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buddhistscandals-blog · 5 years

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Fake Buddhist Tribunal Court of Human Rights Legal Case on Sri Sri Ravishankarji

“I am a devout follower of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji whom I revere, respect and worship. I was shocked to find the below link where Ravi Shankarji is issued a warning by a Online Buddhist Tribunal of Human Rights. His Holiness is a spiritual Guru of world acclaim and is revered for his divine interventions for world peace. An attempt on his online defamation will be considered blasphemous by millions of followers worldwide. This made me research the responsible Argentinian Buddhist organization the UBNO for a credential check” http://web.archive.org/web/20181122135344/https://buddhistcourt-gov.net/2017/03/21/legal-requirement-to-ravi-shankar/

The UBNO UNITED BUDDHIST NATIONS ORGANIZATION is a Buddhist organization headed by an Argentinian Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha. It has an address of Calle 7 1595 Costa Bonita, Quequen, CP 7631, Buenos Aires Argentina. A google map shows Calle 7 as a street in Costa Bonita village with 46 inhabitants by 2001 census by INDEC. 1595 is an unlisted cross road location with empty land around, in google maps as of today, though the UNBO web photo shows a tall building.

HIS EXCELLENCY MASTER MAITREYA SAMYAKSAMBUDDHA is probably an adopted Title and not the legal Name. Samyakshambuddha means reincarnate or last Buddha. The Title His Excellency has no reference as this term is used only by Presidents, Ambassadors, Governors & Kings of provinces or countries. Buddhist Head monks use title Venerable or Roshi or Sensei which is common to Martial arts Masters. Internet sources reveal that UNITED BUDDHIST NATIONS UNIVERSITY website w ww.buddhistnations-gov.net/university addressed at 15/F Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, 150-8512, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Japan which appears to be a rented work table space in a commercial complex. This address has currently shifted to Villa C3B Resi No 6, Doi Nhan Street, Vinh Phuc yard, Ba Dinh district–100000 Hanoi Vietnam. Resi No6 which appears residential The previous courses are below https://web.archive.org/web/20181122082250/https://buddhistnations-gov.net/university/ fee structure is as follows Plan I: $90 USD per month during 2 years (1 Doctorate for 1 student) Plan II: $1500 USD total (1 Doctorate for 1 student) Plan III: $9000 USD total (29 Doctorates for 1 student) Plan IV: $18000 USD total (29 Doctorates for 100 students) All the funds will be used for Humanitarian projects The UNIVERSITY RECTOR HIS EXCELLENCY MASTER MAITREYA SAMYAKSAMBUDDHA profile https://web.archive.org/web/20181211062048/https://buddhistnations-gov.net/2018/08/01/president/ Master Maitreya has professionally graduated as University Teacher, Integral Counsellor, Psychoanalyst, Social Psychologist, International Political Scientist, Sociologist of education, Sustainable Social Economist, Philosophical Anthropologist of Education, Intercultural Social Mediator, Extrajudicial Conciliator, International Arbitrator, Judge of Peace, Restorative Justice practitioner, Political Social Philosopher, Comparative Metaphysical Philosopher, and Transpersonal Therapist. Master Maitreya has graduated as Human Rights Defender, Constitutionalist, Criminologist, International Criminal Law Jurist, Indigenous Environmental Jurist, Ecologist, Citizen’s Defender, Environmental Defender, Legal Secretariat, Political Journalist, Conflictologist, Peacebuilder, Universal Historian, Diplomatic, Ethicist, Bioethicist, Emotional Intelligence Master, Cooperative Educator, Social Work Assistant, Social Inclusion Agent, Therapeutic Companion, Gender Equality Technician, Bachelor in Social Science and Humanities, and Egyptologist. Moreover, he is graduated as Expert in Legal Studies and Public Health. Professor of Psychoanalysis, Psychological Counseling, Existential Analysis, Western Philosophy, Quantum Philosophy, Super-Integral Yoga and Shamanism. Professor of Greek Philosophy, Taoist Philosophy, Confucian Philosophy, Sufi Philosophy, Esoteric Philosophy, Kabbalah Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Contemporary Philosophy, Gandhian Philosophy, Marxist Philosophy, Transpersonal Philosophy Lacanian Philosophy. Professor