突破口语之情景对话(23):Do you like your job?你喜欢你的工作吗
英语课
突破口语之情景对话(23):Do you like your job?你喜欢你的工作吗
John: How do you like your work?
Sue: The work is rather 1 hard, but it's interesting.
John: What do you do?
Sue: I work in a publishing 2 house. How about you?
John: Mine isn't hard, but it's not interesting.
Sue: What do you do then?
John: I'm a clerk 3 in a shop.
译文:
约翰:你觉得你的工作怎样?
苏: 我的工作比较难,但也很有趣。
约翰:你是干什么的?
苏: 我在一家出版社工作。你呢?
约翰:我的工作倒不是很难,但没意思。
苏: 那你是干什么的?
约翰:商场职员。
注解 :
1) publishing house: 出版社
2) clerk (n): office worker 职员
例: She got 4 a job as 5 a bank clerk.
她得到一份银行职员的工作。
1 rather
adv.宁愿,宁可;相当
- I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话,我宁愿今晚出去。
- This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。
2 publishing
n.出版
- After teaching for ten years he moved into publishing. 执桝十年后他干起了出版工作。
- The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing. 研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。