在面試的時(shí)候不可避免要談到你的教育背景。想必各位把關(guān)于教育背景的詞匯也背了一大堆吧，那怎樣才能把這些詞組織成句子、讓你的英語(yǔ)活起來(lái)呢？我們來(lái)看看Peter在面試中是怎么談?wù)撍慕逃尘暗陌伞?
Snow: Would you tell me what educational background you have?
Peter: Yes.
I graduated from middle school in 1986, then I entered Shanghai Polytechnics. I
graduated in 1992 with a B.S. degree.
Snow: What department did you study
in?
Peter: I was in Department of Physics.
Snow: How were your scores at
college?
Peter: They were all excellent.
Snow: What course did you like
best?
Peter: I was very interested in business Management. And I think it's
very useful for my present work.
Snow: How are you getting on with your
studies?
Peter: I'm doing well at school.
Snow: Which subject are you
least interested in?
Peter: I think it was Chinese History. Not because the
subject was boring, but the large amount of material that had to be memorized.
It left no room to appreciate the wisdom of great people in the past.
Snow:
When and where did you receive your MBA degree?
Peter: I received my MBA
degree from Beijing University in 1998.
Snow: Were you in a leading position
when you were a college student?
Peter: Yes, I was president of the student
union of our university, and I joined the Communist Party of China in my junior
year.
Snow: Did you get any honors or rewards at your university?
Peter:
Yes, I got the university scholarship in 1994~1995 academic year, received the
second－class award in the Olympic Mathematics Competition of our province in
1993.
Snow: Great. Were you involved in any club activities at your
university?
Peter: Yes, I was on the college basketball team.
Snow: What
extracurricular activities did you usually take part in at your college?
Peter: I persisted in jogging every morning. I sometimes played table tennis
and sometimes played basketball.
Notes：
1. 對(duì)話中Peter在回答面試官關(guān)于他教育情況的問(wèn)題。educational background是指"教育背景"。graduate
from，從某所學(xué)校畢業(yè)。我們都知道上大學(xué)是go to college， enter這個(gè)詞也可以表示上某所大學(xué)。Peter說(shuō) ...then I entered
Shanghai Polytechnics. 我就讀于上海工業(yè)大學(xué)，polytechnic college 是指多科性工學(xué)院，工學(xué)院。
2. Peter 說(shuō)I graduated in 1992 with a B.S. degree. 我1992年畢業(yè)并且獲得了理工學(xué)士學(xué)位。B.S.
degree就是Bachelor of
Science的開(kāi)頭大寫(xiě)字母縮寫(xiě)，在寫(xiě)簡(jiǎn)歷的時(shí)候，一定要弄清楚自己學(xué)歷的英文標(biāo)準(zhǔn)翻譯。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，bachelor，是學(xué)士學(xué)位，也就是國(guó)內(nèi)的正規(guī)院校統(tǒng)招本科生，master，就是碩士學(xué)位，等等。
3. What department did you study in? 你就讀哪一個(gè)系？I was in Department of Physics.
我讀的是物理系。這其實(shí)就相當(dāng)于在問(wèn)，What's your major? 你的專(zhuān)業(yè)是什么？可以回答：My major is Physics. 或者I major
in Physics.都可以。
4. 面試官一般還會(huì)問(wèn)你在大學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)，How were your scores at college? 你的考試成績(jī)?cè)趺礃?？可以回答They were
all excellent. 門(mén)門(mén)都是優(yōu)秀。或者概括地說(shuō)I'm doing well at school. 我在學(xué)校成績(jī)很好。
5. 考官還會(huì)詢(xún)問(wèn)你對(duì)學(xué)校里那些科目比較感興趣，因?yàn)檫@樣會(huì)從側(cè)面反應(yīng)你的能力傾向。Which subject were you least
interested in? 你對(duì)哪一科最不感興趣？Peter說(shuō)是中國(guó)歷史，因?yàn)橛刑噘Y料要背，以至于沒(méi)有任何時(shí)間去真正欣賞前人的智慧。
6.
關(guān)于這個(gè)問(wèn)題你可以如實(shí)回答，當(dāng)然，如果你很了解你面試的公司，說(shuō)一些投其所好的科目也無(wú)傷大雅。Peter后來(lái)還獲得了MBA學(xué)位，MBA我想大家都比較熟悉了，就是工商管理碩士Master
of Business Administration 的開(kāi)頭大寫(xiě)字母縮寫(xiě)。receive a degree from，就是從某所學(xué)校獲得某種學(xué)位。
7. 對(duì)話中Peter在講述自己在大學(xué)里除了學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)之外其它方面的表現(xiàn)情況，這對(duì)考官來(lái)說(shuō)，也是一個(gè)值得參考的地方。a leading
position，是指"領(lǐng)導(dǎo)職位"，Were you in a leading position when you were a college
student? 你在大學(xué)的時(shí)候擔(dān)當(dāng)過(guò)什么領(lǐng)導(dǎo)職位嗎？Peter說(shuō)他在大學(xué)里擔(dān)任過(guò)學(xué)生會(huì)主席，并且還入了黨，應(yīng)該是表現(xiàn)很積極了。president of
Student union，學(xué)生會(huì)主席，join the Communist Party of China，加入中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨。
8. Did you get any honors or rewards at your university?
是問(wèn)在大學(xué)里有沒(méi)有獲得過(guò)任何獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。Peter回答說(shuō)，I got the university scholarship in 1994~1995 academic
year，我獲得了94-95學(xué)年的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，scholarship，獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，那么full scholarship，就是全額獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。academic
year，學(xué)年，一般包括兩個(gè)學(xué)期，學(xué)期是semester。
9. Peter還被問(wèn)道Were you involved in any club activities at your
university?在學(xué)校里參加過(guò)什么社團(tuán)沒(méi)有，club
activities在這里指大學(xué)里的社團(tuán)活動(dòng)，比如籃球隊(duì)比賽，象棋比賽等等。Peter說(shuō)參加過(guò)籃球隊(duì)，I was on the college
basketball team. 參加某個(gè)球隊(duì)，用on這個(gè)介詞。
10. take part in extracurricular activities，參加課外活動(dòng)。Peter還每天早上堅(jiān)持慢跑，persist in
doing something，堅(jiān)持做某事。
（改編自：國(guó)際在線 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Annabel 編輯）
