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职场技能-Interview Skills2.Discussing background and resume details(CE0151)

Mr.Parsons:Now,Miss Childs passed on your re-

sume to me and I’ve had the chance to

look it over,and I must say I’m quite im-

pressed.

现在,Childs小姐递给我你的简历.我有机会看了

一下,我得说很出彩.

Rebecca:Thank you very much.I’ve tried to keep

it short and clear.If there are any ques-

tions please feel free to ask me.

很谢谢你.我努力保持简短明了.如果有任何问

题,请随便问我.

Mr.Parsons:Well yes,I do have a number of ques-

tions,but perhaps?rst you could give

me a brief overview.I’d like to get a little

bit of an idea of your background.

呃是的,我的确有几个问题,但首先要么你可以先

给我一个简要的介绍.我想更加清楚一点你的背

景.

Rebecca:Y es of course.Well as you can see

from the resume I’m27and grew up in

Brooklyn,New Y ork,although our fam-

ily moved to London when I was quite

young,at around6.

是的,当然.呃,就像你可以从我的简历上看到的一

样,我27岁,在纽约的布鲁克林区长大,尽管我们家

在我很年轻时,大概16岁时,就搬到了伦敦...... Mr.Parsons:Ah I see,so you were actually educated

in Europe?

啊,我明白了,那你是在欧洲受的教育? Rebecca:Y es precisely.Although I was born in the

US,I would de?nitely call London home.

But as you see I’ve actually spent a lot of

my life moving from country to country.

My father was in the oil business before

he retired,so we also spent a number of

years in Saudi Arabia,too.

的确是的.尽管我在美国出生,我绝对会把伦敦当

作家.但就像你能看到,我其实人生很多时候都是

从一个国家到另一个国家.我爸爸在退休前是做

石油的.所以,我们在沙特阿拉伯也呆过几年. Mr.Parsons:Very interesting.So it seems you had

quite an adventurous childhood.

很有趣.那么看来你童年经历很丰富. Rebecca:Absolutely!We were never still for too

long.But now I’m really looking to settle

down.

绝对!我从来没在一个地方呆太久.但现在我真地

想稳定下来.

Mr.Parsons:I see.Okay,well let’s move on to dis-

cuss your education,shall we?

我明白了.好,呃,让我们换个话题谈谈你的教育情

况,好吗?

Rebecca:Sure.

当然.

Key Vocabulary

a brief

N概括,总结overview

background N背景

impressed A印象深刻的

pass on V递交

feel free V随便

settle

V稳定下来

down

Supplementary Vocabulary

concise A简洁的background

N背景调查

check

impressive A很强,给人印象很深resume N简历

reference N介绍信