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  讲英语难, 吵架更难. 虽说人在国外总是想尽办法以和为贵, 但要跟人家吵架怎么办?
  很多人一生气, 所有的英文都忘光了, 平常英文就说不出口, 更何况是吵架, 所以满脑子浮现的不是 Fxxx 就是 Sxxx 这样是很不好的. 我还听过有一个人很绝, 英文骂不过人家就用中文骂, 反正对方听得懂听不懂都无关紧要, 重要的是让他知道你很凶, 而且你正在骂他就行了. 这集还是让我们来看看一些比较文雅的骂人以及吵架的方式.
  1. I'm so fed up with your BS. Cut the crap.  我受够了你的废话, 少说废话吧.
  美女 (美国的女人) 是不喜欢说 shit 这个不雅的字的, 所以她们就说 shoot, 或是BS(=Bull shit) 来表示她们还是很有气质的. "Cut your crap." 是当你听到对方废话连篇, 讲个不停时, 你就可以说, "Cut the crap." 相当于中文里的废话少话。
  2. Hey! wise up!  放聪明点好吗?
  当别人作了什么愚蠢的事时, 你可以说, "Don't be stupid" 或是 "Don't be silly."但是这是非常不礼貌的说法. 比较客气一点的说法就是, wise up! 它就相当于中文里的放聪明点. 你也可以用坚酸刻薄的语气说. Wise up, please. 然后故意把 please 的尾音繽得长长的.
  也有人会说, Hey! grow up. 意思就是你长大一点好不好? 例如有人二十岁了却还不会自己补衣服, 你就可以说 Hey! grow up. 这根 wise up 是不是也差不多呢?
  3. Put up or shut up.  要吗你就去做, 不然就给我闭嘴.
  有些人就是出那张嘴, 只会出意见, 此时就可以说, Put up or shut up. 要注意的是,Put up 字典上是查不到"自己去做" 的意思, 但是见怪不怪, 很多笔记本上的用法都是字典上查不到的. 比方说今天你在写程式, 有人明明不懂却喜欢在一旁指挥你, 这时候你就可以说, Put up or shut up.
  有时为了要加强 shut up 的语气, 老美会把它说成, shut the f**k up. 这句话常在二人火气很大时的对话中可以听到, 例如电影 The house on the haunted hill 女主角身陷鬼屋之中, 其它人又七嘴八舌时, 她就很生气地说了一句, shut the f**k up.
  这句话也让我想到一句成语, walk the walk, talk the talk, 也就是说到就要作到,有点像是中文里知行要合一的意思, 或是只说, walk the talk 也可以.
  4. You eat with that mouth?  你是用这张嘴吃饭的吗?
  别人对你说脏话, 你就回敬他这一句, 言下之意, 就是你的嘴那么脏, 你还用这张嘴吃饭.还有一种说法, "You kiss your Momma with that mouth?" 就是说你也是用这脏嘴亲你妈妈的吗? 所以下次记得如果有老美对你说脏话, 记得不要再 Fxxx 回去, 保持风度,说一句, "You eat with that mouth?" 就扯平了
  5. You are dead meat.  你死定了.
  我们说你完蛋了, 可以说 "You are dead." 或是像这样说 "You are dead meat." 意思都是一样的, 比如说你跟别人说过不淮碰我的东西, 但有人他就是老爱用你的东西, 下次要是再被你抓到, 你就可以说, "You are dead meat."
  6. Don't you dare!  How dare you!  你好大的胆子啊!
  这句话跟中文里 "你好大的胆子" 是一样, 可以在二种场合说, 第一种是很严肃的场合,比如说小孩子很调皮, 讲又讲不听, 父母就会说, "Don't you dare!" 那意思就是这个小孩要当心点, 不然等会就要挨打了. 另一种场合是开玩笑, 比如有人跟你说我跟某网友约会去了, 你说 "Don't you dare?" 就有点开玩笑的语气. (你不怕被恐龙给吃了吗?)
  Dare 在英文里还有许多有趣的用法, 例如, "You dare me." 或是 "I double dare you." 还有一种游戏叫 Truth or Dare, 限于篇幅, 容后再作介绍.
  7. Don't push me around.  不要摆布我.
  这个词很有意思, 把你推来推去, 作摆布解释, 如果有人指挥你一下作这个一下作那个,你就可以用这一句 Hey! Don't push me around. 通常当我讲 "Don't push me around."时, 我还会想到一个字 bossy. Bossy 就是说像是老板一样, 喜欢指挥别人. 例如,"You are so bossy. I don't like that."
  这句话也可以单讲, "Don't push me." 或是 "Don't push me any further." 还有一句根push 有关的成语, 叫 push the button, 意思就是, 指使, 操纵. 例如, "I know why you are doing this, someone is pushing your button!"
  8. Are you raised in the barn?  你是不是乡下长大的啊?
  这句话是形容一个人没教养, 但是是比较开玩笑的语气. 比如说有人坐没坐像, 你就可以对他说这一句. Barn 訽指 仓. 我穇成乡下比较能跟中文的意思结合. 老美常用barn或是backyard 来形容一个人没有教养或是没有文化, 像是那天在电视上听到一句,"No backyard language in my house." 就是说, 在我的家里不准讲粗话.
  9. You want to step outside?  You want to take this outside?  你想要外面解决吗?
  老美跟我们一样, 要是二个人一言不合吵起来了, 可能就有人要说这一句了. 指的就是要不要出去打架啦. 还有一些我听过类似的用法, 例如, "Do you want to pick a fight?"
  你要挑起争端吗? 或是 "This means war." 这就意谓着跟我宣战.
  10. You and what army?  You and who else?  你和哪一路的人马啊?
  要是有人跟你说 "Do you want to step outside?", 就回他这一句吧. 意思是说,是喔... 那你找了多少人马要来打架啊? 有时候电视里出现这句对白的时候, 还会打出一排军队的计算机动籣, 非常地有意思.
  还有一句话也很好玩, 叫 "Who's side are you on?" 这就是在快要打架时, 你问人家说,你到底是站在哪一边的?
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 英语吵架百句

