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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
MB: Hi Sarah! I’m Marcia Boardman – we spoke1 on the phone...
ST: Oh yes, I remember – I was having a bad day!
MB: ...and this is Philip Hart, our CEO.
PH: Hello! ST: Hello, it’s very nice to meet you both.
PH: It says on your CV that you do voluntary work...
ST: Well, when I have time, yes! I do work at a centre for children with difficulties, yes...
PH: That must be very interesting...
ST: It’s rewarding and challenging.
MB: Sarah, can you tell us a little bit about your current position?
ST: I’m assistant sales director for a chain of language schools.
PH: So this post would be quite a change then...
ST: I don’t think so honestly because the skills are the same, despite the product.
MB: Why are you thinking of moving on?
ST: Well I’ve come as far as I can in my current position, I feel and I’m 28 now and would love to take on some more responsibility.
MB: Ok, let’s move on to managing people. Can you give us an example of when you had to deal with a particularly difficult managee?
ST: Well, yes, I had two people working for me who didn’t get along at all – they had no shared values, different temperaments2 – and they used to argue a lot, it looked like it was impossible for them to work together. So, I sat down with them, and we talked about their differences and their problems and after that, things went much more smoothly3!
PH: How would you deal with a rapidly changing and uncertain global market?
ST: Ok, that’s actually something I wanted to talk about in my presentation...but I’d say to stay flexible and to diversify4 markets and sales strategies5..
MB: It says on your CV you speak French and Spanish.
ST: Yes, I do. I lived in both France and Spain for a while.
PH: Any plans to learn other languages?
ST: I’d love to try!
MB: Ok, can you tell us about a time you closed a particularly challenging deal?
ST: Well, the biggest contract I won - and the thing I’m most proud of professionally - was with a large university in India, to provide language training . The contract was full of technicalities and the client6 was very picky! – but I still pulled it off.
MB: Ok – do you have any questions for us?
ST: Yes - about your ethical7 policy, and your carbon footprint...I was wondering whether you are planning to reduce your carbon footprint and whether all your products are ethically8 sourced?
PH: That’s a very good question...and that’s something we’re moving towards at the moment...
MB: Ok, well, let’s move on to the presentation...
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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2 temperaments | |
性格( temperament的名词复数 ); (人或动物的)气质; 易冲动; (性情)暴躁 | |
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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v.(使)不同,(使)变得多样化 | |
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5 strategies | |
n.策略( strategy的名词复数 );战略;战略学;对策 | |
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6 client | |
n.委托人,当事人,顾客 | |
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7 ethical | |
adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的 | |
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adv.在伦理上,道德上 | |
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