职场口语 薪金待遇(2)
详解实用对话 About the Salary Interviewer:First of all, thank you for accepting this job. David:It's my pleasure. Interviewer:What are your salary expectations? David:Would you please tell me about your pay scale first? Interviewer: We'll offer you a monthly salary to begin with ❶ . In addition ❷ , we offer 1% commission on all your sales. You'll also enjoy life insurance and health insurance. What starting salary would you expect here? David:Based on my skills and experience, I'd like to start at 4,000 yuan a month. Interviewer:That sounds reasonable. David:Do I have paid vacation? Interviewer:Yes, you'll have two weeks' paid vacation a year. And you'll get an additional week after 4 years, and then again after 9 years if you decide to stay that long. We promote from within based on performance, so there is an excellent chance that you could become a sales manager, or even a regional manager. 详细解说 ❶ “to begin with”有三个含义:一、在口语中用来引出想说明的首要的、最重 要的观点,可译为“首先”,例如:Well, to begin with, he shouldn't even have been driving my car.(嗯,首先,他根本就不应该开我的车。)二、用来说 明在另外一件事情发生之前某物已经处于某种状况了,可译为“之前,原 先”,例如:I didn't break it! It was like that to begin with.(我没有打碎它!它 之前就是这个样子。)三、表示在某个过程或活动的第一个阶段,可译 为“刚开始(的阶段),起初(的时候)”,如文中用法。 ❷ “in addition”表示“另外(还),此外(还)”,例如:In addition, they eat a great deal of fruit .(此外,他们还吃大量的水果。) 关于薪水 面试官:首先,感谢你接受这份工作。 大卫:这是我的荣幸。 面试官:你希望拿多少薪水? 大卫:您能先跟我说说你们的工资标准吗? 面试官:起初我们按月给你发工薪。另外,我们根据你的销售额给予1%的佣金。你还 有人寿保险和健康保险。你希望起薪是多少? 大卫:基于我的技术和经验,我希望我的起薪为每月4000元。 面试官:听上去很合理。 大卫:我有带薪假期吗? 面试官:有,每年你有两周的带薪假期。四年后会增加一周,如果你决定长期干下去 的话,九年后会再加一周。我们根据业绩从内部员工中提升管理人员,所以你有非常好的 机会,可能会提升为销售经理,甚至是区域经理。 单词 ☆ commission[kə'miʃən]n. 佣金 ☆ reasonable['ri:znəbl]a. 合理的 ☆ additional[ə'diʃənl]a. 额外的,另加的 ☆ regional['ri:ʤənl]a. 地区的,区域的 |