外刊精讀精練糟糕的面試經歷導讀：面試通常是招聘過程中必不可少的一部分。你有過不愉快的面試經歷嗎？有人曾在面試中被雇主層層盤問和職位無關的事；還有的面試官態度惡劣，給申請人施加了巨大的壓力。本集《外刊精讀》探討一些令人咋舌的面試方法。一、語篇泛讀Vocabulary:employment詞匯：就業Haveyoueverattendedajobinterview?Forsomepeopletheycanbeapainfulandembarrassingexperience,butforothers,itcanbeachancetoshine-aplatformtoperformandshowofftheirtalents.Butsometimes,evenforthemostconfidentcandidates,thingsdon'tgotoplanandtheintervieweeisleftfeelingthey'dwishtheyhadneversteppedfootintheroom!Theinterviewisanecessarypartoftherecruitmentprocess,andifcarriedoutfairly,canbeagoodwaytoselecttheidealpersontofillapositioninacompany.Thiscanbedonebyjustaskingquestionsorbycarryingoutothertasksthattestsomeone'scompetencies.It'salsoachancefortheintervieweetoaskquestionsandgetafeelfortheirpotentialnewemployer.Allthisistobeexpectedwhenapplyingforanewjob.ButtheBBChasfoundtherearemanyexamplesofsituationswhereinappropriatequestionshavebeenaskedandirrelevantthingshavebeendiscussed.OliviaBlandrecentlyattendedaninterviewatatechnologycompanyintheUKandclaimedtohavebeensubjectedtoa"brutal"two-hourjobinterview.Shesaidthecompany'sCEO"triedhisbesttointimidate"herandthatinherfeedback..."HetoldmeeverythingIdidwaswrong,everythingIsaid,thewayIsat,mybodylanguage,everythingthathecoulddotoattackme."Sheactuallygotajobofferbutturneditdown.TheCEOdidapologies.OtherpeoplehavetoldtheBBCaboutthegrillingtheyreceivedabouttheirpersonallives.Forexample,maturestudentKevinHeltonsaid"Theinterviewerasked,'youusedtobeintheArmy,howmanypeoplehaveyoukilled?'"JoFoatwasaskedbyaninterviewertowearalargestrawhatandwastold"Inmyexperience,prettygirlslikeyourelytoomuchontheirlooks."Thereare,ofcourse,lawsagainstdiscrimination,andmanagersshouldonlybeaskingquestionsthatarerelevanttoavacancy.Butsometimes,accordingtoJamesReed,chairmanofemploymentagencyReed,whatmayappeartobeaninappropriatequestionissaid"...toprovokeyou,andthere'snothingillegalaboutprovokingsomeone,buttheycanbeannoying."Ofcourse,someunconventionaljobinterviewscanbefunandaredesignedtoputyouatease.AFrenchmarketingagencyisinvitingapplicantsforaninternshiptodiscusstheopportunityoveragameofFortnite!Nowthatsoundslikeafunwaytodevelopyourcareer!二、詞匯表talent才能，天分candidate候選人，申請者interviewee參加面試者recruitmentprocess招聘過程position職位competency技能,能力employer雇主CEO首席執行官joboffer工作機會grilling盤問discrimination歧視vacancy職位空缺employmentagency職業介紹所provoke激怒，挑釁unconventional不同尋常的marketingagency營銷代理公司applicant申請人internship實習career職業三、測試與練習閱讀課文并回答問題。Accordingtothereport,whatcananintervieweedoduringaninterview?Whichworddoweusetodescribeinterviewquestionsthatarenotrelevanttothejob?Trueorfalse?AccordingtointervieweeOliviaBland,thepersoninterviewingcriticizedherbodylanguagebutnotthewayshesat.Whatcanprotectanintervieweefrombeingtreatedfairlyandnotbeingaskedquestionsthataren'trelevanttothejobposition?Whenmightquestionsaskedinajobinterviewbeannoying?請在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。Wehavesomanytopforthejobposition,it'strickytoknowwhichonetopick!vacanciestalentscandidatescompetenciesI'vehadafromthebank,offeringmemoremoney.ShouldIacceptit?offerjobjobofferjobsofferjobofferedTheengineeringcompanyisofferingasix-monthtolearnhowtousealltheernshipcareervacancypositionThefirstthingIhavetodoaspartoftheisfillinalongapplicationform.recruitedprocessrecruitmentprocessedrecruitingprocessingrecruitmentprocessIwasabletoshowoffmyatthemusicfestivalbyplayingmypetenciestalentscareerapplicant【參考答案】閱讀課文并回答問題。Accordingtothereport,whatcananintervieweedoduringaninterview?Anintervieweecanaskquestionsandgetafeelfortheirpotentialnewemployer.Whichworddoweusetodescribeinterviewquestionsthatarenotrelevanttothejob?Thewordis'inappropriate*-theBBChasfoundtherearemanyexamplesofsituationswhereinappropriatequestionshavebeenaskedandirrelevantthingshavebeendiscussed.Trueorfalse?AccordingtointervieweeOliviaBland,thepersoninterviewingcriticizedherbodylanguagebutnotthewayshesat.False.Shesaidherinterviewersaid"everythingIdidwaswrong,everythingIsaid,thewayIsat,mybodylanguage,everythingthathecoulddotoattackme."Whatcanprotectanintervieweefrombeingtreatedfairlyandnotbeingaskedquestionsthataren'trelevanttothejobposition?Lawsagainstdiscriminationprotectpeoplefrombeingaskedirrelevantquestions.Whenmightquestionsaskedinajobinterviewbeannoying?AccordingtoJamesReed,chairmanofemploymentagencyReed,whatmayappeartobeaninappropriatequestionissaid"...toprovokeyou,andthere'snothingillegalaboutprovokingsomeone,buttheycanbeannoying."