A: Could you do me a favor and proofread my resume before I send it out to the human recources department?
B: Sure, let me take a look... Personal Information, Education, Experience, Training... I think you should add another section for language. You speak three languages, so you might as well put that on your resume.
A: But languages don't have anything to do with engineering. Shouldn't everything I put on my resume have something to do with my field?
B: Not necessarily. I think people would be impressed by your language abilities. It says something about your level of intellect and experience. Also, I think human resources directors want to see more of a well-rounded person in a resume.
A: It's just a piece of paper, you think that they can tell if I am a well-rounded person by looking at it?
B: Well, you're right, the resume is limited in how much it can tell someone about a person. That's why job interviews are important to let people know the real you that they can't see from a piece of paper. But resumes can be helpful in explaining things and giving a good impression to a potential employer. A: 我把简历寄给人力资源部之前，你能帮忙校对一下吗？
B:当然可以， 让我看看……个人信息、教育、经历、培训……我认为你应该把这一项再加上。你会讲三种语言，所以最好把这些写进简历。
A: 可是语言与工程技术没什么关系。我写进简历的东西不一定都与我的领域相关吧？ B: 不一定。我想人们会对你的语言能力留下深刻的印象。这能说明你的智商水平和经历。而且，我认为人力资源部门的领导希望从简历中更多地了解一下一个更全面发展的人才. A: 这只不过是一张纸，你认为他们看一下就能知道我是个全面发展的人才吗？
B: 好了，你说的对，简历在说明一个人有多大能力方面确实是有限的。这也是为什么求职面试那么重要，它能让人们了解真实的你，这是他们从纸上无法看出来的。可是简历说明一些情况方面还是有帮助的，而且能给你未来的老板留下良好印象。
A: Let's review the CVs we received last week for our vacancy in the financial department. What have you got?B: Take a look at this one... Experience, three years in accounting for a large marketing firm, before that she worked entry level in banking management. Looks pretty impressive. What do you think? A: Her education background is also quite outstanding. She graduated with her Bachelor's degree from Harvard in Finance, later got a master's degree from Stanford. Looking just at that, I'd say she's qualified.
B: Maybe a little overqualified... She might have higher salary expectations. Also, she hasn't listed any personal information. We don't know her marital status, whether or not she has children. Why, she didn't even put her birth date on the CV! No picture either...
A: Oh, didn't you know? She's an American. Generally Americans will not put those types of personal statistics on their CVs. That's the difference between a CV and a resume.
B: Why don't they put those vital statistics on their resumes?
A: Because America has many laws to ensure equality and prevent
discrimination, Americans are not required or even expected to put information of such a personal nature on their resumes. The purpose is to prevent discrimination in hiring based on age, gender, or marital status.
B: Oh, I didn't know that.
A: An American employer would never even ask for a photo on a resume.
A: 我们来看一下我们上个星期收到的应聘财务部门空职的履历。你们有什么收获？B: 看一下这份简历……经历方面：在一家大的销售公司做过三年的会计，此前在银行管理部门做过初级职位。看起来很不错。你们怎么看？
A:她的教育背景也相当不错。她本科毕业于哈佛大学的金融专业，获得学士学位，后来在斯坦福大学获得硕士学位。仅仅看这一项，我就认为她是合格入选。
B: 也许她的资历有点儿太高了……说不定她对工资的期望也会很高。而且她也没有列出任何个人信息。我们不清楚她的婚姻状况，也不知道她是否有孩子。哎呀，她连出生日期也没写在履历上！也没有照片……
A: 奥，你不知道吗？她是个美国人。一般来说，美国人不愿把这些个人数据写在履历上。这是履历和简历的区别。
B: 他们为什么不把这些重要的数据写进自己的履历？
A: 因为美国有很多确保平等、防止歧视的法律，所以美国人不要求或者甚至不期望应聘者把这样的个人信息写进简历。其目的是防止在招聘时出现歧视年龄、性别或婚姻状况的情况。 B: 奥，我不知道这些。
A: 美国的老板也永远不会要求简历上的照片。
proofread:to read and correct a piece of written or printed work 校阅;校对;勘校 Has this document been proofread?
