英语小达人 207 Neither Do I

 　　Neither Do I

　　我也不

　　Two young engineers applied¹ for a single poition at a computer company. They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants³ were asked to take a test of 12 questions by the manager of human resources department.

　　两个年轻的工程师应聘一家电脑公司的同一个职位。他们的资历相当。为了决定雇用哪个，公司的人力资源部经理要他们做一个测试——回答12个问题。

　　Upon completion of the test, both men had each missed only one of the questions. The manager went to the first applicant² and said, "Thank you for your interest, but we've decided⁴ to give the job to the other applicant."

　　测试结束后，两个人各有一个问题没答上来，经理对其中的一个说：“感谢你对我们公司的关注，可是我们决定聘用另一个人。”

　　"And why would you be doing that? We both got eleven questions correct," asked the rejected applicant.

　　“可是为什么呢？我们两人都答对了11道题呀，”不被录用的人问。

　　"We have based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed," said the department manager.

　　“我们做出这个决定不是基于正确的答案，而是基于你们没有答对的那个问题，”经理答道。

　　"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?" the rejected applicant inquired.

　　“那么一个错误答案能比另一个错误答案好到哪里去呢？”不被录用的人问。

　　"Simple," said the department manager, "Your fellow applicant put down on question No.8, 'I don't know.' You put down, 'Neither do I.''"

　　“很简单，”经理说，“另一位应聘者对于第8题的回答是‘我不知道’；而你的回答是‘我也不知道。’”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. apply for

　　申请；请求

　　eg. Don't apply for that job: you're in danger of overreaching yourself.

　　不要申请那份工作，以免有不自量力之嫌。

　　eg. You can apply for citizenship⁵ after five years' residency.

　　居住五年后可申请公民资格。

　　2. in order to

　　为了；以便；目的在于

　　eg. Most schools are extremely unwilling⁶ to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.

　　大部分学校都很不愿意为减少开支而裁员。

　　eg. We need to get rid of the idea that we must be liked all the time in order to be worthwhile.

　　我们必须抛弃那种认为要想活得有价值就得始终取悦他人的想法。

　　3. base on

　　以……为基础；

　　eg. He based his conclusions on the evidence given by the captured prisoners.

　　他根据被俘囚犯提供的证据得出了这个结论。

　　eg. One should always base his opinion on facts.

　　一个人应该始终以事实为依据发表自己的观点。

　　4. put down

　　写下；记录；键入

　　eg. Never put anything down on paper which might be used in evidence against you at a later date.

　　一定不要写下任何书面的东西，以免日后被用作对你不利的证据。

　　eg. We've put down on our staff development plan for this year that we would like some technology courses.

　　我们已经在今年的员工发展计划中写到我们希望有一些技术培训课程。

　　5. Neither do I

　　表示现实情况的否定。前面一句为否定句。表示我也没有，我也不那样；

　　eg. "Neither do I, " I answered promptly⁷.

　　“我也是如此。”我马上答道。

　　eg. You do not know that and neither do I, but I suspect it will be poor.

　　你不知道回报会有多高,我也不知道,但我猜这个数字将会很低。

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

3 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

6 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

7 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。