Zhu Yang: Oh, yes. I often went on business trips in the past six years.
Neal: How many languages can you speak in addition to your mother tongue?
Zhu Yang: I speak English and French in addition to my mother tongue, Chinese.
Neal: That's fine. What salary do you get at your present position?
Zhu Yang: My present monthly salary is $1,500.
Neal: We'll start you off with a base salary of $ 20,000 a year, with bonuses that can add up to $ 40,000. A company car, and a company pension scheme. Is that acceptable to you?
Zhu Yang: I think so.
Neal: Excellent. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Zhu Yang, and you'll be hearing from us in the next few days, either way .
Zhu Yang: Thank you. Mr. Neal, and I certainly hope the answer will be favorable. Goodbye.
重點(diǎn)講解:
in addition to adv. 除…之外,還……(somebody/something)
例句:In addition to French, he has to study Japanese. 除了法語(yǔ)外,他還得學(xué)日語(yǔ)。
either way不管怎樣
它還有如下漢語(yǔ)意思:1. 無(wú)所謂,沒(méi)關(guān)系 2. 任一條路 3. 任何的決定
例句:Either way suits me. 怎么都成!
It could have gone either way. 本來(lái)哪個(gè)隊(duì)都可能獲勝的。
尼爾: 你愿意出差嗎?
朱陽(yáng): 哦,對(duì)。過(guò)去六年間我經(jīng)常出差。
尼爾: 除你的母語(yǔ)外,你能說(shuō)幾種語(yǔ)言?
朱陽(yáng): 除了我的母語(yǔ)外,我會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)和法語(yǔ)。
尼爾: 太好了,你現(xiàn)在的薪水是多少?
朱陽(yáng): 我現(xiàn)在月薪1,500美元。
尼爾: 我們給你的底薪為年薪20,000美元,超額提成40,000美元,一兩公司的汽車(chē),以及公司的退休制度,你能接受嗎?
朱陽(yáng): 我想可以。
尼爾: 好極了。非常感謝,朱陽(yáng)先生,過(guò)幾天不論結(jié)果如何我們會(huì)通知你。
朱陽(yáng): 謝謝你,丹尼先生,我當(dāng)然希望答復(fù)是肯定的。再見(jiàn)。