VOA慢速英语:Job Market an Extra Hard Test for New College Graduates

表示祝福的话

Good luck, good health, hood cheer. I wish you a happy New Year.

　　祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。

　　With best wishes for a happy New Year!

　　祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。

　　I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year.

　　谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。

　　With the compliments of the season.

　　祝贺佳节。

　　May the season's joy fill you all the year round.

　　愿节日的愉快伴你一生。

2.Once you get noticed by a company, it gets a lot easier, but it's so hard to get noticed because there's so many people looking for so few jobs.

a lot easier,a lot用来修饰比较级。

比较级的修饰：

1）a bit, a little, rather, much, far, by far, many, a lot, lots, a great deal, any, still, even等

2）还可以用表示倍数的词或度量名词作修饰语。

3）以上词(除by far)外，必须置于比较级形容词或副词的前面。

最高级的修饰语常见的有：

almost，（by） far，by no means，much， nearly， quite， really， next， sec-ond，third等，其中next，second，third等序数词要

放在定冠词以及物主代词之后，其余放在之前。

eg：This tree is almost／nearly the tallest one．这棵树几乎是最大的。

China has（by）far the largest population in the world．中国是世界人口最多的国家。

Tourism has become the second largest industry in the country．旅游业已成为该国的第二大产业。

This article is much the best．这篇文章是最好的。

3.But she has suggestions for students entering their final year of college who want a job when they graduate.

suggestion advice区别

advice与suggestion是名词，都表示"建议、意见"的意思。两者的最大区别在于advice是不可数名词，表示"一条建议"用a piece of advice,"一些建议"是some advice；而suggestion则是可数名词，表示"一条建议"用a suggestion，"一些建议"是some suggestions, "许多建议"是many suggestions。
　　2.advise, suggest, persuade
　　advise与suggest表示动作，是"向……建议"的意思，两者的区别是：advise后面加somebody (not)to do...,而suggest后面必须加somebody(或者somebody's)doing...，当然两者都可以接宾语从句，注意宾语从句的动词形式必须是(should) (not) do...。如下面三个句子：
　　a.I advise my father to stop smoking.
　　b.I suggest my father( father's) stopping smoking.
　　c.I advise/suggest (that) my father (should) stop smoking.
　　advise与suggest的另一个区别是：可以说suggest something to somebody，而advise一般不能接something作宾语。

4.Take advantage of your career services at your school as much as you can.

take advantage of充分利用

例句：He took advantage of the situation.
      他得天时地利。

相关短语：

make the utmost of充分利用,发挥…的最大效用