Ⅲ.课文篇
Before you meet with, do business with, or interview for a foreign organization, make sure you know the company
在你去会见外国机构、与之有商业往来或者去面试之前，确保你要了解它。
KNOW THE COMPANY LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND: understand every aspect of the company. Find out everything you can about the business you want to interview for.
对公司要了如指掌：了解公司的方方面面。尽量找出与你要去面试的工作相关的东西。
* What is it exactly that they do?
* What do they sell, if anything?
* What services does the company provide?
* Where can you help them best?
* How long have they BEEN AROUND?
* Have they always worked with the same goods or products?
* How many offices do they have?
* Where are those offices?
* Who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?
* Are they owned by another firm?
* What languages are spoken in the offices?
* Who is their Chinese counterpart?
* If a company has simple letter abbreviations, what does it stand for? For example, IBM is International Business Machines. EDS is Electronic Digital Systems. FESCO is Foreign Enterprises Service Corporation.
他们具体做什么？
如果他们做销售，销售什么？
该公司提供什么服务？
你在什么地方最能帮助他们？
他们成立有多久了（运作有多长时间了）？
他们一直生产同一种物品或产品吗？
你们有几家办事处？
那些办事处在什么地方？
首席执行官是谁（CEO）？
他们是否附属于另一家公司？
在办公室里说哪种语言？
他们的中国同行是谁？
如果公司有简单的缩写，缩写代表什么？
例如，IBM是International Business Machines（国际商用机器公司）；EDS是Electronic Digital Systems（电子数字系统）；FESCO是Foreign Enterprises Service Corporation of Beijing（北京外企服务公司）。
Most large businesses publish monthly or quarterly reports on their progress and growth. In addition, with the computer revolution upon us, many companies have web sites on the Information Superhighway (the World Wide Web, the Internet).
大多数大型公司每个月或者每季度就公司进展做一次报告。此外，随着计算机的革新，很多公司在信息高速公路（环球网，互联网）上有网站。
If you can SURF (look through) the Internet, this is a great way to get to know the company while looking for new jobs. As you are collecting data on the company you want to interview for, you should also be collecting questions you want to ask the company. At the interview you will want to show that you know the Company. Asking good questions is a great way to show you know the company!
如果你可以在互联网上冲浪（浏览），这是在寻找新工作时了解该公司的一种好方式。当你在搜集你想要面试的公司资料时，你也应该搜集你想要提问该公司的问题。在面试时你想展示你了解该公司。提出好问题是让别人知道你了解公司的一种好方式！
