2008年ESL之商务英语 19 Working in a Dead End Job

19Working in a Dead End Job GLOSSARY employment agency a business that helps people find jobs* DeShawn had been looking for a job for almost six months, so he decided to goto an employment agency to get some professional help. dead end job a job that

Job 约伯记35

35Then Elihu said: 2Do you think this is just? You say, 'I will be cleared by God. ' 3Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?' 4I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you. 5Look up at the heavens a

Job 约伯记42

42Then Job replied to the Lord : 2I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. 3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me t

Job 约伯记34

34Then Elihu said: 2Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you men of learning. 3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food. 4Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. 5Job says, 'I am innocent, but G

Job 约伯记33

33But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say. 2I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue. 3My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know. 4The Spirit of God has made me; the

Job 约伯记32

32So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. 3He was also angry with the three fri

Job 约伯记29

29Job continued his discourse: 2How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, 3when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness! 4Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate frie

Job 约伯记08

8Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind. 3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of th

Job 约伯记02

2On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2And the Lord said to Satan, Where have you come from? Satan answered the Lord , From roaming through the earth and g

Job 约伯记25

25Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. 3Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise? 4How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman

Job 约伯记23

23Then Job replied: 2Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. 3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling! 4I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would fin

Job 约伯记22

22Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him? 3What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless? 4Is it for your piety that he rebu

Job 约伯记14

14Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. 3Do you fix your eye on such a one? Will you bring him before you for judgment? 4Who can bring what is

Job 约伯记15

15Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind? 3Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? 4But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

Job 约伯记18

18Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. 3Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? 4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned

Job 约伯记16

16Then Job replied: 2I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all! 3Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing? 4I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine sp

Job 约伯记11

11Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: 2Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated? 3Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock? 4You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in

ESL Podcast 400 – Working in a Dead End Job

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One day shortly after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed it had fallen from its nest. Wanting to return the tiny creature to its home, my dad went to get a ladder . When