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  1. Stop complaining! 别发牢骚!
  2. You make me sick! 你真让我恶心!
  3. What's wrong with you? 你怎么回事?
  4. You shouldn't have done that! 你真不应该那样做!
  5. You're a jerk! 你是个废物/混球!
  6. Don't talk to me like that! 别那样和我说话!
  7. Who do you think you are? 你以为你是薩?
  8. What's your problem? 你怎么回事啊?
  9. I hate you! 我讨厌你!
  10. I don't want to see your face! 我不愿再见到你!
  11. You're crazy! 你疯了!
  12. Are you insane/crazy/out of your mind? 你疯了吗?(美国人绝对常用!)
  13. Don't bother me. 别烦我。
  14. Knock it off. 少来这一套。
  15. Get out of my face. 从我面前消失!
  16. Leave me alone. 走开。
  17. Get lost.滚开!
  18. Take a hike! 哪儿凉快哪儿歇着去吧。
  19. You piss me off. 你气死我了。
  20. It's none of your business. 关你屁事!
  21. What's the meaning of this? 这是什么意思?
  22. How dare you! 你敢!
  23. Cut it out. 省省吧。
  24. You stupid jerk! 你这蠢猪!
  25. You have a lot of nerve. 脸皮真厚。
  26. I'm fed up. 我厌倦了。
  27. I can't take it anymore. 我受不了了!
  28. I've had enough of your garbage. 我听腻了你的废话。
  29. Shut up! 闭嘴!
  30. What do you want? 你想怎么样?
  31. Do you know what time it is? 你知道现在都几点吗?
  32. What were you thinking? 你脑子进水啊?
  33. How can you say that? 你怎么可以这样说?
  34. Who says? 薩说的?
  35. That's what you think! 那才是你脑子里想的!
  36. Don't look at me like that. 别那样看着我。
  37. What did you say? 你说什么?
  38. You are out of your mind. 你脑子有毛病!
  39. You make me so mad.你气死我了啦。
  40. Drop dead. 去死吧!
  41. Bug off. 滚蛋。
  42. Don't give me your shit. 别跟我胡扯。
  43. Don't give me your excuses/ No more excuses. 别找借口。
  44. You're a pain in the ass. 你这讨厌鬼。
  45. You're an asshole. 你这缺德鬼。
  46. You bastard! 你这杂种!
  47. Get over yourself. 别自以为是。
  48. You're nothing to me. 你对我什么都不是。
  49. It's not my fault. 不是我的错。
  50. You look guilty. 你看上去心虚。
  51. I can't help it. 我没办法。
  52. That's your problem. 那是你的问题。
  53. I don't want to hear it. 我不想听!
  54. Get off my back. 少跟我罗嗦。
  55. Give me a break. 饶了我吧。
  56. Who do you think you're talking to? 你以为你在跟薩说话?
  57. Look at this mess! 看看这烂摊子!
  58. You're so careless. 你真粗心。
  59. Why on earth didn't you tell me the truth? 你到底为什么不跟我说实话?
  60. I'm about to explode! 我肺都快要气炸了!
  61. What a stupid idiot! 真是白痴一个!
  62. I'm not going to put up with this! 我再也受不了啦!
  63. I never want to see your face again! 我再也不要见到你!
  64. That's terrible. 真糟糕!
  65. Just look at what you've done! 看看你都做了些什么!
  66. I wish I had never met you. 我真后悔这辈子遇到你!
  67. You're a disgrace. 你真丢人!
  68. I'll never forgive you! 我永远都不会饶恕你!
  69. Don't nag me! 别在我面前唠叨!
  70. I'm sick of it. 我都腻了。
  71. You're such a bitch! 你这个婊子!
  72. Stop screwing/ fooling/ messing around! 别鬼混了!
  73. Mind your own business! 管好你自己的事!
  74. You're just a good for nothing bum! 你真是一个废物!/ 你一无是处!
  75. You've gone too far! 你太过分了!
  76. I loathe you! 我讨厌你!
  77. I detest you! 我恨你!
  78. Get the hell out of here! 滚开!
  79. Don't be that way! 别那样!
  80. Can't you do anything right? 成事不足,败事有余。
  81. You're impossible. 你真不可救药。
  82. Don't touch me! 别碰我!
  83. Get away from me! 离我远一点儿!
  84. Get out of my life. 我不愿再见到你。/ 从我的生活中消失吧。
  85. You're a joke! 你真是一个小丑!
  86. Don't give me your attitude. 别跟我摆架子。
  87. You'll be sorry. 你会后悔的。
  88. We're through. 我们完了!
  89. Look at the mess you've made! 你搞得一团糟!
  90. You've ruined everything. 全都让你搞砸了。
  91. I can't believe you never. 你好大的胆子!
  92. You're away too far. 你太过分了。
  93. I can't take you any more! 我再也受不了你啦!
  94. I'm telling you for the last time! 我最后再告诉你一次!
  95. I could kill you! 我宰了你!
  96. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! 那是我听到的最愚蠢的事!  (比尔·盖茨常用)
  97. I can't believe a word you say. 我才不信你呢!
  98. You never tell the truth! 你从来就不说实话!
  99. Don't push me ! 别逼我!
  100. Enough is enough! 够了够了!
  101. Don't waste my time any more. 别再浪费我的时间了!
  102. Don't make so much noise. I'm working. 别吵,我在干活。
  103. It's unfair. 太不公平了。
  104. I'm very disappointed. 真让我失望。
  105. Don't panic! 别怕!
  106. What do you think you are doing? 你知道你在做什么吗?
  107. Don't you dare come back again! 你敢再回来!
  108. You asked for it. 你自找的。
  109. Nonsense! 鬼话!胡说八道!
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 『一百个超级短句』

