求職英文 (Employment Applications)


 
Exercise 74
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise

Purpose:

Describing extracurricular activities that are relevant to employment / 描述與求職相關的課外活動


 

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • counselor
  • sponsored by
  • grasp the basic concepts of
  • curriculum
  • roundtable discussions
  • address
  • collaborative
  • coordinating
  • organizational
  • communicative


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. At what camp did Alex serve twice as a counselor?
A. his department’s Electronics Engineering camp
B. his department’s Electrical Engineering camp
C. his department’s Industrial Engineering camp

2. Who attends this camp?
A. vocational students
B. junior high school students
C. high school students

3. Why do counselors thoroughly discuss the curriculum before the camp?
A. to arrange the details
B. to review the following day’s schedule
C. to address difficulties in instruction

4. How often were roundtable discussions held at the camp?
A. weekly
B. once every two days
C. nightly

5. What does Alex believe that such experiences have greatly improved?
A. his coordinating skills
B. his work performance
C. his organizational skills


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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 in which you describe your extracurricular activities that are relevant to employment. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “What” to ask someone describes your extracurricular activities that are relevant to employment and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly come from the listening exercise.
Example: What did Alex serve as in the Eleectrical Engineering Camp sponsored by his university department?
Answer: a counselor
Example: What extracurricular activities did you participate in during university?
Answer: the campus animal welfare association and the mountaineering club

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