托福口语练习 兴趣和专业

I will definitely choose a major which will lead to a better job in the future.

我肯定会选择一门在未来能够找到好工作的专业。

I bet the most common reason for us attending university is to find a good job with bright future and decent pay when we graduate, like finance and marketing¹ for example.

以金融和市场营销专业为例，我们上大学最常见的原因是为了毕业时候能找到一份好工作，而且能够有份体面的工资。

I love literature, but I chose journalism² to be my major in the university.

我喜欢文学,但选择了新闻作为这所大学我的专业。

Journalism is much more practical than literature.

新闻比文学专业更为实用。

You can see this from the fact that the number of authors is much less than the number of journalists.

你甚至可以看到作家的数量远低于记者的事实。

I could not deny the fact that satisfying our interests will make our life more enjoyable, but it has to take a good job as a prerequisite³ because we need to make a living first.

我不能否认,我们的兴趣的确会使自己的生活更有趣,但必须将有份好工作作为先决条件,因为我们需要先谋生。

Compared to surviving, everything has to be placed in the second place.

与生存相比,每样东西都要被放在第二位。

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

3 prerequisite   

n.先决条件；adj.作为前提的，必备的

参考例句：

• Stability and unity are a prerequisite to the four modernizations.安定团结是实现四个现代化的前提。
• It is a prerequisite of entry to the profession that you pass the exams.做这一行的先决条件是要通过了有关的考试。