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详解实用对话
applying for a position as an assistant
mr. green：well, tell me something of yourself.
irene：what would you like to know, mr. green?
mr. green：what working experience have you got?
irene：in 2004, i got a job in the sales department of a trading company near guangzhou. i
started as a sales representative. a year later, i was promoted to ❶ the position of sales manager. i
had that job ever since ❷ , which is just over a year now.
mr. green：oh, good. irene, can you tell me why you plan to quit being a sales manager to
work here as my assistant? don't you like your present job?
irene：frankly, some part of it i enjoy very much, but i prefer something more professional.
it happens that ❸ i have a friend working here in this company. she told me the export department
was to 1 an assistant. i felt very excited at this news. that's why i'm here.
详细解说
❶ “be promoted to…”意为“被晋升为……”，它的主动结构为“promote sb.
to…”，意为“晋升某人为……”，“promote”的反义词是“demote”，发音为
［di'məut］，意为“使降职，使降级”。
❷ “ever since”在文中用作副词，意为“从那以后一直”，例如：he got a job
with the firm in 1990 and has worked there ever since.（他1990年在那家公司任
职，之后就一直在那里工作。）此外，“ever since”还可用作连词，表
示“……以来一直（到现在）”，例如：he's been 2 ever since he got
3.（他自从离婚后就一直很消沉。）
❸ “it happens（that）…”意为“碰巧……，正好……”，例如：it just so happens
that i have her phone number.（凑巧的是，我正好有她的电话号码。）此
外，“happen to do sth.”意为“碰巧做某事”，例如：i happened to see james in
town.（我碰巧在城里看到了詹姆斯。）
应聘助理
格林先生：嗯，给我讲一讲有关你自己的一些情况吧。
艾琳：您想知道些什么，格林先生？
格林先生：你有什么工作经历？
艾琳：2004年，我在广州附近的一家贸易公司的销售部工作。我从销售代表干起。一
年后，我就被升为销售经理。从那时起我就一直做这份工作，刚刚一年多时间。
格林先生：噢，很好。艾琳，能告诉我你为什么不做销售经理而要来这里做我的助理
吗？你不喜欢现在的工作吗？
艾琳：坦白地说，有些方面我是很喜欢的，但是我更喜欢专业性强的东西。碰巧我有
个朋友在这里工作。她告诉我出口部要招收一名助理。听到这个消息，我很激动。所以我
就来了。
单词
☆ representative［ˌrepri'zentətiv］n. 代表
☆ promote［prə'məut］v. 提升，升职
☆ professional［prə'feʃənl］a. 专业的，职业的
☆ export［'ekspɔ:t］n. 出口
☆ recruit［ri'kru:t］v. 招收，征募
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