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Business Chinese – 面试篇—薪金期望 – Chinese School

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

薪金期望

关于待遇问题,合理地进行“自我报价”有以下讲究:
1.分析市场行情价格,可从亲朋好友那里或职业中间机构获取信息。
2.分析市场需求状况,了解目前就业市场对这类人才是供不应求还是供过于求。
3.个人的经验和能力将是薪酬定位的决定性因素。
4.分析用人单位的特点,包括福利保障制度和个人发展空间。
BASIC EXPRESSIONS  基本句型表达

1) What are your salary expectations?
你期望的薪水是多少?

2) I expect to be paid according to my abilities.
我希望能根据我的能力支付薪资。

3) With my experience, I抎 like to start at RMB 4000 per month.
以我的经验,我希望起薪是每月4000元人民币。

4) What is your salary now?
你现在的薪水是多少?

5) What抯 your expected salary?
你期望的薪水是多少?

6) How long is my probation?
我的试用期多长?

7) I think salary is closely related to the responsibilities of the job.
我觉得工资是与工作的责任紧密相关的。

CONVERSATIONS  会话
(A=Applicant   I=Interviewer)
Dialogue 1
I:  What is your salary at present?
A:  My present pay is 100,000 Yuan per year.
I:  What are your salary expectations now?
A:  I like to be paid more than that. Hopefully, 120,000Yuan per year.
I:  That抯 a little more than we had planned.
A:  I think you抣l find I抦 worth that.
I:  I can only offer you 110,000Yuan a year. Raises will be given after a three-month probation according to your performance. Is that satisfactory?
A:  Yes, it is quite reasonable.
I: 你现在的薪水是多少?
A: 每年10万元。
I: 你现在期望的薪水是多少?
A: 我希望能比原来的多些,希望是每年12万元。
I: 这比我们原来计划的多一些。
A: 我想你们会发现我是值得拿那个薪水的。
I: 我们只能每年支付你11万元,三个月的试用期后根据你的表现我们会为你加薪的,这样你满意吗?
A: 我很满意。

Dialogue 2
I:  What抯 your expected salary?
A:  I expect to be paid according to my abilities.
I:  How do you feel about an annual salary of 100,000Yuan plus bonus.
A:  That抯 a little less than I expected. But to me, the most important thing is the job and the people I will work with. Moreover, I am sure I will get a raise quickly depending on my background and experience.
I:  That sounds very reasonable.
A:  By the way, how long is my probation?
I:  Generally it is 6 months and during this period you are half-paid.
I: 你希望的薪酬是多少?
A: 我希望根据我的能力支付薪酬。
I: 你认为每年10万元外加奖金如何?
A: 这比我期望的少一些,但对我来说,最重要的是这个工作以及将和我一起工作的人。而且,凭借我的背景和经验,我很快就能得到加薪的。
I: 这样听起来很合理。
A: 顺便问一下,我的试用期多长?
I: 一般来说是6个月,这段期间你只能拿到工资的一半。

Dialogue 3
I:  How much do you expect to earn?
A:  I think salary is closely related to the responsibilities of the job. Shall we discuss my responsibilities with your company first?
I:  If you are hired, you are in charge of the design of toys that can meet the needs of the American market.
A:  I know it is a crucial position, but I can do it well. So I抦 asking for 200,000Yuan a year as a starting salary.
I:  Ok.
I: 你希望挣多少钱?
A: 我觉得工资是与工作的责任紧密相关的,我们能不能先谈我在贵公司需要承担的责任?
I: 如果你被录用,你将负责满足美国市场要求的玩具设计工作。
A: 这是一个非常重要的职位,但我能做好,所以我要求一开始的年薪为20万元。
I: 好吧。
worth  值得的  probation  试用期
performance  表现  satisfactory  令人满意的
bonus 奖金,红利  be in charge of  由……负责
crucial 重要的,关键的 starting   开始的

常用的询问薪金要求的句型有:
1)What are your salary expectations?
2)What抯 your expected salary?
回答要有技巧,这样才能掌握主动权。比如:
1)I would expect the standard rate of pay at your company for a person with my experiences and educational background.
我希望贵公司对一个具有我这种经验和教育背景的人有一个标准的薪资。
2)I am sure you will make me a fair offer.
我相信你会给我一个公平的薪资。

1) What are your    salary   expectations?
income
pay

你期望的 薪水 是多少?
收入
报酬
2) With                             my experience, I抎 like to start at RMB 4000 per month.
Because of
Based on

凭我的经验,我希望开始时每个月能拿到4000元。

3) I think salary is closely related to the      responsibilities  of the job.
difficulty
importance

我认为薪水和工作的   职责      是密切相关的。
难易程度
重要程度

Chinese News – Expo commissioners wind up their mission – Chinese Mandarin

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

The Steering Committee of Commissioners General for Expo 2010 held its ninth and last meeting at the Expo Center on Tuesday. The participants heard the final report of their work and gave it applauses.

