1. 认识这个词（基础篇）
词：candidate
英英释义：a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election
例句：So far only five candidates have shown interest in this sales position.
2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）
“candidate”是名词，意思是“候选人、应试者、求职者、人选”，具体意思要取决于上下文。比如竞选总统的人就叫 presidential candiate；上完了博士阶段的课程，正在写博士论文的学生一般被叫做 doctoral candidate 或 PhD candidate；找工作的也可以叫 candidate。
candidate 是个精确、好用的单词，阅读原版杂志和书籍经常可以碰到这个词。我们来通过几个例句了解、掌握它。
比如前不久美国前副总统 Joe Biden 决定竞选下一届美国总统，我们可以说：
Joe Biden decided to run for prsident in 2020.
我们可以用 candidate 来改写：
Joe Biden recently decided to join others as a presidential candiate.
好几个博士候选人都放弃了博士学位，跑到硅谷去创业：
Quite a few PhD candidates gave up their doctoral degree and moved to Silicon Valley to start start-ups.
目前只有五个人对这个销售职位感兴趣，我们就可以说：
So far only five candidates have shown interest in this sales position.
3. 从认识到会用（作业）
1）翻译下面的句子：
人才市场竞争太激烈，僧多粥少。
There are far more candidates than jobs in the competitive job market.
In the cut-throat job market, there are too many candidates and not nearly enough jobs.
（参考翻译： There are far more candidates than jobs in the competitive job market. 或 In the cut-throat job market, there are too many candidates and not nearly enough jobs.）
2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。
场景： 教育
造句：Andhra Pardesh announced last year that its elementary schools would convert to English others are experimenting on a smaller scale. In Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government announced in 2009 that it would go English-medium, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa announced the same in 2013. Yet there are problems associated with much English-medium schooling. Visitors soon discover that, except in elite establishments, interviews held for candidates in most “English-medium” schools have to be conducted through an interpreter, in the local language, because neither teachers nor pupils speak much English.
