ESL Podcast 944 – Working as an Intern
时间：2018-12-06 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Jonas: How’s your new job?
Crystal: It’s not a job exactly. It’s an internship 2.
Jonas: Oh, so you’re working as somebody’s lackey 3 and getting paid a pittance 4.
Crystal: No, not exactly. I’m doing a lot of scut work and I’m not getting paid a lot, but I’m getting very valuable on- the-job experience.
Jonas: Sure you are. You’re learning how to fetch coffee and run errands. Yippee! You don’t have to tell me any more. I know all about it. It’s slave labor 5.
Crystal: No, it’s not! I’m shadowing one of the managers part of the day and I sit in on important meetings all the time. My mentor 6 shows me how things are done in the business world and gives me great career advice.
Jonas: Well, then you’re lucky. Most interns 1 who work for our company learn diddly squat 7 and spend their time doing menial work. Some of them are even unpaid 8. What a racket!
Crystal: In that case, I’m glad I don’t work for your company!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
1 interns
n.住院实习医生( intern的名词复数 )v.拘留，关押( intern的第三人称单数 )
- Our interns also greet our guests when they arrive in our studios. 我们的实习生也会在嘉宾抵达演播室的时候向他们致以问候。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
- The interns work alongside experienced civil engineers and receive training in the different work sectors. 实习生陪同有经验的国内工程师工作，接受不同工作部门的相关培训。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
2 internship
n.实习医师，实习医师期
- an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
- a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习
3 lackey
n.侍从；跟班
- I'm not staying as a paid lackey to act as your yes-man.我不要再做拿钱任你使唤的应声虫。
- Who would have thought that Fredo would become a lackey of women?谁能料到弗烈特竟堕落成女人脚下的哈叭狗？
4 pittance
n.微薄的薪水，少量
- Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。
- The widow must live on her slender pittance.那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。
5 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
6 mentor
n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导
- He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
- He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。
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