Unit One
Interview
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Passage 1
Interpret the following passage into English and Chinese: 女士们、先生们： 上午好!
请允许我作自我介绍。姓名：吴波，英文名字：南希·吴。我于1988年生于哈尔滨，今年6月将从哈尔滨理工大学工业外贸系毕业。在校学习期间，我的必修课有国际贸易、国贸实务、西方经济学、市场营销、财务管理、成本会计、会计原理、国际金融、统计学、电工学基础、机械学基础、英语和计算机。我4年学习总分全班第一。我已通过黑龙江省大学计算机二级考试，成绩92分；通过全国大学英语六级考试，成绩90分；在黑龙江省第五届大学生英语口语比赛中获一等奖。
作为青年志愿者和英语翻译，我参加了2008年8月在北京举办的第二十九届奥运会，为促进世界人民的团结与友谊做出了贡献。我铭记这一圣训：把和睦与亲善送给众人。
我在校担任校学生会副主席，去年我还被选为黑龙江省十佳大学生。这是我的成绩单和证书，供参考。
我喜欢读外国小说，摄影, 看英文原版电影。我最喜爱的业余活动是自行车越野、游泳、花样滑冰。拥有一个健康的体魄并坚持锻炼对人的体力及脑力健康，包括体重的控制，都有益处。锻炼有助于我树立并保持良好的自我形象和情感平衡。
摩托罗拉的电子技术世界领先，摩托罗拉 (中国) 电子有限公司经营有方，成为美国在中国的著名企业。为了完善自我，充分发挥自己的才能，我愿在摩托罗拉这样能够提供挑战性的环境中工作，这是我申请到贵司工作的原因。相信我的能力学识，合作精神以及对美国工作方式、文化、价值观的理解，会对公司的发展做出
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贡献。
谢谢!
Q: Thank you for your self-introduction. As an excellent college student, please tell the criteria for excellent overall performance？
A: I think that the qualities required for an excellent college student
include noble character, intelligence, teamwork spirit and enthusiasm. Every excellent student must keep fit, study well and work hard; every excellent student should have a broad education in addition to specializing in a particular field; also, it’s important for an excellent student to be intelligent, hardworking and motivated to succeed. Without such kinds of qualities and factors, a man will not achieve his full potential.
Q: Would you please tell us what sort of qualities you’d look for in your
future work if you are employed?
A: I need to be pretty hard working. Also, I should work effectively
as team members do while maintaining the ability to initiate and manage projects independently. I think personnel qualities are very important for everyone to do every job. International buyers or sellers rarely work in isolation. They must learn how to get along with others on a daily basis and how to cope with the good and poor facets of human relations in work.
Q: You told us that you were fond of movies in the original. Why?
A. The most important role of a movie is to bridge the cultural
differences between East and West. When I am watching a movie, I am enjoying myself and learning about a new culture. From motion pictures in the original I learn about history and the world, and understand human nature and life through the growth and fate of movie characters. For instance, in Gone with the Wind I see the struggles of Scarlet O’Hara, and the making of a nation during the Civil War；in Waterloo Bridge I witness the sins and cruelties of war, and the unfairness of the British class system. Literature and art promote my understanding of cultures and values of the Western countries. Original English movies also improve my English level. Learning English through movies
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makes the learning process natural, effective and enjoyable.
Q: Do you like watching TV programs?
A: I have no much time spending on TV, but I never miss fantastic
programs. “Yu Dan’s Notes on The Analects of Confucius” rounds out my character; “The Rising of The Big Powers” broadens my horizons.
Q: Look at this set of pictures and tell us what you see and what you think about it.
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The Size Doesn’t Matter
A: The sea is larger than the land. The sky is larger than the sea.
Larger than all is your heart. Indeed, the size doesn’t matter. A heart is a world. There is joy and pain in life; there is success and failure in work. In failure we should not lose hope, for failure is womb of success; in success we should not become conceited, for modesty makes one leap forward. Friendship and cooperation is the most important in work; tolerance and understanding is the most valuable in life. A college student should have a broad mind and know his limitations. No gold is pure. No man is perfect. We need kindness and assistance, mercy and forgiveness. Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. I’ll work wholeheartedly and fulfill myself in work. I believe I can overcome any difficulties ahead of me and do contributions to the company.
Q: Thank you very much. Do you have any questions to ask? A: Yes. May I know your motto?
Q: “The best of good fortune is to believe in what you are doing.” A: Thank you.
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Q: What’s yours?
A: “Get everything ready before opportunity comes.”
Q: Good. More questions? A: No more. Thank you!
Q: You even do not ask about salary.
A: I leave it to you to decide after studying my qualifications.
I believe Motorola is fair and reasonable. “I believe in what you are doing.”
Q: Thank you very much, Miss Wu, and you’ll be hearing from us in the
next few days. Looking forward to meeting you again.
A: Thank you very much again for your interview. Good – bye!
Vocabulary
面试，访谈 interview 贸易实务 business practice 西方经济学 western economics 市场营销 marketing 财务管理 financial accounting 会计原理 principles of accounting 统计学 statistics 排名第一 rank the top of 成绩单 transcript
大学计算机二级考试 Grade-2 College Computer Test 大学英语考试 College English Test 青年志愿者 youth volunteer 亚冬会 Asian Winter Games 摄影 photography 花样滑冰 figure skating 圣训 spiritual message 公司，商号 firm
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团队精神 teamwork spirit tolerance and understanding 宽容与谅解 mercy and forgiveness. 仁慈与宽恕 Gone with the Wind 乱世佳人 Waterloo Bridge 魂断蓝桥
Notes on The Analects of Confucius 论语心得 The Rising of the Big Powers 大国崛起
Passage2
Interpret the following passage from English into Chinese:
Q: Harvard is one of the universities I admired most. As the President of Harvard University, would you please start with telling something about
it?
A: Harvard University was established in 1636 in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. This America's oldest college was a product of the Puritans. In 1620, the first Pilgrims sailed to the New World and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts; In 1630, the first Puritans left England for New England to find a place where they could have a pure church developed in their own way. Unlike most other religion of that time, theirs had attracted many learned men. Of a total population of perhaps 15,000 or 20,000, there were 130 Oxford and Cambridge graduates among the settlers. These educated Puritans pressured their local government to found a school for their sons, which it did in 1636. The college was named Harvard in 1639 for its first benefactor, John Harvard, a young minister. He graduated from Cambridge University, and immigrated to America in 1637. Upon his death in 1638 he left his library and half his estate to the new institution.
During its early years, the College offered a classic academic
course based on Cambridge University model but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy of the first colonists. Although many of its early graduates became ministers in Puritan congregations throughout New England, the college never formally affiliated with a specific religious denomination.
The University has grown from 9 students to an enrollment of
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