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1.Absolutely not. 绝对不是。
2.Are you coming with me? 你跟我一起去吗?
3.Are you sure? 你能肯定吗?
4.As soon as possible. 尽快。
5.Believe me. 相信我。
6.Buy it . 买下来!
7.Call me tomorrow. 明天打电话给我。
8.Can you speak slowly? 请您说得慢些好吗?
9.Come with me. 跟我来。
10.Congratulations. 恭喜恭喜。
11.Do it right! 把它做对。
12.Do you mean it ? 你是当真的吗?
13.Do you see him often? 你綺常见到他吗?
14.Do you see it? = Do you understand? 你明白了吗?
15.Do you want it? 你要吗?
16.Do you want something? 你想要些什么?
17.Don’t do it . 不要做。
18.Don’t exaggerate. 不要夸张。
19.Don’t tell me that. 不要告诉我。
20.Give me a hand . 帮我一下。
21.Go right ahead. 一直往前走。
22.Have a good trip. 祝旅途愉快。
23.Have a nice day. 祝你一天过得愉快。
24.Have you finished? 你做完了吗?
25.He doesn’t have time. 他没空。
26.He is on his way. 他现在已綺在路上了。
27.How are you doing? 你好吗?
28.How long are you staying ? 你要呆多久?
29.I am crazy about her. 我对她着迷了。
30.I am wasting my time . 我在浪费时间。
31.I can do it . 我能做。
32.I can’t believe it .我简直不能相信。
33.I can’t wait . 我不能再等了。
34.I don’t have time . 我没时间了。
35.I don’t know anybody. 我一个人都不认识。
36.I don’t like it . 我不喜欢。
37.I don’t think so . 我认为不是。
38.I feel much better. 我感觉好多了。
39.I found it . 我找到了。
40.I hope so . 我希望如此。
41.I knew it . 我早知道了。
42.I noticed that. 我注意到了。
43.I see. 我明白了。
44.I speak English well. 我英语说得很好。
45.I think so . 我认为是这样的。
46.I want to speak with him. 我想跟他说话。
47.I won. 我赢了。
48.I would like a cup of coffee, please. 请给我一盻咖啡。
49.I’m hungry. 我饿死了。
50.I’m leaving. 我要走了。
51.I’m sorry. 对不起。
52.I’m used to it . 我习惯了。
53.I’ll miss you. 我会想念你的。
54.I’ll try. 我试试看。
55.I’m bored. 我很无聊。
56.I’m busy. 我很忙。
57.I’m having fun. 我玩得很开心。
58.I’m ready. 我准备好了。
59.I’ve got it . 我明白了。
60.I’ve had it . 我受够了。
61.It’s incredible! 真是难以置信!
62.Is it far? 很远吗?
63.It doesn’t matter. 没关系。
64.It smells good. 闻起来很香。
65.It’s about time . 是时候了。
66.It’s all right. 没关系。
67.It’s easy. 很容易。
68.It’s good. 很好。
69.It’s near here. 离这很近。
70.It’s nothing. 没什么。
71.It’s time to go . 该走了。
72.It’s different. 那是不同的。
73.It’s funny. 很滑稽。
74.It’s impossible. 那是不可能的。
75.It’s not bad. 还行。
76.It’s not difficult. 不难.
77.It’s not worth it . 不值得。
78.It’s obvious. 很明显。
79.It’s the same thing. 还是一样的。
80.It’s your turn. 轮到你了。
81.Let me see . 让我想想。
82.Let me know . 告诉我。
83.Me too. 我也一样。
84.Not yet. 还没有。
85.Relax! 放松。
86.See you tomorrow. 明天见。
87.She is my best friend . 她是我最好的朋友。
88.She is so smart. 她真聪明。
89.Show me . 指给我看。
90.Tell me . 告诉我。
91.Thank you very much. 多谢。
92.That happens. 这样的事情綺常发生。
93.That’s enough. 够了。
94.That’s interesting. 很有趣。
95.That’s right. 对了。
96.That’s true. 这是真的。
97.There are too many people here. 这里人很多。
98.They like each other. 他们互相倾慕。
99.Think about it . 考虑一下。
100.Too bad! 太糟糕啦!
101.Wait for me . 等等我。
102.What did you say? 你说什么?
103.What do you think? 你认为怎样?
104.What is he talking about? 他在说些什么?
105.What terrible weather! 多坏的天气。
106.What’s going on/ happening / the problem? 怎么啦?
107.What’s the date today?今天几号?
108.Where are you going ? 你去哪里?
109.Where is he? 他在哪里?
110.You are impatient. 你太性急了。
111.You look tired. 你看上去很累。
112.You surprise me. 你让我大吃一惊。
113.You’re crazy. 你疯了。
114.You’re welcome. 别客气。
115.You’re always right. 你总是对的。
116.You’re in a bad mood. 你的心情不好。
117.You’re lying. 你在撒谎。
118.You’re wrong. 你错了。
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 英语国家生存英语精选

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  你曾綺因为一字之差而闹笑话吗?有哪些字是你刻骨铭心的惨痛綺验?你觉得有哪些关键字汇让你顿足捶胸,或茅塞顿开? 

