英语口语流行话题 第41期:SOHO一族21-1

 　　SOHO一族

　　A: I quit my job today.

　　A: 我今天辞职了。

　　B: What? Are you crazy?

　　B: 什么?你没发神经吧?

　　A: I'm serious.

　　A: 我说的是真的。

　　B: Why?

　　B: 为什么?

　　A: I hate the boring and monotonous¹ working style. It really drives me crazy.

　　A: 我讨厌每天单调乏味的工作方式，它简直要把我逼疯了。

　　B: That's called work, isn't it?

　　B: 这就是工作，不是吗?

　　A: Not true. I'm going to be a freelancer² from tomorrow. I want to control my working time by myself.

　　A: 未必吧。我从明天起准备做自由职业者了。我要自己掌控每天的工作时间。

　　B: It's easy to say that. Well, what's your income resource?

　　B: 你说的倒挺容易。你靠什么来赚钱啊?

　　A: I can do some freelance writing, talking about my past life and jobs. What's more, I can provide job consulting services online. After all, I have been working for a long time in the human resources department.

　　A: 我可以做个自由撰稿人，写写我过去的工作与生活中的一些心得体会。另外，我还可以做在线职业咨询，毕竟我也是做人力资源出身的啊。

　　B: Sounds practical. Good luck!

　　B: 听起来倒是可行，那就祝你好运吧。

1 monotonous   

adj.单调的，一成不变的，使人厌倦的

参考例句：

• She thought life in the small town was monotonous.她觉得小镇上的生活单调而乏味。
• His articles are fixed in form and monotonous in content.他的文章千篇一律，一个调调儿。

2 freelancer   

n.自由职业者

参考例句：

• He has great interest in working as a freelancer.他对做个自由职业人很感兴趣。
• It's not always easy to make it as a freelancer.做个自由职业人，要能时常感觉满足，可不容易。