石头记

我开了一个原创版，专门发表自己的原创文章。这里就作为技术学习文章的发布地方了。

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I was just in time for my interview and I was very nervous. I walked up to the receptionist.
She was talking into a headset and typing on her keyboard.
David: Good morning. I'm David Laso. I have an appointment with Dale Mendoza at 10 o'clock.
Could you please let her know that I'm here?
Receptionist: Please have a seat and I'll tell her.
About three minutes later, a man came out of the office and approached me.
He introduced himself as Ben, Ms. Mendoza's administrative assistant.
He told me he would show me to her office.
I followed him and we stopped in front of an office door with a placard on the door with the name "Dale Mendoza"
and her title "Vice President" written on it. Ben knocked on the door and opened it. By this time,
I was feeling more confident and was actually looking forward to the interview.
Then, I saw Dale Mendoza. She was the same woman who was in the elevator on my way up.
I had been so nervous that I just couldn't stop talking. I had told her how nervous I was about this interview.
I had even told her about my nightmare with a three- headed monster interviewing me for a job.
And now, here she was, my potential new boss.
Dale: Hello, you must be David. It's nice to meet you.
There was a frog in my throat. My heart was beating a mile a minute.
David: It's nice to meet you, too.
Dale: Have a seat and make yourself comfortable. You see? I only have one head and I don't even bite.
Needless to say, that was not my best interview. But, you live and learn. I'll know next time to keep my mouth shut!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

explanations:

1)to be just in time means you get there right before the time you are supposed to be there.
2)receptionist
3)headset
4)could you let sb. know sth.
5)administrative assistant is someone who helps or assists a administrator
6)placard is a sign
7)the title of someone is the position of someone
8)elevator means 电梯
9)frog in my throat means you have problem speaking,this is often because you maybe nervous.
10)beat a mile a minute means you are very nervous
11)needless to say means you are going to say something obvious now.
12)live and learn means you make mistakes,and you learn from your mistakes,you learn from your experiences.
13)kee your mouth shut means not to say.

This is a question we received recently and I thought I’d answer it here. If your host (the person who organized the event) cooked the meal, it is considered polite to compliment or say something nice about the food before refusing more. There are many ways to give a compliment about food. Here are a few:

- That was delicious.
- That’s the best meal I’ve had in a long time.
- Your cooking is such a treat (something that gives people a lot of pleasure, but that isn’t experienced often).
- You’ve outdone yourself.
(This means, “You have cooked a meal that is even better than the delicious meals you normally make.” To outdo (oneself) means to do or perform better than you have ever done before. You can use this compliment for other situations.)

To refuse more food, you can use one of these phrases:

- No, thank you. I couldn’t eat another bite.
- Thank you, but no more for me.
- That was very good, but I’m full.
- I’m stuffed (very full) and I can’t eat anymore.
- No, thank you. I don’t have room (space) for more.

I hope this is helpful.