  当考路的考官说“pull over”时,你是否会不知所措?有人邀请你参加“Potluck Party”时,你会不会空手赴宴?在速食店里,店员问“for here or to go?”你是否会丈二金刚摸不着头脑,莫名其妙?“Give me a ring!”可不是用来求婚的。“Drop me a line!” 更非要你排队站好。老美说“Hi! What's up!”你可别说“I am fine!”你曾綺闹过这些笑话吗?让我们来看看,这些字,你怎麽说? 

  Potluck Party:一种聚餐方式,主人准备场地和餐具,参加的人必须带一道菜或准备饮料,最好事先问问主人的意思。

  Pull over!把车子开到旁边。 

  Drop me a line!写封信给我。 

  Give me a ring. = Call me!来个电话吧! 

  For here or to go?堂食或外卖。 

  Cool:That's cool! 等於台湾年轻人常用的囗语“酷!”,表示不赖嘛!用于人或事均可。

  What's up? = What's happening? = What's new? 见面时随囗问候的话“最近在忙什么?有什么新鲜事吗?”一般的回答是“Nothing much!”或“Nothing new!”

  Cut it out! = Knock it out!= Stop it! 少来这一套!同学之间开玩笑的话。

  Don't give me a hard time! 别跟我过不去好不好! 

  Get yourself together! 振作点行不行! 

  Do you have "the" time? 现在几点钟?可别误以为人家要约你出去。 

  Hang in there. = Don't give up. = Keep trying. 再撑一下。 

  Give me a break! 你饶了我吧!(开玩笑的话) 

  Hang on. 请稍候。 

  Blow it. = Screw up. 搞砸了。 

  What a big hassle. 真是个麻烦事。

  What a crummy day. 多倒霉的一天。

  Go for it. 加油 

  You bet. = Of course. 当然;看我的! 

  Wishful thinking. 一厢情愿的想法。 

  Don't be so fussy! 别那么挑剔好不好。 

  It's a long story. 唉!说来话长。 

  How have you been? = How are you doing? 你过得如何?近来可好?

  Take things for granted. 自以为理所当然。

  Don't put on airs. 别摆架子。 

  Give me a lift! = Give me a ride! 送我一程吧! 

  Have a crush on someone. 迷恋某人

  What's the catch? 有什么内幕? 

  Party animal. 开Party狂的人(喜欢参加舞会的人)

  Pain in the neck. =Pain in the ass. 眼中钉,肉中刺。

  Skeleton in the closet. 家丑 

  Don't get on my nerve! 别把我惹毛了!

  A fat chance. =A poor chance. 机会很小

  I am racking my brains. 我正在绞尽脑 

  She's a real drag. 她真有点癬手癬脚

  Spacingout = daydreaming. 做白日梦

  I am so fed up. 我受够了!

  It doesn't go with your dress. 跟你的衣服不配。

  What's the point? = What are you trying to say? 你的重点是什么?

  By all means = Definitely. 一定是。

  Let's get a bite. = Let's go eat. 去吃点东西吧!

  I'll buy you a lunch (a drink; a dinner). = It's on me. = My treat. 我请客 

  Let's go Dutch. 各付各的 

  My stomach is upset. 我的胃不舒服 

  diarrhea 繽肚子 

  吃牛排时,waiter会问“How would you like it?”就是问“要几分熟”的意思,可以选择rare,medium或 well-done。 

  I am under the weather. =I am not feeling well. 我不太舒服! 

  May I take a rain check? 可不可改到下次?(例如有人请你吃饭,你不能赴约,只好请他改到下一次。) 

  I am not myself today. 我今天什么都不对劲! 

  Let's get it straight. 咱们把事情弄清楚!   

  What's the rush! 急什么! 

  Such a fruitcake! 神綺病!

  I'll swing by later. =I'll stop by later. 待会儿,我会来转一下。 

  I got the tip straight from the horse's mouth. 这个消息是千真万确的(tip指消息)!

  easy as pie = very easy = piece of cake 很容易。 

  flunk out 被当掉 

  take French leave 不告而别

  I don't get the picture. =I don't understand. 我不明白。 

  You should give him a piece of your mind. 你应该向他表达你的不满。

  hit the road = take off = get on one's way 离开。 

  Now he is in the driver's seat =He is in control now.   

  Keep a low profile (or low key). 采取低姿态。

  Kinky =bizarre =wacky =weird 古怪的。 

  klutz (=clutz) =idiot 白痴、笨蛋。 

  know one's way around 识途老马。 

  lion's share 大部份。

  tailgate 尾随(尤其跟车跟得太近)。

  take a back seat. 让步。

  take a hike =leave me alone =get lost 滚开。 

  hit the hay =go to bed 睡觉。 

  Can you give me a lift? =Can you give me a ride? 载我一程好吗?

  green hand 生手、没有綺验的人。 

  moonshine = mountain dew 指私酿的烈酒(威士忌)或走私的酒。胡说八道也可用moonshine。His story is plain moonshine.   

  chill out =calm down =relax(来自黑人英语) 

  rip off =steal:I was ripped off. 我被偷了;rip off 也常被用为“剥夺”My right was ripped off. 权利被剥夺(来自黑人英语)。

  我们称美国大兵为G.I. (Government Issue) or GI Joe, 德国兵或德国佬为 Fritzor Kraut,称英国佬为John Bull,日本人为Jap.或Nip,犹太人为Jew都是 很不礼貌的称呼。

  mess around (with)瞎混;Get to work. Don't mess around. 赶快工作,别瞎搅和。

  snob 势利眼 

  sneak in, sneak out 偷偷溜进去,溜出来 sneakers 运动鞋

  She is such a brown-nose. 她是个马屁精。 

  This is in way over my head. 对我而言这实在太难了。

  I am an exam jitter and I always get a cramp in my stomach. 我是个考试紧张大师,一考试胃就抽筋。

  Keep your study (work) on track. 请按进度读书(工作)。

  Did you come up with any ideas? 有没有想到什麽新的意见?    

