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My hopes for the New Year is that all my family is going to be happy…

Just to be more focused on what I want to do, what I want to achieve.

I’m 27, and I think my number one hope for the New Year is to find a job, as

I’ve just finished my Masters at LSE.

Yang Li: What is your number one hope for 2011?

Finn: What do you hope to achieve?

Yang Li:Join us for the last and final On the Town of 2010.大家好，我是杨莉。欢迎收听《都市掠影》节目。

Finn: And I am Finn. Earlier we spoke¹ to a few Londoners, both young and old.

Yang Li: 凡是采访中出现的关键词语我们都会提醒大家。

Finn: The first one is…income earner, 有收入的人。

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I’m in my thirties and my main hope for the New Year – finish school successfully, do a bit of travelling…. Just get finished school and hopefully get a job… and get back out into the working world and become an income earner again.

Yang Li: Very good. 最大希望是完成学业，找到工作，成为一个有收入的人 to become an income earner.

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… and get back into the working world and become an income earner again.

Finn: Finding² a job seems to be the number one hope for a lot of people at the moment, doesn’t it, Li?

Yang Li: Yes, both young graduates and people in their fifties.

Finn: The next key phrase is to figure out.

Yang Li: 策划，规划。

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I’m 22… I just graduated so I need to look for work. I mean, I’m interning³ summer, but I need to figure out my future because I’m done with my Masters and I’m done with my undergraduate⁴. So I need to see what to do next. So the next year will be figuring that out.

I’m 27, and I think my number one hope for the New Year is to find a job, as I’ve just finished my Masters at LSE.

I’m 53. My hopes for the New Year are to find a job, actually. I’ve got a couple of kids and it’d be nice to be making some money… To sort myself out financially, get a bit of security⁵, if possible. Difficult, though.

Yang Li: Are you surprised that so many people are saying that finding a job is their number one hope for the New Year, Finn?

Finn: Not really Li, because in a time of high unemployment it's to be expected. And we wish them all good luck.

Yang Li: Yes.

In On the Town this week we are asking people this question:

Finn: What are your grand plans for the New Year?

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Grand plans? Just to be more focused on what I want to do, what I want to achieve, and probably not let myself get distracted⁶ by other people. You know, just to be really more proactive in getting there.

Yang Li: 这位女士用了三个词组来形容她的最大希望， 更为集中地去做自己想做的事。

Finn: To be more focused.

Yang Li: 不要被别人分散注意力。

Finn: Not to be distracted.

Yang Li: 更积极主动。

Finn: To be more proactive.

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Just to be more focused on what I want to do, what I want to achieve, and probably not let myself get distracted by other people. You know, just to be really more proactive in getting there.

Finn: Finally we spoke to somebody who has a problem with his work–life balance.

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Ok, I’m 31 and I am teaching⁷ at the university, philosophy and it's a lot of teaching and interesting research. I work a lot, and I just get lost somehow in my work because I love it, and I realise that good relationships with my friends, my family, somehow suffer because of this. And it’s a problem if you work a lot, you don’t realise this in a conscious manner. So this is something I have to work on.

Yang Li: 这是一位大学哲学系讲师， 他的问题是，他一工作起来就把其他一切都忘了。

Finn: He gets lost in his work.

Yang Li: 这就影响到他与家人和朋友的关系。

Finn: Good relationships with family and friends suffer.

Yang Li: 这是他要急待解决的问题。

Finn: Something to work on. Li, I think this is something I need to work on as well in fact. I think I work too hard, don’t you think?

Yang Li: Well, I think it applies to both of us. Now, the New Year celebration is about to start.

Finn: And you know, we're still inside the studio, what's going on? Come on Li, it’s time to say Happy New year to all our listeners and friends of BBC Learning⁸ English.

Yang Li: 那好，我们现在就预祝大家。

Both: 新年快乐，万事如意，心想事成。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

3 interning   

v.拘留，关押( intern的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I will spend the summer interning at a software company in Bombay. 夏季我将会在孟买的一家软件公司里实习。 来自互联网
• The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year. 这名年轻医生今年在医疗中心做实习医生。 来自互联网

4 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

5 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

6 distracted   

a.注意力分散的，思想不集中的

参考例句：

• When working, one should concentrate and not allow oneself to be distracted. 工作时要集中精力，不要分心。
• Noise outside distracted her mind from her studies. 门外的噪音使她心神不宁，无法集中注意力学习。

7 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。

8 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。