影视剧中的职场美语 第5期:谈论工作经验

　　Hello.
你好
Please. Take a seat.
请坐
Thank you.
谢谢
All right. You... you just graduated, yes?
你刚毕业吗
Yes, I...
是的 我
Major?
专业呢
English, with an emphasis...
英语 方向是...
Minor¹?
第二专业呢
Communications.
人际交流
Internships?
实习经历呢
I actually did three internships... Penguin²...
我在三家出版社实习过 企鹅出版社
Random³ House and Time Warner.
兰登书屋还有时代华纳
So, why do you want this job?
你为什么要这份工作?
Because... this is not just a job to me.
因为 对我来说 它不仅仅是份工作
This is... this is what I love.
这是...我的兴趣。
This is what I'm good at.
是我擅长的。
When I was 11, at summer camp,
我11 岁参加夏令营时，
all the other kids would go down to the lake...
所有的孩子都去湖边玩了。
and I would be finishing Catcher in the Rye...
而我却在看《麦田里的守望者》
Cause I couldn't get enough of holden caulfield.
因为我着迷于霍尔登?考菲尔德 '
And at 13, Bukowski's post office...
13 岁时 我读布考斯基的《邮局》
the most explicit⁴, inappropriate thing I'd ever come across.
是我读过的书中最详尽，最不正经的。
It was like sex ed, except awesomely⁵ foul-mouthed.
它就像是性教育而且脏话连篇。
Well, I guess what I'm getting at is that books are all I know...
我想要这份工作是因为我只知道书。
and everything I love, and...
书是我钟爱之物。
I want this job because…well,because I can't imagine ever doing anything else.
而且…我想要这份工作是因为…因为我无法想象自己取做别的事情。
All right.Good.Thank you for coming in.
好的，谢谢你能来。
I got it.Thank you.
我明白了，谢谢。

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 penguin   

n.企鹅

参考例句：

• The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
• He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。

3 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

4 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。

5 awesomely   

赫然

参考例句：

• The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive. 这里地势平坦，其视野之开阔令人敬畏。 来自互联网
• Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. 让简单事情变复杂是平庸；让复杂事情变简单，惊人地简单，是创造力。 来自互联网