238 Interview Skills Part2 - Discussing Your Background

Mr. Parsons: Now, Miss Childs passed on your resume to me and I’ve had the chance to look it over and I must say I’m quite impressed.                                                                                                                                           
 Rebecca: Thank you very much. I’ve tried to keep it short and clear. If there’s any questions please feel free to ask me.                                                                                                                                                       
 Well, yes, I do have a number of questions, but perhaps first you could give me a brief overview. I'd like to get a little bit of an idea of your                                                                                                                               
 background.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 Yes, of course. Well, as you can see from the resume, I'm 27 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Although our family moved to London when I was quite young. At around 16.                                                                                                       
 So you were actually educated in Europe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Yes, precisely. Although I was born in the US, I would definitely call London home. But as you see, I've actually spent a lot of my life moving from country to country. My father was in the oil business before he retired. So we also spent a number of years in Saudi       
 Arabia too.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 Very interesting. So it seems you had quite an adventurous childhood.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Absolutely. We were never still for too long. But now I'm really looking to settle down.                                                                                                                                                                                        
 I see.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 Okay, well, let's move on to discuss your education, shall we? Sure.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 impressed /ɪmˈprest印象深刻 ; 钦佩                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 pressure[ˈpreʃər] n.压力；压强                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 press [pres] n.按；出版社                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 So from something to something.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Rebecca: yes of course. Well  as you can see  from the resume, I'm twenty-seven and grew up in    ...  young, at around sixteen.                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 feel free to 可以随便  feel relaxed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 a little bit 一点点 ; 一点                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Saudi Arabia   [ˌsaʊdi əˈreɪbiə]n. 沙特阿拉伯                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 adventurous [ədˈventʃərəs]adj. 冒险惊险的;   有冒险精神的 新奇的;  刺激不断的                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 precisely [prɪˈsaɪsli] adv.精确地；准确地；