純正地道美語 第191期(外教講解):找工作
A: Woo hoo! This j.st might be the start of the rest of my life!
B: What happened?
A: I’m in the market for a job! I went on a website with hundreds of job listings in the area and browsed through them until I got the names of a few employers I would like to work for. I have the resume I wrote for English class last month and a cover letter will be a piece of cake to write. I’ve even done my research and found the names of the managers so I can address the letters personally. And you know I can be charming in interviews. Goodbye my penniless days! Hello salary and a career!
B: Ben, we’re fifteen. What kind of job are you looking for?
A: Oh, just for a position as a gas station attendant. You know, starting at a simple lowly job, just like all the greats before they made it big in the world.
B: Uh-huh.
A: But I’m just in it for the money, right? How else am I going to be able to afford to keep taking Angela to the movies? Besides, I love the smell of gasoline, don’t you?
woo hoo 哇哦 （感嘆詞）
in the market 想買的
job listing 工作信息
browse v.瀏覽
employer n. 僱主
resume n.簡歷
a piece of cake 很容易的事
manager n.經理
address v.郵寄
charming adj.有魅力的
interview n.面試
penniless adj. 貧窮的
salary n.薪水
career n. 事業
position n.職位
gas station加油站
attendant n.服務人員
lowly adj.地位低的
greats n.偉人
make it big 取得成就
A: 哇塞，這也許就是我餘下生命的開始。
B: 怎麼了？
A: 我想工作了。我找到一個有數百份工作信息的網站，我瀏覽其中的信息，並找到了一些我想爲之工作的僱主的名字。我有上個月在英語課上寫的簡歷，附信對我來說是小菜一碟。我已經找我找完信息，並找到了經理的名字，那樣我就能私下將求職信發給他們。你知道，我在面試中很有魅力，再見了，我的窮日子。薪水和事業，你們好。
B: 本，我們才十五歲，你要找什麼樣的工作？
A: 喔，只是一個加油站服務人員的職位。你知道，起點要找一個簡單的底層的工作，就像世界上所有取得偉大成就的偉人一樣。
B: 喔。
A: 但是我找工作是爲了掙錢，對吧？要不然我怎麼能總請Angela去看電影呢？而且，我喜歡汽油的味道，你不喜歡嗎？
