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Amy applied for a position at an English cram school. She is in an interview.
艾咪應徵了一家英語補習班的職缺，她正在面試。
apply(v.)申請、應徵position(n.)職位
Interviewer: Hi, glad you could make it, Amy. I’m the head of the Education Department. I’ve read your resume and I think you are quite suitable for our cram school.
面試官：嗨，艾咪，很開心見到你。我是教學部組長。我已經看過你的履歷了，我覺得你滿適合我們補習班的。
head(n.)負責人resume(n.)履歷suitable(adj.)合適的
Amy: It’s nice to hear, thanks. Actually my friend, Jim, worked here two years ago. He highly recommends the working environment here.
艾咪：聽到您這樣說真好，其實我朋友吉姆兩年前在這邊工作，他很推薦這邊的工作環境。
recommend(v.)推薦working environment工作環境
Interviewer: Wonderful. We miss Jim so much. So, let’s get started. I’ve read your CV and cover letter. I see you’ve worked as an English teacher before. What motivates you to do this kind of work?
面試官：太好了，我們都很想念吉姆。好，那我們開始吧。我已經看了你的履歷跟求職信，你以前就當過英文老師，是什麼樣的動機讓你選擇這份工作呢？
motivate(v.)使⋯⋯產生動機
Amy: First, I have always been enthusiastic about language learning, so I would love to share the experiences of learning and teaching with others. Secondly, teaching is my profession. It’s more that I try to combine my interests with my work, so I’m always passionate about teaching and learning.
艾咪：首先，我一直都很熱愛語言學習，所以我很樂意跟其他人分享學習與教學的經驗。再來是，教學是我的專業，其實工作對我來說像是興趣跟專業的結合，所以我對教學、學習一直很有熱忱。
enthusiastic(adj.)熱衷的profession(n.)職業combine(v.)結合passionate(adj.)熱情的
Interviewer: Great. Do you manage your time well? You must know the preparation for a single class is sometimes time-consuming right?
面試官：很好，你的時間管理如何？你也清楚，要備一堂課有時候很花時間對吧？
manage(v.)管理preparation(n.)準備time-consuming(adj.)耗時的
Amy: Yes, it takes me hours to prepare the class. I have to admit, it’s tedious sometimes. My approach to do it efficiently is to always arrange my schedule in the morning and stick to my process.
艾咪：是的，我通常要花好幾小時準備一堂課，而且我必須承認，有時候滿無聊的。我讓備課有效率的方法是，我會在早上安排好一天的行程，接著就嚴格遵守。
admit(v.)承認tedious(adj.)乏味的approach(n.)方法efficiently(adv.)有效率的arrange(v.)安排stick to嚴格遵守
Interviewer: That’s what I do too. That way, you can also figure out how much time you need to finish each task.
面試官：我也是這麼做，這樣一來，還可以了解在每項工作上所需要的時間。
figure out了解task(n.)任務
Amy: Exactly. I think we’re on the same page.
艾咪：沒錯，我覺得我們的看法一致。
we’re on the same page=I agree with you.
Interviewer: It’s been nice talking to you, Amy. You can take a break and I’ll have our manager meet with you in a second.
面試官：很開心能跟你談話，艾咪。你可以稍微休息一下，我等等請經理過來跟你見個面。