更新2015年4月自考英语二阅读选择翻译

Just Introduce Yourself

It’s so easy to walk into your first job and feel like a stranger in a strange land. But you don’t have to stay that way, and you shouldn’t.

You have to remind yourself to kick your shyness away and introduce yourself. Just a handshake will do. Ask the supervisor who hire you to introduce you around a bit. That’s the best way to make contacts. Then you’ll know what to do and say when you meet these people again.

Don’t do what my friend Sue did at her first job at Entertainment Weekly. “That is one of my biggest regrets: I hardly talked to anyone at all when I was there. I was scared and just thought people would talk to me first. For a long time, I was hung up on the thought that if someone was older, I respected them automatically. And even if someone started on Monday, and I started Tuesday, I just felt they had more experience. In the area I worked four months, I hardly spoke to these people,” she said.

“Of course, now I realize that was the most stupid thing. If I could do that again, I’d remember that it’s so important not to feel shy about introducing yourself. It’s not like you have to be very bold, ready to take over the place. Just introduce yourself and ask if there is anything you can do for them. That breaks the ice.”

Sue believes that if she had introduced herself around a bit, there would be just no telling what other opportunities or what other acquaintances she might have now. Not that she regrets where she is now at all. But had she talked to more people at her first job, “maybe it would have helped me get somewhere sooner,” she said.

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就只是自我介绍

在第一份工作中，你很容易感到像一个陌生人在一个陌生的国度里。但你不必一直那样，也不应该那样。你必须提醒自己克服羞怯，进行自我介绍。握个手就行了。请聘用你的主管帮你简单介绍一下周围的人。这是建立联系的最佳方式。这样，当你再次遇到这些人时，你就知道该做什么、说什么。

不要像我的朋友苏在她第一份工作《娱乐周刊》那样。“这是我最大的遗憾之一：我在那里几乎没有和任何人交谈。我当时很害怕，只是想着别人会先和我说话。有很长一段时间，我一直纠结于这样的想法：如果某个人年长，我就自动尊重他们。即使某人是星期一开始上班，而我是星期二开始，我也总觉得他们更有经验。在我工作的那个区域里，我几乎四个月都没怎么和这些人说话。”她说道。

“当然，现在我意识到那是最愚蠢的事情。如果能重新来过，我会记得，不要害羞于自我介绍。这并不是说你必须非常大胆，准备接管这个地方。只要介绍自己并询问是否有任何你可以帮忙的事情。这就能打破僵局。”

苏认为，如果她当时四处做些自我介绍，现在可能会有其它的机会或更多的熟人。当然，她现在一点也不后悔。但是，如果她在第一份工作时与更多的人交流，“也许这会帮助我更快地达到某个目标。”她说道。