Unit 2 Employment and Job Services
就 业 和 工 作
Part One: Expressions
1. I work full-time at the University hospital.
我在大学医务室全职工作。
2. I had a part-time job waiting tables when I was in college.
我读大学的时候做过兼职的服务生。
3. Is the job full-time or part-time?
这个工作是全职还是兼职？
4. How many hours a week does the job require?
这个工作要求一星期工作多少个小时？
5. I’m doing some temporary work to make money until I find a more permanent job.
在我找到一个固定职业以前，我一直在打临时工赚钱。
6. Do you know of a good temp*-agency?
你知道有什么好的短期工中介吗？
7. This agency had lots of work for me.
这个中介公司有很多工作提供给我。
8. I work there one night a week for the extra income.
我在那儿一周工作一个晚上赚外快。
9. I volunteer for this organization two weekends a month.
我义务为这个组织每个月工作两个周末。
10. I’d like to do some volunteering in my free time.
我想在我的空闲时间做一些义工。
Part Two: Dialogues
1. Full-time and Part-time Jobs 全职和兼职工作
A: Did you have a part-time job when you were still in school?
B: No, I was way too*busy studying all the time. How about you?
A: Yeah, I worked about twenty hours a week in a pizza restaurant.
B: What was that like?
A: It was always very busy there.
B: What did you do?
A: I stood behind the register and took pizza orders.
B: Did you get any perks on the job?
A: Yeah, I got to eat as much pizza as I could for free.
A: 你读书期间有没有兼职工作的经验？
B: 没有，我总是忙着学习，你呢？
A: 有过。我在一个比萨饼店每周工作20个小时。
B: 工作怎么样？
A: 那儿总是很忙。
B: 你在那儿负责做什么呢？
A: 我站在收银台后面接单。
B: 你的工作还有没有什么好处？
A: 有，我可以免费任意吃比萨饼。
2. Temporary and Casual Work 短期工
A: Have you found a new job yet?
B: No, not yet. I’m still looking. I’ve been doing some work through a temp-agency though.
A: What kind of work?
B: I’m temping at a pharmaceutical company.
A: What do you do there?
B: Mostly office work - filing and so on.
A: How long is the assignment?
B: Till the end of the month.
A: 你找到新工作了吗？
B: 没有，还没有找到。我还在找。但是我通过一家中介公司介绍在做短期工。
A: 那是什么样的工作？
B: 是一家制药公司的短期工。
A: 你在那儿做什么事？
B: 大多是办公室里的事情--存档之类的。
A: 做到什么时候呢？
B: 到这个月底。
3. Voluntary work 义工
A: Want to meet for lunch this Saturday?
B: Sorry, I can’t. I’m busy.
A: What are you doing?
B: I always do volunteer work on the first Saturday of every month.
A: What kind of volunteer work?
B: I help out at the children’s hospital. I help plan activities.
A: Oh, yeah?
B: Yeah. It’s exciting. This month we’re doing crossword puzzles.
A: 这个星期六一起吃午饭吗？
B: 对不起，不行。我很忙。
A: 你在做什么？
B: 我每个月的第一个星期六总是要做义工。
A: 是什么性质的义工？
B: 在儿童医院帮手。帮忙组织活动。
A: 哦，是吗？
B: 是呀，很令人兴奋。这个月我们要做字谜游戏。
Part Three: Substitution Drills
1. A: Can I help you?
B: Yes, do you have any (full-time/ part-time/ temporary) work available?
我能为您做些什么？
是的，你们招（全职/兼职/短期工）吗？
2. A: What do you do?
B: I work full-time at the (hospital/ library/ supermarket).
你是做什么的？
我在（医院/图书馆/超市）做全职。
3. A: How many hours a week are you hoping to work?
B: I work about (forty/ twenty-five/ forty-five) hours a week.
你希望一个星期工作多少个小时？
一星期大概工作（40/ 25/45）个小时。
4. A: Do you know anything about this temp-agency?
B: I’ve heard they’re very (helpful/ reputable/ well-connected).
你了解这个短期工中介公司吗？
我听说（很有用/声誉很好/社会联系广泛）。
5. A: How many (hours/ reports/ meetings) a week does the job entail?
B: Usually about twelve.
这项工作需要一个星期（工作多少个小时/写多少报告/开多少次会）？
通常大约12个（次）。
6. A: I’ve been there for about (four months/ six days/ three years).
B: That’s nice.
我在那儿已有大约（4个月/ 6天/ 3年）。
不错。
7. A: I’ve been thinking about doing some temp work.
B: This agency had lots of (work/ assignments/ information*) for me.
我一直想做一些短期工。
这家中介公司有很多（工作/任务/信息）提供给我。
8. A: How busy is your schedule?
B: I work (six days/ five days/ sixty hours) a week.
你的工作忙吗？
我一星期工作（6天/ 5天/ 60个小时）。
9. A: Ted volunteers for the children’s hospital once a month.
B: Gee, what a nice/ kind/ warm-hearted guy!
特德每个月义务为儿童医院工作一次。
哇，他可真是个（好/好/热心的）小伙子。
10. A: What do you do there?
B: I (file paperwork/ enter data into the computer/ take orders from customers).
你在那儿做什么？
我（负责资料存档/进行数据输入/接收客户订单）。
Part Four: Monologue
“When I was a student I was broke*, so I took a part-time job to help support myself. I needed something that wouldn’t interfere with my class schedule. I found a job at the local supermarket working twenty hours a week in the evenings. Mostly I took inventory and stocked the shelves. The work itself wasn’t so interesting and it was hard for me to find the time to study. It was good for me though; I got some practical working experience and I learned a lot about how to manage my time. And plus, money. I mean, hey, who can complain about that?”
--Cristoph Burleson
我读书的时候真是穷得叮当响，因此我做一份兼职工作赚钱养活自己。我需要一份不与我的课程安排相冲突的工作。在当地的超市我找到了一份工作，每个星期在晚上干20个小时。工作主要是编列存货清单，填充货架。工作本身不太有趣，而且自己也挤不出时间来学习。但还是有好处的，我获得了一些实际的工作经验。而且还学会了更好地分配自己的时间。而且，我还能赚钱。我的意思是，我可没有什么抱怨的。
--克里斯多夫•伯利森
Part Five: Vocabulary and Phrases
-- full-time 全职
-- part-time 兼职
-- temporary 临时的；暂时的
-- permanent 固定性的；常在的
-- agency 中介；代理
-- volunteer 自愿参加者，志愿者，义工
-- register 自动登录机，收银机
--inventory存货清单；存货盘存
--entail 必需；使承担
-- experience 经验，体验
--* temp - abbreviation for temporary
--* way too - slang, same as “much too”
This is too expensive < This is much too/ way too expensive.
--* “Information” does not take “s” as a plural: never “lots of informations”.
--* broke - slang, have no money
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