【英语趣味课堂】未来的计划-Future Plans

Alex: So Maria, what are your future plans?

Maria: Future plans, that's a big question. I would like to have an nice career. I'm not really sure what it would be. I would love to be a CEO of some place, some place big but I don't need to. I just want to have a prestigious¹ job because I'm that kind of person and I want to have a nice pay and I want, I think it's more important to me to have, it keep on being interesting. I'm very afraid of just ending up with a job that just bores me to death or something. I do want a family. I hope I'm about to find the guy I will have a family with in the next couple of years because otherwise I'll have to start looking and I'd rather have the love at first sight thing or just like having it be normal instead of just having to look for it like those desperate women you see in the TV. Have a nice house maybe in Denmark I'm not sure. I love big cities and Copenhagen is awesome² but I'm not sure if it's big enough for me. I might go to Tokyo, a place I studied Japanese and I might go to or I might go to another European country. I have something with Holland. I keep getting friends from Holland or connections and I get attracted to Dutch people for some reason so Amsterdam is a choice. My parents wouldn't mind me going to Amsterdam. They want me close. I just, I don't know, I would like my future to be kind of unclear.

 

Alex: OK.

 

Maria: Because I have friends who've known they wouldn't want to be a doctor or a nurse or a teacher since they were five and that's just I need to be able to change whenever I can.

 

Alex: Do you think you would change your career if you felt that it got too boring or...?

 

Maria: I don't think I know I will change. I will just say phew.

 

Alex: So you'd want to be able to fit your work to your life as opposed to the other way around?

 

Maria: I might be a little self-centered because I have to be satisfied. I can't just, I have had jobs like part time jobs or very short time jobs just because I had time and I get impatient³ very fast if it's not, if it doesn't work for me I just hate getting up in the morning and if it's going to be my life. Studying and having a part time job you can live with it. You can live with a bad job but having to do it every day, having to do a bad job every day just like it seems pointless to me.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

prestigious

 

 

I just want to have a prestigious job, because I'm that kind of person.

 

When something is 'prestigious,' it is respected and usually of high quality. Notice the following:

 

Oxford⁴ is a very prestigious university.

They are very rich, so they live in a prestigious neighborhood.

bores me to death

 

 

I am very afraid of ending up with a job that just bores me to death or something.

 

When something 'bores you to death,' you find it very boring. Notice the following:

 

I like to play soccer, but watching it on TV just bores me to death.

The teacher is really old-fashioned⁵ and his lessons bore his class to death.

desperate

 

 

They are like those desperate women you see on TV.

 

A 'desperate' person has a need or desire that urgently⁶ must be fulfilled⁷. Notice the following: 

 

He lived alone and was desperate to find a wife.

She is desperately⁸ looking for a new job.

self-centered

 

 

I might be a little self-centered, because I have to be satisfied.

 

When someone is 'self-centered,' they only think of themselves. Notice the following:

 

She is too self-centered to be a good parent.

Most people are self-centered when it comes to their money.

pointless

 

 

Having to do a bad job every day seems pointless to me.

 

When something is 'pointless,' it is not effective or worth one's time. Notice the following:

 

It is pointless to have a passport if you never leave the country.

It is pointless to eat healthily if you smoke a lot of cigarettes. 

 

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

3 impatient   

adj.不耐烦的，急躁的；热切的，急切的

参考例句：

• He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.他是那样急躁，我简直拉不住他。
• With an impatient gesture he thrust the food away from him.他不耐烦地把吃的东西猛地推开。

4 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

5 old-fashioned   

adj.旧式的，保守的，挑剔的

参考例句：

• Why do you still dress in an old-fashioned mode?你为什么还穿款式陈旧的衣服？
• Here is an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.这里有一个旧式水泵可从井里抽水。

6 urgently   

ad.紧急地，紧迫地

参考例句：

• You would be well advised to tackle this problem urgently. 你还是抓紧处理这个问题为好。
• Please send us the material at once; it's urgently needed. 请把材料赶紧送来，有急用。

7 fulfilled   

adj.满足的，个人志向得以实现的v.满足( fulfil的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；尽到；应验

参考例句：

• He doesn't feel fulfilled in his present job. 目前的工作未能让他感到满足。
• I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract. 他们履行合同后，我才付款。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。