請在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。Wehavesomanytopcandidatesforthejobposition,it'strickytoknowwhichonetopick!I'vehadajobofferfromthebank,offeringmemoremoney.ShouldIacceptit?Theengineeringcompanyisofferingasix-monthinternshiptolearnhowtouseallthemachinery.ThefirstthingIhavetodoaspartoftherecruitmentprocessisfillinalongapplicationform.Iwasabletoshowoffmytalentsatthemusicfestivalbyplayingmyguitar.“離奇古怪的"英國人導讀：你有過對不同文化的習俗感到困惑的經歷嗎？在英國，有些異乎尋常的習俗可能會讓來自其它國家的人感到疑惑和驚訝。比如，為什么在英國車輛靠左行駛？為什么英國的水龍頭是“冰火兩重天〃一一邊出熱水，邊出涼水？一旦你了解了前因后果，就會發現，這些看似奇怪的現象并非全無道理，本集《外刊精讀》介紹它們背后的歷史起源。一、語篇泛讀Vocabulary:quirksandconfusion詞匯：離奇和困惑Toanoutsider,anyculturecanseemquirky,confusing,peculiarorjustdownrightbizarre.AndtheUK'sgotathingortwothatraisesafeweyebrows.Britsarequitecapableofbefuddlingvisitorswiththeiridiosyncrasies.However,understandthewhyandthingsmightbelessperplexing.HerearethereasonsforthreeofBritain'smorepuzzlingpractices.Inaworldwhere61%ofnationsdriveontheright,theunorthodoxBritsdriveontheleft.Why?"MostpeoplethinkitgoesbacktoMedieval,maybeevenRomantimes/'explainsStephenLaing,curatoroftheBritishMotorMuseum.Thisunusualbehaviormakessensewhenyourememberthatright-handedpeoplewearaswordontheirlefthip.Travellingontheleftallowedyoutokeepyourweaponarmtowardyouropponent,whowouldbeonyourright.Thispracticepersisteduntilthe18thCenturywhenalawwaspassedrequiringalltrafficcrossingLondonBridgetokeeptotheleft.VisitorstotheUKthathavejustwashedtheirhandsinanold-fashionedsinkmightbewonderingwhyonetapissolelyforhotwater,theotherexclusivelycold.Eithercanmakewashingveryuncomfortable.So,whythisoddity?"Itrelatestoatimewhenhotandcoldwaterwerekeptseparatetopreventcontamination/'KevinWellman,chiefexecutiveofficeroftheCharteredInstituteofPlumbingandHeatingEngineeringsays.Drinkablecoldwatercamefromamainssupply,buthotwatercamefromattictanksandwasnotconsideredsuitableforconsumption.Sotheywerekeptapart.Millionsofpeopledrinkteaworldwide,buttheeccentricBritsputmilkintheirs.Why?Thismystifyingpracticerelatestothequalityofchinacupusedinthe18thCenturywhenteawasfirstimported.ForthemajorityofBrits,"thecupsavailablecouldn'twithstandtheheatoftheboilingwaterandwouldshatter,somilkwasaddedfirst,"SimonHill,TeaBuyeratBettys&TaylorsofHarrogatetellstheSunnewspaper.Thiscooledthecupenoughtowithstandthewater.Andthispracticaltweaksoonbecameanationalhabit.There'samethodtothemadness,theysay.Asyoucansee,thesequirkyBritshaveperfectlycoherentreasonsforleft-handdriving,two-tapsinksandteawithmilk.Butuntilyoucomprehendthem,theycanseemunfathomable.Eveniftheystillseemstrange,atleastnowyou'reintheknow.二、詞匯表quirky古怪奇特的confusing令人困惑的peculiar奇怪的bizarre怪誕的raise(afew)eyebrows引人驚詫,使人震驚befuddle使…感到迷惑idiosyncrasy癖好perplexing令人費解的puzzling令人不解的unorthodox非傳統的unusual不同尋常的makesense說得通oddity奇怪現象eccentric古怪的mystifying讓人感到云里霧里的there'samethodtothemadness看似瘋狂，實則有理coherent條理清晰的comprehend領會、理解unfathomable高深莫測的intheknow知情的三、測試與練習閱讀課文并回答問題。TrueorFalse:DrivingontheleftlinksbacktoancientBritishhistory.Whatdidwalkingorridingontheleftallowapersontodo?Whatistheproblemwithusinganold-fashionedBritishsink?Whatwouldhappentothe18thCenturycupswhentheyencounteredboilingwater?Whichwordusedinthearticlemeans'tocontinuetoexist'?請在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。Whenhearrivedatthefuneralinabrightly-colouredcoat,heknowraisedafeweyebrowthere'samethodtothemadnesscomprehendedWhilenotthebestplayer,hisstyleofplaymadehimpopularwiththefans.quirkybefuddledperplexedoddityOurcomputermodelpredicted99%ofthedata.Theother1%shouldbeconsideredan.idiosyncrasyunorthodoxoddityeccentricHowdidIpay￡10,giveyoua￡20andendupwith￡5?Thatdoesn'tconfusepuzzlemystifymakesenseSomeofthebrightestmindsinhistoryhavealsobeenmorethanalittle.eccentricidiosyncrasypeculiaritycomprehensive【參考答案】閱讀課文并回答問題。TrueorFalse:DrivingontheleftlinksbacktoancientBritishhistory.True."MostpeoplethinkitgoesbacktoMedieval,maybeevenRomantimes,"explainsStephenLaing,curatoroftheBritishMotormuseum.Whatdidwalkingorridingontheleftallowapersontodo?Travell