of Buddhist Psychology, Buddhist Psychiatry, Buddhist Medicine, Buddhist Psychotherapy, Buddhist Pedagogy, Buddhist Philosophy , Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Art, Buddhist Science, Buddhist Environmentalism, Buddhist Politics, Buddhist Economy, Buddhist Sociology, Buddhist Law, Buddhist Anthropology, Buddhist History, Buddhist Religion, Buddhist Mysticism, Buddhist Ascetics and Buddhist Theology. Buddhist Psychoanalysis, Buddhist Humanism, Buddhist Transpersonalism, Buddhist Cognitivism, Buddhist Integralism, Buddhist Existentialism, Buddhist Stoicism, Buddhist Surrealism, Buddhist Relativism, Buddhist Ecologism, Buddhist Socialism, Buddhist Cooperativism, Buddhist Anarchism, Buddhist Abolitionism, Buddhist Personalism, Buddhist Revisionism, Buddhist Ecumenism, Buddhist Messianism, Buddhist Gnosticism, Buddhist Mysticism. His Excellency Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha also runs a Buddhist Tribunal of Human Rights and an International Buddhist ethics Committee online via his website. This tribunal was addressed in Hong Kong at level 15 & 16, Nexxus Building, 41 connaught road, 999077, HK. After the FBI complaint, it shifted to Tiptrans, Ste #19307, 2E Parkinson Road, Liverpool, L9 1DL (Merseyside), United Kingdom which again is a workspace. http://web.archive.org/web/20181122070935/https://buddhistcourt-gov.net/english/ In his tribunal His Excellency Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha runs trials against world leaders where he is the Judge and passes sentences and guilty judgements defaming dignitaries like Japan PM, Venezuelan President, King of Thailand, UN Secy General Ban Ki Moon, Nobel Prize Committee, Salk Vaccine Institute & about 100 others, for e.g. a. Case 10/2015: Argentinean President Cristina Fernandes & Government) b. Case 14/2016: AECID and Spanish National Commission) c. Case 18/2016: State Sangha Maha Nayaka & International Buddhist Confederation d. Case 20/2016: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon e. Case 22/2017: Salk Institute for Biological Studies f. Case 24/2017: Venezuelan President & Supreme Tribunal of Justice g. Case 26/2017: Norwegian Nobel Committee & Lula da Silva h. Case 28/2017: UNESCO i. Case 30/2017: Supreme Court of the Russian Federation j. Case 27/2017: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights k. Case 38/2017: Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn l. Case 40/2018: Japan PM Shinzo Abe Master Maitreya is his reply to INTERPOL after an INTERPOL complaint admits that his tribunal is not legal or a court of justice. As yet, no government has replied or questioned the credentials of this Argentinian online Tribunal seriously. He has run a trial on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Spiritual Guru of India http://web.archive.org/web/20181122135344/https://buddhistcourt-gov.net/2017/03/21/legal-requirement-to-ravi-shankar/ where he states Mr. Shankar has signed an agreement with Mauricio Macri in 2008, there is clearly a conflict of interests, so that any ethical evaluation that Mr. Shankar can make will be tinged with personal interests. Despite the fact that Mr. Shankar has also stated that he wishes to “see the world as one family” where cultures and religions meet “in harmony”, the complicity with human rights violations is completely contradictory to the discourse he verbally transmits. This kind of spiritual self-contradiction is also perceptible in his vision of billionaires obsessed with money and luxury cars, about whom Mr. Shankar thinks “it’s okay they have it while having a big smile, heart for them and others”. In a world where more than half of humankind lacks food and drinkable water, only impostors who receive multi-million dollar donations are in favor of social injustice & crimes of capitalism.

A GOOGLE ONLINE search for “United Buddhist Nations University” “International Buddhist Ethics Committee” & “Buddhist Tribunal of Human Rights” shows up in popular Buddhist Forums, Quora, Reddit, Buddhist Blogs. Their opinion on the legitimacy, credibility and authorization of the UBNO is anybody’s guess.

ONLINE SEARCH in the forums below for United Buddhist Nations Organization, United Buddhist Nations University, International Buddhist Ethics Committee & Buddhist Tribunal of Human Rights www.dhammawheel.com www.freesangha.com www.zenguide.com www.reddit.com www.quora.com

