Background:

个人的兴趣爱好其实主要体现在业余活动上，对于刚入社会的学生来说，业余活动主要就是课外活动。

课外活动包括社会活动和业余爱好。

丰富多彩的课外活动表示你希望丰富自己的社会经验，发挥多方面的才能。通过你所参加的课外活动，可以看出你的交际能力、价格修养、成熟程度和健康状况。比如说你当学生会主席的经历能够表明你人缘好、善处人际关系、有领导才能等。

因此，如果你曾参加什么课外活动，就如实写出来。这些活动可以帮助雇主了解你，成为有利的条件。课外活动对于刚刚走出校门的朋友来说，是找工作时的一个相当重要的条件。

面试时我们最想向面试官展现的就是我们的能力了，那么一个人的能力到底是什么呢？通常我们理解为工作能力，技术能力等等，其实不仅仅是这些。我们先来看看关于个人能力的背景知识：

Background:

个人能力集中表现在社会荣誉、工作业绩、科研成果、著作等，这里最主要的是著作和工作成果。

著作包括所有出版过的书，发表过的论文。这一项对科研、学术工作者尤为重要。如果内容与所申请的职位密切相关，作者不仅应列入其中，而且可扼要介绍作品内容、社会影响和效果。面试时，应带上作品的原件或复印件。

了解到到底什么是个人能力以后，我们再来看一段对话：

A：Would you talk about your merits?

B：Yes, sir. When I was the sales manager of Beijing Friendship Store, I succeeded in raising yearly sales volume by 25% at profit margins of from 50% to 80%.

A：Have you received any honors or rewards?

B：Yes. I got the title of “Advanced Worker” in 1992 and 1994.

A：Do you have any publications?

B：Yes. My book entitled A Preliminary Survey of Controlling Inflation was published by China Finance Publishing House in 1993.

对话中出现了一些词组用法和单词：

Words & Expressions:

Beijing Friendship Store: 北京友谊商店

Succeed in: 成功

sales volume：销售量

Advanced Worker：先进工作者

A Preliminary Survey of Controlling Inflation：抑制通货膨胀初探

China Finance Publishing House：中国金融出版社

如今各个用人单位的语言能力，尤其是外语能力，能懂得一门外语确实在应聘时有一些优势。今天这一讲我们就来讲讲在面试时如何表达自己的语言能力。看下面这段对话：

Ａ：You will mainly use English in this job. Do you think you can make yourself understood in English with ease?

Ｂ：Yes, I think I speak English quite fluently. I've often explained historical places in Xi'an to foreign tourists in English. They say my English is quite good.

Ａ：How long have you been learning English?

Ｂ：Oh, more than ten years. I started learning English when I was still in a primary school from a foreign teacher.

Ａ：Well, perhaps that's the reason why you are so fluent in it.

Ｂ：Thank you.