Practice makes perfect

After three days of studying English I felt that I need some practice.(Oh..I don't kown what to say...even I had to look in a dictionary for the spelling of the word"after")But it's a start..This blog was opened for study,maybe some hobbies like photography...

I'm an odd person,so I already have two blogs,one is for friends or the people around me,the other is for myself,I can write whatever I thought(this maybe a grammer mistake).And this one is only for study and enriching my mind.No need to tell anybody what am I lacking in or what's my disadvantages...I won't tell them "hei,I'm study again,I wanna learn..."so,fighting then...

Honey,how about this short essay？Ha ha...

regular,occasionally,bugee,mars,badminton，click

regular
adj.规则的, 有规律的; 固定的.有条理的; 匀称的, 端正的.定期的, 定时的.经常的, 习惯性的, 惯例的; [美]普通的.合格的; 正式的; 公认的; 合乎礼仪的.完全的, 真正的, 十足的.可靠的; 可亲的
【军】常备的, 正规的;【数】角边均相等的; 正规的;【语】变化规则的;【宗】受教规束缚的; 属宗教组织的
【计】 正常体
【医】 有规律的, 定时的
【经】 有规则的, 正式的, 固定的
用法：
regular features 五官端正
regular buildings 整齐的建筑物
a regular air service 定期航班
a regular customer 老主顾
a regular meeting 例会
Are your bowels regular? 你的大便正常吗？
outside regular school hours. 在正常上学时间以外的
He kept regular hours. 他过着有规律的生活。

occasionally
adv.偶然，偶而；有时
We go for walks in the fields occasionally.我们偶而去田野里散步。
Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out at sea. 一些奇怪的生物偶然被冲到岸上来,然而在海上很少能被捕捉到。


bugee
n.(轰炸机)炸弹舱启门机, (飞机)过度操纵防止器, 跳簧.松紧绳, 弹性束.橡皮筋
bugee jumping 蹦极

mars
n.【天】火星【罗神】玛尔斯, 战神, 军神; 战争


badminton
羽毛球运动
play badminton

click
vi.正相吻合； 一见如故； 一拍即合， (男女)一见钟情
［美俚］ 成功； 进行顺利； (演技)博得喝彩； 赌赢； 受欢迎
They get well along in public, but their personalities don't really click .
他们在公开场合相处融恰， 但他们的性情不是真正合得来的。
n. 咔哒声, 啪嗒声
【计】 单击
例句：
click beetles and certain fireflies. 磕头虫和一定范围内的萤火虫。
move or strike with a click. 随着滴答声而发生变化。
The click of a door latch. 门锁的喀哒声
Double-click My Computer, then double-click the floppy drive icon. 双击我的电脑，然后双击软驱图标。
On the install/uninstall tab, click window95, and then click remove. 安装／卸载标签上，单击windows95，然后按删除。
Click the start button, point to settings, and then click control panel. 单击开始(start)按钮，指向设置(settingd)项，然后单击控制面板(controlpanel)。
It was weird but oddly riveting to see his cursor click, click, click its way across my screen. 看着他的鼠标指针在我的屏幕上滴答、滴答、滴答地点击，这真是一种不可思议而又古怪的感觉。

label,comment

label
n. 标签, 称号, 商标, 标志 vt. 贴标签于, 标注
搭配：
attach a label on... 在...上加标签
put labels on one's luggage 加标签于行李上
the labels on a trunk [parcel, sculpture] 衣箱[包裹、雕刻品]上的标签
acquire the label of 得了...绰号
assign a label to; designate with a label 给贴标签；用标签指出。
To attach a label to. 贴标签于
例句：
Attractive label is very necessary. 具有吸引力的标签非常必要。
Be your luggage properly label? 您的行李都系好标签了吗？
attach a tag or label to. 把标签或商标粘贴在……上。
Affix a label to a package. 在包裹上贴张标签
Peeled the label from the jar. 撕下这个瓶罐的标签

comment
n. 注解, 批评, 评论, 备注 ，谈论， 意见
vi. 评论, 注解
【计】 备注
【经】 评论; 发表评论
习惯用语：
add comments 加注释
ask for comment 征求意见
make comments on sth. 评论某事
make comments upon sth. 评论某事
offer comments 提意见
No comment . 无可奉告。
without comment 不必多说
comment on 评论， 谈论， 对...提意见
comment upon 评论， 谈论， 对...提意见
例句：
Comment on the weather .评论天气
make or write comment to make a comment on. 作出或写出评论来作出评价。
A malicious, spiteful comment. 恶毒话充满敌意的恶毒评价
Press advertising, comment, freedom 报刊上的广告、报刊评论、出版自由
To comment on; mention. 评论…；提及
A critical comment or judgment. 批判批判性的评论或判断
an irrelevant comment; irrelevant allegations. 无关的意见；无关的主张。
An unhappy comment, decision, choice 不恰当的评语、决定、选择
Could you comment on this? 对此有何评价？