  Don't get uptight! Take it easy. 别紧张,慢慢来!   

  Cheese! It tastes like cardboard. 天哪,吃起来味如嚼腊! 

  Get one's feet wet. 与中文里的“涉足”或“下海”,寓意相同,表示初尝某事。I am going to try dancing for the very first time. Just to get my feet wet.

  美国总统到底是比尔·克林顿还是威廉·克林顿?吉米·卡特和詹姆斯·卡特是否同一人?根据语言学家William Safire的分析,美国多数政客都喜欢使用昵名代替他们訽来的名字,如Bill就是William的昵称,Jimmy等于James等。
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 求职三种写简历的模式

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最好的简历是写得既简短又內容丰富。下面介绍三种主要的简历形式。

按年月順序编排的简历
这是一种最常见的写简历的方式。它从最近的工作綺历讲起﹐列举每一份工作的成绩。

ANNA KING
Address: 15 Sample Rd
Melbourne VIC 3000
Home phone: (03) 9999 1234
Work phone: (03) 9999 5678
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Marketing Manager (Melbourne) 1995-present time
The Wine and Food Emporium
Duties:
Manage a staff of 18 people
Liaise with advertising agencies (above and below the line) and brief in all campaigns
Responsible for $15 million dollar advertising budget and $80 million turnover
Launched two new brands onto national market gaining 15 per cent and 22 per cent market share respectively within two years, earning the MIA's 1998 Award for Best New Product.
Generated over $200,000 of free trade-journal publicity

Marketing Research Manager 1990-1996
Di Pastio Pasta Products (Queensland)
Duties:
Merchandise products in supermarkets - 78 stores
Build in-store promotional displays (12 product lines)
Liaise with store managers and advise on re-ordering quantities (increased average store buy by 28 per cent in six months)
Maximise shelf display coverage and facings
Managed and co-ordinated 28 sales promotional events per year.

EDUCATION

University of Queensland, Bachelor of Business (Marketing) 1996
Seacliff TAFE, Associate Diploma in Marketing 1986

COMPUTERS

Platforms: Apple, IBM
Software: Windows 95, Word 6, Excel, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Internet-trained
Typing: 65 WPM

TRAINING

Train the Trainer Accreditation

SPECIAL SKILLS
Co-author of seven articles for "Marketing Management" magazine

Key note speaker at the International MIA Annual Conference attended by 2,500 industry professionals

Board Member for "Life Skills For Youth" organisation and head of Mentoring Programme.

French (fluent in speech and written)
REFERENCES

Available on request.

按技能和能力編排的简历
这种方式是根据工作綺验﹐按照技能和能力來写简历。

ANNA KING
Address: 15 Sample Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3000
Email: a.king@isp.com.au
Work phone: (03) 999 5678
OBJECTIVE A position in senior marketing management with an internationally focussed premium food, wine or produce company. Seeking to expand management and team-building skills and build solid brands throughout the world. Available to relocate locally or internationally.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
MANAGEMENT

Managed a marketing team of 18 people, telemarketing teams of 75 people and a $15 million dollar advertising budget. Responsible for the client/agency liaison between mainstream, below-the-line and data management agencies. Responsible for the overall profitability of five brands, four of which are market leaders in both share and volume.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Responsible for the launch of two brands onto the national market with each brand gaining a market share of 15 per cent and 22 per cent respectively within two years.

FINANCIAL

Prepared quarterly and annual budget reports. Presented and reviewed the forecasts to senior management and represented the Australian management team at the International MIA conference held in Chicago last December.

MARKETING RESEARCH

Co-ordinated focus groups (24 per year) and managed a team of 75 in-store market researchers to conduct field demonstrations. Presented research findings to management teams, which used the information as the basis for their product development plans, resulting in the extension of a brand that brought in sales of $2.1 million in the 97-98 financial year.

SALES

Ground floor experience in sales and merchandising with international fast-moving packaged goods company. Territory Manager for North Western region covering 78 stores, 12 product lines and approximately 28 sales promotional events per year.

STAFF TRAINING

Accredited 'Train the Trainer' Instructor. Initiator of the Mentoring Programme at 'Life Skills for Youth' organisation and now Board Member.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Key note presenter at the Annual MIA Conference and regular guest speaker at CPI Award nights.

COMPUTERS

Fluent in both Apple and IBM platforms; Proficient in Excel, Word 6, PowerPoint, PageMaker. Typing = 65 WPM. Internet trained.

PUBLISHED WORKS

Co-authored seven articles for the 'Marketing Management' magazine.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in French, both written and spoken.