The committee members expressed thanks for Shanghai organizers and congratulated them for holding a successful World Expo.

Vicente Loscertales, secretary general of the International Expositions Bureau, spoke highly of the concerted efforts by everyone involved in the Expo.

He said more developing countries would be granted the opportunity to host the world fair in the future and the event could help stimulate the host country’s economy.

The meeting was chaired by Hiroshi Tsukamoto, chairman of the Steering Committee of Commissioners General for Expo 2010 and commissioner general of Japan. Commissioners from more than 20 countries attended the meeting.

Chinese Conversation – 双语阅读:科学家称未来将能记录人类梦境 – Learn Mandarin online

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

双语阅读:科学家称未来将能记录人类梦境

Scientists think it will be possible to record people’s dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report.

They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record higher level brain activity.

Dr Moran Cerf told the journal Nature: “We would like to read people’s dreams.”

Previously the only way to access people’s dreams is for psychologists to ask about them after the event and try to interpret them.

Dr Cerf hopes to eventually compare people’s memories of their dreams with an electronic visualisation of their brain activity.

He told the BBC: “There’s no clear answer as to why humans dream. And one of the questions we would like to answer is when do we actually create this dream?”

The scientist believes his latest research shows that certain neurons or individual brain cells are linked with specific objects or concepts.

He found that a particular neuron lit up when a volunteer thought about Marilyn Monroe.

If a database was built up identifying various neurons with concepts, objects and people it would allow them to “read the subject’s minds”, according to Dr Cerf.

However, Dr Roderick Oner, a clinical psychologist and dream expert, said that this kind of visualisation would be of limited help when it came to interpreting the “complex dream narrative”.

In addition to get a detailed picture of individual neurons subjects had to haveelectrodesimplanted deep in the brain using surgery.

The Nature researchers used data from patients who had electrodes implanted to monitor and treat them for brain seizures.

However, Dr Cerf said he hoped that it would be possible at a later stage to monitor people without invasivesurgery.

He said it would be “wonderful” to be able to read the minds of coma patients who are unable to communicate.

根据一项新报告,科学家们认为未来将有可能记录下人类的梦境并加以解释。

他们称已经发明了一套可以记录大脑高级活动的系统。

莫兰 塞尔夫博士告诉《自然》杂志说:“我们希望能解读人们的梦境。”

在此之前,了解人类梦境的唯一途径,就是在人们做梦之后心理学家向他们询问,然后试图对梦加以解释。

塞尔夫博士希望最终可以实现将人们对梦境的记忆同他们大脑活动的电子影像进行对照。

他告诉英国广播公司说:“关于人们为什么会做梦,至今尚没有明确答案。我们希望能回答的一个问题是,我们实际上是在什么时候做这个梦的?”

这位科学家认为,他的最新研究表明,大脑的某些神经元或个别脑细胞同特定的物体或概念相关。

他发现,当一位志愿者想到玛丽莲 梦露的时候,某个特定的神经元就开始兴奋起来。

按照塞尔夫博士的说法,如果建立一个数据库,识别出各种神经元与不同的概念、物体和人之间的关系,将可以使他们“解读受试者的思维”。

然而,临床心理医生兼梦境专家罗德里希 奥内尔博士认为,这种影像对于解读“复杂的梦境故事”帮助不大。

除了要获取个体神经元的详细影像之外,还需通过手术在受试者的脑部深处植入电极。

《自然》杂志的研究人员所使用的数据来自一些癫痫病人,这些病人的大脑中被植入了电极,用于监测和治疗其癫痫病。

不过,塞尔夫博士表示,他希望在随后的阶段中可以做到不用开刀手术就能监测人的大脑活动。

他说,若是能解读那些陷入昏迷状态、无法沟通的病人的思维,将是“很棒”的事情。

Vocabulary:

electrode: either of two points (or terminals) by which an electric current enters or leaves a battery or other electrical device(电极)

invasive: (of medical treatment) involving cutting into the body(医疗)切入的;开刀的