成人高等教育英语教材第二册03

UNIT 3

An Interview

Integrated Skills Development

Dialogues
A. Tang Bin¹ Goes for an Interview

Tang Bin goes for an interview at AM-ADMEL, a foreign company in China and sees Mr. Preston, the Sales Manager.
Preston: Mr. Tang, how do you do? Please take a seat.
Tang: Thank you.
Preston: I have your application letter here. I can see you've had some experience in sales.
Tang: Yes, I was a salesman for BSB before.
Preston: Oh yes. I know the company. Any special reasons for wanting to leave?
Tang: Practical reasons really. The company is based in the city center, and to commute² every day is too much for me.
Preston: Yes, I see. So from your point of view, a job in AM-ADMEL would be ideal, I suppose?
Tang: Yes.
Preston: Well, we are looking for someone who is good at dealing³ with people and who is able to make new contracts faster than our competitors.
Tang: Yes, I understand that.
Preston: Though the hours may not be fixed⁴, you really have to be prepared to work hard, perhaps harder than you imagine.
Tang: Well, I am quite prepared to do that.
Preston: Good.

B. What Are the Hours?

Ma Li has applied⁵ for a job as a receptionist in a foreign hotel in China. Now Mr. Waters, the Personnel Manager in the hotel, is giving her some information about the job.
Waters: Do you have any questions?
Ma: Yes, what are the hours?
Waters: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. One hour for lunch and two 15-minute breaks. If we needed you overtime⁶ or Saturdays, would you be willing to come in?
Ma: What special arrangements do you have for overtime?
Waters: The pay is the same, but we bring in meals for you, and you get half a day off for every 40 hours over.
Ma: That sounds okay.
Waters: We're interviewing twenty applicants⁸ for this position. Can you think of any special reasons why we should hire you?
Ma: Well, I have been a receptionist before. I enjoyed it, did it well, and have good recommendations.
Waters: We'll contact your references next week, and should make our decision and contact all the applicants by Friday. Do you have any more questions?
Ma: No.
Waters: Thank you for coming in. Nice meeting you.
Ma: Thank you. Nice meeting you.

Passage An Interview

Mr. Raymond Lee, Director of Personnel at the Dallas Electric Company, gives some advice on how to be successful in a job interview:
First, plan well. One type of planning is to list all paid or volunteer work you have done, where you did it, who your boss was, exactly what you did, and what you have learned there, that is, how the experience has helped you grow professionally. You also need to think about what kind of person you are, what you like to do and why. If you haven't thought about that ahead of time, you're asking for trouble.
Second, be yourself. It's really important for the interviewer to like you and want to give you a chance. Show enthusiasm for hard work, talk about how you have handled daily problems well, show that you want to succeed in what you do. This is very important if there is more than one applicant⁷, who has the basic qualifications.
Third, relax and have a conversation with the interviewer.
Fourth, give no simple yes-no answers. Always give examples. Talk about yourself and what you've done enthusiastically and in detail.
Lastly, be sure you know what kind of business a company or organization does. And be sure you dress for business, not for a sporting event.

New Words and Expressions

ahead
a. 提前的

applicant
n. 申请人

basic
a. 基本的

boss
n. 老板

break
n. 休息时间

commute
v. 乘车上下班

competitor
n. 竞争者，对手

contract
n. 合同

decision
n. 决定

detail
n. 详细情况，详情，细节，细目

enthusiasm
n. 热情，积极性

event
n. （运动会等的）比赛项目

fixed
a. 不变的，固定的

handle
v. 处理，对待

hire
v. 雇用

lastly
ad. 最后

organization
n. 组织，团体

overtime
ad. 超时

plan
v. 计划

practical
a. 实际上

professionally
ad. 职业上

qualification
n. 资格，合格性

realize
v. 意识到，想到

receptionist
n. 接待员

recommendation
n. 推荐，介绍

reference
n. 介绍人

successful
a. 成功的

trouble
n. 麻烦

type
n. 类型

view
n. 看法，意见

volunteer
a. 自愿参加的，志愿的

take a seat
坐下

application letter
申请信

from one's point of view
根据…的看法

deal with
对待，对付

make contract
签合同

be prepared
愿意

personnel manager
人事经理

make one's decision
做出决定

ahead of time
提前

ask for trouble
找麻烦

succeed in
在…成功

have a conversation with
和…交谈

in detail
详细地

be sure
保证，确保，肯定

Merry Learning

A Riddle⁹

Which is the left side of a plum pudding?
(The side which is not eaten.)

Phonetics

our 在单词中的读音：
our hour
course four
courage

Pronunciation and Intonation¹⁰

A: Do you mind if we stop by the post office? I have to mail these letters and I don't have any stamps.
B: Oh, I have some.
A: That would save time. Can you let me have two stamps?
B: Here you are. Are you sure that's enough?
A: Yes, that's fine.

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

2 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

5 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

6 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

7 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

8 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

9 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

10 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。