affairs.
我把部分钱捐献给了希望工程和其他的慈善事业。 ? I used it to help with my daily expenses. 我把它用来补贴我的日常花费。 5) Question:
Why are you engaged in a part time job? 你为什么要做兼职呢？ Answers:
? I do part time job to help with my living expenses. 我做兼职是为了补贴我的生活费。
? I want to enrich my working experience, so I take some part time jobs. 我想丰富我的工作经验，于是找了一些兼职工作。 ? I want to get close contact with the society. 我想和社会接触的更紧密一些。
Working experience and achievements 工作经历与成就 (1) Working experience 工作经历 1）Question: What do you do?
你是做什么工作的？ What are you by trade? 你是干什么的? Answers:
? I'm working as an advertisement designer in an advertisement company. 我现在是一家广告公司的广告设计人员。
? I am a teaching assistant in an English training school. 我是一家英语培训学校的助教。 ? I am a software engineer by trade. 我是一名软件工程师。 2）Question:
Where did you work in the past? 过去你在哪里工作？ What unit do you work at? 你在哪个单位工作？ Answers:
? I worked in a grand hotel in Shenyan before I came to Beijing. 我来北京之前，我在沈阳的一家大酒店工作。
? I'm now working in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
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我现在在中国工商银行工作。
? I was employed by China International Travel Agency as a tourist guide.
我曾在中国国际旅行社做过导游工作。
? Before I came here I worked as an English teacher in a middle school in my home town.
在我来这里之前，我是家乡一所中学的英语教师。 3）Questions:
What’s the main part of your job? 你主要的工作是什么？
What are your principle responsibilities? 你主要负责什么？
What does your work consist of exactly? 你现在的工作包含哪些方面的事物？ Answers:
? My main job is typing routine memos, invoices, and shipping documents.
我的主要工作是例行的便笺、发货单和船务文件的打印。
? My main responsibility is handling the problem between top management and the general employees.
我主要的责任是解决行政方面与员工之间的问题。 ? As a sales manager I was responsible for sales. 作为销售经理我主要负责销售。 ? I was in charge of purchasing. 我负责商品采购。
? As I’m personal secretary, my responsibilities include typing memorandums and reports, receiving visitors, answering telephones, arranging appointment, and writing letters for the president’s signature.
作为私人秘书，我的职责包括打印备忘录和报告、接待来访人员、接电话、安排约会和书写信函给董事长签名。
? As I am the director of the human resource office of the corporation, my work consists of recruiting and training new employees, making decision in the personnel management, making plans for all kinds of insurance, and drawing up policies for the employees’ benefits.
作为集团的人力资源主管，我的工作包括招募和培养新员工、在人事管理方面作出决策、制定各种保险计划和有关员工福利的政策。 4）Question：
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Do you have any working experience? 你有工作经验吗？ Answers:
? Yes. I’ve had four years’ experience of English teacher’s work. 有。我有4年从事英语老师的工作经验。 ? Yes. I’ve been an interpreter for three years. 有。我做口译员有3年了。
? Yes. I’ve had six years’ experience of secretary work. 有。我有6年从事秘书工作的经验。
? Yes. I’ve been working in a bank for five years, and I’m familiar with the financial affairs.
有。我在一家银行工作了5年，熟悉银行事务。 5）Questions:
How long have you been working for your last employer? 你为你的前一位雇主工作了多久？
For how many years have you been working in that work unit? 你自那个单位工作了多长时间？ Answers:
? I’ve been working for him for three years. 我为他工作了3年。
? I’ve been working there since 2007. 从2007年起我就在那儿工作。
? I’ve been working in that working unit since my graduation from university.
大学毕业我就在那个单位工作。
? I’ve been working for him since I left my previous employer in 2006. 自从2006年我离开前一位雇主后就在他那儿工作了。 （3）Honors and rewards 荣誉奖励 Question:
Have you received any honors or rewards? 你获得过什么荣誉或奖励吗？ Answers:
? Yes. I was chosen as one of “The Top Ten Prominent Youths” of the city.
获得过。我曾被评为该市“十大杰出青年”。
? Yes. I was singled out as an excellent League member of our company last year.
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获得过。我去年被评为公司的“优秀共青团员”。
? Yes. I was chosen as the “excellent young volunteer” of Tianjin City last year.
获得过。我去年被评为天津市“优秀青年志愿者”。 Reasons for leaving and applying 离职、应聘原因 （1）Reasons for leaving 1）Questions: Why did you quit? 你为什么要辞职？
Why did you leave your previous job? 你为什么要放弃先前的工作？
Why are you leaving your present job? 你为什么要放弃现在的工作？ Answers:
? I quit because I want to live with my family and take care of my mother who fell ill last fall.
我辞职是因为我想和家人住在一起，这样我就能照顾去年秋天患病的妈妈了。
? I left my previous position because I want to find a job which can realize my dream from childhood.
我放弃先前的工作是因为我想找一个能实现我儿时梦想的工作。 ? I’m leaving my present job so that I can seek a better job. 离开了现在的工作我就能找一份更好的。
? Because I want to improve my position and have more responsibilities. 因为我想提高我的职位和承担更多的责任。 2) Questions:
May I ask why you left the company? 我能问问你为什么要离开那家公司吗？
Could you tell me the reason for you resigning the previous position? 你能告诉我你辞去先前职位的原因吗？ Answers:
? I left the company because I see no chance of advancement. 我离开那家公司是因为我看不到升职的机会。 ? Frankly speaking I wish to get a higher salary. 坦率地说，我希望薪水高一些。
? I’m keen to shoulder higher responsibilities. 我很渴望承担更多的责任。
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3) Questions:
What’s the reason for your leaving the previous company? 你离开原来那家公司的原因是什么？
What’s the reason why you are resigning the present position? 你辞去现职的原因是什么？
What’s the reason why you left your previous employer? 你离开原来雇主的原因是什么？ Answers:
? The reason for my leaving the previous company is to seek a better job that can give full play to my professional knowledge.
我离开原来那家公司的原因是为了找到一个能更好发挥我专业才能的工作。
? The reason why I’m resigning the present position is that I want to look for a more challenging opportunity.
我辞去现在职位的原因是为了找一个更富挑战的工作。
? I lost my previous employment on account of closedown of the company.
我失去先前的工作是因为公司倒闭了。 4）Question:
What made you decide to change jobs? 是什么促使你更换工作呢？ Answers:
? I like the work, however, the company is too small for me to widen my experience.
我喜欢以前的工作，但是那家公司太小，不利于我的发展。 ? I want to get a more interesting and more challenging job. 我想得到一份更有趣和更具有挑战性的工作。 ? I want to find a job matching my specialty. 我想找一份于专业对口的工作。 5）Question:
Didn’t you like the work? 你不喜欢那份工作吗？ Answers:
? Frankly speaking I like it. but the salary is too small. 坦率地讲我喜欢，只是薪水太少了。
? Yes. I don’t like the working atmosphere there very much ,because there is not much work for me to do ,and every day I just wander idly.
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