如何应对英语面试:面试前的准备
面试很容易让人紧张不安。越是紧张，面试的结果可能就越差。
Thoughts such as "What if I don't get any job offers?", "What if I don't get the job I want?" or "Will I accept a position that isn't right for me?" can cause considerable upset.
Here are a few notes and pointers on how to prepare for interviews and determine if this job is the right one for you.
1. The key to reducing your anxiety is in being well-prepared for the interview. The first step towards a successful job interview is self-assessment (自我评估). You need to decide for yourself what kind of position you want. Since self-knowledge is the foundation of all decisions, a close scrutiny of your priorities, interests, short and long-term goals is necessary before any interview.
Remember: if you're unsure of whether or not you want the position you're interviewing for, it will probably show. If you don't have a reasonably clear focus, this is the time to do some hard thinking about what kind of position you want.(确定你要应聘的职位)
2. The second step in preparation for your interviews is to research the companies you'll be interviewing with.(对求职公司充分了解) You should know as much about the company and the position as you possibly can. As you do your research, look for points where your interests, capabilities, goals, and personality match the company's needs or whatever needs you think they might have.
3. Every interviewer, whether directly or indirectly, will expect you to be able to answer questions like: (准备好常见问题)Why do you want a position in this company? What can you do for my company? There are a few of the more popular interview questions. Take some time to think about the answers, and you'll be much more prepared to make a great impression. At a job interview, your employers will probably ask the following:
·What jobs have you liked the most? The least?
·Can you tell me about your present job?
·What do you expect to be doing five years from now?
·Why do you want to work for our company?
·What are your strengths? Your weaknesses?
·What do you know about our company?
·Can you give me a reason to hire you?
·What was your best subject in school? Your worst?
·What makes you qualified for this job?
·Can you tell me about the best day you've ever spent on a job? Your worst?
·How do you define success?
·Are you able to travel? Relocate?
·Can you tell me about your skills?
·Are you able to use a computer?
·Can you describe your ideal supervisor?
·Why did you apply for this job?
·How do you use this specific computer application to solve a job-related program?
·Do you have any samples of your work?(准备好你得意的工作成果，并且随身携带，在合适的时候拿出来给面试官看，可以收到意想不到的效果。)
4. And you're supposed to dress properly.(着装得体) A suit, dress shirt and tie are usually required for men. Women should wear either a suit or a dress with a complementary jacket (外套). They are ALWAYS acceptable.
Those men with more limited wardrobes should wear a nice sports coat with coordinated slacks (搭配得当的休闲裤) and shirt. Women should wear a nice jacket with coordinated skirt or slacks. You should always avoid wearing sneakers (运动鞋) to interviews. 虽然很多公司并不要求员工都要穿正装，但是对于求职者来说，还是尽量要大方、庄重才好。
从奥巴马演讲看英语写作词汇的应用
怎样使一篇英语文章的语言丰富、不枯燥也许令很多英语初学者头疼。原因大体分为：一是由于自己的单词量不大，写来写去总是几个句型和熟得不能再熟的单词，怎么看怎么像小学生作文一样提不起高度。二是尽管背了很多单词，但只处于认知的高度，怎样使用就不会了。这就是我们常说的“吃”了很多但“倒不出来”。所以，有一些同学因此产生逆反心理，认为学好英语尤其是英语写作简直比登天还难，自信心受挫。那么，怎样在英语写作中巧妙运用单词，达到妙笔生花呢？今天我们从刚当选美国总统的奥巴马演讲中的几个片断来分析一下英语词汇的运用。
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. （如果现在仍然有人在那里怀疑着美国是不是任何事情都可能发生的地方，疑惑于我们国家的缔造者们的梦想是否还鲜活地存在于这个时代，对我们民主的力量打上问号的话，今夜就是你的答案。）
