2012年雅思口语Part2范文(9)

Narration of experiences [41]

Tell the interviewer about your first day at work, or in a class. You should say: What happened when you immediately arrived What you did that day Your impressions of your workplace, boss and your colleagues And say how you felt at the end of the day.

Well, I will tell you right from the start that my first day at work was a scary experience for me, because I was so nervous and scared that I couldn't perform. You see, the job that I was hired to do, namely an editor, was really not my specially. I had received no specific training, and I was worried that they would quickly discover that I had no practical experience in this job. What made things rather scary was that I arrived late. I just couldn't find the place. I left quite early, but the building that I presumed it was located in was actually not the right building. So I spent about three quarters of an hour going up and down the lift of another building that I thought it was in. When I arrived late, I had to search for the boss because he was not in the office. I felt so embarrassed that I just sort of stood there watching everyone work.

When the boss finally came back he seemed rather amused that I looked so nervous, and that I was so apologetic about being late. He said that everyone is late for their job the first day because the address is so confusing. I was shown an office, and I was given stacks of the back issues of the magazines, and was told to use these old issues to write a report on the general patterns of the magazine outline and layout. I was surprised I was given this assignment because I just expected that he would tell me all about the layout, not actually let me find out for myself. So throughout the day I just poured through all these magazines and tried to find out the patterns and staple types of articles. Each issue was different, but there seemed to be many similarities too.

As I watched the other colleagues work, I realized that this was an organisation that didn't fool around. People knew what they were supposed to do and everyone seemed to work well by him or herself. The boss placed a lot of trust in people to work independently. After a few hours during the end of break time I had people approach me and ask me about myself. I found the people quite funny and cheerful. They were especially interested in my level of English because they said that their

boss had told them that my English skills were quite good.

I submitted my report about the magazine, and I felt that at the end of the day this was the kind of organisation I could become very accustomed to working for. I realized also that the purpose of having to submit a report was so I would use my own judgment about the paper, and also prepare me for ideas about how I might improve the paper. So at the end of the day I felt quite lucky that I was in the right job.

[42] Describe a time when you felt very happy. You should say: What happened that made you so happy. Why you felt so happy. How you released your happiness And explain how the event affected you afterwards. (i.e. what did you learn from it?) The happiest time of my life was last year when I was accepted into

Tsinghua University. I had just finished my exam, and I was watching TV. I really thought I had not passed. I was quite depressed and decided to forget it. Then one day my mother came in with the mail. I told my mother I didn't want to look at the letter. So she opened it up herself. She told me I had passed and had been accepted, but I didn't believe her. She pretended to hide her joy while I pretended to hide my tears. The next day I phoned all my friends.

I guess the reason I felt so happy was because I really wanted to make my mother proud, and I knew I could do it, but was so disappointed after the exam that I thought I would surely fail. So when I found out that I'd passed, I felt this immediate burst of relief.

Usually, when I am not very loud or boisterous and this was no exception. From then on I never tried to predict my outcome and now I just work hard and let fate be my guide. I realize that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. But if you work hard you can always be sure you tried your best and that you have nothing to worry about.

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Talk about a favourite class that you took in school. You should say: When you took the class What the subject was Something about the style of teaching And explain why it was your favourite and what you think you learned. My favourite class that I took was a class I took about five years ago. The class was on International Trade and Marketing for an International Market. I was a second-year student at university and I was eager to begin to specialize in my field. You see at that time I had all these ideas about how I could get rich by selling Chinese-made products to the west. You know, I think there are a lot of people who have the same dream that I did. My thinking was that what I could sell wasn't available in the west, so international marketing would just be about telling the world about it, and then waiting for the money to come in.

In this course we had a professor who was not only knowledgeable from a theoretical standpoint, he also had a lot of practical knowledge, since he used to work for a Chinese company who sold products in America. He lived in America and supervised the efforts of the marketing department, so he had a rich knowledge of the kinds of things that can go wrong when you're trying to market to people from a different market. He told us how some Chinese executives would choose certain clients over others only because they were willing to make advance payments, but that in fact the clients who wanted better .credit terms were actually more profitable clients. He said it was natural for executives to favor clients who paid early in China, …… 此处隐藏：4831字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……