Episode 5

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Hi Sarah! I’m Marcia Boardman – we spoke on the phone...
你好，薩拉！我是瑪西亞?博德曼 – 我們之前通過(guò)電話……

Oh yes, I remember – I was having a bad day!
哦，是的，我記得 – 那天很糟糕！

...and this is Philip Hart, our CEO.
……這位是菲利普?哈特，我們的首席執(zhí)行官。

Hello!
你好！

Hello, it’s very nice to meet you both.
你好，見(jiàn)到你們非常高興。

It says on your CV that you do voluntary work...
你在簡(jiǎn)歷里說(shuō)自己在做志愿者工作……

Well, when I have time, yes! I do work at a centre for children with difficulties, yes...
是的，有空的時(shí)候就做！我在一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)困難兒童幫護(hù)中心做志愿者……

That must be very interesting...
那一定非常有趣……

It’s rewarding and challenging.
很有收獲，但也很有挑戰(zhàn)。

Sarah, can you tell us a little bit about your current position?
薩拉，能聊一聊你現(xiàn)在的工作嗎？

I’m assistant sales director for a chain of language schools.
我在連鎖語(yǔ)言學(xué)校當(dāng)銷售總監(jiān)助理。

So this post would be quite a change then...
如果你來(lái)我們這兒，工作的性質(zhì)會(huì)有非常大的變化……

I don’t think so honestly because the skills are the same, despite the product.
我不這么認(rèn)為，因?yàn)檎f(shuō)老實(shí)話雖然產(chǎn)品不同，但所需要的技能是完全一樣的。

Why are you thinking of moving on?
你為什么想跳槽？

Well I’ve come as far as I can in my current position, I feel
現(xiàn)在的這份工作，我覺(jué)得已經(jīng)干到頭了，沒(méi)有上升的空間，

and I’m 28 now and would love to take on some more responsibility.
我現(xiàn)在才28歲，喜歡找一份責(zé)任更重的工作。

Ok, let’s move on to managing people.
好的，下面讓我們來(lái)聊一聊人員管理。

Can you give us an example of when you had to deal with a particularly difficult managee?
你有沒(méi)有遇到過(guò)特別棘手的人員管理問(wèn)題，舉個(gè)例子說(shuō)一說(shuō)？

Well, yes, I had two people working for me who didn’t get along at all – they had no shared values,
好的，我遇到過(guò)，我手下有兩個(gè)人就是沒(méi)法在一起共事 – 他們的價(jià)值觀不同，

different temperaments – and they used to argue a lot,
脾氣性格也完全不同 – 常常爭(zhēng)吵，

it looked like it was impossible for them to work together.
看起來(lái)似乎已經(jīng)不太可能讓他們?cè)谝粔K工作了。

So, I sat down with them, and we talked about their differences and their problems and after that, things went much more smoothly!
于是我和他們坐到一起，聊他們倆的差異，他們的問(wèn)題，之后一切就變得順利多了！

How would you deal with a rapidly changing and uncertain global market?
國(guó)際市場(chǎng)瞬息萬(wàn)變，充滿不確定性，你會(huì)如何應(yīng)對(duì)呢？

Ok, that’s actually something I wanted to talk about in my presentation...
哦，這正是我準(zhǔn)備在演講中談到的問(wèn)題……

but I’d say to stay flexible and to diversify markets and sales strategies.
我的想法是保持靈活多變，使用多樣化的市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷策略。

It says on your CV you speak French and Spanish.
你在簡(jiǎn)歷中稱自己會(huì)說(shuō)法語(yǔ)和西班牙語(yǔ)。

Yes, I do. I lived in both France and Spain for a while.
是的，我會(huì)。我在法國(guó)和西班牙生活過(guò)一段時(shí)間。

Any plans to learn other languages?
有計(jì)劃學(xué)習(xí)其他語(yǔ)言嗎？

I’d love to try!
我很樂(lè)意嘗試！

Ok, can you tell us about a time you closed a particularly challenging deal?
好，能說(shuō)一說(shuō)你完成的一項(xiàng)特別有挑戰(zhàn)性的交易嗎？

Well, the biggest contract I won - and the thing I’m most proud of professionally - was with a large university in India,
好的，那是我拿到的最大一筆訂單 – 是我職業(yè)生涯中最引以為傲的一件事 – 那是和印度的一所大型大學(xué)簽訂的合同，

to provide language training. The contract was full of technicalities and the client was very picky! – But I still pulled it off.
為他們提供語(yǔ)言培訓(xùn)。那份合同充滿了專業(yè)技術(shù)內(nèi)容，客戶也非常挑剔 – 但我還是拿下了它。

Ok – do you have any questions for us?
好的 – 你有什么問(wèn)題要問(wèn)我們嗎？

Yes - about your ethical policy and your carbon footprint...
有 – 是關(guān)于你們公司道德政策和碳足跡的問(wèn)題……

I was wondering whether you are planning to reduce your carbon footprint
我想知道你們有沒(méi)有制定計(jì)劃，減少碳排放量，

and whether all your products are ethically sourced?
你們的所有產(chǎn)品的來(lái)源是不是都符合道德倫理標(biāo)準(zhǔn)？

That’s a very good question...and that’s something we’re moving towards at the moment...
這個(gè)問(wèn)題非常棒……這是我們當(dāng)下努力的方向……

Ok, well, let’s move on to the presentation...
好，下面讓我們進(jìn)入演講環(huán)節(jié)……

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