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详解实用对话
Applying for a Position as an Assistant
Mr. Green:Well, tell me something of yourself.
Irene:What would you like to know, Mr. Green?
Mr. Green:What working experience have you got?
Irene:In 2004, I got a job in the sales department of a trading company near Guangzhou. I
started as a sales representative. A year later, I was promoted to ❶ the position of sales manager. I
had that job ever since ❷ , which is just over a year now.
Mr. Green:Oh, good. Irene, can you tell me why you plan to quit being a sales manager to
work here as my assistant? Don't you like your present job?
Irene:Frankly, some part of it I enjoy very much, but I prefer something more professional.
It happens that ❸ I have a friend working here in this company. She told me the export department
详细解说
❶ “be promoted to…”意为“被晋升为……”,它的主动结构为“promote sb.
to…”,意为“晋升某人为……”,“promote”的反义词是“demote”,发音为
[di'məut],意为“使降职,使降级”。
❷ “ever since”在文中用作副词,意为“从那以后一直”,例如:He got a job
with the firm in 1990 and has worked there ever since.(他1990年在那家公司任
职,之后就一直在那里工作。)此外,“ever since”还可用作连词,表
❸ “It happens(that)…”意为“碰巧……,正好……”,例如:It just so happens
that I have her phone number.(凑巧的是,我正好有她的电话号码。)此
外,“happen to do sth.”意为“碰巧做某事”,例如:I happened to see James in
town.(我碰巧在城里看到了詹姆斯。)
应聘助理
格林先生:嗯,给我讲一讲有关你自己的一些情况吧。
艾琳:您想知道些什么,格林先生?
格林先生:你有什么工作经历?
艾琳:2004年,我在广州附近的一家贸易公司的销售部工作。我从销售代表干起。一
年后,我就被升为销售经理。从那时起我就一直做这份工作,刚刚一年多时间。
格林先生:噢,很好。艾琳,能告诉我你为什么不做销售经理而要来这里做我的助理
吗?你不喜欢现在的工作吗?
艾琳:坦白地说,有些方面我是很喜欢的,但是我更喜欢专业性强的东西。碰巧我有
个朋友在这里工作。她告诉我出口部要招收一名助理。听到这个消息,我很激动。所以我
就来了。
单词
☆ representative[ˌrepri'zentətiv]n. 代表
☆ promote[prə'məut]v. 提升,升职
☆ professional[prə'feʃənl]a. 专业的,职业的
☆ export['ekspɔ:t]n. 出口
☆ recruit[ri'kru:t]v. 招收,征募
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