实战口语情景对话 第346期: New Job 新工作

 　　Adrienne: So, Trina I understand you got a new job recently. What are you doing?

　　埃德里安娜：特瑞娜，我知道你最近刚找到一份新工作。这份工作做什么呢？

　　Trina: I am a flight attendant for a charter airline, World Airways¹, out of the United States, and we do mostly military charters into military air force bases and we do some other American football teams and some oil tycoons² into Africa.

　　特瑞娜：我是包机航空公司世界航空的空乘，主要工作都在美国以外的地方，我们会做军事包机业务，飞往军事基地，当然我们也做美国橄榄球队的包机业务，还有会带一些石油大亨前往非洲。

　　Adrienne: Ooh, that sounds like an interesting job.

　　埃德里安娜：哦，那听起来是个很有趣的工作。

　　Trina: It is. It's very interesting. I get to travel all over the world to some destinations that people normally would not travel to.

　　特瑞娜：是很有趣。非常有意思。我可以去世界各地旅行，而且能去一些民众通常不会去的地方。

　　Adrienne: Like what?

　　埃德里安娜：比如哪些地方？

　　Trina: Like Osan Korea, which would not actually be a city if it were not for our American military being in the city. I've also been to Kuwait, and Frankfort, and Tachikawa, Japan.

　　特瑞娜：比如韩国乌山市，如果不是美国军队在那座城市里，那实际上都不能说是城市。我还去过科威特市、法兰克福市还有日本的立川市。

　　Adrienne: I see so it's kind of a mix of some big cities and then some smaller cities that you visit. What's your favorite city so far?

　　埃德里安娜：我明白了，所以其实你去过的地方有大城市，也有小城市。那到目前为止，你最喜欢的城市是哪里？

　　Trina: So far, I'd have to say that Tokyo is my favorite city. Lots of stuff to do. My sister lives there. Lots of shopping. Very fun, but super cold.

　　特瑞娜：到目前为止的话，我会说东京是我最爱的城市。有许多事情可以做。我姐姐生活在那里。可以尽情购物。非常有乐趣，不过就是太冷了。

　　Adrienne: Well, that's because of the time of year. Wait till you come in the summer. It gets really hot.

　　埃德里安娜：嗯，可能因为现在正是一年中的寒冷时节。你可以等到夏天的时候再来，那时就很热了。

　　Trina: I can't wait.

　　特瑞娜：我等不及了。

1 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

2 tycoons   

大君( tycoon的名词复数 )； 将军； 企业巨头； 大亨

参考例句：

• The great tycoons were fierce competitors, single-minded in their pursuit of financial success and power. 企业巨头都是激烈的竞争者，他们一心追求钱财和权势。
• Tycoons and their conglomerates are even raising money again on international markets. 企业大亨们以及他们的企业甚至正再次从国际市场上筹集资金。