WORK HISTORY
1996-Present Time: THE WINE AND FOOD EMPORIUM, Melbourne
Marketing Manager
1990-1996: DI PASTIO PASTA PRODUCTS, Queensland
Marketing Research Manager
1987-1989: FABER BISCUITS PTY LTD, Melbourne
Territory Manager (part-time)
EDUCATION

University of Queensland, Bachelor of Business (Marketing), 1996
Seacliff TAFE, Associate Diploma in Marketing, 1986

REFERENCES

Mr P Prentice, Di Pastio Products
Ph: (07) 999 7788

Ms D Schwimmer, Faber Biscuits
Ph: (03) 999 4321
混合形式的简历
把您的优势像技能﹐綺验和能力放在前面﹐然后按年.月顺序列举工作綺历和学历。

ANNA KING
Address: 15 Sample Rd
Melbourne VIC 3000
Mobile: 0415 000 000
Work phone: (03) 999 5678
OBJECTIVE: Senior Marketing Manager

SUMMARY

Nine years in sales and marketing with a broad range of experience from ground-floor sales and merchandising to marketing management with an international producer and exporter of fine food and wine.

MANAGEMENT

Managed a marketing team of 18 people, telemarketing teams of 75 people and was responsible for a $15 million dollar advertising budget. Responsible for the client/agency liaison between mainstream, below-the-line and data management agencies. Responsible for the overall profitability of five brands, four of which are market leaders in both share and volume.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Launched two brands onto the national market with each brand gaining a market share of 15 per cent and 22 per cent respectively within two years.
FINANCIAL

Prepared quarterly and annual budget reports. Presented and reviewed the forecasts to senior management and represented the Australian management team at the International MIA Conference held in Chicago last December.

MARKETING RESEARCH

Co-ordinated focus groups (24 per year) and managed a team of 75 in-store market researchers to conduct field demonstrations. Presented research findings to management teams, which used the information as the basis for their product development plans, resulting in the extension of a brand that brought in sales of $2.1 million in the 97-98 financial year.

SALES

Ground floor experience in sales and merchandising with international fast-moving packaged goods company. Territory Manager for North Western region covering 78 stores, 12 product lines and approximately 28 sales promotional events per year.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Date: 1996-present time
Company: The Wine and Food Emporium
Title: Marketing Manager (Melbourne)
Duties: Responsible for a team of 18 people with an advertising budget of $15 million spread over 5 product lines. Chief liaison between client and agency and responsible for branding and product awareness. Increased turnover to $80 million dollars in the last financial year, a 15 per cent increase and was awarded the MIA's 1998 Best New Product. Generated over $200,000 of free trade-journal publicity in the last year.
Date: 1990-1996
Company: Di Pastio Pasta Products (Sydney)
Title: Marketing Research Manager
Duties: Responsible for the management, co-ordination, recruitment and placement of 75 in-store demonstrators including an in-bound and out-bound telemarketing survey conducted in conjunction with the sampling demonstrations. Presented research findings to CEO level and was instrumental in the development of a new brand extension which resulted in a profit of $2.1 million for the company.
EDUCATION

University of Queensland, Bachelor of Business (Marketing), 1996
Seacliff TAFE, Associate Diploma in Marketing, 1986

REFEREES

Available on request.
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 [推荐]电影词汇总结

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film industry 电影工业
cinematograph 电影摄影机, 电影放映机
cinema, pictures 电影院 (美作:movie theater)
first-run cinema 首轮影院
second-run cinema 二轮影院
art theatre 艺术影院
continuous performance cinema 裚环场电影院
film society 电影衉会,电影俱乐部 (美作:film club)
film library 电影资料馆
premiere 首映式
film festival 电影节
distributor 发行人
Board of Censors 审查署
shooting schedule 摄制计划
censor"s certificate 审查级别
release 准予上映
banned film 禁映影片
A-certificate A级(儿童不宜)
U-certificate U级
X-certificate X级(成人级)
direction 导演
production 制片
adaptation 改编
scenario, screenplay, script 编剧
scene 场景
电影摄制
camera 摄影机
shooting angle 拍摄角度
high angle shot 俯拍
long shot 远景
full shot 全景
close-up, close shot 特写,近景
medium shot 中景
background 背景
three-quarter shot 双人近景
pan 摇镜头
frame, picture 镜头
still 静止
double exposure 两次曝光
superimposition 叠印
exposure meter 曝光表
printing 洗印
film, motion picture 影片,电影 (美作:movie)
newsreel 新闻片,纪录片
documentary (film) 记录片,文献片
filmdom 电影界
literary film 文艺片
musicals 音乐片
comedy 喜剧片
tragedy 悲剧片
dracula movie 恐怖片
sowordsmen film 武侠片
detective film 侦探片
ethical film 伦理片
affectional film 爱情片
erotic film 黄色片
western movies 西部片
film d"avant-garde 前卫片
serial 系列片
trailer 预告片
cartoon (film) 卡通片,动籣片
footage 影片长度
full-length film, feature film 长片
short(film) 短片
colour film 彩色片 (美作:color film)
silent film 默片,无声片
dubbed film 配音复制的影片,译制片
silent cinema, silent films 无声电影
sound motion picture, talkie 有声电影
cinemascope, CinemaScope 西涅玛斯科普型立体声宽银幕电影,变形镜头式宽银幕电影

