How To Ace Your Job Interview

时间:2022-03-09 07:50:45

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An recent Italian immigrant1 to New York wanted a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test.
 
"Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."
 
"Without numbers?" the Italian says, "Dat is easy." And he proceeds2 to draw three trees.
 
"What's this?" the boss asks.
 
"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the Italian.
 
"Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
 
The Italian stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn3 and makes a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."
 
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?"
 
"Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99."
 
"All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100."
 
The Italian man stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go. One hundred."
 
The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
 
The Italian leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog came along and poops by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a tur

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1 immigrant Taoxf     
adj.(从国外)移来的,移民的;n.移民,侨民
参考例句:
  • Life in the USA was very hard for almost every new immigrant.美国的生活几乎对每一个新移民都很艰难。
  • I'd like to obtain some information about applying for an immigrant visa.我想取一些申请移民签证的资料。
2 proceeds XkXzvh     
n.(pl)收益
参考例句:
  • She sold her car and bought a piano with the proceeds. 她卖掉了汽车,然后用这笔收入买了一架钢琴。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction. 他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
3 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

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