Ⅳ.对话篇
Interviewer BIG BOSS: Welcome to the ABC HOUSE Company.
面试者大老板：欢迎来到ABC住房公司。
Chinese job seeker JOE HO: Thank you. (While shaking hands) My name is Joe Ho, and I'm here about the position in sales.
求职者中国人胡乔：谢谢。（同时握手）我叫胡乔，我来这里是有关销售的职位。
Big Boss: Nice to meet you. I am the Big Boss. Please have a seat.
大老板：见到你很高兴。我是大老板，请坐。
Joe Ho: Thank you very much.
胡乔：多谢。
Big Boss: Why did you quit your last job?
大老板：你为什么辞掉你的上一份工作？
Joe Ho: It was a small company with no future. Your company, however is growing very quickly in very productive directions.
胡乔：那是一家没有前途的小公司。而你的公司正朝着卓有成效的方向迅速发展。
Big Boss: Do you feel you are a good worker?
大老板：你觉得你是一个好员工吗？
Joe Ho: I certainly do feel I am a good worker. As you can see from my RESUME, I have often been the best employee of the month.
胡乔：我的确觉得我是一个好员工。如你可以从我的简历看到的，我经常是“本月最佳雇员”。
Big Boss: What did you do at your last job?
大老板：上一份工作你做什么？
Joe Ho: I sold all kinds of cars, motorcycles and trucks.
胡乔：我销售各种各样的小汽车、摩托车和大卡车。
Big Boss: Did you enjoy your job?
大老板：你喜欢你的工作吗？
Joe Ho: Always, of course. I enjoyed helping my customers best of all. I was happy when they were happy.
胡乔：当然一直喜欢。我最喜欢帮助我的顾客。当他们高兴的时候我就高兴。
Big Boss: So why do you want to sell houses now?
大老板：那你现在为什么想做房子销售？
Joe Ho: I want to sell houses because they are the way of the future in Beijing. Lately, many families are looking to buy a good house but need a friendly, intelligent salesperson to help them. I believe my experience with people, my hard work, and motivation make me perfect for this job.
胡乔：我想销售房子是因为房子是北京将来的发展趋势。最近，很多家庭正在寻找购买一处好住房，而需要一个友好、有智慧的销售人员帮助他们。我相信我和人们打交道的经验、我的努力以及积极性是我成为这份工作理想的人选。
Big Boss: What are your personal strengths?
大老板：你个人的长处是什么？
Joe Ho: I work well with others and I am a committed friend. I believe customers should be treated like friends.
胡乔：我善长和其他人一起工作，而且我对朋友很好。我认为我们应该把顾客视为朋友。
Big Boss: What is your greatest weakness?
大老板：你最大的弱点是什么？
Joe Ho: Although I have had many foreign customers and teachers, I have never been abroad to study English. I believe this is my greatest weakness. However, I hope to improve my English in the near future.
胡乔：尽管我有很多外国的客户和老师，我从没有到过国外去学英语。我认为这是我最大的弱点。不过，我希望在不久的将来提高我的英语。
Big Boss: Would you be willing to go abroad for English and Sales training?
大老板：你愿意到国外去学习英语并接受销售培训吗？
Joe Ho: It would be my pleasure to go abroad to study English and Sales.
胡乔：到国外去学习英语和销售是我的荣幸。
Big boss: Great. Do you have any questions for us?
大老板：太好了。你对我们有什么问题吗？
Joe Ho: I know that ABC sells houses, but what did you used to sell?
胡乔：我知道ABC销售房子，不过以前你们销售什么？
Big Boss: We started off by selling garden houses. We still sell them sometimes.
大老板：我们以销售花园别墅起家。我们有时还销售花园别墅。
Joe Ho: How long would our contract be for?
胡乔：我们的合同期有多长？
Big Boss: We ask our employees to sign two-year contracts.
大老板：我们要雇员签两年的合同。
Joe Ho: One last question. Seeing my work experience and motivation, if I got the job, what salary could I expect?
胡乔：最后一个问题。就我的工作经验和积极性而言，如果我得到这份工作，我能期望的薪水是多少？
Big Boss: If you get the job, you will earn two thousand RMB a month plus commission (a percentage of what you sell).
大老板：如果你得到这份工作，你会得到每月两千人民币加提成（你销售的一个百分比）。
Joe Ho: (While shaking hands) Thank you, sir. I hope I have the chance to work with you in the future.
胡乔：（同时握手）谢谢，先生。我希望在将来有机会和你一起工作。
Big Boss: And thank you for your time, Joe Ho. Good-bye.
大老板：谢谢你的时间，胡乔，再见。
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