第249期:求面试官心里阴影面积,那些面试时闹出的笑话

 　　重点词汇

　　victim n.牺牲者，受害者;

　　breakdown¹ n. 故障；崩溃；失败；

　　literally² [口语]差不多；简直[用于加强语意]

　　Have you ever been a victim of a JIB (job interview breakdown) These men and women have:

　　"I was so nervous at a job interview, when he asked me what I wanted to be in five years, I said, 'Race car driver.'"

　　"The guy asked me to tell him a little about myself, and I literally forgot who I was."

　　"I got asked about punctuality. I went on about how it was good to speak clearly and politely, and it was nice to use proper grammar in speech and writing."

　　面试失败的受害者

　　你曾经是面试失败的受害者吗？

　　这些人是：

　　“我在工作面试时非常紧张，当他问我五年内想要成为什么时，我说：'赛车司机'。"

　　“这个家伙(面试官）让我介绍自己，我竟让忘了我是谁。"

　　“我被问到关于守时的问题。 而我回答的是说话要清晰礼貌，还提及不管是说还是写都要使用正确的语法。

1 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。