奥巴马胜利演讲词的第一部分用了一个气势恢宏的排比句，句子中的三个谓语动词值得我们学习：doubt、wonder、question。这三个词意相近，指怀疑。为了避免词语的重复使用，运用了三个近义词，这种现象在英语写作中称为variety，多样性。在写作中我们可以通过意译，paraphrase来练习。比如，我们刚刚学到了一个词语，important，重要，那么除了这一个词，还有其他的表达方式吗？significant,是和important 互换率最高的词语。…come from everything else、put…first、 play a role in…等都是与“重要”意思相近的短语，大家在写作中应该学着交换使用。
那么这些表达我们怎么在平时积累到呢？
首先，需要一本好字典。单词的释义一定要有英英解释，并且最好能把它背下来。推荐大家使用牛津高阶词典和柯林斯词典。比如刚才提到的important在柯林斯词典里的英文解释是 significant, high-valued and necessary。
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor… It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.（这是美国人共同说出的答案，无论老还是少，富还是穷，长久以来，很多人一再被告知，要对我们所能取得的成绩极尽讥讽、担忧和怀疑之能事，但这个答案让这些人伸出手来把握历史之弧，并再次使它朝向美好明天的希望延伸。）
这句话里young and old、rich and poor指代老少、穷富之人，cynical、 fearful, doubtful 是形容一些人的态度，讥讽，担忧和怀疑。看起来简单，但如让同学们自己表达的话，可能就不这么精确了。这在英语写作中叫平行结构，和中文的对偶对仗有点类似。如果前面一句你用youngsters and old people、rich people and who are poor，虽然意思没变，但语言不工整也不精炼。
平行结构在英语写作中应用广泛，大家要学会找到哪些地方需要平行结构并且怎样保持其语法结构的一致。做个练习：Bitterly、angrily、and with tears in her eyes、 Jane finally retired. Bitterly, angrily 和with tears in her eyes都是形容Jane退休时的心情，那么我们是否可以试着把它们三个变成同样的语法结构？Bitterly、angrily and tearfully、Jane finally retired. 这样一来，语言工整顺畅得多了。
And I would not be standing here without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of my family, the love of my life, the nation’s next first lady, Michelle Obama.
这是奥巴马对于他妻子的致谢之辞。I would not be standing here without是一个常用的致谢词，表示没有…的支持就不会有今天的成就，我们可以借鉴来，把它看作写作中的一种强调句式。比如，米是中国人不可缺少的食物这句话，可以说Rice is indispensible to Chinese people. 或是再强调一些的话就可以说 People in China cannot live one day without rice. Unyielding 这个词的意思是strong、fixed，常用于书面语，翻译成强有力的或不懈的。比如：His unyielding attitude on this subject was that since he had done it, so could everyone.
最后让我们来看看他是怎样形容挚爱，the rock of my family，the love of my life. 家庭的基石，一生的挚爱。对于另一半的称呼就像中文一样，英文中也有很多，比如 light of my life、better half、perfect match, etc.
一些同学总是抱怨找不到正宗的外语资料，也没有语言环境；其实是没有用心去找。比如这篇著名的演讲，即可以作为阅读文章又可以作为大家写作的范文，还可以作为听力资料。关键在于同学们能否意识到并且踏实去研究。
万事皆学问，只要肯用心。英语写作技巧不是哪本书或哪个名师为你一点就透的，在我看来点石成金只是片面的说法。大家肯不肯下功夫去琢磨，去练习，琢磨练习的方式对不对，起到了很重要的作用。今天给大家一点小小的建议，希望能对你的写作及英语学习有帮助或启示。
英语六级写作中常见的强调手法
一、用形容词“very”，“single”等表示强调
Red Army fought a battle on this very spot. 红军就在此地打过一仗。
Not a single person has been in the office this afternoon. 今天下午竟然没有一个人来过办公室。
二、用反身代词表示强调
I myself will see her off at the station. 我将亲自到车站为她送行。
You can do it well yourself. 你自己能做好这件事情。
三、用助词“do”表示强调
The baby is generally healthy， but every now and then she does catch a cold. 那孩子的健康状况尚好，但就是偶尔患感冒。
Do be quiet. I told you I had a headache. 务必安静，我告诉过你，我头疼。
四、用副词“very”，“only”，“even”，“too”，“just”等表示强调
He drank it to the very last drop.他把它喝得一干二净。
Only in this way can we wipe out the enemy troops. 只有用这样的方法我们才能消灭敌军。
He didn’t answer even my letter.他甚至连我的信都不回。
I will too go! 我要去的!
The scenery is just superb. 风景真是美极了。
五、用“ that”，“ those”，“ much”，“否定加否定”等结构表示强调
They fulfilled the task， and that in a few days. 他们在几天内完成的就是那项任务。
I gave her some presents， and those the day before yesterday. 前天我送给她的就是那些礼物。
I can’t thank you too much. 我无论怎样感谢你都不过份。
I am not unfaithful to you. 我对你无比忠诚。
六、用短语“in every way”，“in no way”，“by all means”，“by no means”，“only too”，“all too”，“but too”，“in heaven”，“in the world”，“in hell”，“on earth”，“under the sun”等表示强调
His behaviour was in every way perfect. 他的举止确实无可挑剔。
By all means take your son with you. 你一定要把儿子带来。
The news was only too true. 这消息确实是事实。
It was over all too soon! 此事的确了结得很快!
