眼中驚奇

哈囉大家好~最近剛考完期中考，

這學期我選修了應用英語系的一門課，叫「英文寫作(二)」，

教授是個老外，外國中年大叔ㄎㄎ。

升大學雖然要考寫作，但我不知道是否很多人和我一樣，高三了才開始練習，而且還只是因為老師要我練習~

上了大學，雖然本身讀護理，但覺得英文從幼稚園中班開始學，還這麼爛真的對不起自己，

所以選修了英文寫作試試水溫，(一開始以為這學期我系上的課比較硬所以沒再多修一門，真是我的損失啊)，

不知道是不是因為我讀的大學程度上在中後段的關係，我覺得老師上課進度上滿輕鬆的。

修了半學期，我最主要學到了「寫對話」。

「寫對話」需要這些基礎：attributive phrase(我不知道是不是文法真的有這個名稱，還是我教授自己說的), period&comma(句號&逗號), quotation(引 號)的用法(參見下面範例)

Mary said, "I'm your new teacher. Please fill out this form and sign your name, Jim." 

*畫斜線的部分就是attributive phrase(可以放在話前、話中、話末)

*period, comma& quotation 的部分就是上句的一些細節，例如：引號要寫得靠「說的話」一點

過去看人家寫英文文章總覺得英式的引號真的很美，無奈教科書中完全沒教英式引號要怎麼用，如今我終於破解這個謎題了。

(這感覺只是一個小知識，但要找到又覺得繁瑣困難，加上沒有要的緊迫性，所以如果我沒修這門課，恐怕只能永遠把引號視為藝術了。

我們的教材是Longman Academic Writing Series 3 ，以下是書的目錄共八頁，給有興趣的人參考

目前老師上課很少用到書，他通常自己做講義給我們或帶我們做題目(就是那種文法的挖空選擇題)，

我覺得帶文法選擇題時，與台灣老師最大的不同是，他會講說外國人習慣是怎樣寫，我覺得這是很寶貴的，

目前給他帶過形容詞子句(也就是關係子句)的部分，他說 that 大部分用在非獨立子句(少了後面的補充會影響句義)，而which 大多用在獨立

子句(少了後面的補充不會影響句義)。他上文法時是先在白板講個大概，然後再開始帶題目，我會再自己看課本(課本上的標題是 complex

sentence with adjective clause)

OK,廢話了這麼多，來總結一下吧~

半學期中，我學到了基本的對話寫作形式，複習了形容詞子句、複合句和複雜句(英文四大句型：簡單句、複合句、複雜句、複合複雜句)

還學到了不會就查網路，縫縫補補地寫成一篇英文文章(這是最有趣的地方)。

以下是我期中考寫的文章，是我考前先打好然後背下來的，不過只有拿到60分，目前不知道原因，就拿來給大家隨意參看吧~~

注意：老師有指出一個錯誤，就是：DON'T PUT QUATATION MARKS AROUND EVERY SENTENCE 

WRONG:"Hi Jim" "How are you?" "Have you eat breakfast yet?"

RIGHT: "Hi Jim!" said Mary, cheerfully. "How are you? Have you eat breakfast yet?"

(下面我有用黃色底標出幾個犯這種錯誤的地方，然後我相信還有很多其他錯誤~) 

I planned to change profession from nursing, and entering the software industry.

After spending a whole year learning in buxiban, I decided to go to attend Google interview. Considering I don’t have any interview experience of this industry, I vist my cousin, Amy for help.

“I will have a Google interview two weeks later,” I said. “May I ask you some question about how to preparing for it?”

“Well, you truly lack of experience. I work in human resources department,so let me give you some advice,” said Amy.

“Hey, mayebe I could help too,” said Joe,who is Amy’s younger sister. “Since I like challenges, I find different jobs every three to five years. I have extensive experience when it comes to interview. ”

I said, “Great! I am lucky to have you here,and I am all ears.”

Amy said, “First of all, you need to ‘do your homework.’” “You need to know the company’s mission,its product and services,who their top executives are and their latest press releases.” “Talking in the interview about what’s going on with the company now shows your attention to the company.”

“Exactly. Even, you could ‘identify what the organization wants and needs’by’do your homework,” said Joe.

“What do you mean,” I said.

“I mean to find out ‘What the company’s problem or pain point?’,”said Joe, “,and knowing this will makes a big difference when competing with many other qualified candidates.”

“Oh, I get it,” I said.

“After that, you are suggested to prepare a list of likely question,”said Amy. “ The common questions may like ‘Tell me about your self.’” “Don’t tell them your life story,which they’re definitely not interested in,” “but discuss what your interest are relating to the job and why your background makes you a great candidate.”

“Okay, ” I said, “please continue.”

“When you are asked ‘What are your strengths and weaknesses?,” Amy said, “just talk about the weakness you’ve defeated.”

“I understand. What a smart answer! ” I said.

Joe said, “You probably be asked for an example of a time when you have a problem with a supervisor and yor approach the problem.” “If you show you were able to overcome a people problem,this will be helpful for getting the job.”

“Well said,” said Amy, “and ‘What should I hire you?’is a common question, too.”

“The interviewer may not ask you this questions directly, but, when you answer most of the questions, you had better stay focused on why background make you an ideal candidate.”  

“I have remembered what you just said, I will practice writing down the answers to the questions.” I said.

“Never said anything negative about your prior employers-no matter how bad the situation may have been.” Joe added.

“Okay.” I said.

“Good. And then you should practice and plan ,” said Joe. “I’m asking if you want us to conduct a mock interview with you?”

“Yeah, I want it badly.” I said.

“Well, I have read Get Your Dream Job by Ann Yang. The book says that you can think and write down at least two or three stories in advance,” said Joe, “ for fear that the interviewers might ask you to say some workplace experience stories that describe your accompolishment.”

“Thank you so much for teaching me to prepare for the interview. I grateful,” I said.

“You bet,” said Amy.

“We are looking forward to your good news,” said Joe.

I follow Amy’s and Joe’s instruction to prepare for my interview, and they give me a mock interview one week later. They complimented on my well answers and response and encouraged me. Two weeks later, I'm admitted.

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