纯正地道美语 第229期(外教讲解):谈论背景
Mr. Parsons: Now, Miss Childs passed on your resume to me and I’ve had the chance to look it over and I must say I’m quite impressed.
Rebecca:Thank you very much. I’ve tried to keep it short and clear. If there’s any questions please feel free to ask me.
Mr. Parsons: Well yes, I do have a number of questions, but perhaps first you could give me a brief overview I’d like to get a little bit of an idea of your background.
Rebecca:Yes, of course. Well as you can see from the resume I’m up and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, although our family moved to London when I was quite young, at around rook.
Mr. Parsons: Ah I see, so you were actually educated in Europe?
Rebecca:Yes precisely. Although I was born in the US, I would definitely call London home. But as you see I’ve actually spent a lot of my life moving from country to country. My Father was in the oil business before he retired so we also spent a number of years in Saudi Arabia too.
Mr. Parsons: Very interesting. So it seems you had quite an adventurous childhood.
Rebecca:Absolutely! We were never still for too long. But now I’m really looking to settle down.
Mr. Parsons:I see. Okay, well let’s move on to discuss your education shall we?
Rebecca:Sure.
pass on 传递
impress v.給……留下印象
feel free 放轻松
a brief overview 纲要,概要
settle down 定居下来
想一想再看
adj. 爱冒险的,大胆的,惊险的
settle['setl]想一想再看
v. 安顿,解决,定居
n. 有背的长凳
想一想再看
v. 再继续,重新开始
n. 简历,履历; 摘
re回+sun拿,取+e→拿回去,也可解释为重新拿起,继续 impress[im'pres]
想一想再看
n. 印象,特徵,印记
v. 使 ... 有印
im进入,press(n /v 压)-压入头脑-使印象深刻 impressed
想一想再看
adj. 外加的;印象深刻的;了不起的;受感动的
absolutely['æbsəlu:tli]想一想再看
adv. 绝对地,完全地;独立地
Mr. Parsons: 蔡尔兹小姐请把你的简历递给我。我能有机会来仔细看看,我必须说我对你印象深刻。
Rebecca: 非常感谢。我尽量让简历简单明了。如果有问题,请尽管问我。
Mr. Parsons: 好的,我有很多问题,但是也许你应该先将刚要向我们介绍下,我想知道一点你的背景。
Rebecca: 是的,当然可以。从简历上你可以得知,我在纽约的布鲁克林区出生和长大,尽管我很小的时候家里就搬到伦敦了。
Mr. Parsons: 我明白了,你实际上是在欧洲接受的教育?
Rebecca: 是的,虽然我在美国出生,我更愿将伦敦称作家。你可能看到我花了很多时间从一个国家去另1个国家。我父亲退休前是做石油生意的,所以我们也在Saudi Arabia呆了很多年。
Mr. Parsons: 很有趣。看起来你的童年充满冒险经历。
Rebecca:是的,我们从来没在1个地方呆太长时间。但是现在我真的想定居下来。
Mr. Parsons: 我明白,我们接着来谈论你的教育吧,好吗?
Rebecca:当然可以。
重点单词查看全部解释adventurous[əd'ventʃərəs]想一想再看
adj. 爱冒险的,大胆的,惊险的
settle['setl]想一想再看
v. 安顿,解决,定居
n. 有背的长凳
想一想再看
v. 再继续,重新开始
n. 简历,履历; 摘
re回+sun拿,取+e→拿回去,也可解释为重新拿起,继续 impress[im'pres]
想一想再看
n. 印象,特徵,印记
v. 使 ... 有印
im进入,press(n /v 压)-压入头脑-使印象深刻 impressed
想一想再看
adj. 外加的;印象深刻的;了不起的;受感动的
absolutely['æbsəlu:tli]想一想再看
adv. 绝对地,完全地;独立地
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