必背英文面试口语83:你曾经做过的最困难的决定是什么?

 　　What was the most difficult decision you ever had to make?

　　你曾经做过的最困难的决定是什么？

　　When I had to let good employees go.

　　当我要解雇优秀员工的时候，我感到难以决定。

　　When the company I worked for was acquired by ABC Insurance,our department was consolidated¹ and eliminated.

　　我以前工作的公司被ABC保险公司收购后，我们的部门被合并，原部门被解散了。

　　I was able to transfer some of my subordinates to other departments,but had to let most of them go.

　　我将一些下属调到其他部门，但是大部分的员工都必须被解雇。

　　Some of them were very good workers,having contributed to the success of the company for many years.

　　其中一些人是非常优秀的员工，为公司服务多年，对公司的成功贡献很大。

　　Losing competent employees is always painful.

　　失去有能力的员工总是痛苦的。

　　解雇员工之类的事情，无论对谁而言都是难以决定的。如果有这样的经历，把过程叙述出来即可。如果是其他方面的经历，则应强调做了困难的决定之后，得到了什么正面的结果。举与工作没有直接关系的例子也无妨。

　　What was the toughest decision you had to make in the last year?Why was it difficult?

　　去年你做出的最困难的决定是什么？为什么做那一决定这么困难

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a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。