这份文件校对过没有?well rounded:having a variety of experiences and abilities and a fully developed personality 全才的;通才的;全面发展的
well-rounded individuals
全面发展的人
vacancy:a job that is available for somebody to do (职位的)空缺;空职;空额 a casual/temporary vacancy
临时空缺
vacancies for bar staff
酒吧职员的空缺
to fill a vacancy
填补空额
discrimination:the practice of treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others 区别对待;歧视;偏袒
racial/sex/sexual discrimination(= because of somebody's race or sex) 种族／性别歧视
discrimination against the elderly
歧视老人
discrimination in favour of the young
厚待年轻人
discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, or sexual orientation
按照种族、性别或性取向给予区别对待
第二篇：商务英语情景会话
【商务英语情景会话】中级——下订单Placing an Order A: Our toner cartridges are already out of ink...Could you make an order for a new set?
A:我们的墨盒已经没墨了…你能订套新的吗？
B: order, probably about 2 or 3 cases. The office supply store we usually go through might not have that many in stock.
B:我们办公室所有的打印机都需要新墨盒吗？那可是份不小的订单，很可能需要两三箱。我们通常去的办公用品商店可能不会有那么多存货。
A: You can double check with the housekeeping department, but I am pretty sure all of the machines will need new cartridges. Last time when we made our ’re used to receiving such bulk orders from us. As long as we give them a heads up a couple days in advance, they can usually fill the order.
A:你可以和总务部门仔细检查一下，但是我非常确定我们所有的机器都要换新墨盒了。上次我们向供应商订购时，数量也是相当大的。他们已经习惯接受我们这么大的订单了。只要我们提前一天通知他们，他们通常能供应订货的。
B: Okay, I’ll make a few calls and run our order by housekeeping first to make sure. Is there anything else we need to order while I’m at it?
B:好的，我去打几个电话，先让总务部门核实一下，再续订单。还有什么东西需要我们一起下订单的？
A: I think the only thing is toner. Try to see if they can deliver it before the end of business day tomorrow. We should really try to do better about waiting until the last minute to fill orders that are usually made on a monthly basis. Anyhow, A:我想只需要墨盒。去确认一下他们能否在明天下班之前送来。我们每个月都要填的订单最好不要等到最后一刻才做。无论如何，你这次一定要努力解决好这个问题。 B: Okay, will do.
B:好的，我会做好的。
【单词】
1.set 套
2.case 箱子
3.especially 尤其
4.couple 几个，两三个
5.deliver 递送
6.expedite 加速…的进程,促进
【词组/短语】
1.toner cartridge：墨盒
2.office supply：办公用品供应
3.bulk order：大订单
4.in stock：库存
5.housekeeping department：总务部门
6.business day：营业日
7.run（sth.）by：由……负责/管理
8.while sb.'s at it：某人办这件事时
【商务英语情景会话】中级——同事Co-Workers
A: Do you get along with your co-workers?
A：你和同事的关系如何?
B: I get along pretty well with most of them. It seems there are always a few rotten apples in the bunch, though. Like Margaret. I don't know why
management hasn't fired her yet. She's a terrible .
B：我和他们大部分人处得都很不错。不过，好像一群人中总会有些坏家伙，比方说玛格丽特。我不知道管理部门为什么到现在还没有解雇她。她可是令人厌恶的饶舌者。
A: Do you think management should fire someone just because they gossip? A：你认为管理部门仅仅因为有人说闲话就会解雇他们吗?
B: It's not only that she gossip, but she also tries to start problems among other employees by spreading rumors and telling lies about her co-workers. She's not , and in my opinion, I think she’s nuts.
B：她不仅仅是闲聊，而且散布谣言试图在同事之间挑起事端，还对同事说谎。她这个人不可信赖，而且我认为她有点儿疯了。
A: So how do you develop good relationships in the office?
A：那你在办公室是如何搞好同事关系的?
B: I think one of the important things is just to be of your
co-workers' feelings and needs. If you are aware of other people and do your
part to make a good working environment, you should be able to get along with most of the people you work with.
B：我想最重要的事情之一是多体谅一下同事的感觉和需要。如果你意识到别人的存在，尽自己的力量去营造好的工作环境，那你肯定能与大多数同事相处融洽。
A: I think you're right, but it does seem that there are always a few co-workers that are harder to work with than others.
A：我想你说得很对，可是确实有些同事比其他人更难相处
.
【单词】
1.management：管理人员，管理部门
2.fire：解雇
3.gossip：闲聊
4.trustworthy：可靠的
5.considerate ：体谅的
【商务英语情景会话】中级——备忘录Memos1
A: I’ve been waiting here in the conference room for ten minutes already. What time dose our meeting start? Where is everyone anyway?
