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To make the shortlist for a
manager's job in
our biggest bank is a real achievement.
| 列入最大銀行的經理職位精挑候選名單，可不容易。 | |
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Eva:Victoria's done ever so well, hasn't she? 伊娃:維多利亞的表現不是非常出色嗎？ Loretta:Yes, to make the shortlist for a manager's job in our biggest bank is a real achievement. 洛蕾塔:是啊，她入選了最大銀行的經理職位精挑候選名單，實在一點都不容易。 Eva:When's the interview? 伊娃:甚麼時候面試呢？ Loretta:Next week. She told me that it's not just an interview, but a whole day with tests and exercises as well. 洛蕾塔:下星期。她告訴我那不只是面試，而是一整天的測驗和練習。 Eva:Sounds really tough. Rather her than me. 伊娃:聽來好像不輕鬆。幸好要應試的是她不是我。 Loretta:Yes, but she's very capable and pretty resilient, so I think she'll do well. 洛蕾塔:不錯，但她很能幹，又很有衝勁，應該可以應付自如。 |
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Shortlist和ever so 今天先談to make the shortlist的shortlist。Shortlist作動詞，是指從初步的候選名單中，挑選資歷較合適者；作名詞，是指經淘汰後的候選人名單，例如：(1) There were more than one hundred applicants for the job, but I shortlisted only ten of them for the interview（申請這份工作者有一百多人，但我只挑選了十個人面試）(2) Our company is on the shortlist for the construction work（建築工程的候選承辦商之中，我們公司獲得入選進一步的考慮名單）。 Make the shortlist的make，這 G不可解作「做」。Make還有「達到」的意思，例如：(1) I must make the peak before they do（我一定要在他們之前到達山頂）。(2) The scandal made the newspapers（那醜聞上了報紙）。To make the shortlist即「上了精挑候選名單」。 現在談Victoria's done ever so well的ever so。這是口頭用詞，意思是「非常」，例如：(1) Thank you/Thanks ever so much（真謝謝你）。(2) His lecture was ever so boring（他演講沉悶得很）。 有時，你會看到ever such a/an這個說法，其後用「形容詞(adjective)＋名詞」，這同樣是口頭用語，意思也是「非常」，例如：(1) It was ever such a boring lecture（那場演講沉悶得很）。(2) The new chemistry teacher is ever such a good person（新的化學教師是個很好的人）。你當然也可以說His lecture was very boring或It was a very boring lecture等，但語氣比ever so或ever such較弱。 |