designed to help the interviewee successfully interview and get the job he/ she wants:
Preparing for the Interview
1. Know the exact and time of the interview, the interviewer‘s full name, the
correct pronunciation and his or her title.
2. Learn pertinent facts about the company such as annual sales revenue,
principal lines of business and locations.
3. Find out why the hiring manager and/ or client representative is interested in
your qualifications.
4. Determine how the opportunity will impact your immediate and long-term
career development.
5. An interview is a ―two-way street.‖ Know what questions to ask during the
interview. Your questions allow the hiring manager to evaluate your professional and personal needs. Insightful questions help both of you determine if your relationship will be mutually rewarding. Lastly, the better you understand the opportunity, the more you will be able to communicate your interest in the position.
6. Put your best foot forward. Always wear proper attire and greet your
interviewer with a firm handshake and an enthusiastic smile.
Some “DOs” and “DON’Ts”
1. Do plan to arrive on time or a few minutes early. Late arrival for a job
interview is never excusable.
2. If presented with an application, do fill it out neatly and completely. Don‘t rely
on your application or resume to do the selling for you. Interviewers will want you to speak for yourself.
3. Do greet the interviewer by last name if you are sure of the pronunciation. If
not, ask the employer to repeat it. Give the appearance of energy as you walk. Smile! Shake hands firmly. Be genuinely glad to meet the interviewer.
4. Do wait until you are offered a chair before sitting. Sit upright, look alert and
interested at all times. Be a good listener as well as a good communicator. 5. Do look a prospective employer in the eye while speaking.
6. Do follow the interviewer‘s leads, but try to get the interviewer to describe the
position and the duties to you early in the interview so that you can apply your background, skills and accomplishments to the position.
7. Do make sure that your good points come across to the interviewer in a factual,
sincere manner. Stress achievements. For example, sales records, process developed, savings achieved, systems installed, etc.
8. Do always conduct yourself as if you are determined to get the job you are
discussing. Never close the door on opportunity.
9. Do show enthusiasm. If you are interested in the opportunity, enthusiastic
feedback can enhance your chances of being further considered. If you are not interested, your responsiveness will still demonstrate your professionalism. 10. Don‘t forget to bring a copy of your resume! Keep several copies in your
briefcase if you are afraid you will forget.
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11. Don‘t smoke, even if the interviewer does and offers you a cigarette. Do not
chew gum.
12. Don‘t answer with a simple ―yes‖ or ―no.‖ Explain whenever possible.
Describe those things about yourself which relate to the situation. 13. Don‘t lie. Answer questions truthfully, frankly and succinctly.
14. Don‘t make unnecessary derogatory remarks about your present or former
employers. Obviously, there were issues or else you would not have left a prior company or be looking to leave a present employer. However, when explaining your reasons for leaving, limit your comments to those necessary to adequately communicate your rationale.
15. Don‘t over-answer questions. And if the interviewer steers the conversation
into politics or controversial issues, try to do more listening than speaking since this could be a sensitive situation.
16. Don‘t inquire about salary, vacations, bonuses, retirement, etc., on the initial
interview unless you are sure the employer is interested in hiring you. If the interviewer asks what salary you want, indicate what you‘ve earned but that you‘re more interested in opportunity than in a specific salary.