Where in heaven were you then?当时你到底在哪里?
Nobody under the sun would buy that car. 确实没有人会买那辆车。
七、用倒装句表示强调
Dishonest he is! 他的确不诚实!
In wine is the truth. 酒后吐真言。
八、用强调句型表示强调
It was the headmaster who opened the door for me. 正是校长为我开的门。
It was yesterday that we carried out that experiment. 就是在昨天我们做了那个实验。
Life Is a Bag of Frozen Peas
24EN Editor's Note：The life you know can be scattered at any time. You will move on, but how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, or will you pick them up one-by-one and put your life back together?
A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a vegetable, I decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it slipped from my hands and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, rolled everywhere. I tried to use a broom, but with each swipe the peas rolled across the kitchen, bounced off the wall on the other side and rolled in another direction.
My mental state at the time was fragile. Losing a spouse is an unbearable pain. I got on my hands and knees and pulled them into a pile to dispose of. I was half laughing and half crying as I collected them. I could see the humor in what happened, but it doesn't take much for a person dealing with grief to break down.
For the next week, every time I was in the kitchen, I would find a pea that had escaped my first cleanup. In a corner, behind a table leg, in the frays at the end of a mat, or hidden under a heater, they kept turning up. Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean, and found a dozen or so petrified peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining peas, I was in a new relationship with a wonderful woman I met in a widow/widower support group. After we married, I was reminded of those peas under the refrigerator. I realized my life had been like that bag of frozen peas. It shattered. My wife was gone. I was in a new city with a busy job and a son having trouble adjusting to his new surroundings and the loss of his mother. I was a wreck. I was a bag of spilled, frozen peas. My life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you down; when everything you know comes apart; when you think you can never get through the tough times, remember, it is just a bag of scattered, frozen peas. The peas can be collected and life will move on. You will find all the peas. First the easy peas come together in a pile. You pick them up and start to move on. Later, you find the smaller, harder-to-find peas. When you pull all the peas together, life will be whole again.
The life you know can be scattered at any time. You will move on, but how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, or will you pick them up one-by-one and put your life back together?
How will you collect your peas?
七步法打造最完美的简历
Want more interviews? Job searches in tough times like now demand polished resumes more than ever. If you are attempting to write your own resume, these seven tips are important to follow:
希望有更多的面试机会? 在当今这样经济困难的时期，求职者比以往更需要精良的简历。如果你打算亲自动手写简历，下面是七个重要的建议：
1. Select the best format. 选择最佳格式
While most resumes are written in a history chronological format, often a better technique is to evenly balance between skill-set description, achievements, and employment. 多数简历是按照时间顺序写的，可是通常更好地做法是掌握好“技能描述”、“业绩”和“工作情况”之间的平衡。
2. Make certain your document is error free. 确保简历文字准确无误
Since you are familiar with your own writing, you will "see" what you were thinking and not what is actually on the page. Do not rely on yourself to proofread your work and do not rely on spell-check. Find a friend who has strong grammar skills to check your work. 因为人们熟悉自己的文字，所以“看到的”是自己所想的，而不是实际写在纸上的。不要自己来检查，不要靠拼写工具检查。请一位语法很强的朋友来检查你制作好的简历。
3. Find a balance between wordiness and lack of detail. “简”和“繁”的平衡
