Language Engineer Wanted

    Are you a linguist（语言学家）with technical skills? Or are you an engineer with a passion for（human）languages? Come work on Alexa! We're building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa. We also improve our existing speech recognition and natural language processing systems.

Specifically, you will:

    ●design the natural language processing components of new Alexa experiences and features;

    ●discover and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer experience;

    ●work with other language engineers in creating the best solutions to improve customer satisfaction.

Basic qualifications:

    ●Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

    ●Experience in computational linguistics(计算语言学), language data processing, etc.

    ●Experience working with speech and text language data in several languages

    ●Experience in Python, Perl, or other programming languages

Primary qualifications:

    ●Advanced degree in a relevant field

    ●Familiarity with database queries（数据库查询）and data analysis processes

    ●Experience with statistical language modeling

    ●Fluency in a language other than English

Application instructions:

    Please click "Apply Now" and follow our online application process

    Deadline: September 30, 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time（EDT）. We highly recommend that candidates submit résumés up to two weeks in advance of the deadline. Submitting on the deadline day is NOT recommended, and applications received late will not be accepted.

    You must submit the name of your résumé in this exact format: LastName_FirstName_CV_Language Engineer

In July, 2018, my mom asked me to accompany her to her 2019 school reunion in Malaysia. "I'd prefer to travel with you due to my bad eyes," she said. "What do you think?" I was busy, but figured 2019 was ages away. "Sure!" I said, and forgot all about it.

    Then, in June, my mom reminded me of my promise, but I'd totally forgotten about it by then. Did I have the time? Did I have the money? Did I have the will?

    I'd walk into a fire for my mom, but we're very different travelers. I usually travel alone with a backpack, whereas mom never travels alone, and takes so many carry-on bags that she looks like a Christmas tree. There was also the boredom. Mom's childhood town is lovely, but we saw everything there years ago.

"Are you sure you need me to come with you?" I asked over the phone. Silence. Then Mom screamed at me not to worry about it and she wasn't going any more. I screamed at her not to be silly; she screamed "Fine"; I screamed "Fine". Then I felt bad and booked our flights and hotel immediately.

    At first, it was fine. We drove past the apartment where she grew up, ate great food, then met her friends for yum cha (早茶). After a few days of this, however, I was bored. I'd grown tired of hearing the non-stop gossip about people I didn't know. On the night of the reunion, I convinced mom to go by herself.

    While she was out, I swam, caught up with work, and stared at the ceiling. When she came back, I was in a good mood. She was in an even better one, telling me about the reunion in ways that made me cry with laughter. All we'd needed was time apart.

The next day, as we shopped together, my mom laughed loudly as she pointed at a perfume (香水) bottle with the name "Si" on it – Si means faeces (粪便) in Cantonese. Mom put some of the perfume on, as we both cried with laughter.

    She'll never be the most well-matched person for me to travel with, but covered in Si, she reminded me that she's definitely the funniest.

    Today, more and more Chinese consumers change the way they purchase products and prefer to make payments via smart devices as mobile apps have made purchases much easier, but security concerns remain, a PwC report said.

    Nearly one-third of respondents in China chose mobile payment when shopping last year, doubling from 16 percent in 2014, according to the accounting firm's global retail (零售) survey. The figure appeared much higher than the world's average of 12 percent.

    The popularity comes as a result of rapid growth of mobile payment options and an expanding mobile network, the report said.

    Chinese have started to enjoy a wide range of mobile payment options that allow faster, securer payment through near field communication and QR code. Moreover, more advances have been seen in biometric technology, such as the use of fingerprints and facial recognition.

    “As competition becomes fierce, mobile payment players are trying to attract users through the continuous development of technology and business modes,” said Yuqing Guo, PwC China's financial service consulting partner.

    But security problems are ring. Data security was still seen as a huge problem, with leak of user information, payment fad (诈骗) and virus attacks appearing as the tree biggest challenges for the rapid growing field. The PwC report said over 60 percent of respondents were worried that their personal information was not safe.

    Chinese government has introduced a series of policies to strengthen strict supervision (监督). In the meantime, people should avoid scanning QR codes from unknown sources and raise awareness of fraudulence.

    The field still has vast space for growth due to technological advances and the rise of the tech-savvy younger generation, the report said, predicting China's retail and consumer product industry will post an annual growth rate of 7.5 percent between 2016 and 2020.

    Recently, Donald Trump, the President of American, announced his budgets, one of which would cut all funding to the Institute of Museum and Library services and libraries across the United States. However, as far as I'm concerned, we need to rescue our libraries.

