读写Unit 3.ppt

Interview n. 面谈,访问,接见 v. 接见,会谈 ① As he had nothing to tell, he refused to give any interviews to the journalists.他由于无可奉告，拒绝了记者采访。 ② All the applicants were interviewed one by one.所有的申请者一个接着一个参加面试。 a job interview 招聘面试； give/grant an interview to sb. 接见某人 interviewer n. 接见者，面试官； interviewee n. 被接见者，被面谈者 Main idea Four pieces of advice on being a successful interviewee. 成为一个成功的求职者的四条建议。 As I see it, there are four keys to getting hired. 1. Prepare to win. “If you miss one day of practice, you notice the difference,” the saying goes among musicians. “If you miss two days of practice, the critics notice the difference. If you miss three days of practice, the audience notices the difference.” “一日不练，自己知道,”音乐家中有这样的说法。“两日不练，音乐评论家知道。三日不练，观众知道”. When we watch a world-class musician or a top athlete, we don’t see the years of preparation that enabled him or her to become great. The Michael Jordans of the world have talent, yes, but they’re also the first ones on and the last ones off the basketball court. The same preparation applies in every form of human endeavor. If you want the job, you have to prepare to win it. When I graduated from college, the odds were good that I would have the same job for the rest of my life. And that’s how it worked out. But getting hired is no longer a once-in-lifetime experience. Employment experts believe that today’s graduates could face as many as ten job changes during their careers. He had done his homework before he delivered the speech. 在演讲之前，他做了充分的准备工作。 Good odds will favor the one who has done his homework best. 机会总是留给有准备的人。 You won’t get every job you go after. The best salespeople don’t close every sale. Michael Jordan makes barely half of his field-goal attempts. But it takes no longer to prepare well for one interview than to wander in half-prepared for five. And your prospects for success will be many times better. 在英语演讲比赛中，他去争取得奖。 He went after a prize in the English