彭蒙惠英语：How to Enjoy Your Job（在线收听）

How to Enjoy Your Job

By Jane Boucher / Reprinted with

permission from Guideposts.

© 2004 by Guideposts, Carmel,

New York 10512. All rights reserved.

Don’t have the job you love? Then learn how to love the job you have.

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Lots of us have been there: stuck in a job that gets us down. You know the feeling. You watch the clock, praying for the workday to be over. On the average, Americans spend 80 percent of their waking hours at work. That’s way too much time to be unhappy. Every job has its challenges. Everyone has bad days at work. But if you find yourself screaming, “I hate this job!” once too often, it’s time to change your life a little—or a lot.

Do it today

I used to be a high school counselor. I loved talking to at-risk kids. But for every student, there were multiple evaluation forms. By the end of my first month on the job I was so swamped with paperwork I hardly had any time to talk to the kids. I stayed late one night to do my evaluations, now a towering stack of papers. With determination, I picked up the first form. Page by page I worked through the stack.

What’s the lesson I learned? Set a regular time to tackle the nasty stuff so you can focus on the part of your job you enjoy.

They’re called coworkers for a reason

Do you realize most of us spend more time with our coworkers than with our family and friends? When relationships with coworkers are troubled, your life will be too. Like a marriage or a friendship, work relationships require effort, thoughtfulness, respect and clear communication.

When problems arise, don’t confront coworkers; talk to them. Ask, “What can I do to help us work together more effectively?” Using the word “I” lets them know you’re not finding fault but you are willing to work on the relationship. Coworkers are impressed when we open the lines of communication.

Vocabulary Focus

get someone down (idiom) to cause someone to be discouraged or depressed

at-risk (adj) [5At5risk] in a dangerous or harmful situation, sometimes because of a lack of parental guidance or proper health care

swamp (v) [swCmp] to give someone more of something than that person can deal with

如何乐在工作

得不到喜爱的工作？那么就学习如何爱上现有的工作吧

吴四明 译

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我们很多人都有类似的经验：就是卡在一份令我们沮丧不已的工作里。你了解那种感受的，盯着时钟，心中暗暗祈祷可以赶快下班。平均而言，美国人醒着的时间中，有80%是花在工作上。如果这么长的时间不快乐，就太惨了。每种工作都有它的挑战，也难免会有不愉快的时候。可是如果你发现自已常常大喊：“我痛恨这份工作！”时，那就表示，可能是应该稍稍、甚或大大地改变你的生活的时候了。

今天就做

我以前做过高中学生的辅导员。我很喜欢与面临危机的孩子谈话。但是，对于每一个接受辅导的学生，我都有许多种评估表格要填写。到了接下这份工作的第一个月月底时，我已经被文书工作所淹没，几乎没有时间和孩子们谈话。有一天晚上，我加班填写已堆得像座小山般高的评估表格。我怀着决心拿起第一份表格。然后一页接一页地消化它们。

我从中学到了什么？就是定出一个规律的时间去处理麻烦的事，这样你才能专注于这份工作中你所喜欢的部分。

称为“同事”是有道理的

你知道我们大多数人与同事相处的时间，多于与家人及朋友在一起的时间吗？与同事之间的关系发生问题时，你的生活也会出现麻烦。工作上的关系和婚姻或友谊一样，都需要努力、体贴、尊敬，以及清楚地沟通。

发生问题时，不要去质问同事；而应去找他们谈谈。问他们：“我要怎样才能使我们更有效率地一起工作？”用“我”这个字，可以让他们了解你不是在找碴，而是愿意改善彼此的关系。我们开启沟通的渠道，同事就会有深刻的感受。