B：Yes. My book entitled A Preliminary Survey of Controlling Inflation was published by China Finance Publishing House in 1993.

對話中出現了一些詞組用法和單詞：

Words & Expressions:

Beijing Friendship Store: 北京友誼商店

Succeed in: 成功

sales volume：銷售量

Advanced Worker：先進工作者

A Preliminary Survey of Controlling Inflation：抑制通貨膨脹初探

China Finance Publishing House：中國金融出版社

第八講 性格和興趣愛好

通常我們在寫完簡歷之后都會加注一些自己的性格和興趣愛好之類的內容，而這些內容也是進行面試時經常會提到的話題，尤其是在英語面試的時候，面試方通常會問：How do you spend your spare time?

　　性格和興趣能在面試的時候給你的面試官留下好的印象，為什么不努力來說好呢？今天我們就一起來學習面試英語的最后一講：如何表達自己的性格和興趣愛好。下面先來看一段對話吧：

A：Do you have any hobbies? What is it or what are they?

B：I am interested in watching TV or other relaxing games.

A：How do you spend your spare time?

B：I usually read or so some sports.

A：What kind of book are you interested in?

B：My favorite books are those about detectives.

A：Well, those books are really good. I like them too. Do you think you are introverted or extroverted?

B：In fact, I wouldn't call myself extroverted. Sometime I enjoy being by myself very much. But other times, I like sharing activities with others too, especially during these last few years.

A：What kind of sports do you like?

B：I like almost all sports, and I enjoy both playing and watching. I especially like tennis and mountain climbing.

A：What kind of personality do you think you have?

B：Well, I approach things very enthusiastically, I think, and I don't like to leave anything half-done. It makes me nervous- I can't concentrate on anything else until the first thing is finished.

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　　介紹自己的性格和興趣愛好肯定少不了這方面的詞匯和詞組，對話中也出現了不少，現在我們來學習一些相關的單詞和詞組吧：

Words & Expression:

Hobby: 愛好，尤其指業余愛好

Spare time: 空閑時間，業余時間