Employers need to see details about your work history and experience, but they don't need to know everything. The fact that you were den leader in your Cub Scout troop is irrelevant. Keep information germane to the goal of attaining an interview. Eliminate information that is not related and will not have a direct impact on winning the interview. 雇主们需要了解你的工作背景、经验，可并不需要了解一切。你在童子军做教练员就是无关的信息。要让简历内容和能帮你争取到面试机会。删掉无关的、对赢得面试不会有直接影响的信息。
4. Do not use personal pronouns. 不要用人称代词
"I," "me," "my," "mine," and "our" should not be on a resume. Resumes are written in first person (implied). Example: For your prior job description, instead of writing: "I hired, trained and supervised a team of assistant managers and sales associates" you would instead state that you "Hired, trained and supervised a team of assistant managers and sales associates." Fragment sentences are perfectly acceptable on a resume and actually preferred. “我”，“我的”，“我们的”不应该出现在简历中。简历都是以(隐藏的)第一人称来书写的。例如：描述上一份工作时，不要写成“我曾参与招聘、培训、管理经理助理及销售助手”，而是“招聘、培训、管理经理助手及销售助手”。简历上出现“片段句”完全可以，而且在实际中会更受青睐。
5. Use numerical symbols for numbers. 以阿拉伯数字代替文字
While we are taught in school to spell out numbers less than ten, in resume writing, numerical symbols serve as "eye stops" and are a much better method. Instead of writing "Developed a dynamic team of eight consultants." it would be much more advantageous to state "Developed a dynamic team of 8 consultants." 虽然上学时老师教我们“十”以下的数字都要大写，阿拉伯数字却可以吸引人们的目光、是更好的数字表示方法。不要写成“建设了一只包括八名顾问，充满活力的团队”，写成“建设了一只包括8 名顾问，充满活力的'团队”会更能获得优势。
6. Think "accomplishments" rather than "job duties." 注重“业绩”而不是“职责”
What makes you stand out from the crowd? How did you come up with a way to do things better, more efficiently, or for less cost? What won honors for you? Information such as this is vital, will grab attention, and put your resume at the top of the list. 让你出众的是什么？怎样才能把事情做地更好、更有效率，成本更小？你因为什么赢得过荣誉? 这些是很重要的信息，会吸引目光，会让你的简历获得优先考虑。
7. Keep it positive. 传递积极态度
Reasons for leaving a job and setbacks do not have a place on a resume. Employers are seeking people who can contribute and have successfully performed in the past. Concentrate on communicating these issues and avoid any detracting information. 离职的原因和过去的挫折都不该出现在简历上。雇主们要找的是过去表现成功、能做出贡献的人。集中精力传递这些信息、回避任何转移注意力的信息。
Remember, many first-time job interviews are conducted via telephone rather than in person. Make sure you are prepared for that telephone call when it arrives. And make sure you have a resume that will make the phone ring! 别忘了，有很多初试是通过电话来进行的，而不是当面。在电话来的时候要做好准备。还有，一定让自己拥有一份能让那个电话铃声响起的简历!
美丽动人的英语名言
夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall, there with a sign.
世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。
A troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.
世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。
It is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.
无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。
The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？
The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. will you carry the burden of their lameness?
她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。
Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.
有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。
Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
忧思在我的心里平静下去，正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。
Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.
一封与众不同的情书及美妙的回复！
爱情，是一个永久的话题！人一旦遇到爱情，就会激发他（她）无限的创造力。比如这封来自远古的情书，再比如这封火星文的情书，再再比如这封隐藏在摩斯密码中的情书……而下面这个又是一封情书，一封与众不同的情书，看看吧，说不定你会用得到！
我最亲爱的Reshma，请回答下面的问卷，计分如下：
A、10分 B、5分 C、3分
①每次你走进教室，你的目光总会落在我身上，是因为：
A、爱我 B、情不自禁要看到我 C、真的么？我有这么做么？
②每次教授讲笑话，你都会大笑并转过头看我，是因为：
A、你总是喜欢看我笑 B、你想知道我喜欢不喜欢笑话 C、你被我的笑容吸引
③当你在班上唱歌，我一进来你就马上不唱了，是因为：
A、你不好意思在我面前唱歌 B、我的出现影响到你了 C、你担心我会不会喜欢你唱的歌
④当你展示童年照片的时候，我向你要，但你把它藏起来了，是因为：
A、你觉得害羞 B、你觉得不自在 C、你不知道
⑤出游的时候，我和朋友都向你伸出手要拉你一把，但是你只拉住了他的手，是因为：
A、你想看到我失望 B、一旦握住了我的手，你就不想放开 C、你不知道
⑥你昨天等车的时候，却没有上车……
A、你在等我 B、你在想着我，没注意到车来了 C、车太挤了
⑦你爸妈来学校的时候，你把我介绍给他们，是因为：
A、我将成为你的新郎 B、你只想知道你爸妈怎么看我 C、就是想把我介绍给他们
⑧我说过我喜欢女孩带玫瑰。第二天你头上就戴了朵玫瑰花，是因为：
A、满足我的愿望 B、你喜欢玫瑰花 C、碰巧你有朵玫瑰花
