美語情景對話 第314期:The Interview 面試

Todd: Kawabe, can you talk about your first job interview?

託德：川邊，你能談談你第一次面試的經歷嗎？

Kawabe: Sure, first job interview! This is a funny story and that was a time I took the interview, had an interview with the TV broadcaster, and then it was a very famous one in Yotsuya, in Tokyo and that was a very important interview because the job is interesting and there are many, there are so many applicants to the same position so, and the thing is I was late for that interview (No) and I was late for thirty minutes (Ooh) I was really bad, you know, and then the reason is, at that time I was working for, I was a bike rider at a delivery.

川邊：當然可以，第一次工作面試！這是個有趣的故事，當時我去參加電視播音員的面試，那是東京四谷一家非常著名的電視臺，而且那是一次非常重要的面試，因爲那份工作很有意思，申請同一個職位的人非常多，可是我面試時卻遲到了，（不是吧）我遲到了30分鐘，（噢）那太糟糕了，你知道，我遲到的原因是當時我在做單車快遞的工作。

Todd: Oh, you delivered stuff?

託德：哦，你遞送物品嗎？

Kawabe: Bike delivery!

川邊：單車快遞！

Todd: Oh, really, what did you deliver?

託德：哦，是嗎，那你都遞送什麼東西？

Kawabe: Ah, the documents and you know whatever it is when you want to send somewhere the thing fast!

川邊：啊，文件之類的東西，就是你想快速送到某個地方的東西！

Todd: Yeah, yeah, cool job!

託德：好的，這工作真酷！

Kawabe: That's what I was doing, and then before the interview I was delivering one thing.

川邊：那是我當時在做的工作，而面試之前我正在送東西。

Todd: Oh, no, yeah!

託德：哦，天哪！

Kawabe: And then, so, anyway, I was late and in my bag, when I was driving the motorcycle I put my suits and shoes and everything, I've got to wear for the interview and I was in a rush, and I'd been to that building where I had an interview and in front of that building there was a MacDonald and then I rushed into the toilet of that MacDonald that was on the first floor and I think, you know, it was funny if you were looking at me. I was wearing..

川邊：不管怎麼說，反正我遲到了，而我騎摩托車的時候把西裝、鞋和所有東西都放進了包裏。那是我要穿去面試的衣服，我當時非常着急，在我參加面試的那座大樓前面有家麥當勞，我衝進一層麥當勞的衛生間，而我想，如果你當時看到我一定覺得我很滑稽。我當時穿着……

Todd: I can imagine.

託德：我可以想象。

Kawabe: I was wearing like a driver's suit and when I came out from the toilet I was in a suit, like Superman! And then, yeah, I changed my clothes, very very quickly in the toilet and I rushed into the building for the interview but I was 30 minutes late, and actually I got a great interview with the guys of the broadcast station, but ah, since I was late that was the only and biggest reason I couldn't get that job. Actually, they said that if you were not late I could take you, so it's a funny story, now but at that time I was like so disappointed with myself, (Yeah) I was so stupid. The job was great!

川邊：我穿得類似賽車服的衣服，可是我從衛生間出來的時候我已經換上了西裝，就像超人一樣！我在衛生間用非常快的速度換了衣服，然後我衝去面試的那座大樓，可是我還是晚了30分鐘，實際上那些電視臺的人給我進行的面試非常順利，但是因爲我遲到了，那是我不能得到那份工作的唯一也是最主要的原因。實際上，面試官說如果你沒有遲到，我們會錄取你，所以現在看來這是個有趣的故事，但是當時我對自己非常失望，（嗯）我太愚蠢了。那份工作非常棒！

Todd: I've done that too! I think we all do that at one point. Well!

託德：我也做過類似的事情！我想我們在某個時刻都做過那樣的事情。

Kawabe: Yeah, I learned a lot of things from that experience.

川邊：是的，我從那次經歷中學到了很多事情。

Todd: But you got another job with another TV company after that, correct?

託德：但是在那之後，你在另一家電視公司找到了一份工作，對吧？

Kawabe: Mm, it's not a TV company but the same kind of job and it was lucky cause, since I missed the first one I got the second one and that is why I could join to the World Cup.

川邊：嗯，那並不是電視公司，但是是同一種工作，其實我很幸運，因爲雖然我第一次錯過了，但是第二次我還是得到了工作，那就是我能參與世界盃報道的原因。

Todd: Oh, cool!

託德：哦，真酷！

Kawabe: Yeah, so!

川邊：是啊！

Todd: It all worked out at the end!

託德：最後一切都解決了！

Kawabe: Yeah! Fortunately.

川邊：對！很幸運。

重點講解：
1. be late for
遲到；
eg. He was late for school, as was often the case with him.
他上學遲到已是家常便飯了。
eg. I shall be late for lunch, if I stop any longer.
我要再呆下去，吃午飯就來不及了。
2. work out
想出，得到（解決方法）；解（謎）；
eg. We can find a way to work out this problem.
我們可以找到解決這個問題的方法。
eg. I could work out that problem standing on my head.
我解決那個問題易如反掌。
3. at the end
最後；
eg. You'll have the opportunity to ask any questions at the end.
你們最後將有機會提問任何問題。
eg. At the end the old car was practically falling apart.
最後，這輛舊汽車實際上已經要零散了。