专业英语笔记：求职信

five skills in English learning: listening, speaking, reading, writing, translating

Android Development

animation: frame-by-frame animation and tween animation (alpha(transparency), translate, rotate, scale)

Exception Handling

When we write programs, we should learn how to handle the exceptions and make the programs more robust to cope with various cases.

vary -- variation -- variant -- variable -- various

try...catch...finally

Yesterday I caught a bad cold, which results in my sore throat.

cause results in effect

effect results from cause

I have a sore throat, which results from the bad cold I caught yesterday.

口是心非：duplicity (duplicate), double-faced, Janus-faced

Let's cut to the chase.

Now we're studying in Luzhou Vocational and Technical College. We should set up a goal and try our best (go all out) to realize/achieve/attain/fulfil the goal.

曾经的口号（slogan）：We must study hard to realize four modernizations of our country.

目标：goal / target / objective

...studying hard...

We should set up those excellent graduates as our example.

Graduation Season....

学成文武艺，货与帝王家

After graduation, you have to face an employment problem. It means that you should hunt a job in the talent market, yet there are many job-hunters to compete with you, so you'd better write a good application letter to attract the attention of the recruitment director so that you may get a chance (an opportunity) of interview.

--Applicaiton Letter--

Your application letter has touched the recruiting director and you get a chance of interview.

two roles in an interview: interviewer & interviewee

interviewer: ask some questions (professional / causual)

interviewee: answer questions (properly, in a proper way) 适度最好，凡事过犹不及

There are only two results for an interview: success and failure.

No matter what we do, we will always have some emotions.

Positive Emotions for success:

If you defeat your competitors / rivals and pass the interview, you may feel happy, excited or thrilled.

Negative Emotions for failure:

If you are defeated by those rivals and failed the interview, you may feel disappointed, frustrated or depressed.

the thrill of the chase/hunt

Let's have a look at an application letter.

Dear Mr. Arline,

　　

I would like to be considered as a candidate for the assistant computer programmer position advertised in the philadelphia inquirer on April 28, XX.

consider -- consideration -- considerate

related words: think, take sth. into account

candidate 候选

A table may have four kinds of indice: primary index, candidate index, unique index, regular index

to build the relations between entities

one-to-one mapping

one-to-many mapping

many-to-many mapping

This paragraph cuts to the chase and says the writer has interest in the position.

　　

I'm currently finishing my degree in computer science at rowan university. I have taken every required computer course offered at rowan and have a solid background in the following computer languages: C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, and Cobol. In addition to my computer background, I have supplemented my education with business and mathematics courses.

CS: Computer Science 计算机科学

CS: Counter Strike 反击（反恐精英）

required computer course: 计算机必修课

solid: 固体、坚实的 —— consolidate 巩固

three states of matter: solid (volume and shape), liquid(volume, no shape), gas (no volume, no shape)

follow: Follow me. Follow the tide. Follow the rules.

-- follower 追随者

In addition to 除……之外还有……

supplement: 补充、充电

business: None of your business. Mind your own business.

　　

My knowledge of computers and the business field goes beyond my formal classroom education. For the past two years I have worked part-time at radio shack, where I have gained experience in sales and inventory control. Also, on my own initiative, I designed a demonstration program for the compaq presario 5062 and developed promotional fliers about the program.

know -- knowing -- knowledge -- knowledgeable

beyond 超越（transcend--transcendance）香港有个乐队叫Beyond乐队

part-time 兼职 —— full-time 全职

gain experience 获得经验

inventory control 库存控制

on my own initiative: 主动

demonstration -- demo 演示

promotional fliers 促销传单

　　

In short, I believe I have the up-to-date computer background and professional drive needed to contribute to your organization. I have enclosed a copy of my resume to give you further details about my experience. Sometime next week, I'll give a call to see whether I can come in for an interview at your convenience. I look forward to speaking with you then.

in short: 简而言之

up-to-date: 最新的（与时俱进的）

contribute: 贡献

enclose: 附上

resume 简历 （欲知详情，请看附件）

at your convenience: 在你方便的时候

look forward to sth./doing sth. 盼望着……

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Class Assignment: Write an application letter for a Web Developer position advertised in the Luzhou Evening Newspaper on March 6, 2017.

Requirements: in Chinese-English contrast form, not less than two hundred words