Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to honor our mothers and make them feel extra special. It’s also a good time for family members to gather together, especially after we get married or work in other places. It’s common for adult children cook for their mums or take them out to lunch or dinner. Young children put a lot of effort into making cards and plastic flowers for their moms.
Mother’s Day is coming. If you have the ideas to celebrate it, we have some questions for you as follows:
1. Have you prepared any presents for Mother’s Day? Or what have you received?
2. Have you made a reservation in the restaurant on that day/during that weekend? Or you prefer a big meal at home?
3. Do you have any other plans for celebrating it?
4. Did you also celebrate Father’s Day? And how?
5. Anyway, please say “Happy Mother’s Day!!” to your great moms.
Interviewer: Thank you for agreeing to come in and meet with us today.
感謝您今天能來參加面試。
Interviewee: Thanks for your inviting me.
謝謝你們的邀請。
Interviewer: I can see from your resume (C.V.) that you were in charge of sales for the ABC Corporation from 2012 to 2014. Can you please tell me about your responsibilities?
從簡歷可以看出2012年至2014年您負責ABC公司的銷售工作。您能介紹一下自己的工作的嗎？
Interviewee: Yes. I was in charge of profit and loss for the northwest region of America. As a manager, I was directly responsible for a 50% increase in sales over a four-month period.
好的。我負責美國西北地區的銷售。我使這個地區的銷售額在四個月內提高了百分之五十。
Interviewer: What do you believe are some of the key attributes that helped you to achieve such an outstanding increase in sales?
你認為取得如此顯著的銷售業績的關鍵因素是什麼？
Interviewee: I believe persistence and perseverance are key attributes.
我認為堅持和毅力是關鍵。
Interviewer: Sounds good. Everyone is talking about teams these days. Can you describe your role as a member of a sales team?
很好，人們現在熱衷於談論“團隊”。你能描述一下你在銷售團隊裡的角色嗎？
Interviewee: I see myself chiefly as an inspirer. Sales can be quite competitive and some people in this field adopt a dog-eat-dog mentality. However, as a leader, I charge myself with making all units within a company function as one single entity. To cite an example, in my last job, each representative handled a different region. Instead of allowing successful initiatives to be hoarded by certain representatives, I developed a system for sharing those successful sales initiatives. Soon the entire sales team started talking of their successes, not just to brag, but also to share.
Interviewer: We establish a fairly high target sales quota and you must achieve this volume in a short amount of time. How can you ensure that we reach our sales goals?
我們制定的銷售任務很高，完成任務的時間又很短，你會用什麼辦法來確保達到銷售任務目標呢？
Interviewee: I will draft a day-to-day schedule in advance and stick to the plan. Having a plan is the guarantor of success.
我會事先把每天的工作都安排好，然後嚴格按照計畫去做，有計劃地工作是成功的最大保障。
Interviewer: I must admit that you are very impressive (or I am quite impressed). I’ve certainly enjoyed meeting you. Our HR department will contact you later.
我得承認你很令人印象深刻 (我對你印象很不錯). 很高興與你會面。接下來人事部會跟你進一步聯繫的。
Interviewee: Thank you very much. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you. Good-bye.
Interviewer: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
你能簡單介紹一下自己嗎？
Interviewee: I am a graduate of a technical university and have been employed as an engineer with the ABC Company for approximately 10 years.
我畢業於一所科技大學，在ABC公司做工程師快十年了。
Interviewer: Please explain why you are interested in leaving your current position and please elaborate on your technical skills.
請告訴我你為什麼辭去現在的工作。請具體說明你的技術專長。
Interviewee: I am looking for a growth opportunity, which I feel is not available at my current employer. In terms of skills, I am Microsoft certified in Windows XP and several other operating systems.
我在尋找發展機會，但是現在任職的公司不能提供給我這樣的機遇。關於技術，我有Windows XP 和其他幾個作業系統的微軟證書。
Interviewer: Where do you see yourself five years from now?
根據你的個人發展目標，你認為自己五年以後會怎樣？
Interviewee: I see myself in a management position.
Bob worked as a manager in the furniture store. He made some advertising campaign for sales. But the business was still going down. The competition called Honest Ade’s furniture store cost an arm and a leg, that means everything there charged top dollar, but everyone still shopped there.
Peter is Bob’s boss. He broke the news to bob and told him his store was about to go belly-up. Peter’s new advertising campaign was a real flop. He decided to give Bob an ax. Bob tried to talk it over and explained he thought the campaign could work and saved a day and the competition gave him creeps. He felt they were very strange. He asked Peter to give him a chance to go back to the drawing board.
In the end of their conversation, Peter told Bob clearly that there was no point in arguing it and a new manager coming and she would be as sharp as tack and it has been decided to get Bob canned. Bob hoped Peter could consider that after all, Bob has been worked for ages. Finally, Bob knew Peter has made up his mind, so criticized that was a dead-end job. Peter nearly lost temper and asked Bob to leave his office as soon as possible.
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Bob worked as a manager in the furniture store. He made some advertising campaign for sales. But the business was still going down. The competition called Honest Ade’s furniture store charged top dollar, that meant everything there cost an arm and a leg, but everyone still shopped there.
Peter is Bob’s boss. He broke the news to bob that his store was about to go belly-up. Peter’s new advertising campaign was a real flop. He decided to give Bob the ax. Bob tried to talk it over and explained he thought the campaign could work and saved the day and the competition gave him the creeps. He felt they were very strange. He asked Peter to give him a chance to go back to the drawing board.
In the end of their conversation, Peter told Bob clearly that there was no point in arguing about it and a new manager was coming to take over his job(to replace him) and she would be as sharp as tack , so Bod had to face the reality that he got canned (got fired). Bob hoped Peter could consider that he has been worked in the company for ages after all. Finally, Bob knew Peter has made up his mind, so criticized that was a dead-end job. Peter nearly lost temper and asked Bob to leave his office as soon as possible.
This is first time that I send mail to you.(that 可以省略） Maybe I can write somethings(something) about(the reason) why I am eager to learn English. And I am happy in(in 不需要，副詞前不需介詞) here to meet a good English teacher. She has patiences(patience) to correct my English , especially in the(the 不需要) listening.
It will bring me many promotion opportunities if I have good English skills. And I already have some other strengths,like RD background, factory working experiences...etc. The road to the management level of company is very far(the possibility to work in the management position is low) if I have no this kind of abilities.(ability)
So I have to keep the passion in learning English and face my weakness. I think one day I can present very well in the(the去掉） speech (in the speech也没必要)in English.
(I think i can present in English very well one day.)
Now it is time to bed. to be continued
BR CN
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Dear Jessica
This is first time (that) I send mail to you. Maybe I can write somethings(something) about(the reason) why I am eager to learn English. And I am happy here to meet a good English teacher. She has patienceto correct my English, especially in listening.
It will bring me many promotion opportunities if I have good English skills. And I already have some other strengths,like RD background, factory working experiences...etc. The road to the management level of company is very far(the possibility to work in the management position is low) if I have no this kind of ability.
So I have to keep the passion in learning English and face my weakness. I think I can present in English very well one day.
