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