2009-01-02 01:21:36 落葉之楓

【在生活中學習語言】Personal Banker Interview(Part IV) 理財專員面試篇(四)

Personal Banker Interview(Part IV)

理財專員面試篇(四)

2009年01月01日蘋果日報

蘋果派生活美語

對話
Walker:Indeed. Mike, can you tell me about a situation in which you were required to analyze and solve a complex problem?
沃克:的確。邁可,可否跟我談談某個你必須分析並解決複雜問題的情境?
Mike:While interning, I was required to work out a solution to a customer's complex debt problem. The customer needed financial advice to help identify how he could avoid impending bankruptcy. Firstly, I had to calculate his outgoing expenditure against his incoming finances. After analyzing this information and considering the lifestyle of the individual customer, I then decided how he could best manage, and maximize, what little money he had. It turned out that I did quite an excellent job.
邁可:實習時我被要求針對某客戶複雜的債務問題找出解決之道。這名客戶需要財經方面的建議,以幫助他找出避免立即破產的方法。首先,我得計算出他的支出與進帳相抵後剩下多少。分析完這項資料並思考這名客戶的生活方式後,我再決定他該如何管理並充分運用手頭上剩下的一點錢。結果證明我做得相當不錯。

單字片語
◎solve vt. 解決
例:I don't think money alone can solve all your problems.(我認為光靠錢並不能解決你所有問題。)
◎complex a. 複雜的
例:This problem might not be as complex as you thought.(這個問題可能沒你所想的那麼複雜。)
◎debt n. 債
be deep in debt 負債累累
例:Jack lost a lot of money on the stock market and is now deep in debt.(傑克股市慘賠,現在負債累累。)
◎impending a. 迫在眉睫的,即將來臨的
例:Their impending divorce made their children very uneasy.(他們即將離婚一事令他們的孩子很不安。)
◎lifestyle n. 生活方式
例:Edward enjoys a simple lifestyle.(愛德華喜歡簡單的生活方式。)
◎It turned out that…  原來是……
例:In the beginning I thought the young man was hard-working and reliable, but it turned out that he was a swindler.(一開始我以為那位年輕人勤奮又可靠,結果他原來是個騙子。)

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