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jobisitejobs · 6 years

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studyblrlr-blog · 7 years

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12/10/17

this is my new uni! i haven’t posted on this blog since finishing my a-levels and, even then, wasn’t that consistent with my posting. i’m really hoping to transform this blog into a personal diary so i can keep track of my studies more effectively, and everything else comes secondary for me if this post is an introduction to studyblr, then hi, my name is ryan and i am a first year philosophy BA student at birkbeck, university of london. i moved to london on the 16/09 and started my course last monday (02/10), with my induction on the 29/09. see below for more details about my course and my experience with the uni so far - i’m hoping this could serve as some kind of helpful reference/masterpost for people starting at birkbeck, particularly people starting philosophy :) xx

birkbeck vs other unis (tl;dr older student body compared to other unis, lectures in evening) firstly, there are some key differences with birkbeck when compared to other unis. firstly, it is an evening university, so all lectures & seminars take place in the evening between 6-9pm. as a full time student, my schedule typically has a lecture/seminar combo (2h total) every day through monday-thursday. this means that it is possible to both study and work at birkbeck, which attracts a large variety of different students. for this reason, most of the student body consists of working professional adults who want to get a degree on the side of their full-time job; however, that doesn’t mean that there are no young students fresh out of sixth-form (me, for example!)

social aspect (tl;dr social life here is good, but not as good as other unis) one of my main concerns about going to birkbeck was the social aspect, which i was told is lacking when compared to other unis. after being here a week, i can definitely say this is not the case. meeting people on your course is probably the best way to meet people as you share a common interest and can discuss the work if you don’t understand something. birkbeck also hosts a freshers’ fayre with a number of societies (not as large as other unis) that you can join in the students’ union, has access to multiple student bars (including it’s own), and has student central directly next door to expand upon the social scene. besides, as birkbeck is located in central london, there are an infinite number of things to do socially. i can say with certainty that there is no reason to be alarmed about going to birkbeck if you have heard that the social scene is “dead” - i will admit, it is not as good as other unis will be (as a result of being an evening uni), but there are a lot of chances to make connections with different types of people that you wouldn’t really have the opportunity to at other unis. moreover, as things are more grown-up compared to other unis, things are a bit more subdued and mature, which may suit you more sidenote ~~ i hope this hasn’t turned into an advertisement for birkbeck at this point; don’t get me wrong, sometimes i find myself wishing that there were more of a younger social scene, but with UoL-wide events being hosted all around london (i mainly think of clubbing events, of which there are many - and composed the entirety of my freshers’ week) and it’s proximity to other unis, i can’t really see why the social scene here is slated so much. anyway, that’s enough talk of the social aspects

accommodation (tl;dr birkbeck has places in UoL halls & more but is pricey) birkbeck has no residential halls of it’s own. that’s just something to get used to. however, there are reserved places in many UoL halls, and many alternatives listed on the bbk website. i am privately renting a room in a shared house in canary wharf with a housing agency, which is much cheaper than uni accommodation, however means that it is further out from central and doesn’t have the same student-life oriented household

the facilities (tl;dr excellent with minor complaints) the last thing worth mentioning about the uni itself are the facilities the uni offers. the library is fantastic - it has everything you could possibly need from a library and the computers/printers etc. are all fine. my only complaint is that it closes at 11:45pm, and as my courses are in the evening i am now naturally a lazy (i prefer nocturnal) person, and would wish to use the resources much later into the night. the rooms for the lectures and seminars are all average, and social spaces are good

my course - philosophy BA full-time (tl;dr this is an excellent course with great lecturers, involved-but-casual seminars, and offers lots of opportunities for intellectual growth. this is an excellent department) my modules for 2017/18 are as follows: • introductory ethics and political philosophy • introduction to the history of philosophy • introduction to epistemology and metaphysics • introduction to logic i will start off by saying that i love my course. the induction to the course was what you may expect from any uni, however there was an induction-party afterwards with alcohol and food by which you can meet your classmates and lecturers the lectures themselves are also what you may expect - lecturers walking you through a topic guided by a powerpoint presentation. the lecturers seem genuinely excited about their topic and make the content easy to understand and interesting. sometimes lecture rooms can be crowded depending on which room it is in, but that is the only downside seminar groups usually follow after the lecture (apart from my intro to logic, which it comes before), and is ~1/3 of the students that were in the lecture. seminar tutors ask questions about required reading was set and can help clarify things that you didn’t understand (they also help clarify the lecture if needed). my only criticism about seminars is that sometimes they can get too side-tracked and move too far away from the actual topic under discussion, but it is nice that everyone’s contribution is taken seriously overall the variety of modules is good, however in the first year all 4 are compulsory and there are no optional modules. as a full-time BA student i am assessed mainly by exams (with some exceptions), however part-time and certificate students are assessed differently. my only gripe here is that the course is not as flexible as i would wish in the first year, however that is usually the case with most unis

conclusion i hope this has covered everything i wanted to mention and that new students might want to know about the uni, and that it hasn’t rambled too much. i tried to be as honest as i can about the uni, but really there aren’t many things i don’t like about it. anyway, i hope this post has been helpful for anyone who reads it, and makes people consider birkbeck as an option for their uni!

