Lesson Eight 工作面试 (Job interview)

About education

What is your education background? I graduated from Peking University. I attended New Oriental School for its spoken English courses in 2003. I’m a law/accounting/mathematic major. I minored in finance/computer science. I have a BA/BS/BBA/MBA/MS/MA/PHD degree in Chinese literature/Computer science/finance. I received my BA degree from Tianjin University in 1999. I finished primary school in 1990, and went to middle school that September. I graduated from high school in July 1996, after which I entered Shanghai University of Foreign Studies. About honor, award and activities

I won the university scholarship for three academic years. I won second prize in the English Speech Contest of our university in 2001. I’ve received the honor of the most outstanding student in 2000. I served in the schools basketball team/as monitor for class. About Experience

Have you got any experience in management? I’m afraid not. I’ve jut graduated from college. Though I have no experience in this field, I’m willing to learn. I worked as an interpreter in a foreign trade company for 3 years. I’m currently with a state-owned enterprise. I’m an administrative assistant with a joint venture company. I’m in charge of the personnel department. Reasons for quitting and application

I quit due to the expiry of my employment contract. My job is not in line with my area of study. I didn’t like the working environment there and there was little opportunity for advancement. I’d like to work in a company that gives me more room for personal growth. I’d like a career that’s more dynamic and challenging. I’d love have an opportunity to further develop my abilities. Yours is a famous company with excellent management. If I have an opportunity to work in such a company, I believe I’ll be able to fully develop my abilities and obtain wider experience, and at the same time, make valuable contributions to the company. Yours is a multi-national corporation mainly engaged in manufacturing electronic products, with its headquarters in the USA. You entered China’s market 5 years ago and your products made in China are enjoying good market shares both at home and abroad. About qualification

I was specially trained for this kind of job. For the past four years, I’ve been working as office director for a joint-venture. I’ve had many years of experience in customer service. I have the educational background and relevant experience required for the job. Since my past work experience is closely related to this job. I’m confident I can do this job well. I know a lot about how north China’s market works and how business is done there. Besides Mandarin, my mother tongue, I can also speak English, Japanese and Cantonese. I have been holding a driver’s license since 1999. I’ve got a certificate of CET band 6. I’m energetic and decisive. I always manage to have things done on time. I maybe kind of shy around people. But I’m working on it by creating myself more opportunities to social.
Lesson Nine 办公自动化(Office Automation)

Talking about hardware

I’d like to buy a computer with up-to-date components. I’m afraid this software is not compatible with the main board. Your memory is too small to run this application software. A good model of computer includes a Pentium 2.2G processor, 256MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, a DVD-ROM drive, a SB live deluxe and a 17-inch monitor. Talking about virus, internet and operation

Virus is a self-duplicating computer program that interferes with a computer’s hardware of operating system. In order to protect your data, you need to install a powerful anti-virus program on the hard disk. These two documents have been infected with a virus. CIH is a very destructive virus. CIH virus triggers/strikes/breaks out on the 26th of April or any month. Do you often go online? I love surfing the internet. He’s a netizen/nethead/cyber addict. John Dow has a lot of net pals. What kind of web site do you often browse? Our homepage was attacked by hackers. Do you do online shopping? You can download all kinds of cute clip arts from this site. My computer is down again. Press the right button on the mouse. Move the cursor here, and double click the left button on the mouse. Please key/type in your password. Please log in/out. Remember to save before you exit. Please backup your important documents on a mobile hard disc drive. Giving instructions

Key in your password. Insert a floppy disc into Drive A. To turn on the machine, turn the power knob clockwise. Turn it counter-clockwise to turn it off. Press the button once to start the machine. To stop it, press the same button once again. If you press these two keys (ctrl and space bar) at the same time, you can switch the status from English to Chinese, or vice versa.
Lesson Ten 商业会议（At the Meeting）

Starting a meeting

Shall we get started? Now that everyone is here, let’s get down to business. We are going to discuss three problems this morning. Proceeding to the next item

Shall we move on to the next item on the agenda? Let’s turn to the second problem. How about proceeding to the next question? Guiding people in the discussion

First, I’d like Mr. Hunter to briefly introduce the situation. Could you elaborate on that? Miss Brown, can we have your report now? Would you take the minutes of the meeting, Miss Jones? Would you wind up? We’re running out of time. Whose turn is it next? Coming back to the main point

I think we are getting side-tracked. Shall we get back to the main point? I’m afraid we’re getting a bit off the point. I see your point, but could we please stick to the main problem here? Checking agreement

Are we all agreed? Do I have your support on this? Are we all for this plan? Are we all in favor of this decision? Has anyone got any objection to this proposal? Do we all agree on this? Those in favor/against, please put up your hand. Declaring results

Meeting’s adjourned. Let me take a minute to sum up the main points of this discussion. If nobody wants to add anything, we can draw the meeting to a close. That’s about all. Giving an opinion and introducing ideas

I think… In my opinion, … Personally,… As far as I’m concerned,… As I see it,… Wouldn’t it be possible to… Could I make an additional recommendation? I’d like to make one more point. Agree with an opinion

Yes, I quite agree. I entirely agree with you. That’s exactly what I have in mind. I’m all for this plan. I’m in favor of this proposal. I can’t agree more. You’re absolutely right. Half-agreeing with an opinion

Yes, I agree up to a point, but… Yes, in a way, but… Yes, I partially agree, but… I suppose so, but… Well, you’ve got a point there. There’s something in that, I suppose. Disagreeing politely

I’m having a second thought on that. Well, I don’t know. Well, I think it depends. Well, I’m not sure about that. Do you think so? Are you sure about that? Disagreeing strongly

No, I disagree. No, I don’t agree with you at all. No, I wouldn’t accept that for one minute.