2017年商务英语BEC中级常用句型（4）

　　Choosing the wrong candidate may leave an organization paying for years to come.(P39)

　　选错了人选，可能会令公司在未来几年付出代价。

　　Few companies will have escaped all of the following failures: people who panic at the first sign of stress; those with long, impressive qualifications who seem incapable of learning.

　　很少有公司能逃离以下失败，如员工面对丝毫压力惊慌失措，或者那些资历很高又令人印象深刻的人却似乎没有学习能力。

　　Less dramatic, but just as much a problem, is the person who simply does not come up to expectations, who does not quite deliver.

　　还有一些不那么戏剧，但也成为问题的情况，就是仅仅不能达到期望值也不能为公司效力的人。

　　The first point to bear in mind at the recruitment stage is that people don’t change.

　　在招聘阶段要记住的第一点是人们不会改变很多。

　　Most people like to think that personality can change, particularly the more negative features such as anxiety, low esteem, impulsiveness or a lack of emotional warmth.

　　大多数人认为人的性格可以改变。尤其是一些消极的特征，如焦虑不安，自卑心理，冲动焦躁，缺乏热情。

　　Extroverts become slightly less extroverted; the acutely shy appear a little less so, but the fundamentals remain much the same.

　　外向的人变得不那么外向，害羞的人变得不那么害羞，但是基本上没有很大变化。

　　People can be groomed for a job. Just as politicians are carefully repackaged through dress, hairstyle and speech specialists, so people can be sent on training courses, diplomas or experimental weekends.

　　人们可以为公司接受培训，正如政客们让服装，发型和演讲专家来包装自己。人们可以被送去参加培训，得到学位，度过实验性的周末。

　　Better to select for what you actually see rather than attempt to change it.

　　宁愿去选择亲眼所见，而不是试图去改变他。