商务英语情景口语 面试（1）

DW: Hi there.

MB: Good morning Daniel!

DW: Dan, please...

MB: I’m Marcia Boardman – we spoke¹ on the phone – and this is Philip Hart, our CEO.

PH: Hello!

DW: Nice to meet you both.

PH: So it says here on your CV that you’re interested in rock climbing...

DW: Yeah...love it!

PH: Great – so do I! When did you last go climbing?

DW: Oh, er, well, it was a while ago now...

PH: Anywhere interesting?

DW: Yeah. I walked up the hill behind my house. Took me about thirty minutes!

PH: Oh.

MB: Ok, erm, Daniel, can you tell us a little bit about your current position?

DW: Certainly – as it says in the CV, I’m part of the European Sales team at Networld. We’re the world’s leading supplier of IT hardware².

PH: Why do you want to move on?

DW: Well, they’re too small for me.

MB: Networld!? Networld are too small for you?

DW: Oh yeah. I’m looking for something much bigger.

PH: Well, we’re not a big company by any means, but we are looking to grow! What first attracted you to WebWare in particular?

DW: Well, I see WebWare as kind of like a stepping stone...

MB: Sorry?

DW: Yeah, start here gain the necessary experience, then move onto something bigger.

PH: Ok...well, I do admire your ambition!

DW: Thanks – I’ve got lots of it!

MB: Let’s move on to managing people. Can you give an example of a time when you had to deal with a particularly difficult managee?

DW: Sure – well I think that’s one of my strong points actually. A couple of years ago, I was working with a guy, he wasn’t pulling his weight, basically³ being lazy – so I told him to get out.

MB: Oh, you didn’t give him a performance review, or a warning, or perhaps try to help develop his motivation?

DW: No,no, no. None of that rubbish. If someone’s not working hard enough, then they’re out! That’s the way I work. I’m a hard man.

MB: I see.

PH: How would you handle a rapidly changing market?

DW: Basically not change anything at all! Just continue on as normal regardless!

MB: According to your CV you are fluent in Mandarin⁴...

DW: Well, I wouldn’t say ‘fluent’ exactly...but, I like Chinese food a lot – so I can read the menu!

PH: So you can’t actually speak the language?

DW: Erm, no.

MB: Can you tell us about a time you had to close a particularly challenging deal.

DW: I haven’t had one. They’re all easy for me. I close deals all the time!

MB: Ok – well do you have any questions for us?

DW: No.

PH: Oh. Ok. Erm. Thanks.

MB: Let’s move on to the presentation... 

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 hardware   

n.重型武器；五金器具；硬件

参考例句：

• He bought a pot and other hardware at the store. 他从商店买了一个壶和其他金属制品。
• That family has carried on a hardware business for five generations.那家已经经营五金生意五代了。

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

4 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。