    Libraries provide books and after- school programs for children. They encourage literacy (识字) with summer programs. They help inspire a life time love of learning and reading in children of all ages. Without them, where will kids with no Internet at home do their homework? Where will kids have a place to study or borrow books after school? Therefore, we need libraries for our kids. We need them so that kids can grow up with a place, other than school, where learning and exploration is encouraged. For adults, libraries serve as a place where they can use the Internet to apply for jobs, get job training, early voting centers as well as book clubs to help make new friends. It can also serve as a place to pick up a book and learn something new. What's more, they can also borrow a book and get away from it all

    Libraries save our information for the next generation. When we live in an age of alternative facts, where science is ignored in favor of personal feelings, we need libraries now more than ever. We need them to educate ourselves on the facts and hold the government responsible for them. We need them to have strong public participation.

    If you assent to me, you shouldn't be silent on this issue. You can write or call directly to tell the president to rescue our libraries. You can also write to both your state Senators (参议员) and your district representative. If you do not know who they are, you can find out here. Let them know this is a beneficial issue because all people use public libraries in their daily life.

    Almost all theme park accidents can be prevented. Here, , are some tips to help you and your family stay safe on your next visit.

    If you are visiting with a child, take a moment to explain the ride to them, and tell them how they should behave. They are depending upon you to keep them safe. , and make sure that they know you expect them to follow those rules, too.

    Tell them to stay seated, to hold the grab bar or put their hands in the laps, . Make them look to you for the okay to get on or off a ride, too.

    . If your child starts to cry, let others pass you in line until your child is calmed. Or, gently exit the queue and find something more relaxing to do.

    Young kids can't keep an adult's pace in a theme park. .

    “Kids get tired,” said TPI reader Matt Johnson, a father of four.” Tired kids make parents even more tired. And tired kids and parents may get hurt- physically and emotionally.” He advises that patents plan a mid-day break, perhaps a swim back at the hotel, to avoid mid-day heat and crowds. “You will see cranky families having a miserable time while you are refreshed and having a great evening.”

A. Never put a crying child on a ride

B. based on coverage of theme park safety

C. Let them take plenty of breaks

D. Set a good example for them by following the rules of the park

E. there is a danger to take young children to visit a theme park

F. and not to stick their knees and feet outside a ride vehicle

G. Encourage them to be brave

    A little girl, named Starry, was playing outside her grandmother's apartment building. Her mom, Marina, kept an eye on the 1 from a window. At about 4 pm, Starry walked around the corner of the building to get her bike and 2.

    “I took my eyes 3 her for five minutes, and she was gone,” says Marina. “I knew something was 4,” she adds, 5 when she saw that Starry's bike was 6 here and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with 7 near the bike. Marina called 911.

    Policemen came soon, blocking off streets and 8 the neighborhood. Officers handed out a photo of the blond (金发) girl. Many people joined in.

    Temar Boggs, 15, was with some friends helping his elderly neighbor when one searcher 9 them and asked if they'd seen the girl. 10 the boys, none of them had seen her. Temar was approached with a photo of Starry. “I 11 that I was going to find her,” he says. He borrowed a bike from a friend and sped away. The boy searched without a plan, 12 keeping a sharp eye out as he rode on.

    Then Temar 13 a car driving down a side street and turning back, 14 the driver was unfamiliar with the neighborhood. He followed it. The car pulled an 15 U-turn at the top of a hill—a group of policemen had gathered there.

    The car passed the boy as it circled back 16 the hill. Temar made eye contact (接触) with the man behind the wheel, and spied a tiny blond girl in the passenger seat. Temar 17 knew “it was her, for sure.” The boy 18 fast after the car, but the driver kept moving, slowly winding his way through the neighborhood. 19, the driver pulled the car to the street side a few hundred feet ahead of him and pushed open the passenger-side door. Starry 20 out of the car. The kidnapper (绑架者) sped away but was caught by the police the next day.

    When you step into a new environment, fitting in means  (make) more friends and getting more chances to live a happier life. Here  (be) some advice that can help you.

    Firstly, confidence plays  important part and attracts most people. You're expected  (spend) some time thinking about your  (strong). If so, you will be able to build up confidence step by step. Secondly, kindness is the bridge  your own happiness. Always give more than you receive, and remember a person  cares for others is popular everywhere. Thirdly, be active in  (vary) group activities, which can help you add more friends to your circle and see how much they like you. Last but not least, a pleasant smile costs the least and does the most.

    If you follow  is mentioned above, you  (accept) by people around you.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) .并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一模线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1）格式正确，且每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    My spare time is full of interested activities. I read all kinds of books in the reading room whenever I have time. In this way I learn much in the library than in class. Moreover, I took part in many sports activities, of that my favorite is basketball. I often play basketball after the school. Sports and games keep me health and energetic enough to overcome a variety of challenges. Sometime I go in for social practice with my classmates outside school. Thus, I can gain much social experiences. Out-of-class activities are quite necessary for our students. Through these activities we can lean that cannot be learned in class.

1）表示慰问

2）给出几点个人防护的建议(尽量减少外出；外出佩戴口罩；保持良好的卫生习惯等)

3）希望建议有用并祝早日战胜疫情

注意：

1）词数100左右；

2）开头已给出，不计入总词数；

3）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

参考词汇：新型冠状病毒 novel coronavirus  传染病epidemic

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