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bigdatanewsmagazine · 7 years

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Doppelganger Discovery: How Baseball Sabermetrics Inspires Predictive Analytics – The Predictive Analytics Times

By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

This author will present at Predictive Analytics World, Oct 29 – Nov 2 in New York. This article is excerpted from his book, Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are. The book delivers a fresh overview of big data with an emphasis on the intriguing insights revealed by Google search trends. The book also draws a new perspective on the power and peril of deployed machine learning (calling it “doppelganger discovery”). Click here for information about Seth’s upcoming PAW New York presentation.

Here’s how Bill Simmons, a sportswriter and passionate Boston Red Sox fan, described what was happening in the early months of the 2009 season: “It’s clear that David Ortiz no longer excels at baseball. . . . Beefy sluggers are like porn stars, wrestlers, NBA centers and trophy wives: When it goes, it goes.” Great sports fans trust their eyes, and Simmons’s eyes told him Ortiz was finished. In fact, Simmons predicted he would be benched or released shortly.

Was Ortiz really finished? If you’re the Boston general manager, in 2009, do you cut him? More generally, how can we predict how a baseball player will perform in the future? Even more generally, how can we use Big Data to predict what people will do in the future?

A theory that will get you far in data science is this: Look at what sabermetricians (those who have used data to study baseball) have done and expect it to spread out to other areas of data science. Baseball was among the first fields with comprehensive datasets on just about everything, and an army of smart people willing to devote their lives to making sense of that data. Now, just about every field is there or getting there. Baseball comes first; every other field follows. Sabermetrics eats the world.

The simplest way to predict a baseball player’s future is to assume he will continue performing as he currently is. If a player has struggled for the past 1.5 years, you might guess that he will struggle for the next 1.5 years.

By this methodology, Boston should have cut David Ortiz.

However, there might be more relevant information. In the 1980s, Bill James, who most consider the founder of sabermetrics, emphasized the importance of age. Baseball players, James found, peaked early—at around the age of twenty-seven. Teams tended to ignore just how much players decline as they age. They overpaid for aging players.

By this more advanced methodology, Boston should definitely have cut David Ortiz.

But this age adjustment might miss something. Not all players follow the same path through life. Some players might peak at twenty-three, others at thirty-two. Short players may age differently from tall players, fat players from skinny players. Baseball statisticians found that there were types of players, each following a different aging path. This story was even worse for Ortiz; “beefy sluggers” indeed do, on average, peak early and collapse shortly past thirty.

If Boston considered his recent past, his age, and his size, they should, without a doubt, have cut David Ortiz.

Then, in 2003, statistician Nate Silver introduced a new model, which he called PECOTA, to predict player performance. It proved to be the best—and, also, the coolest. Silver searched for players’ doppelgangers. Here’s how it works. Build a database of every Major League Baseball player ever, more than 18,000 men. And include everything you know about those players: Their height, age, and position; their home runs, batting average, walks, and strikeouts for each year of their careers. Now, find the twenty ballplayers who look most similar to Ortiz right up until that point in his career—those who played like he did when he was 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33. In other words, find his doppelgangers. Then see how Ortiz’s doppelgangers’ careers progressed.

A doppelganger search is another example of zooming in. It zooms in on the small subset of people most similar to a given person. And, as with all zooming in, it gets better the more data you have. It turns out, Ortiz’s doppelgangers gave a very different prediction for Ortiz’s future. Ortiz’s doppelgangers included Jorge Posada and Jim Thome. These players started their careers a bit slow; had amazing bursts in their late twenties, with world-class power; and then struggled in their early thirties.

Silver then predicted how Ortiz would do based on how these doppelgangers ended up doing. And here’s what he found: They regained their power. For trophy wives, Simmons may be right; when it goes, it goes. But for Ortiz’s doppelgangers, when it went, it came back.

The doppelganger search, the best methodology ever used to predict baseball player performance, said Boston should be patient with Ortiz. And Boston indeed was patient with their aging slugger. In 2010, Ortiz’s average rose to .270. He hit 32 home runs and made the All-Star team. This began a string of four consecutive All-Star games for Ortiz. In 2013, batting in his traditional third spot in the lineup, at the age of thirty-seven, Ortiz batted .688 as Boston defeated St. Louis, 4 games to 2, in the World Series. Ortiz was voted World Series MVP.

