雅思詞組1:personal statement 個人陳述

Personal statement is an opportunity to tell admission office why you are excellent applicant for their university.
個人陳述讓你有機會告訴招生辦公室，你為什么是他們大學的優秀申請者。

PS(personal statement)是留學申請中最重要的部分，是申請者最主要的自我包裝。寫個人自述要求獨具創意，最大忌諱就是寫得毫無特色，枯燥乏味。

雅思詞組2:personality questionnaire性格問卷

More and more employers around the world are making use of what are called personality questionnaire to help them select new staff.
全世界越來越多的雇主都借助性格問卷來挑選新員工。

雅思詞組3:personally speaking從個人角度來看，就個人而言

Personally speaking I prefer to play football rather than play basketball.
就個人而言，我更愛踢足球而不是打籃球。

雅思詞組4:personnel management人事管理

A:Are you working at the moment?
A:你現在工作了嗎?

B:Yes, fve been working in the administration section of the local hospital for the last three years. And before that I worked in the office of a computer engineering company for two years. So I've got about five years of relevant work experience. And what I'm hoping to focus on is personnel marutgement.
B:是的，過去三年我一直在當地一家醫院的管理部門工作，在那之前我還在一家計算機工程公司工作過兩年，所以我有大約五年的相關工作經驗。我現在希望能主要從事人事管理方面的工作。

與“公司人事管理”相關的表達:
achievements工作成就，業績
professional history職業經歷
position desired期望職位
work permit工作證
punch the clock打卡
responsibility職責
work experience工作經驗
career objective職業目標
salary raise加薪
agreement of emvlovment聘書

雅思詞組5:phone biN電話費賬單

You don't need to pay for gas, electricity or water, but you will need to pay your proportion of the phone bill.
你不需要付煤氣費、電費及水費，但是你需要支付自己的那部分電話費。

各種常見“賬單”:
water bill水費單
gas bill煤氣費單
electricity bill電費單
heating bill暖氣費單

雅思詞組6:phone up給…打電話

What you can do is to phone up a student from your own country who is present studying in this college-we will, of course, liaise between you-and discuss your concern with them. That way you can get an objective opinion of what you can expect if you come to live and study at Rexford.
你可以給目前就讀于該學院且與你來自同一國度的學生打個電話，當然我們可以幫你聯系，你可以和他們聊聊你關心的問題。這樣你就能得到在雷克斯福德生活和學習的客觀意見。

ring up, call up

雅思詞組7:pick one's brain向某人請教，征求某人的看法

You'd better go see the professor and pick his brain; maybe he can make it clear to you.
你最好去請教一下教授，沒準他能把問題給你解釋清楚。

consult with sb.

雅思詞組8:pick out精心挑選;分辨出;(經仔細研究)找出，認識到;使顯著;(不用樂譜)慢慢地彈奏

He was picked out from hundreds of applicants for the job.
他從數百名求職者中被選中承擔這項工作。

I can pick out my mother's voice among so many people.
我能從這么多人中分辨出母親的聲音。

seek out, tell from

雅思詞組9:pitch in投入，參與;支援

When I bought this second-hand car, all my relatives pitched in to help fix it up.
在我購人這輛二手車時，所有親戚都出力幫我修理。

雅思詞組10:places of historical interest歷史名勝，名勝古跡
A:What sort of places shall we pay a visit to this week?
A:本周我們要去參觀哪些地方?

B:Well, obviously it varies, but always places of historical interest and also which offer a variety of shopping.
B:很明顯，現在情況尚未定，但肯定會有些名勝古跡，也會包括購物場所。

與“旅游”相關的詞組:
natural beauty自然美景
tourist resort度假村
tour route旅游路線
off/off-peak season淡季
tourist attraction游覽勝地
summer resort避署勝地
tourist association旅游協會
on/peak season 旺季