求职面试

B：What leadership qualities did you develop as an administrative personnel？
      作为行政人员，你有什么样的领导才能？

A：I feel that learning how to motivate people and to work together as a team will be the major goal of my leadership./I have refined my management style by using an open-door policy.
      我觉得学习如何把人们的积极性调动起来，以及如何配合协同的团队精神，是我行政工作的主要目标。/我以开放式的政策，改进我的行政管理方式。

B：How do you normally handle criticism？
      你通常如何处理別人的批评？

A：Silence is golden. Just don't say anything; otherwise the situation could become worse. I do, however, accept constructive criticism. /When we cool off, we will discuss it later.
      沈默是金。不必说什么，否则情况更糟，不过我会接受建设性的批评。/我会等大家冷靜下来再讨论。

1. (使)变凉;(使)凉快下来
    If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.

    e.g. Maybe he's trying to cool off out there in the rain...
           可能他是想在雨里凉快一下。
    e.g. She made a fanning motion, pretending to cool herself off...
           她做了个扇风的动作，假装想让自己凉快一点。

verb

1. lose intensity

    e.g. His enthusiasm cooled considerably

    Synonym: coolcool down

2. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

    e.g. After the fight both men need to cool off.
           It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.

    Synonym: calmcalm downchill outsimmer downsettle downcool it

3. feel less enamoured of something or somebody