2. Michael Jordan(1963－):
American professional basketball player, considered by many to be the greatest player in basketball history. The 6 ft 6 in (198cm) shooting guard first became known as an explosive individual scorer, but as he matured as a player he adopted a more team-oriented approach to the game. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (1991-1993, 1996-1998). His widespread appeal to fans has helped keep basketball one of the world‘s most popular spectator sports. 课文语篇 I. 课文主题
In this text, the author gives us some suggestions about job interview and success. It starts with a personal story that how he does the interviewing, which could also be very appealing to readers. Then the author offers four keys to getting hired: first, prepare to win; second, never stop learning; third, believe in yourself; four, find a way to make a difference. All the four keys are instructive and illustrated with vivid examples, and yet each is begun in a way different from the rest stylistically. For example, the first key starts with a quotation; the second with a surprising fact; the third with a question while the fourth with a personal opinion. With the effective writing strategies and sound proof details, the author reiterate that we should prepare to win, never stop learning, believe ourselves and find a way to make a difference and then we can obtain success in job interviews. 文中，作者提供了一些关于工作面试合成功的建议。文章由作者亲身经历开篇，讲述作者自己是怎样去招聘人员的，而这样的开篇也能吸引读者。然后作者讲了面试成功的四大要诀：一、准备成功；二、永不停止学习；三、相信自己；四、想方设法与众不同。这四大要诀赋予指导意义，同时又有生动事例来阐述；然而这四大要诀又以不同方式开篇，例如，第一个是由一句引言开始的，第二个是由一个令人吃惊的事件而来，第三个则由一个问题引
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发，而第四个由作者个人观点引发。作者运用了这些有效的写作技巧，再加上有力的证明，向读者说明了我们要获得面试成功就应该准备成功，永不停止学习，相信自己，想方设法与众不同。 II．课文结构
Part One (paras.1-6): The beginning part: A recent college graduate failed to answer
the questions at an interview because of lack of preparation.
Part Two (paras.7-26): The Main Body: The author offers four keys to obtain success
in interviews.
1) Prepare to win. Example: Michael Jordan (paras.7-12)
2) Never stop learning. Example: a 90-year-old tennis player.(paras.13-16) 3) Believe in yourself. Example: the four-minute mile, the New York Marathon and the Vietnam veteran.(paras.17-20)
4) Find a way to make a difference. Example: New York cabdrivers.(paras.21-27)
Part Three (paras.27-31): Conclusion: By telling a story of his mentor, Curt Carlson,
the author concludes that if we fulfill the four keys we can make our own tracks in whatever we do.
1) Tell the story of Curt Carlson who like to make his own tracks in the
snow. (paras.21-30)
2) Make the conclusion. (para.31)
课文A重点、难点
1. Was he planning to follow up the interview with another letter indicating his
eagerness to join us? 面试之后，他是否打算再写一封信，表明自己加盟本公司得诚意吗？
1)follow up sth. with…在…之后采取进一步…行动。Eg: Tom is crazy with Kate. He follows the black date with flowers and love letters. 2)Eagerness n. 渴望，愿望 in one‘s eagerness 3)Join sb. 加入成为其中一员。
4)indicating his eagerness to join us在句中充当another letter的后置定语，说明什么样的信件。
2. ―If you miss one day of practice, you notice the difference,‖ the saying goes among
musicians. 音乐家众有这样的说法：“一日不练，自己知道。”
(as)the saying goes : used to introduce a particular phrase that people often say. Eg: As and old English saying goes, ―If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive!‖
3. The Michael Jordans of the world have talent, yes, but they‘re also the first ones on
and the last ones off the basketball court.世界上诸如迈克尔乔丹这样的顶尖人物无疑具有非凡才能， 但他们在篮球场上也是第一个到，最后一个走。 1) The Michael Jordans of the world 这种修辞叫换称(antonomasia), 指运用“专有名词代替普通名词或者用普通名词代替专有名词。”这里提到的专有名词必须是大家熟知的，特点宣明的，例如Solomon ----- a wise man; Judas-----a traitor; John Wayne----- a model figure of a tough guy; Uncle Tom----- a Negro who compromises and conforms with the Whites. 因此这里Michael Jordan是大
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家熟知的NBA球星，被广泛誉为美国有史以来最伟大的球星。因此，在这里用了他的名字来换称那些世纪级的勤奋而又成绩出众的球员门。
2) On and off the basketball court.到球场离开球场。这里两个介词结构分别座了the first ones 和the last ones的定语。
4. The best salespeople don‘t close every sale.最好的售货员不可能每次都成功。 close every sale: complete every sale or be successful in every sale. 5. I shouldn‘t have. 我不应该担心。
这是一个省略句（ellipsis）补充完整可以是：I shouldn‘t have worried about having a 90-year-old partner.
6. In my opinion, the majority of New York cabdrivers are unfriendly, if not downright rude. 在我看来，纽约大多数的出租车司机即使不算无礼透顶，至少也是不友好的。
1)在某人看来，就某人而言，这样的意思有许多类似表达：in one‘s opinion, from one‘s standpoint (of), for one‘s part, from one‘s point of view, as sb is/ was concerned, etc.
