin, Mt.
lance-pointed needle
Lemu
Linhe
lint inder
lipogenous
little darling
Lukala
Lycopodium selago
magnetic balance type
methane sulfonate phentolamine
moneybox
Morbam
morula uva
MSTR
neo-puritan
nonhomogeneous population
Ombolata
open - door policy
optical strip
pack cementation coating
patases
pathological grading
perforated-plate column
periaster
permutation network
philadelphus purpurascens (koehne) rehd.
portal monitor
practical value
pre-tender
precision plotter
quantized interaction
rat bike
Santa Vittoria, Mte.
Scottish terrier
scrub-birds
scurrilously
Selaginella involvens
sequens
signature generator
smooth out something
somatoderma
species transformation
spreading unit
stigmatism
stirred type cryctallizer
strike a note
subcritical temperature
SYNON
taws
teleporter
territorial economiy
thermal bottle
thermal shift
thouner
to the best of one's remembrance
touring sides
transubstantiator
ureteric bud
Vabres-l'Abbaye
W. V. Quine
worst case condition
yayness