日本招人新招：用麻将比赛来角逐

 　　Fifty Japanese graduates opted¹ to gamble with their job prospects² at a mahjong tournament set up by recruiters looking for a different way to find the next high flyer.

　　日本招聘人员在寻找一种不同的方式来找到下一位杰出人才，他们举办了麻将比赛，50位日本毕业生选择在麻将比赛中与候选人们赌博(来获取工作机会)。

　　Held in a crammed³ mahjong outlet⁴ in downtown Tokyo, prospects competed against each other on Friday (June 24) to gain the chance to face recruiters from six companies in the fitness, education, technology and real estate sectors⁵.

　　星期五(6月24日)，麻将比赛在东京市区一家拥挤的麻将馆举行，候选人们相互竞争来获得6家公司的面试机会，这6家公司分别来自健身、教育、技术和房地产行业。

　　"Mahjong is a very strategic game, so I think people who are good at it would be good at marketing⁶. This is a new approach and I find it really interesting," candidate Tomoko Hasegawa, who is aspiring⁷ tobecome a designer, told Reuters.

　　“麻将是一种非常具有策略性的比赛，所以我认为擅长打麻将的人也会擅长营销。这是一种新的方式，我认为真的很有趣，”候选人长谷川朋子对路透社说道，她立志成为一名设计师。

　　Mahjong, which originated in China, is similar to the western card game, rummy, and players in Japan said the tile game required skill, strategy, calculation and a degree of chance.

　　麻将起源于中国，与西方的拉米纸牌游戏相似，日本玩家表示这种出牌比赛需要技巧、策略、计算以及一定程度的运气。

　　Organisers said the recruiting tournaments began in 2012 and had gained popularity, mostly among male students, and also with hirers, who say the game revealed more about the candidates than just long pages of resumes.

　　组织者表示这项招聘比赛始于2012年，现已流行开来，主要受到男学生和招聘者们的青睐，招聘人员表示，与长长的简历相比，这项比赛能反映出候选人更多的特点。

　　On Friday, eight students advanced to the next round of the selection process.

　　星期五，8名学生晋级到下一轮的选拔过程中。

　　Between five and ten students are recruited by participating companies every year, organisers said.

　　组织者表示，参与的公司每年会招聘5~10名学生。

1 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

2 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

3 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

4 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

5 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

7 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句