As soon as I finished reading Nate Silver’s approach to predicting the trajectory of ballplayers, I immediately began thinking about whether I might have a doppelganger, too.

Doppelganger searches are promising in many fields, not just athletics. Could I find the person who shares the most interests with me? Maybe if I found the person most similar to me, we could hang out. Maybe he would know some restaurants we would like. Maybe he could introduce me to things I had no idea I might have an affinity for.

A doppelganger search zooms in on individuals and even on the traits of individuals. And, as with all zooming in, it gets sharper the more data you have. Suppose I searched for my doppelganger in a dataset of ten or so people. I might find someone who shared my interest in books. Suppose I searched for my doppelganger in a dataset of a thousand or so people. I might find someone who had a thing for popular physics books. But suppose I searched for my doppelganger in a dataset of hundreds of millions of people. Then I might be able to find someone who was really, truly similar to me. One day, I went doppelganger hunting on social media. Using the entire corpus of Twitter profiles, I looked for the people on the planet who have the most common interests with me.

You can certainly tell a lot about my interests from whom I follow on my Twitter account. Overall, I follow some 250 people, showing my passions for sports, politics, comedy, science, and morose Jewish folksingers.

So is there anybody out there in the universe who follows all 250 of these accounts, my Twitter twin? Of course not. Doppelgangers aren’t identical to us, only similar. Nor is there anybody who follows 200 of the accounts I follow. Or even 150.

However, I did eventually find an account that followed an amazing 100 of the accounts I follow: Country Music Radio Today. Huh? It turns out, Country Music Radio Today was a bot (it no longer exists) that followed 750,000 Twitter profiles in the hope that they would follow back.

I have an ex-girlfriend who I suspect would get a kick out of this result. She once told me I was more like a robot than a human being.

All joking aside, my initial finding that my doppelganger was a bot that followed 750,000 random accounts does make an important point about doppelganger searches. For a doppelganger search to be truly accurate, you don’t want to find someone who merely likes the same things you like. You also want to find someone who dislikes the things you dislike.

My interests are apparent not just from the accounts I follow but from those I choose not to follow. I am interested in sports, politics, comedy, and science but not food, fashion, or theater. I follow shows that I like. Bernie Sanders but not Elizabeth Warren, Sarah Silverman but not Amy Schumer, the New Yorker but not the Atlantic, my friends Noah Popp, Emily Sands, and Josh Gottlieb but not my friend Sam Asher. (Sorry, Sam. But your Twitter feed is a snooze.)

Of all 200 million people on Twitter, who has the most similar profile to me? It turns out my doppelganger is Vox writer Dylan Matthews. This was kind of a letdown, for the purposes of improving my media consumption, as I already follow Matthews on Twitter and Facebook and compulsively read his Vox posts. So learning he was my doppelganger hasn’t really changed my life. But it’s still pretty cool to know the person most similar to you in the world, especially if it’s someone you admire. And when I finish this book and stop being a hermit, maybe Matthews and I can hang out and discuss the writings of James Surowiecki.

About the Author:

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a New York Times op-ed contributor, a visiting lecturer at The Wharton School, and a former Google data scientist. He received a BA in philosophy from Stanford, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and a PhD in economics from Harvard. His research—which uses new, big data sources to uncover hidden behaviors and attitudes—has appeared in the Journal of Public Economics and other prestigious publications. He lives in New York City.

This article is excerpted from the book “Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are.” Copyright ©2017 by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Reprinted by permission of Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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【工作英语】 Lesson 20:应聘金融工作原创 2017-03-08 hanrenhanyu 汉人汉语

应聘金融工作 yīng pìn jīn róng gōng zuò

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BASIC EXPRESSIONS 基本句型表达 jī běn jù xíng biǎo dá

1) Tell me about yourself and your past experience. 说说你自己以及过去的一些经验吧。 shuō shuō nǐ zì jǐ yǐ jí guò qù de yī xiē jīng yàn ba 。

2) For the past two years, I have been working in an investment banking. 过去的两年中，我一直在一家投资银行工作。 guò qù de liǎng nián zhōng ，wǒ yī zhí zài yī jiā tóu zī yín háng gōng zuò 。

3) My background and experience include working on a variety of projects and jobs in the financial industry. 我的背景和经验包括我在金融业参与过各类项目、做过不同的工作。 wǒ de bèi jǐng hé jīng yàn bāo kuò wǒ zài jīn róng yè cān yǔ guò gè lèi xiàng mù 、zuò guò bú tóng de gōng zuò 。

