职场口语 应聘外贸人员（3）

      (单词翻译:双击或拖选)

      详解实用对话

      Applying for a Job in Foreign Trade

      Interviewer：To start with ❶ , may I know why you are interested in working for our company?

      Victor：First, as far as I know ❷ , your company has had an impressive growth record. Second,

      I want to get into ❸ the foreign trade business.

      Interviewer： Now you are with Yuandong Company. What is your chief responsibility

      there?

      Victor：I'm in charge of marketing1 activities in South-East Asia, for example, organizing

      trade conferences and arranging exhibitions.

      Interviewer：Do you have any questions about the job?

      Victor：Yes. Are there chances for employees to be transferred to overseas branches of the

      company?

      Interviewer：Certainly. This is an international company, and there're good chances for you

      to work overseas.

      Victor：That would be good.

      详细解说

      ❶ “to start with”在这里用来强调要列举或陈述的事实或观点的第一个，可译

      为“首 先”， 例 如： There are problems. To start with, neither of us likes

      housework.（有几个问题。首先，我们没有谁喜欢干家务活。）另外，“to

      start with”还可用于谈论某种情况开始时的状况（尤其该情况后来发生变

      化），可译为“开始的时候”，例如：I was pretty nervous to start with, but after

      a while I was fine.（刚开始的时候我还挺紧张的，但过了一会儿就没事

      了。）

      ❷ “as far as I know”意为“据我所知”，例如：As far as I know, that is highly

      unlikely.（据我所知，这是极不可能的。）

      ❸ “get into sth.”在这里是“开始从事某事”的意思，例如：She is starting to get

      into politics.（她开始涉足政治。）

      应聘外贸工作

      面试官：首先，我想问一下你为什么有兴趣来我们公司工作？

      维克多：第一，据我所知，贵公司的发展速度令人刮目相看。第二，我想从事外贸行

      业。

      面试官：目前你在远东公司工作。你主要负责什么？

      维克多：我负责东南亚的市场营销活动，比如说，组织贸易洽谈会，安排展会。

      面试官：关于这份工作你有什么问题吗？

      维克多：有。雇员有机会调到公司设在海外的分部工作吗？

      面试官：当然有了。我们是一家国际公司嘛，你去国外工作的机会很大。

      维克多：那太好了。

      单词

      ☆ record［'rekɔ:d］n. 记录

      ☆ chief［tʃi:f］a. 主要的

      ☆ exhibition［ˌeksi'biʃən］n. 展览会