Finance Vocabulary

A.T.M.
Automated Teller Machine; cash dispenser
Banknote
Piece of paper money
Borrow
Obtain money which must be returned
Broke (to be)
To have no money
Budget
Amount of money available or needed for a specific use
Cash
Coins or bank notes (not cheques); actual money paid, not credit
Cash dispenser
Automatic machine from which a bank customer may withdraw money
Cashier
A person dealing with cash transactions in a bank, shop, etc.
Cheque/check
Written order to a bank to pay the stated amount from one's account
Coin
A piece of metal used as money
Currency
The money used in a country
Debt
Money owed by one person to another
Deposit
Sum payable as a first instalment on a purchase; money placed in an account in a bank
Donate
Give money especially to charity; make a donation
Exchange rate
The rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another
Fee
Payment made to a professional person (doctor, lawyer, etc.)
Interest
Money paid for borrowing or investing money
Invest
To put money into business, property, etc. in order to earn interest or profit
Legal tender
Currency that cannot legally be refused as payment
Lend
Give or allow the use of money which must be returned with interest
Loan
Sum of money to be returned with interest
Owe
To be in debt to somebody; to owe money to somebody
Petty cash
Small amount of cash available for everyday expenses
Receipt
Written statement that money has been paid
Refund
Pay back money received; reimburse
Tip
Small sum of money given to a waiter, taxi driver, etc.
Withdraw
Take money from a bank account

Telephone Vocabulary

Making contact

• Hello/Good morning/Good afternoon ..
• This is John Brown speaking.
• Could I speak to .......... please?I'd like to speak to .......... please.
• I'm trying to contact ..........

Giving more information

• I'm calling from Tokyo/Paris/New York/Sydney
• I'm calling on behalf of (Mr. X ...)

Taking a call

• X speaking
• Can I help you?

Asking for a name/information

• Who's calling please?
• Who's speaking?
• Where are you calling from?
• Are you sure you have the right number/name?

Asking the caller to wait

• Hold the line please
• Could you hold on please
• Just a moment please

Connecting

• Thank you for holding
• The line's free now ..... I'll put you through
• I'll connect you now / I'm connecting you now.

Giving negative information

• I'm afraid the line's engaged. Could you call back later?
• I'm afraid he's in a meeting at the moment
• I'm sorry. He's out of the office today / He isn't in at the moment.
• I'm afraid we don't have a Mr/Mrs/Miss ... here
• I'm sorry. There's nobody here by that name.
• Sorry. I think you've dialled the wrong number.
• I'm afraid you've got the wrong number.

Telephone problems

• The line is very bad. Could you speak up please?
• Could you repeat that please?
• I'm afraid I can't hear you.
• Sorry. I didn't catch that. Could you say that again please?

Leaving/taking a message

• Can I leave/take a message?
• Would you like to leave a message?
• Could you give him/her a message?
• Could you ask him/her to call me back?
• Would you like him/.her to call you back?
• Could you tell him/her that I called?
• Could you give me your name please?
• Could you spell that please?
• What's your number please?

Interviewers' Favorite Questions...and Answers

You’re wearing your best interview suit and facing your best friend, who’s wearing the most inscrutable hiring-manager face she can muster. You’ve carefully positioned a video camera to record your every move. All is in place for your mock interview.
“Tell me about yourself,” your friend/interviewer intones, adjusting her glasses and gazing steadily into your eyes.
What should you tell her? What would you tell a real recruiter or hiring manager?
“Don’t tell me where you were born and raised,” says Jonathan Ferguson, assistant director of career services at George Washington University and a veteran of countless mock interviews with students. “Don’t tell me that you were a cheerleader. Focus on your academics and experience. Ask yourself, ‘what are the top five things I want this person to know about me?’”
Ferguson says that while many recruiters ask questions that are a bit more pointed than “tell me about yourself,” it’s still likely to come up in many interviews and it’s best for students to prepare for it.

What other kinds of questions do recruiters ask? Following are 10 more, plus ideas for how to answer or the kinds of competencies the interviewer is seeking, courtesy of Ferguson and three experienced campus recruiters.
1. What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
“I want to hear something related to retail,” says Haley Peoples, college relations manager for JC Penney Co. Inc. in Dallas, Texas. “I don’t want to hear ‘I want to be an astronaut’ or ‘I want to win the Academy Award.’”
Peoples says the question is designed to help the interviewer know if the job seeker will be happy in that position, or if he or she wants to work in it only as long as it takes to find something “better.”

