ESL面试英语问答(MP3+字幕) 第5期
日期:2015-02-04 09:54

(单词翻译:单击)

听力文本如下:

She says, "I have always enjoyed working with computers, so it was an easy decision to major in computer science at California University."
To major, "major," in something is to study something at the university.
When you get your bachelor's degree from a four-year university, you have a specialization-something that you are studying. Psychology, or computer science, or business-that's your major.
And so, you can say in your interview, "I majored in industrial engineering at Bob Smith University"-whatever the university is that you studied at-and that's what the interview question does here.
She begins by saying what she majored in and where she studied. She said that she had plans "to enter the IT field."
To enter a field, "field," means to begin working in a particular area-a particular kind of job.
It could be the medical field; it could be the insurance field.
When you finish your college education or your high school education, you often are interested in having a particular kind of job, and that's what this expression means, to enter into the "blank" field, in this case, the IT field.
Then she talks a little bit about what she studied specifically at California University, and notice also that she tells us what she was good at.
Again, this is important in a US interview, in particular, to be able to tell the person things that you are good at.
She says in her sample answer, "In school, I excelled in my computer-related classes."
To excel, "excel," means to do very well at something-to be excellent in something.
It's a good verb to use in talking about your qualifications-why you are good for the job.
"I excelled in," and then you can talk about what you were good in. In this example, she was good in "computer-related classes."
When I was in college, I excelled in watching television and not studying.

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重点单词
  • particularadj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的 n. 个别项目
  • insurancen. 保险,保险费,安全措施
  • samplen. 样品,样本 vt. 采样,取样 adj. 样
  • interviewn. 接见,会见,面试,面谈 vt. 接见,采访,对 .
  • excelvt. 超过,优于 vi. 胜出 n. [计] 电子表格
  • decisionn. 决定,决策