戴尔英语红宝书 第8期

Nancy：yeh！what daya do？

Victor：what do you do？就是我们在问别人职业的时候常说的一句话。

Nancy：now listen to my pronunciation¹. What daya what daya what daya do?

Victor：What daya do?

Nancy：good! This is the way we ask someone² about their job.

“what daya do?”， it’s short for “what do you do for a living，”

but we don’t say “for a living” anymore³.

Victor：great! 我喜欢现在的英语，越说越“短”啦！

Nancy，what daya do? 对了，你挣多少钱呢？

Nancy：It’s always okay⁴ to ask someone about their job， it shows you’re interested⁵ in them. But you never， ever⁶ ask someone how much money they make.

Victor：大家明白了吗？问what daya do?不会冒犯别人，但是可千万不能问别人挣多少钱！

Nancy：Ok， that’s it for today! See you next time!

Victor：bye--bye！

1 pronunciation   

n.发音，发音法

参考例句：

• Please correct my pronunciation.请纠正我的发音。
• She speaks English with a good pronunciation.她的英语发音很正确。

2 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

3 anymore   

adv.不再， 再也不

参考例句：

• She doesn't live here anymore.她已不在这里住了。
• He doesn't come here anymore.他再也不到这儿来。

4 Okay   

(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意

参考例句：

• The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
• Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？

5 interested   

adj.感兴趣的；拥有权益的；有成见的v.使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词)

参考例句：

• to be interested in wildlife conservation 对野生动物保护感兴趣
• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。

6 ever   

adv.曾经；永远；不断地；在任何时候；究竟

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗？
• I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮，永远漂亮。