2. How do you make yourself indispensable to a company?
“We are looking for both technical and interpersonal competence,” says Doris J. Smith-Brooks, recruiting and advertising manager for Boeing Co. in Seattle, Washington.
Smith-Brooks explains that students who have interned or completed cooperative education assignments generally answer the question best because they know what working for a company entails.

3. What’s your greatest strength?
“Don’t just talk about your strength—relate it to the position,” Ferguson says. “Let them know you are a qualified candidate.”

4. What’s your greatest weakness?
“Say something along the lines of, ‘I have difficulty with this thing, and these are the strategies I use to get around it,” Ferguson says. “For example, you could say, ‘I’m not the most organized of individuals, so I always answer my e-mails and phone calls right away. I’m aware of the problem and I have strategies to deal with it.”

5. Tell me about a time when your course load was heavy. How did you complete all your work?
“We generally are looking for an answer like, ‘Last semester I was taking 21 credits, so I made sure I had a day planner and mapped out all my assignments,’” says Felix J. Martinez, senior staff recruiter at Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Illinois. “We’re looking for a plan-ahead kind of individual, not someone who just flies by the seat of his pants.”
Martinez says recruiters at Abbott Laboratories use the STAR method of interviewing, which involves getting the interviewee to describe a situation that includes a task that needed to be accomplished, the action taken to accomplish the task, and the result of that action.
“We actually tell the candidate, so they’re aware of what we’re looking for,” he says, adding that the approach can help candidates focus on their answers.

6. Tell me about a time when you had to accomplish a task with someone who was particularly difficult to get along with.
“I want to hear something that shows the candidate has the ability to be sensitive to the needs of others but can still influence them,” Peoples says, adding that he’s heard plenty of wrong answers to that question. “Don’t say ‘I just avoided them’ or ‘They made me cry.’”

7. How do you accept direction and, at the same time, maintain a critical stance regarding your ideas and values?
Smith-Brooks repeats that internship or co-op experience can give students the experience to answer that question, pointing out that students with good interpersonal skills honed on the job can understand how to walk that fine line.

8. What are some examples of activities and surroundings that motivate you?
“Most of our technical disciplines are teamwork professions and require getting along with and motivating other people,” Smith-Brooks says.

9. Tell me how you handled an ethical dilemma.
“Suppose you worked at a bank and a long-time customer wanted a check cashed right away but didn’t have the fund balance in his account to cover the check,” Martinez says, explaining that if the bank’s policy prohibited cashing checks in that manner, the teller would have a choice of violating bank policy or alienating a good customer.
Martinez says the best way to handle such a situation would be to go to a supervisor, explain the situation, and ask for advice. He adds that students who can’t offer a situation that they handled correctly the first time can explain how they learned from making mistakes.
“Explain that the next time, this was how you handled it,” he says.

10. Tell me about a time when you had to resolve a problem with no rules or guidelines in place.
“I’m looking for a sense of urgency in initiating action,” Peoples says, explaining that the question probes a student’s ability to overcome obstacles.
For Peoples, students offering the best answers to the question describe a retail-related problem.
“I’m looking for the right thing in terms of customer service,” he says.

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself.
How would you describe yourself? (character/personality)
What are your strengths/weaknesses?
Are you married? Single?
Do you have a partner?
What do you do in your free time?
What are your hobbies? / Do you have any hobbies?
Why are you interested in working for our company?
Why do you want to work for this company?
What type of position do you think you are suited for / would suit you?
How would you describe the position we have to offer?
What aspects of the position are you most / least interested in?
What would you like to find in this job that you didn't have in your previous job?
How do you think you could develop the position?
What would be your strategy to develop the position?
What have you got to offer us?
What could you contribute to our company?
Why do you want to leave your present job?
Why do you want to change jobs?
What were you responsible for?
What did your job involve?
What do you think you gained by working in your last job?
What do you think of your (last) boss?
What are your salary requirements?
How much would you hope to earn in this position?
How much do you think you should be offered for this position?
What salary would you expect (to be offered) for this position?
Have you received any offers of a job?
Why have you had to look for a job for so long?
Why have you been looking for a job for so long?
Why did it take you so long to find a new job?
How do you feel about your future in the profession?
Have you had any failures? / What failures have you had?
Have you had any negative experiences?
What sort of obstacles have you come across/encountered in your work?
If you had to recruit colleagues, what qualities would you look for?
Would you be willing to relocate/to move to another part of the country/to work abroad? Did you have to travel abroad in your last job?
Don't you think you have too much experience/you are over-qualified for this job?
How long do you think you would stay with us?
If we offered you the job, how long would you expect to stay with us?
Which do you prefer : to work alone or in a team?
Do you prefer working alone or with other people as part of a team?
Do you know how to manage a team?
Are you capable of leading a team?
Do you think you have the ability to be a team leader?
Why should I recruit you?
How could you persuade me to recruit you?
Do you have any comments to make, or questions to ask?