4) I have had to adjust my style to the new environment several times. 好多次我都必须调整我的方式以适应新环境。 hǎo duō cì wǒ dōu bì xū diào zhěng wǒ de fāng shì yǐ shì yīng xīn huán jìng 。

5) What was the most significant project you’ve worked on? 你参与的最有意义的一个项目是什么？ nǐ cān yǔ de zuì yǒu yì yì de yī gè xiàng mù shì shí me ？

6) It was a challenge for a person with a finance background. 对于有金融背景的人来说，是一个挑战。 duì yú yǒu jīn róng bèi jǐng de rén lái shuō ，shì yī gè tiāo zhàn 。

7) I really need more information about the job before we start to discuss salary. 在讨论薪水之前，我希望能多了解这份工作。 zài tǎo lùn xīn shuǐ zhī qián ，wǒ xī wàng néng duō le jiě zhè fèn gōng zuò 。

8) Does the company have a five-year plan? 贵公司有五年计划吗？ guì gōng sī yǒu wǔ nián jì huá ma ？

CONVERSATIONS 会话 huì huà （A=Applicant I=Interviewer）

Dialogue 1 I: Let's start the interview with some questions. Tell me about yourself and your past experience. I: 我们开始面试吧。说说你自己和过去的一些经验吧。 I: wǒ men kāi shǐ miàn shì ba 。shuō shuō nǐ zì jǐ hé guò qù de yī xiē jīng yàn ba 。

A: I have 10 years financial industry experience, working for several companies. For the past two years, I have been working in an investment banking. In addition to my analytical mindset, I have a background of solid accounting principles. I am a team player and have great communication and interpersonal skills. I thrive on challenge and work well in high-stress environments. A: 我有十年的金融行业工作经验，为几家公司工作过。过去的两年，我一直在一家投资银行工作。我不仅具有分析能力而且还有扎实的会计原理知识。我具有团队精神，善于和人交流，懂得人际关系的技巧。我善于应付挑战，也能在压力大的环境下工作很出色。 A: wǒ yǒu shí nián de jīn róng háng yè gōng zuò jīng yàn ，wéi jǐ jiā gōng sī gōng zuò guò 。guò qù de liǎng nián ，wǒ yī zhí zài yī jiā tóu zī yín háng gōng zuò 。wǒ bú jǐn jù yǒu fèn xī néng lì ér qiě hái yǒu zhā shí de huì jì yuán lǐ zhī shí 。wǒ jù yǒu tuán duì jīng shén ，shàn yú hé rén jiāo liú ，dǒng dé rén jì guān xì de jì qiǎo 。wǒ shàn yú yīng fù tiāo zhàn ，yě néng zài yā lì dà de huán jìng xià gōng zuò hěn chū sè 。

I: What finance experience have you had that qualifies you for this position? I: 你认为你具有什么样的金融经验使你能胜任这个职位？ I: nǐ rèn wéi nǐ jù yǒu shí me yàng de jīn róng jīng yàn shǐ nǐ néng shèng rèn zhè gè zhí wèi ？

A: My background and experience include working on a variety of projects and jobs in the financial industry. Most of my experience has been behind the scenes, doing the calculations. I want to work with clients and continue to grow and be challenged. A: 我的背景和经验包括我在金融业参与过各类项目、做过不同的工作。我的大部分经验都是幕后做一些计算方面的工作。我想和客户打交道，不断完善自己，接受各种挑战。 A: wǒ de bèi jǐng hé jīng yàn bāo kuò wǒ zài jīn róng yè cān yǔ guò gè lèi xiàng mù 、zuò guò bú tóng de gōng zuò 。wǒ de dà bù fèn jīng yàn dōu shì mù hòu zuò yī xiē jì suàn fāng miàn de gōng zuò 。wǒ xiǎng hé kè hù dǎ jiāo dào ，bú duàn wán shàn zì jǐ ，jiē shòu gè zhǒng tiāo zhàn 。

I: Why did you leave your last position? I: 你为什么要离开以前的工作呢？ I: nǐ wéi shí me yào lí kāi yǐ qián de gōng zuò ne ？