A:我在会议室已经等了10分钟了.会议什么时候开始?其他人都在哪儿?
B: Didn't you hear about that? Our meeting was postponed until Friday. B:你没听说吗?会议推到周五了.
A: What? The meeting was postponed? No one told me anything about it. A:什么?会议推迟了?没有人告诉我啊.
B:?
B:你没有看到备忘录吗?
A: What memo? There haven't been any memos this whole week, I check my in-box every day, and I haven't seen anything.
A:什么样的备忘录?整个这一周我也没见过什么备忘录。每天我都查看收文蓝，什么也没看见。
B: The memo got lost went out 3 days ago. It should have made it to your
B:备忘录是3天前发出去的，应该放进你的收文蓝了，但也可能夹在你办公桌上那堆乱七八糟的东西里面。
A: You know how things get piled up my desk when I am busy. I know that around They go directly to my in-box. Are you sure it was sent to whole office? A:你也知道我忙时桌上的东西会堆成山—我也清楚有时我会把东西放错地方，但所有发下来的备忘录我都会看的。这些备忘录都会直接放进我的收文蓝。你肯定所有的办公室都发了吗？
B: It should have gone around to everybody. They also posted a copy of the memo in the break-room. Don't you ever look at the messages posted on the bulletin board?
B:应该发给所有人了。他们还在休息室贴了一张备忘录的复印件。你也没看到布告栏上贴的信息吗？
A: I'm usually too busy to take a bunch of coffee breaks and the gossip by the water cooler, Anyway, I'm sure the memo never got to my in-box. I'll have to talk to our secretary about it.
A:我总是忙的顾不上喝咖啡休息一下，或是水冷却器旁跟人闲聊。不管怎样，我肯定我的收文蓝里没有备忘录。我要去找秘书谈谈。
B. That's right , You never know what you’re missing out on if you don't read the memos.
B:好吧。如果不读这些备忘录的话，你永远也不会知道自己还遗漏了什么信
.
【单词】
1.memo：备忘录
2.in-box:收文蓝
3.clutter:杂乱
4.misplace:把…放错地方
【词组/短语】
1.make it：及时抵达
2.pile up：堆积
【商务英语情景会话】中级——备忘录Memos ② A：Ms. Dawson, I need you to take a dictation for me.
A:道森小姐，我想让你给做一下记录。
B：Yes, sir...
B:好的，老板。
A：afternoon. Are you ready?
A:这是今天下午之前发给所有职工的内部文件。准备好了吗？
B：Yes, sir. Go ahead.
B:好了，老板。您说吧。
A：Attention all staff…A:全体员工请注意……请立即执行；所有办公室的联系仅限于电子邮件和正式的备忘录。上班时间严禁使用即时通信系统。
B: Sir, does this apply to intra-office communication only or relate also B:老板，这仅限于办公室外内部通信吗？还是也包括外部通信？
A：It should apply to all communications, not only in this office between employees, but also any outside communications.
A:所有的通信都应该包括在内，不仅是办公室的员工之间，还包括所有对外联系。
B：But sir, many employees use Instant Messaging to communicate with their clients.
B:可是老板，很多员工教用即时通信系统与客户联系。
A：They will just have to change their communication methods. I don't want anyone using Instant Messaging in this office. It wastes too much time! Now, please continue with the memo. Where were we?
A:他们只需要改变一下联系办法。我不想任何人在这个办公室外使用即时通信系统，太浪费时间！现在，请继续往下写备忘录。我们刚刚说到哪儿了？
B：“This applies to internal and external communications……”
B: “这包括内部和外部联系……”
A：Yes. Any employee who persists in using Instant Messaging will first receive department heads.
A:是的。任何坚持使用即时通信系统的人，如果是初犯就会受到警告，然后试用一段时间。如果是第二次犯，这个人就会被解雇。有关这一新政策的问题可以直接向部门主管反映。 B：Is that all?
B:就这些吗？
A：Yes. Please get this memo typed up and distributed to all employees before 4 pm.
A:就这些。请把这份备忘录打印出来，在下午4点以前分发给所有的员工。
【单词】
1.dictation 记录，抄写
2.intra-office 办公室内部
3.memorandum 通报字条
4.effective 生效的
5.correspondence 联系，通讯
6.prohibit 禁止
7.external 外部的
8.persist 坚持
9.probation 实习
10.offense 过错、冒犯
11.termination 终止
12.distribute 分发