职场口语 应聘助理（2）

详解实用对话

Applying for a Position as an Assistant

Mr. Green：Well, tell me something of yourself.

Irene：What would you like to know, Mr. Green?

Mr. Green：What working experience have you got?

Irene：In 2004, I got a job in the sales department of a trading company near Guangzhou. I

started as a sales representative. A year later, I was promoted to ❶ the position of sales manager. I

had that job ever since ❷ , which is just over a year now.

Mr. Green：Oh, good. Irene, can you tell me why you plan to quit being a sales manager to

work here as my assistant? Don't you like your present job?

Irene：Frankly, some part of it I enjoy very much, but I prefer something more professional.

It happens that ❸ I have a friend working here in this company. She told me the export department

was to recruit¹ an assistant. I felt very excited at this news. That's why I'm here.

详细解说

❶ “be promoted to…”意为“被晋升为……”，它的主动结构为“promote sb.

to…”，意为“晋升某人为……”，“promote”的反义词是“demote”，发音为

［di'məut］，意为“使降职，使降级”。

❷ “ever since”在文中用作副词，意为“从那以后一直”，例如：He got a job

with the firm in 1990 and has worked there ever since.（他1990年在那家公司任

职，之后就一直在那里工作。）此外，“ever since”还可用作连词，表

示“……以来一直（到现在）”，例如：He's been depressed² ever since he got

divorced³.（他自从离婚后就一直很消沉。）

❸ “It happens（that）…”意为“碰巧……，正好……”，例如：It just so happens

that I have her phone number.（凑巧的是，我正好有她的电话号码。）此

外，“happen to do sth.”意为“碰巧做某事”，例如：I happened to see James in

town.（我碰巧在城里看到了詹姆斯。）

应聘助理

格林先生：嗯，给我讲一讲有关你自己的一些情况吧。

艾琳：您想知道些什么，格林先生？

格林先生：你有什么工作经历？

艾琳：2004年，我在广州附近的一家贸易公司的销售部工作。我从销售代表干起。一

年后，我就被升为销售经理。从那时起我就一直做这份工作，刚刚一年多时间。

格林先生：噢，很好。艾琳，能告诉我你为什么不做销售经理而要来这里做我的助理

吗？你不喜欢现在的工作吗？

艾琳：坦白地说，有些方面我是很喜欢的，但是我更喜欢专业性强的东西。碰巧我有

个朋友在这里工作。她告诉我出口部要招收一名助理。听到这个消息，我很激动。所以我

就来了。

单词

☆ representative［ˌrepri'zentətiv］n. 代表

☆ promote［prə'məut］v. 提升，升职

☆ professional［prə'feʃənl］a. 专业的，职业的

☆ export［'ekspɔ:t］n. 出口

☆ recruit［ri'kru:t］v. 招收，征募

分享到：