Useful Sentences
1. Tell me your present address, please.
请告诉我你现在的住址。
2. I’m living at 12 Qianou Road, Wuxi.
我住在无锡市钱藕路12号。
3. What kind of occupations do your parents have?
你父母是做什么的?
4. I’m not unmarried/ not married. I am still single.
我没有结婚。我还是单身。
5. What is your work unit? And where is it?
你的工作单位是什么?在哪儿?
6. Where is your domicile place?
你的户籍所在地在哪里?
Dialogues
Listen to the following dialogues, and pay special attention to the phrases and sentences which express one’s personal information.
★ Dialogue One
(Jack Smith is having an interview. The interviewer is asking him about his personal information.)
Interviewer: Come in, please.
Smith: Good morning.
Interviewer: Good morning. Please make yourself comfortable.
Smith: Thank you.
Interviewer: Are you Mr. Smith?
Smith: Yes. My name is Jack Smith.
Interviewer: How do you spell your first name?
Smith: Jack. J-A-C-K.
Interviewer: Tell me your present address, please.
Smith: I’m living at 12 Qianou Road, Wuxi.
Interviewer: When were you born?
Smith: I was born in March 1974.
Interviewer: Where is your birthplace?
Smith: Suzhou.
Interviewer: Are you a registered resident of Wuxi?
Smith: Yes, I am.
Interviewer: Can you leave me your phone number?
Smith: Gladly, 8-5-5-2-5-8-5-8.
● Notes
1.英语里“名”的表达除first name外,还可用given name;“姓”的表达有surname,last name和family name。
★ Dialogue Two
(Lin Meimei is having an interview. Robert Ross, the personnel manager, is asking her about her personal information.)
Ross: Good afternoon, Miss Lin. I am Robert Ross, the personnel manager here.
Lin: Good afternoon, Mr. Ross. Pleased to meet you.
Ross: Please have a seat, Miss Lin. Would you like a cup of coffee or black tea?
Lin: Thank you. Coffee would be nice.
Ross: How big is your family?
Lin: We are five in all.
Ross: Who supports your family?
Lin: My parents and I.
Ross: What kind of occupations do your parents have?
Lin: My father is an engineer. My mother is a nurse.
Ross: Are you married?
Lin: No, I’m not married yet. I am still single.

