纯正地道美语(外教讲解)229：谈论背景

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　　Mr. Parsons: Now, Miss Childs passed on your resume¹ 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.
Mr. Parsons:  Well yes, I do have a number of questions, but perhaps first you could give me a brief overview² I’d like to get a little bit of an idea of your background.
Rebecca:Yes, of course. Well as you can see from the resume I’m up and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, although our family moved to London when I was quite young, at around rook.
Mr. Parsons:  Ah I see, so you were actually educated in Europe?
Rebecca:Yes precisely³. 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 retired⁴ so we also spent a number of years in Saudi Arabia too.
Mr. Parsons:  Very interesting.  So it seems you had quite an adventurous⁵ childhood.
Rebecca:Absolutely!  We were never still for too long. But now I’m really looking to settle down.
Mr. Parsons:I see.  Okay, well let’s move on to discuss your education shall we?
Rebecca:Sure.

　　pass on 传递
impress v.給……留下印象
feel free 放轻松
a brief overview 纲要,概要
settle down 定居下来
 

　　Mr. Parsons: 蔡尔兹小姐请把你的简历递给我。我能有机会来仔细看看，我必须说我对你印象深刻。
Rebecca: 非常感谢。我尽量让简历简单明了。如果有问题，请尽管问我。
Mr. Parsons: 好的，我有很多问题，但是也许你应该先将刚要向我们介绍下，我想知道一点你的背景。
Rebecca: 是的，当然可以。从简历上你可以得知，我在纽约的布鲁克林区出生和长大，尽管我很小的时候家里就搬到伦敦了。
Mr. Parsons: 我明白了，你实际上是在欧洲接受的教育？
Rebecca: 是的，虽然我在美国出生，我更愿将伦敦称作家。你可能看到我花了很多时间从一个国家去另1个国家。我父亲退休前是做石油生意的，所以我们也在Saudi Arabia呆了很多年。
Mr. Parsons: 很有趣。看起来你的童年充满冒险经历。
Rebecca:是的，我们从来没在1个地方呆太长时间。但是现在我真的想定居下来。
Mr. Parsons: 我明白，我们接着来谈论你的教育吧，好吗？
Rebecca:当然可以。