⑨那天，是我生日。你一大早6：00就到了庙里，是因为：
A、你希望和我一起祈祷 B、你想在我生日那天第一个见到我 C、因为你有信仰，所以想在庙里祝福我
如果你的得分超过40，你就是爱上我了，赶快说出来吧！如果你的得分在30-40之间，爱情已经在你心中含苞待发！如果你的得分低于30，你还在怀疑到底爱不爱我？
衷心期待你的回复……
爱你的，Aakash
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Aakash，请回答下面的判断题。
①如果有人坐在第一排，一般来说当别人进入教室，会看到他们。
A、是 B、否
②当一个女孩笑、瞟见所有人的时候，这是爱情么？
A、是 B、否
③唱歌的时候忘了词，他/她会不会停下来？
A、是 B、否
④我那时候正在给我的女性朋友看我小时候的照片，你把凑上来了，对么？
A、是 B、否
⑤我不想在出游的时候拉你的手，你还不明白么？
A、是 B、否
⑥我不该在公车站等我的好朋友Anjali么？
A、是 B、否
⑦我不该把你当作一个朋友介绍给我爸妈么？
A、是 B、否
⑧你还说你喜欢莲花、花椰菜，香蕉开的花，对吧？
A、是 B、否
⑨那是你的生日啊？之所以我会在庙里看见你，是因为我每天都去庙里，你知道么？
A、是 B、否
如果你有任何一个答案是“是”，那么我并不喜欢你。如果你回答了“不是”，那你根本不了解什么是爱，希望你都明白了！
附上英文原文
My Dearest Reshma,Please answer the following questionnaire.
For Options(A) 10 marks(b) 5marks and(c) 3 marks.
1) Whenever you enter the class room, your sight always falls on me because:
(a) of love
(b) you couldn't control seeing me
(c) really ... am I doing it?
2) Whenever professor cracks joke, you laugh and turn and look at me because:
(a) you always like to see me smiling
(b) you are testing whether I like jokes
(c) you are attracted by my smile
3) When you were singing in the class, I entered and immediately you stopped singing because:
(a) you are so coy to sing before me
(b) my presence influenced you
(c) you feared that whether I'll like your song
4) When you were showing your childhood photo, when I asked for it, you hide it because:
(a) you felt ashamed
(b) you felt uneasy
(c) you don't know
5) During trekking, myself and my friend gave you hand for lifting you and you took only my friend's because:
(a) you enjoyed my disappointment
(b) you won't feel leaving my hand after grabbing
(c) you don't know
6) You were waiting yesterday for bus and didn't get into your bus...
(a) you were waiting for me
(b) you were dreaming about me and didn't notice the bus
(c) that bus was crowded
7) You introduced me to your parents when they came to college because:
(a) I am going to be your groom
(b) you just want to know what your parents think about me
(c) just you felt like introducing me to them
8) I told that I like girls wearing roses. Next day, you came with a rose on your head because:
(a) to fulfill my wish
(b) you like roses
(c) by chance you got a rose
9) On that day, it was my birthday. you too came to temple early at 6:00 A.M because:
(a) you want to pray along with me
(b) you want to meet me before any one could meet on my birthday
(c) you want to wish me at temple because you are spiritual.
If you have scored more than 40, then you are loving me. Don't delay in expressing it.
If you have scored between 30 and 40, love is budding in your heart and it's getting ready to bloom. If you have scored less than 30, you are in confusion whether to love me or not.
Eagerly awaiting your reply..
Love, Aakash
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Aakash,Please answer the following Yes/No questionnaire.
1) If somebody sits in the first row, normally people entering the class, sees them.
(a) Yes (b) No
2) If a girl laughs and looks anyone, is it love?
(a) Yes (b) No
3) While singing, if somebody forgets lines of the songs, will he/she stop singing or not?
(a) Yes (b) No
4) I was showing to my friends (who are all girls) my childhood photo.
You poked your nose inside..... right ?
(a) Yes (b) No
5) I avoided to hold your hand during trekking. Couldn't you understand yet?
(a) Yes (b) No
6) Should I not wait for my best friend (Anjali) at the bus stand?
(a)Yes (b) No
7) Shouldn't I introduce you to my parents as a friend?
(a) Yes (b) No
8) You have said you also like Lotus, cauliflower, banana's flower. Is it true ?
(a) Yes (b) No
9) Oh was that your birthday. That's why I could see you in temple. I come daily to Temple. Do you know ?
(a) Yes (b) No
If you have answered "Yes" to any of the question, then I am not loving you. If you have answered "No", then you don't know the meaning of Love.
Hope everything is clear to you.