A: I am not finding the work as challenging as I used to. I want to find a job that is stimulating, where I can grow. A: 我发现这工作不像我原来认为的那么具有挑战性，我想找一份有刺激性的工作，这样可以进步。 A: wǒ fā xiàn zhè gōng zuò bú xiàng wǒ yuán lái rèn wéi de nà me jù yǒu tiāo zhàn xìng ，wǒ xiǎng zhǎo yī fèn yǒu cì jī xìng de gōng zuò ，zhè yàng kě yǐ jìn bù 。

I: What are your strengths and weaknesses? I: 你的优点和缺点是什么？ I: nǐ de yōu diǎn hé quē diǎn shì shí me ？

A: One of my strengths is my ability to be flexible. I have seen companies go through many changes in structure and management philosophy. I have had to adjust my style to the new environment several times. As far as weaknesses, I really enjoy my work, and sometimes I put in too much time. But by being aware of my tendency to overwork, I have learned to pace myself more and work less overtime. A: 我的一个优点就是具有灵活性，我目睹了公司在结构和管理思想上的众多变化，而且好多次我必须调整我的方式以适应新环境。就缺点而言，我非常喜欢工作，有时投入了太多的时间，但我已意识到这一点，学会了调节自己，减少加班。 A: wǒ de yī gè yōu diǎn jiù shì jù yǒu líng huó xìng ，wǒ mù dǔ le gōng sī zài jié gòu hé guǎn lǐ sī xiǎng shàng de zhòng duō biàn huà ，ér qiě hǎo duō cì wǒ bì xū diào zhěng wǒ de fāng shì yǐ shì yīng xīn huán jìng 。jiù quē diǎn ér yán ，wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huān gōng zuò ，yǒu shí tóu rù le tài duō de shí jiān ，dàn wǒ yǐ yì shí dào zhè yī diǎn ，xué huì le diào jiē zì jǐ ，jiǎn shǎo jiā bān 。

I: How would your boss describe you and your work style? I: 你的老板会如何评价你和你的工作方式呢？ I: nǐ de lǎo bǎn huì rú hé píng jià nǐ hé nǐ de gōng zuò fāng shì ne ？

A: She say I have a lot of initiative, I see the big picture and I do what has to be done. Second, I always meet deadlines. If I say I am going to do something, I do it. Lastly, I have the ability to focus on what I was working on I am not easily distracted. A: 她会说我很积极、顾全大局，会做完所有需要做的事情。其次，我总能在期限前完成任务。如果我说做某一件事，我就一定会做。最后一点，我能集中精力做事情——不会轻易受干扰。 A: tā huì shuō wǒ hěn jī jí 、gù quán dà jú ，huì zuò wán suǒ yǒu xū yào zuò de shì qíng 。qí cì ，wǒ zǒng néng zài qī xiàn qián wán chéng rèn wù 。rú guǒ wǒ shuō zuò mǒu yī jiàn shì ，wǒ jiù yī dìng huì zuò 。zuì hòu yī diǎn ，wǒ néng jí zhōng jīng lì zuò shì qíng ——bú huì qīng yì shòu gàn rǎo 。

I: What are your salary expectations? I: 你希望的薪水是多少？ I: nǐ xī wàng de xīn shuǐ shì duō shǎo ？

A: I sure whatever you offer will be a fair amount for a person with my qualifications. Salary is not the most important factor to me. I am looking for opportunity. A: 我相信你会给我提供一个合理的数目。对我来说，薪水不是最重要的，我寻找的是机会。 A: wǒ xiàng xìn nǐ huì gěi wǒ tí gòng yī gè hé lǐ de shù mù 。duì wǒ lái shuō ，xīn shuǐ bú shì zuì zhòng yào de ，wǒ xún zhǎo de shì jī huì 。

I: Do you have any questions? I: 你有问题要问吗？ I: nǐ yǒu wèn tí yào wèn ma ？

A: Yes, I do. What do you see as the future trends for the industry? A: 有，你如何看待将来这个行业的发展趋势？ A: yǒu ，nǐ rú hé kàn dài jiāng lái zhè gè háng yè de fā zhǎn qū shì ？

Dialogue 2

I: Tell me something about yourself and your past. I: 说说你自己的情况和你的过去吧。 I: shuō shuō nǐ zì jǐ de qíng kuàng hé nǐ de guò qù ba 。

