
禮貌包裝不知道
Stan and Nora are siblings. Stan is asking Nora for help.
史丹和諾拉是姐弟。史丹正在向諾拉請求幫忙。
Stan: Hey, Nora. I’m going to have three interviews next week. Could you give me some advice?
史丹:嘿,諾拉。我下週有三個大學面試。你可以給我點建議嗎?
advice(n.)建議
Nora: Of course. Have you rehearsed your self-introduction?
諾拉:當然。你有試講自我介紹了嗎?
rehearse(v.)排演、排練self-introduction自我介紹
Stan: Yes. I’ve decided to use the same one for all three of the interviews.
史丹:有的,我決定三個面試都使用同樣的自我介紹。
decide to do sth.決定做某事
Nora: No, don’t do that. You are going to be interviewed by different universities. You should tailor your self-introduction for each of them.
諾拉:不,別這麼做。你要被不同的大學面試。應該要針對不同的大學有不同的自我介紹。
different(adj.)不同的university(n.)大學tailor(v.)專門製作、使適應特定需要
Stan: How should I do that?
史丹:我該怎麼做呢?
Nora: You should do some research on them before the interviews.
諾拉:你應該在面試前對他們做些研究。
do research on sth.對某事做研究
Stan: That’s not hard. I think I can change my self-introduction pretty easily. What I am worried about the most is that the interviewers might ask some tricky questions. What should I do if I just don’t know the answer?
史丹:這不難。我想更改自我介紹蠻簡單地。我最擔心的是面試官可能會問一些難題。如果我不知道答案該怎麼辦呢?
pretty(adv.)相當、非常worried(adj.)擔心的interviewer(n.)面試官interviewee(n.)面試者tricky(adj.)難對付的
Nora: Well, if you don’t know how to answer the questions they ask, don’t be afraid of admitting it.
諾拉:嗯,如果你不知道怎麼回答他們問的問題,別害怕承認。
admit(v.)承認
Stan: So do I just need to say that I don’t know?
史丹:所以我只需要說我不知道嗎?
Nora: Well, please say it in a polite way. You can say, “I am afraid that I might not have the answer for your question now,” or, “I think I still need to learn more about this part.”
諾拉:這個嘛,請有禮貌地表示。你可以說「對於這個問題恐怕我現在還沒有答案」或是「針對這個部分我可能還需要多加學習」。
polite(adj.)有禮貌的in a~way以~的方式
Stan: That sounds pretty good, but I still hope that I’ll be able to answer all of their questions. I’m so nervous.
史丹:聽起來很棒,但我還是希望我可以回答出所有的問題。我好緊張。
be able to能夠nervous(adj.)緊張的
Nora: Calm down. Just remember to wear a smile. Then everything will be just fine.
諾拉:冷靜點。記得面帶微笑就好。那麼一切都會很順利的。
calm(v.)使平靜、使鎮靜calm down冷靜、平靜remember to do sth.記得要做某事remember doing sth.記得做過某事smile(n.)(v.)笑容、微笑