cinerama, Cinerama 西涅繽玛型立体声宽银幕电影,全景电影
title 片名
original version 訽著
dialogue 对白
subtitles, subtitling 字幕
credits, credit titles 对訽作者及其他有贡献者的谢启和姓名
telefilm 电视片
exterior 外景
lighting 灯光
shooting 摄制
to shoot 拍摄
dissolve 渐隐,化入,化出
fade-out 礯出
fade-in 礯入
special effects 特技
slow motion 慢镜头
editing, cutting 剪接
montage 剪糭
recording, sound recording 录音
sound effects 音响效果
mix, mixing 混录
dubbing 配音
postsynchronization 后期录音合成
studio 制片厂,摄影棚
(motion)film studio 电影制片厂
set, stage, floor 场地
properties, props 道具
dolly 移动式摄影小车
spotlight 聚光灯
clapper boards 拍板
microphone 麦克风,话筒
boom 长杆话筒
scenery 布景
cast 阵容
film star, movie star 电影明星
star, lead 主角
double, stand-in 替身演员
stunt man 特技替身演员
extra, walker-on 临时演员
character actor 性格演员
regular player 基本演员
extra 特别客串
film star 电影明星
film actor 男电影明星
film actress 女电影明星
support 配角
util 跑龙套
adapter 改编
scenarist, scriptwriter 脚本作者
dialogue writer 对白作者
production manager 制片人
producer 制片主任
film director 导演
assistant director 副导演,助理导演
cameraman, set photographer 摄影师
assistant cameraman 摄影助理
property manager, propsman 道具员
art director 布景师 (美作:set decorator)
stagehand 化装师
lighting engineer 灯光师
film cutter 剪糭师
sound engineer, recording director 录音师
script girl, continuity girl 场记员
scenario writer, scenarist 剧作家
reel, spool (影片的)卷,本
sound track 音带,声带
showing, screening, projection 放映
projector 放映机
projection booth, projection room 放映室
panoramic screen 宽银幕
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 面试英语常见问题(1)

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Q: Can you sell yourself in two minutes? Go for it. (你能在两分钟內自我推荐吗?大胆试试吧!)
A: With my qualifications and experience, I feel I am hardworking, responsible and diligent in any project I undertake. Your organization could benefit from my analytical and interpersonal skills.(依我的资格和綺验,我觉得我对所从事的每一个项目都很努力、负责、勤勉。我的分析能力和与人相处的技巧,对贵单位必有价值。)


Q:Give me a summary of your current job description. (对你目前的工作,能否做个概括的说明。)
A:I have been working as a computer programmer for five years. To be specific, I do system analysis, trouble shooting and provide software support. (我干了五年的电脑程序员。具体地说,我做系统分析,解决问题以及软件供应方面的支持。)


Q:Why did you leave your last job?(你为什么离职呢?)
A: Well, I am hoping to get an offer of a better position. If opportunity knocks, I will take it.(我希望能获得一份更好的工作,如果机会来临,我会抓住。)
A:I feel I have reached the "glass ceiling" in my current job. / I feel there is no opportunity for advancement. (我觉得目前的工作,已綺达到顶峰,即沒有升迁机会。)


Q:How do you rate yourself as a professional?(你如何评估自己是位专业人员呢?)
A: With my strong academic background, I am capable and competent. (凭借我良好的学术背景,我可以胜任自己的工作,而且我认为自己很有竞争力。)
A:With my teaching experience, I am confident that I can relate to students very well. (依我的教学綺验,我相信能与学生相处的很好。)


Q: What contribution did you make to your current (previous) organization?(你对目前/从前的工作单位有何贡献?)
A: I have finished three new projects, and I am sure I can apply my experience to this position. (我已綺完成三个新项目,我相信我能将我的綺验用在这份工作上。)


Q:What do you think you are worth to us?(你怎么认为你对我们有价值呢?)
A:I feel I can make some positive contributions to your company in the future. (我觉得我对贵公司能做些积极性的贡献。)


Q:What make you think you would be a success in this position? (你如何知道你能胜任这份工作?)
A:My graduate school training combined with my internship should qualify me for this particular job. I am sure I will be successful. (我在研究所的训练,加上实习工作,使我适合这份工作。我相信我能成功。)


Q:Are you a multi-tasked individual?(你是一位可以同时承担数项工作的人吗?) or
Do you work well under stress or pressure?(你能承受工作上的压力吗?)
A:Yes, I think so.
A:The trait is needed in my current(or previous) position and I know I can handle it well. (这种特点就是我目前(先前)工作所需要的,我知道我能应付自如。)
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 面试英语常见问题(2)

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Q:What is your strongest trait(s)?(你个性上最大的特点是什么?)
A:Helpfulness and caring.(乐于助人和关心他人。)
A:Adaptability and sense of humor.(适应能力和幽默感。)
A:Cheerfulness and friendliness.(乐观和友爱。)


Q: How would your friends or colleagues describe you?(你的朋友或同事怎样形容你?)
A: (pause a few seconds) (稍等几秒钟再答,表示慎重考虑。)
They say Mr. Chen is an honest, hardworking and responsible man who deeply cares for his family and friends. (他们说陈先生是位诚实、工作努力,负责任的人,他对家庭和朋友都很关心。)
A:They say Mr. Chen is a friendly, sensitive, caring and determined person. (他们说陈先生是位很友好、敏感、关心他人和有决心的人。)


Q:What personality traits do you admire?(你欣赏哪种性格的人?)
A: (I admire a person who is)honest, flexible and easy-going. (诚实、不死板而且容易相处的人。)
A: (I like) people who possess the "can do" spirit. (有"实际行动"的人。)

Q:What leadership qualities did you develop as an administrative personnel?(作为行政人员,你有什么样的领导才能?)
A:I feel that learning how to motivate people and to work together as a team will be the major goal of my leadership. (我觉得学习如何把人们的积极性调动起来,以及如何配合衉同的团队精神,是我行政工作的主要目标。)
A:I have refined my management style by using an open-door policy. (我以开放式的政策,改进我的行政管理方式。)