A: I was born and grew up in HeBei Province. I moved to Beijing, where I started taking courses for my MBA. When I completed my degree, I was offered an opportunity working for a financial services company. I have worked there for eight years. A: 我出生于河北省并在那里长大，后来搬到了北京，在这里我学习了MBA课程。完成学位后，我有机会去了一家金融服务公司工作。我在那里工作了八年。 A: wǒ chū shēng yú hé běi shěng bìng zài nà lǐ zhǎng dà ，hòu lái bān dào le běi jīng ，zài zhè lǐ wǒ xué xí le MBAkè chéng 。wán chéng xué wèi hòu ，wǒ yǒu jī huì qù le yī jiā jīn róng fú wù gōng sī gōng zuò 。wǒ zài nà lǐ gōng zuò le bā nián 。

I: What was the most significant project you have worked on? I: 你参与的最重大的一个项目是什么？ I: nǐ cān yǔ de zuì zhòng dà de yī gè xiàng mù shì shí me ？

A: I was assigned a project to design a 360-degree performance system. It was a challenge for a person with a finance background. I met with the technical people and discussed the possibilities and obstacles. Based on that information, I selected a team and created a spreadsheet to manage the project. We got the project done on schedule. I was rewarded for outstanding results and was able to share the honors with the team. A: 在过去的八年中，我一直在银行业工作。我对账目的各种概念非常了解、具有分析头脑而且对各种细节都很注意。我参加过很多客户服务培训，也有很多这方面的经验，别人也曾说我在这个领域很出色。 A: zài guò qù de bā nián zhōng ，wǒ yī zhí zài yín háng yè gōng zuò 。wǒ duì zhàng mù de gè zhǒng gài niàn fēi cháng le jiě 、jù yǒu fèn xī tóu nǎo ér qiě duì gè zhǒng xì jiē dōu hěn zhù yì 。wǒ cān jiā guò hěn duō kè hù fú wù péi xùn ，yě yǒu hěn duō zhè fāng miàn de jīng yàn ，bié rén yě céng shuō wǒ zài zhè gè lǐng yù hěn chū sè 。

I: What finance experience makes you qualified for this position? I: 你具有什么样的金融经验使你能胜任这份工作？ I: nǐ jù yǒu shí me yàng de jīn róng jīng yàn shǐ nǐ néng shèng rèn zhè fèn gōng zuò ？

A: For the past eight years, I have been working in the banking industry. I have a solid understanding of accounting concepts, an analytical mind and a strong attention to detail. I have had a lot of customer service training and experience, and I have been told that I excel in this area. A: 我被分派去设计一个360度业绩系统。这对一个只有金融背景的人来说是一个挑战。我和技术人员一起讨论了这个系统的可行性及可能遇到的困难。根据掌握的信息，我挑选了一个队伍，建立了一个表格程序以管理这个项目。我们按期完成了这个项目。由于结果很出色，我受到了奖励，而且也能和团队一起分享这些荣誉。 A: wǒ bèi fèn pài qù shè jì yī gè 360dù yè jì xì tǒng 。zhè duì yī gè zhī yǒu jīn róng bèi jǐng de rén lái shuō shì yī gè tiāo zhàn 。wǒ hé jì shù rén yuán yī qǐ tǎo lùn le zhè gè xì tǒng de kě háng xìng jí kě néng yù dào de kùn nán 。gēn jù zhǎng wò de xìn xī ，wǒ tiāo xuǎn le yī gè duì wǔ ，jiàn lì le yī gè biǎo gé chéng xù yǐ guǎn lǐ zhè gè xiàng mù 。wǒ men àn qī wán chéng le zhè gè xiàng mù 。yóu yú jié guǒ hěn chū sè ，wǒ shòu dào le jiǎng lì ，ér qiě yě néng hé tuán duì yī qǐ fèn xiǎng zhè xiē róng yù 。

I: How would your coworkers evaluate you ? I: 你的同事会怎样评价你？ I: nǐ de tóng shì huì zěn yàng píng jià nǐ ？

A: They were say I was a hardworker and a real team player. A: 他们会说我是一个工作刻苦的人，是一个很好的合作者。 A: tā men huì shuō wǒ shì yī gè gōng zuò kè kǔ de rén ，shì yī gè hěn hǎo de hé zuò zhě 。

I: What are your salary expectations? I: 你希望得到多少薪水？ I: nǐ xī wàng dé dào duō shǎo xīn shuǐ ？

A: I really need more information about the job before we start to discuss salary. I'd like to postpone that decision until later. A: 在讨论薪水前，我希望能多了解工作方面的事。我想迟些再作决定。 A: zài tǎo lùn xīn shuǐ qián ，wǒ xī wàng néng duō le jiě gōng zuò fāng miàn de shì 。wǒ xiǎng chí xiē zài zuò jué dìng 。

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