实战口语情景对话 第237期:Fatherhood 父亲

 Todd: Norm¹, you have three children, right? 

托德：诺姆，你有三个孩子，对吧？

Norm: Yes, I do. I'm very lucky. 

诺姆：对，是的。我非常幸运。

Todd: What do your Children do? What kind of jobs do they have? 

托德：你的孩子们都是做什么工作的？是做哪种工作的？

Norm: Well, my oldest one, he works² for Frito lay, which is a company owned by Pepsi Cola. He's a regional manager, which means he has the whole province of Ontario, and he is responsible for distribution³ for, he handles big budgets, we're talking about millions of dollars here, and he is a problem solver. When an area does not make profit, or if they have problems then they send him there to fix the problems. He's very good at that. He has very good human communication skills and he sees problems and he sees solutions that please everyone, so he's very successful. I have, my daughter, who does many things. She works in the circus industry. She teaches at L'arc de cirque in Quebec, and she's also has her own busker act with a friend and she also teaches trampoline at the circus school, and she also competes. She's an international athlete. She came in 7th at the world competitions in Hamburg last fall, and synchronized⁴ trampoline. And my youngest son, he's in computers. He enjoys it very much. He works for a big consulting company. They have contracts, government contracts, and he sets up the data base and trains the government people so that they can use the computers to, for example, monitor medical files of the people and the province.

诺姆：嗯，我最大的孩子在菲多利公司上班，这是百事可乐旗下的一家公司。他是区域经理，就是说他负责公司在整个安大略省的运作，他要负责分销、处理大笔预算问题，这里指的是数百万的预算，当然他也是那个解决问题的人。当一个地区不营利时，或者某个地区出现了问题，这时他们就会派他去解决问题。他很擅长处理问题。他有优秀的人际沟通能力，他能看到问题，又能解决问题，而且会让所有人都满意，所以他是一个非常成功的人。我女儿做许多事情。她在杂技产业工作。她在魁北克的L'arc de cirque杂技团教学，她还要和一个朋友一起表演节目，她还在杂技学校中教授蹦床技术，她也会参加比赛。她是一名国际级运动员。她参加了去年秋天在汉堡举行的国际比赛，在双人同步蹦床比赛中获得了第七名的成绩。我最小的儿子从事与计算机有关的工作。他非常喜欢这份工作。他在一家大型咨询公司工作。他们有政府合同，他建立数据库，培训政府人员，让他们能用计算机监控民众和该省的医疗文件。

Todd: Wow, you must be really proud. You have three amazing kids. 

托德：哇，你一定非常自豪。你有三个非常棒的孩子。

Norm: Thank you. Thank you. They worked very hard. Yes, and they're, they like also to experience different things so there all in that kind of field where they can change job when they find that the job is not as interesting anymore, so they ask for transfers⁵ and, that's the way they like it. 

诺姆：谢谢。谢谢你。他们工作非常努力，他们都喜欢经历不同的事物，所以他们在发现所从事的工作不再有乐趣，他们会在相关领域更换工作，所以他们会辞职，他们喜欢那种方式。

Todd: Well, you're one cool guy Norman. I'm not surprised that you have three successful children. 

托德：嗯，诺姆，你是一个很酷的人。所以我并不惊讶你有三个这么成功的孩子。 

1 norm   

n.标准，规范，平均数

参考例句：

• Of his age,the child is above the norm in arithmetic.在他那个年龄，这个孩子的算术能力是超过标准的。
• These events were aberrations from the norm.这些事件不合常规。

2 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

3 distribution   

n.运送；分发，分配；分布，分布状态

参考例句：

• The conference discussed the fair distribution of income and wealth.会议讨论了公平分配收入和财富的问题。
• Unequal distribution of wealth may cause division in society.财富分配不均会引起社会分裂。

4 synchronized   

同步的

参考例句：

• Do not use the synchronized keyword in Managed Objects. 不要在管理对象上使用synchronized关键字。 来自互联网
• The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. 风门的调速与飞机螺旋桨的转动精确同步。 来自辞典例句

5 transfers   

n. 接送服务

参考例句：

• Some proposals to make transfers automatic have been made. 人们已提出了一些自动转让的方案。
• Embryo transfers speed up the process of building a high-quality herd. 胚胎转移加速了培养优质牛群的步伐。