商务英语情景口语 面试（2）

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... 

1 spoke   

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

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 temperaments   

性格( temperament的名词复数 )； （人或动物的）气质； 易冲动； （性情）暴躁

参考例句：

• The two brothers have exactly opposite temperaments: one likes to be active while the other tends to be quiet and keep to himself. 他们弟兄两个脾气正好相反， 一个爱动，一个好静。
• For some temperaments work is a remedy for all afflictions. 对于某些人来说，工作是医治悲伤的良药。

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

5 strategies   

n.策略( strategy的名词复数 )；战略；战略学；对策

参考例句：

• Several steps and strategies have been developed to minimize these risks. 有关人士发展了若干措施和方法以减少这些风险。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• Different threats require different strategies. 对付不同的威胁需要不同的策略。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

6 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。

7 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

8 ethically   

adv.在伦理上，道德上

参考例句：

• Ethically , we have nothing to be ashamed about . 从伦理上说，我们没有什么好羞愧的。
• Describe the appropriate action to take in an ethically ambiguous situation. 描述适当行为采取在一个道德地模棱两可的情况。