2)整个句子利用if not 结构，运用了understatement的手法，使句子显得比较委婉含蓄，此外if not 也可使得句子所表达内容显得更为客观。例如：
Sleep is a never ending task that has to be done at least once every couple of days, if not every day.
As I see it, pre-school children who are taught at home by their parents do at least as well as, if not better than, those educated at nursery schools.
It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own period.
I have reasons to believe that most applicants, if not all of them, will have done their homework before the interview.
7. As we were taxing down it to take off, Curt tuned to me and said gleefully, ―Look, Harvey, no tacks in the snow!‖ 我们正在跑道上滑行准备起飞时，柯特转过头来兴奋的说： “看哪，哈维，雪地上灭有痕迹啊！” 1)Taxi 在这里作为动词在用，意为：move on slowly. Gleefully: joyously. Turn to sb: 转向某人（求助或说话等）。
2)句子后半句说得意味深长，no tracks in the snow 在这里作者并非单指其表面意思，并且在文章结尾还再次提到。作者意在指在工作生活中积极向上，争当第一。
五、 课文B重点、难点
1. Neither Father nor Mother thought I would get in. ―You have to have pull. It‘s an American thing, Rockefeller Foundation. You must have pull.‖父母都觉得我不会被录用。 “你要有后台才行。那可是一家美国机构，洛克菲勒基金会。你一定要有后台。”
1)neither…nor 两者都不，相当于both …and…not. 2)An American thing.其中thing表达一些重大的东西，类似表达还有something; 反意表达为nothing. 在美语中，我们也经常看到用somebody指重要人物，而用nobody指小人物，普通人。这里指这家公司是家机构是个大机构，不是一般人能进的。
2. Of course, one who does not work must not eat unless one can get married, which
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is called: ―being settled at last.‖当然，不工作就没有饭吃，除非嫁人，那叫做“终于有了归宿。”
1)在该句中，有两个定语从句，第一个who does not work限制性定语从句，修辞one; 第二个which is called: ―being settled at last非限制性定语从句，其先行词为前面的unless从句的内容。
2)being settled at last就像中文里一样“最终有了归宿”之意。
3. We crossed the marble courtyard, walked up the steps with their carved dragons coiling in the middle, into an entrance hall, with painted beams and intricate painted ceiling, red lacquered pillars, huge lamps. There was cork matting on the stone floor.我们穿过大理石庭院，走上正中雕有蟠龙的台阶，来到前厅，看见精致的雕梁画栋，丹漆柱子，还有高高大大的灯台。青石地面上铺着软木垫。
这个句子非常优美，而且结构严密，广泛使用介词结构，让复杂的表达紧凑，具体而流畅。with介词结构作了定语，说明其具体特征；而后用into介词结构表达方位。
4. She had the new style of hair, all upstanding curls, which I admired, a dress with a print round the hem; she was very pregnant, so that her belly seemed to be coming at me first.她留着新式的发型，是我所喜欢的那种满头卷发竖立着的式样，穿着沿褶边印有花纹的裙子。由于她怀孕已快足月，所以她向我走过来时似乎是她的肚子最先到达我面前。
1)all upstanding curls, which I admired皆作了style的定语。
2)so that以至于，表达程度。come at sb.向某人走去；袭击某人。 六、自测复习
Text A
Old Words or Expressions New Words or Expressions prospective salespeople potential salespeople
to question sb. in a mock interview to grill sb. in a mock interview to take additional steps to further to follow up in sb‘s possession in sb‘s hands in my opinion as I see it
only likely to happen once in sb.‘s life once-in-a-lifetime to make preparations beforehand to do one‘s homework to try hard to obtain to go after not ready half-prepared to try to do sth. To take/ have a crack at to change the situation or outlook; have an effect to make a difference about in the neighborhood of
more than anyone/ one can ever imagine beyond anyone‘s/ one‘s wildest dreams from one‘s/ the viewpoint of from one‘s/ the standpoint of 显得比众人突出 to stand out from the crowd 制造公司 a manufacturing company 面试 to do the interviewing 与顾客联系得纽带 one‘s link to customers 新近毕业得大学生 a recent college graduate
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