Homework –EAV Chapter 7

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1. a. Plan
2. b. join
3. a. reason
4. a. determination
5. a. began
6. c. relating to one’s won country
7. b. eliminated gradually
8. a. advertisement
9. c. roughly
10. c. records

<7b> #2
Approximately 8 years ago, in August 2000, I was notified that I had passed the examination to be a civil service worker in Chuncheon Municipality, which is my hometown. As the acceptance rate was as high as 1 to 80, and as I was much older than the other applicants, it was a sheer luck for me to pass the test.

When I was serving in the Culture and Tourism Department in 2001, the Taekwondo World Championships was held in Chuncheon, and I was dispatched to support the operation of this event for 2 weeks. This career results in a huge shift in my life. As I was considered to demonstrate my English comprehension and administrative skills in the series of supporting work, I was again dispatched, in July 2002, to the 2010 PyoengChang Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee undertaken by Gangwon Provincial Government, which was eagerly searching for the staff with English skills.

My new work opened a totally different world, the global society, to me. My duty was coordinating the international business. As an administrative staff, I translated the correspondences from abroad, especially from the International Olympic Committee, and reported them to senior officers. I translated various IOC documents, including rules and regulations, and published them for internal use. I also collected both domestic and international news from various sources so that the PR department could analyze and use these materials to further the bid promotion. Above all, my main work was preparing business trips to international meetings and conventions which are organized or invited by the IOC. This duty covered registering for the event, arranging flight, accommodation, meal and transportation as well as on-site schedules for the participants.

Despite this experience was valuable, it requested me to dedicate my whole life to the work. There was no line between day and night, and weekdays and weekends. Too many urgent chores imposed their precedence on my personal life. As I needed to very cautious and precise with my work, I was always under the serious stress. Moreover, I had to learn the partnership with my co-workers, with whom I spent most of my time. It was also not an easy task.

Though I have to return the same workplace after my study, I want myself to be more matured before then so that I might face and manage my stress from work and co-worker relationship as well as my work itself better.