学个词Learn a Word 第1484课 calling

 　　今天我们要学的词是calling。Calling, 当名词是“职业”的意思，特别指愿意为其奉献热忱的职业生涯。Teaching¹ is a noble calling. 教师是一个高尚的职业。 "Unlike most of his classmates who headed directly to big firms, he took some time off after graduation to find his true calling," 他的大部分同学一毕业就直接进大公司工作，但他和他们不一样，他先休息了一段事件，好好思考自己真正想干的是什么。

　　美国电视新闻杂志“60分钟”的著名节目主持人迈克.华莱士去世，享年93岁高龄。他曾表示， "He had known since he was a child that he wanted to be on the air. He felt it was his calling," 他从小就知道自己想上电视。他感觉自己这辈子就该吃电视人这碗饭。好的，今天我们学习的词是calling...

1 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。