W:Ah, good morning. It's Mr. Robinson, isn't it?
M:Yes.
W:Have a seat.
M:Thank you.
W:OK, I've got your letter of application. Now, as you know, when you apply for a post with our company, we need to find out a few things about both your academic background and recent work experience.
女士:好的,我收到了你的求職信。現在,如你所知,你申請我們公司的職位,我們需要了解你的學術背景和最近的工作經驗。
M:Sure.
W:First of all, A levels?
女士:首先,A levels考試?(A levels,是英國學生大學入學必須參加的考試,其重要性等同于中國高考。)
M:Yes, I've got three:geography, maths and physics.
W:Geography, maths and physics. OK.And what about your degree?
M:I went to Manchester University and got an engineering degree,with water management as my specialization.
男士:我去了曼徹斯特大學并獲得了工程學位,水資源管理是我的專業。
W:Uh-huh,I see.
M:And as for work experience, I started out after graduating in1996 in India, working for the Indian government.
男士:至于工作經驗,我1996年畢業后,就出發去印度并開始為印度政府工作。
W:Did you work as a volunteer?
M:No, it was a three-year water irrigation project.
W:That sounds fascinating. How did you organize that? You say it wasn't a British company then.
女士:聽起來真有趣。你是怎么獲得這個機會的?你說那不是英國公司。
M:No, no.My university had links with an Indian engineering university, so it was organized at that level.
男士:不,不。我所在的大學與一所印度工程大學有聯系,所以獲得了這次機會。
W:And after that?
M:Then I came back, moved to Sheffield and had been working with Lattimer Engineering since then.
男士:然后我回來了,搬到了謝菲爾德,從那以后我就一直在為拉蒂默工程工作。
W:And what exactly are you doing for Lattimer?
M:Oh,I'm working in water irrigation again, this time as a project research assistant.
W:Great, I've got your details.Now let's move on to a more general discussion about what we are looking for here...
女士:很好,我有你的詳細資料了。現在讓我們來討論一下我們需要的……