地铁上的面试官
A job interview in Chinese: the man on the metro
Name: ________________ Date: ________
早上八点，地铁里人很多。苏晴站在门边，心里很紧张。今天上午十点，她有一个很重要的面试。
她旁边的一个男人戴着耳机，一直在唱歌。他唱得很大声，也不太好听。
大家都在看他，可是他好像什么也不知道。
过了一会儿，他还在唱。苏晴对他说：“您好，能不能请您别唱了？我在准备面试。”
男人马上停了下来，很不好意思：“对不起，对不起！我一紧张就唱歌。”
九点五十，苏晴来到一家公司。她穿得很漂亮，也准备得很好。
她走进一个房间。坐在桌子后面的人看了她一眼，两个人都不说话了。
是地铁上的那个男人。
“请坐，”他说，“我们……见过。”
苏晴想：“完了。”
男人看了看她的简历，问了她很多问题。苏晴都回答得很好。
最后，他问：“你觉得自己有什么缺点？”
苏晴想：“说真话吧。”然后她说：“我说话有时候太直接了。”
男人笑了：“今天早上，我已经知道了。我也有一个缺点：我一紧张就唱歌。今天是我第一次面试别人。”
一个星期以后，苏晴接到了他的电话：“你下个星期一能来上班吗？”
“能，”苏晴说，“可是……星期一早上，您在地铁上能不能别唱歌？”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地铁 | dìtiě | subway; metro |
| 站 | zhàn | station; stop |
| 旁边 | pángbiān | beside; next to; nearby |
| 一会儿 | yíhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 准备 | zhǔnbèi | to prepare; to get ready; preparation |
| 后面 | hòumiàn | back; rear; behind |
| 过 | guò | (particle) marks a past experience: have ever |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 心里 | xīnli | in one's heart; in one's mind |
| 重要 | zhòngyào | important |
| 男人 | nánrén | man; men |
English (for the teacher)
It’s eight in the morning, and the metro is packed. Su Qing stands by the doors, feeling very nervous. At ten this morning she has a very important interview.
The man next to her has his earphones in and won’t stop singing. He sings loudly, and not very well.
Everyone is looking at him, but he doesn’t seem to notice a thing.
A few minutes later, he’s still singing. Su Qing says to him, “Excuse me, could I ask you to stop singing? I’m preparing for an interview.”
The man stops at once, very embarrassed: “Sorry, sorry! Whenever I’m nervous, I sing.”
At ten to ten, Su Qing arrives at a company. She’s dressed beautifully, and she’s well prepared.
She walks into a room. The person sitting behind the desk glances at her, and neither of them says a word.
It’s the man from the metro.
“Please sit down,” he says. “We’ve… met.”
Su Qing thinks, “That’s it, then.”
The man looks over her CV and asks her lots of questions. Su Qing answers them all well.
Finally he asks, “What do you think your weaknesses are?”
Su Qing thinks, “Just tell the truth.” Then she says, “Sometimes I’m too direct.”
The man laughs: “I found that out this morning. I have a weakness too: whenever I’m nervous, I sing. Today is my first time interviewing anyone.”
A week later, Su Qing gets a call from him: “Can you start work next Monday?”
“Yes,” says Su Qing. “But… on Monday morning, could you not sing on the metro?”