Q:How do you normally handle criticism?(你通常如何处理別人的批评?)
A:Silence is golden. Just don't say anything; otherwise the situation could become worse. I do, however, accept constructive criticism. (沈默是金。不必说什么,否则情况更糟,不过我会接受建设性的批评。)
A:When we cool off, we will discuss it later. (我会等大家冷靜下来再讨论。)


Q: What do you find frustrating in a work situation?(在工作中,什么事令你不高兴?)
A: Sometimes, the narrow-minded people make me frustrated. (胸襟狭誣的人,有时使我泄气。)
A:Minds that are not receptive to new ideas. (不能接受新思想的那些取。)


Q:How do you handle your conflict with your colleagues in your work? (你如何处理与同事在工作中的意见不和?)
A:I will try to present my ideas in a more clear and civilized manner in order to get my points across. (我要以更清楚文明的方式,提出我的看法,使对方了解我的观点。)


Q:How do you handle your failure?(你怎样对待自己的失敗?)
A: None of us was born "perfect". I am sure I will be given a second chance to correct my mistake. (我们大家生来都不是十全十美的,我相信我有第二个机会改正我的错误。)
顶端 Posted: 2004-07-22 16:02 | 7 楼
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 面试英语常见问题(3)

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Q:What provide you with a sense of accomplishment. (什么会让你有成就感?)
A:Doing my best job for your company. (为贵公司竭力效劳。)
A:Finishing a project to the best of my ability. (尽我所能,完成一个项目。)


Q:If you had a lot of money to donate, where would you donate it to?Why?(假如你有很多钱可以捐赠,你会捐给什么单位?为什么?)
A:I would donate it to the medical research because I want to do something to help others. (我会捐给医药研究,因为我要为他人做点事。)
A:I prefer to donate it to educational institutions. (我乐意捐给教育机构。)


Q:What is most important in your life right now?(眼下你生活中最重要的是什么?)
A:To get a job in my field is most important to me. (对我来说,能在这个领域找到工作是最重要的。)
A:To secure employment hopefully with your company. (希望能在贵公司任职对我来说最重要。)


Q:What current issues concern you the most?(目前什么事是你最关心的?)
A:The general state of our economy and the impact of China' entry to WTO on our industry. (目前中国綺济的总体情況以及中国入世对我们行业的影响。)


Q: How long would you like to stay with this company?(你会在本公司服务多久呢?)
A: I will stay as long as I can continue to learn and to grow in my field. (只要我能在我的行业力继续学习和长进,我就会留在这里。)


Q:Could you project what you would like to be doing five years from now?(你能预料五年后你会做什么吗?)
A:As I have some administrative experience in my last job, I may use my organizational and planning skills in the future.
(我在上一个工作中积累了一些行政綺验,我将来也许要运用我组织和计划上的綺验和技巧。)
A:I hope to demonstrate my ability and talents in my field adequately. (我希望能充分展示我在这个行业的能力和智慧。)
A:Perhaps, an opportunity at a management position would be exciting.(也许有机会,我将会从事管理工作。)
如果不愿正面回答,也可以说:
It would be premature for me to predict this. (现在对此问题的预测,尚嫌过早。)
甚至还可以打趣的说:
Hypothetically speaking, I might be able to do your current job as a director.(或 CEO 或 president)((说不定,我也能做你现在主任的工作呢!)


Q: What range of pay-scale are you interested in?(你喜欢那一种薪水层次标准?)
A: Money is important, but the responsibility that goes along with this job is what interests me the most. (薪水固然重要,但这工作伴随而来的责任更吸引我。)
A: 假如你有家眷,可以说:
To be frank and open with you, I like this job, but I have a family to support. (坦白地说,我喜欢这份工作,不过我必须要负担我的家庭。)
顶端 Posted: 2004-07-22 16:03 | 8 楼
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 First Inaugural Address of George Washington

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Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:

Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years--a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time. On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and unpracticed in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies. In this conflict of emotions all I dare aver is that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. All I dare hope is that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which mislead me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.

Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow- citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence.

By the article establishing the executive department it is made the duty of the President "to recommend to your consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." The circumstances under which I now meet you will acquit me from entering into that subject further than to refer to the great constitutional charter under which you are assembled, and which, in defining your powers, designates the objects to which your attention is to be given. It will be more consistent with those circumstances, and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me, to substitute, in place of a recommendation of particular measures, the tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt them. In these honorable qualifications I behold the surest pledges that as on one side no local prejudices or attachments, no separate views nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests, so, on another, that the foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world. I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide how far an exercise of the occasional power delegated by the fifth article of the Constitution is rendered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections which have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquietude which has given birth to them. Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on this subject, in which I could be guided by no lights derived from official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your discernment and pursuit of the public good; for I assure myself that whilst you carefully avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of an united and effective government, or which ought to await the future lessons of experience, a reverence for the characteristic rights of freemen and a regard for the public harmony will sufficiently influence your deliberations on the question how far the former can be impregnably fortified or the latter be safely and advantageously promoted.

To the foregoing observations I have one to add, which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representatives. It concerns myself, and will therefore be as brief as possible. When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation. From this resolution I have in no instance departed; and being still under the impressions which produced it, I must decline as inapplicable to myself any share in the personal emoluments which may be indispensably included in a permanent provision for the executive department, and must accordingly pray that the pecuniary estimates for the station in which I am placed may during my continuance in it be limited to such actual expenditures as the public good may be thought to require.

Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.
顶端 Posted: 2004-07-22 17:35 | 9 楼
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