面試英語口語unit 3:個人和家庭情況

前兩課我們講了面試英語中首先要進行的開場白，和如何進行自我介紹。通常自我介紹都要介紹自己的個人情況，家庭情況，工作經驗，個人能力等等，今天我們就來講講如何介紹自己的個人和家庭情況。先來看一些簡單的對話：

i: where is your birthplace?

c: i was born in xinjiang uygur autonomous region.

i: where is your native place?

c: my native place is tianjin.

i: are you a resident of beijing now?

c: yes. i have been living in beijing since my childhood.

i: where is your domicile place?

c: my domicile place is taiyuan.

i: what is your nationality?

c: i''m chinese.

i: what is your nation?

c: my nation is the han.

i: how large is your family?

c: there are four of us including my parents, a younger sister and me.

i: do you spend much time talking with your family?

c: yes. it''s said there''s a generation gap in the world today, but i don''t think this is the case at our house. we all work at taking time to talk with each other. especially at mealtime, we all eat and talk together. meals are very lively at our house.

i: your application form said that you have a younger sister. how do you get along with each other?

c: we get along well with each other. she is 6 years younger than me, and she is right now studying for college entrance exams. she asks me a lot for advice on how to study and things like that. besides, we do many things together, such as going swimming, mountain climbing and soon.

words & expressions:

在對話里出現了以下單詞：
birthplace: 出生地
native place: 籍貫
resident: 居民
domicile place: 戶籍所在地
nationality: 國籍；如果是nation則是指民族
generation gap: 代溝
application form: 申請書，在這里指求職信

除此之外，還有很多詞，比如：
ability: 能力，才能，本領；aptitude: 天資，天賦；capability: 能力，才能；
competence: 能力，勝任；facult: 能力，才能；genius: 天才
academic level: 業務水平
basic skill: 基本功； basic knowledge: 基本知識
professional titles: 職稱
doctoral supervisors: 博士生導師
a teacher in charge of a class: 班主任
postgraduates: 研究生
undergraduate: 本科生
college / university students: 大學生
students of arts: 文科學生
students of science: 理科學生
family: 家庭； relative: 親戚；
be married: 結了婚的（狀態）

掌握這些詞以后，我們來看一些相關的背景知識：

background:　　當你參加面試時，由于條件所限，主考管們不可能詳細地把你介紹給與會者，其他人未必都聽清主考管的介紹。這時，求職者為了展示自我，當主考管們介紹你的語音剛落，你可立即接過話頭，進行干脆而風趣的補充。如果有人想進一步了解你，要抓住時機，做進一步的介紹。