求職英文 (Employment Applications)


　
Exercise 71
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise

Purpose:

Introducing professional and /or research experiences / 介紹研究及工作經驗

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • solid background knowledge
  • telecommunications
  • compulsory military service
  • undertake
  • collaborative teamwork
  • stressed
  • colleagues
  • minimization
  • design complexity
  • ultimately
  • excelled
  • sharpened his ability to
  • merits
  • limitations
  • logically
  • customer specifications
  • minimal resources
  • devote himself to
  • continually
  • refine
  • thrive
  • highly competitive

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. The Institute of Electronics Engineering at National Cheng Kung University provided Bill with solid background knowledge of what?
A. telecommunications and logic design-related systems
B. telecommunications and signal processing
C. Debussy, Mat lab, and HDL

2. What did Bill do after receiving his Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering?
A. joined ABC Corporation
B. began a career in telecommunications-related research
C. completed Taiwan’s compulsory military service

3. Why is Bill determined to devote himself to a career in telecommunications-related research?
A. to continually refine his professional skills to thrive in this highly competitive environment
B. to excel in logic design-related systems
C. to minimize design complexity and lower product cost for his company

4. Which word is similar in meaning to “thrive”?
A. decline
B. succeed
C. organize

5. At which university did Bill receive a master’s degree in Electronics Engineering?
A. National Taiwan University
B. National Chiao Tung University
C. National Cheng Kung University

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write a paragraph that introduces your professional and/or research experiences. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “Why” to ask someone about their professional and/or research experiences and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly come from the listening exercise.
Example: Why is Bill determined to devote himself to a career in telecommunications-related research?
Answer: So that he can continually refine the professional skills required to thrive in this highly competitive environment
Example: Why did you decide to work in the medical profession?
Answer: To help those less fortunate than myself

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