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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 32

写简历 Writing a résumé

Xiě jiǎnlì

周月 writes her résumé. Teaches V + 过 + N (have done X — experience) and 从来没 + V + 过 (never V'd before).

Dialogue

我学过中文 — I've studied Chinese

周月找zhǎo工gōng作zuò要yào发fā邮yóu件jiàn给gěi公gōng司sī, 我wǒ开kāi始shǐ写xiě简jiǎn历lì, 学xué历lì的de部bù分fen先xiān写xiě. Job hunting means emailing companies, so I'm starting the CV — the education part first.
周月我wǒ从cóng大dà学xué毕bì业yè了le. 专zhuān业yè是shì中zhōng文wén. Graduated from university. Major in Chinese.
同学你nǐ的de英yīng文wén怎zěn么me样yàng? How's your English?
周月我wǒ学xué过guò英yīng文wén五wǔ年nián, 也yě学xué过guò一yì点diǎn别bié的de. I've studied English five years and a bit of other languages.
同学你nǐ做zuò过guò什shén么me工gōng作zuò? What work have you done?
周月我wǒ做zuò过guò两liǎng个gè工gōng作zuò, 帮bāng过guò老lǎo师shī改gǎi作zuò业yè. I've done two jobs and helped a teacher mark homework.

Dialogue

我从来没工作过 — I've never had a job

周月我wǒ从cóng来lái没méi有yǒu过guò正zhèng式shì工gōng作zuò. I've never had a full-time job.
同学没méi关guān系xì. 学xué校xiào的de能néng力lì也yě算suàn经jīng验yàn. It's fine. School skills count as experience too.
周月我wǒ从cóng来lái没méi写xiě过guò简jiǎn历lì, 不bù知zhī道dào怎zěn么me写xiě. I've never written a CV — don't know how.
同学把bǎ你nǐ做zuò过guò的de事shì都dōu写xiě一yí下xià: 学xué过guò的de课kè, 做zuò过guò的de工gōng作zuò. Write everything you've done — courses, jobs.
周月这zhè么me多duō事shì, 我wǒ一yì天tiān写xiě不bù完wán, 英yīng文wén的de更gèng写xiě不bù好hǎo. So much to put down — I can't finish in a day, and the English one I can't write well.
同学先xiān用yòng中zhōng文wén写xiě, 以yǐ后hòu再zài用yòng英yīng文wén写xiě. Write in Chinese first, write it in English later.

Vocabulary

简jiǎn历lì: noun résumé (recall ch31)
写xiě: verb write (recall Bk1)
经jīng验yàn: noun experience (recall ch28)
过guò: particle experiential aspect (have V'd)
学xué过guò: verb have studied
做zuò过guò: verb have done
能néng力lì: noun ability; capability
学xué历lì: noun education background
大dà学xué: noun university (recall Bk1)
毕bì业yè: verb graduate
专zhuān业yè: noun major; specialty
中zhōng文wén: noun Chinese (language) (recall Bk1)
英yīng文wén: noun English (recall Bk1)
从cóng来lái: adverb always; ever (in negation context)
周zhōu月yuè: pn. Zhou Yue (persona — recall ch31)

New characters

毕: (in 毕业 = graduate)
毕业 bìyè — graduate
式

Hanzi — writing & recognition

写

xiě write (recall Bk1) Writing

5 strokes top-bottom

业

yè industry; major Writing

5 strokes single

专

zhuān specialise (in 专业) Recognition

4 strokes single

历

lì history; record (in 学历) Recognition

4 strokes enclosure

能

néng ability; can (recall Bk1) Recognition

10 strokes left-right

Grammar

Potential complement: V + 得/不 + result (三48)

Explanation

Insert 得 / 不 between a verb and its result/directional complement to mean "can / cannot achieve it". 听得懂 / 听不懂; 做得完 / 做不完; 去得了 / 去不了. 这件工作我做得了 (am able) / 做不了 (cannot). Close to 能 + V, but the potential complement stresses whether the RESULT can be reached.

Examples

这个工作我做得了. I can do this job.
老师的话我都听得懂. I can understand everything the teacher says.
这么多事, 今天做不完. So many things — can't finish today.
明天的事我去得了. I can make it to tomorrow's thing.

Grammar

Verb / clause as attributive (三45, reuse)

Explanation

Grammar-01 was potential complements. This revisits and deepens ch10's point: 的 turns an action into an attributive. Especially useful for résumés: 我做过的工作 (the jobs I've done) / 我学过的东西 / 我去过的公司. Structure: (subject +) verb-phrase + 的 + noun — packing "have done / have studied" experience into one phrase.

Examples

这是我做过的工作. This is the work I've done.
我写了学过的课. I wrote down the courses I've taken.
这是我去过的公司. This is a company I've been to.
他说了自己做过的事. He talked about the things he's done.

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