实战口语情景对话 第384期:Strong and Weak Points 优点和缺点

 　　Simon: Yeah, I got a job interview coming up and I know they're gonna ask me about what are your strong points and your weak points. You know.

　　西蒙：我马上要参加一个工作面试，我知道他们会问我的优点和缺点。

　　Todd: Yeah, that's tough, because like I know my strong points and my weak points.

　　托德：是啊，那很难回答，因为我知道我的优点和缺点是什么。

　　Simon: Yeah, well, let's talk about that, actually, personality¹ wise. Forget about the job interview. Let's talk about, what do you think, what are your strong points as a person?

　　西蒙：对，我们来谈谈这个话题吧，人格智慧。忘掉工作面试吧。我们来谈谈这个，你认为你的优点是什么？

　　Todd: Ah, let's see. Well, I think the biggest one is I'm pretty generous². Like I really don't care about money, so I'll give my friends money or things that I have, cause I just don't care about that. Um, so that's probably my strong point. My weak points are I am very late all the time. I'm late to work. I'm late to meet my friends. I'm late when I have appointments, and I am always late, so that is probably my number one bad point, and um, I'm, and sometimes I'm a little selfish³. I want things my way, and only my way.

　　托德：嗯，让我想想。我想我最大的优点是非常大方。比如我完全不在乎钱财，所以我会借钱或者物品给朋友，因为我不在乎那种事情。嗯，这可能是我的优点。我的缺点是我总是迟到。我上班经常迟到。和朋友见面我也总是迟到。我去约会也会迟到，我总是迟到。这可能是我最大的缺点，还有有时我有点自私，我想什么就得是什么，而且必须是。

　　Simon: So it's, do you use that expression, "It's my way or the highway!"

　　西蒙：那你会不会用那个表达,"我说什么就是什么！"

　　Todd: I would never say that, but that's maybe how I think sometimes.

　　托德：我从来不会说那种话，不过有时我是那么想的。

　　Simon: That's how you feel inside, yeah.

　　西蒙：那是你内心的想法。

　　Todd: How about you? What are your strong points and your weak points?

　　托德：那你呢？你的优点和缺点是什么？

　　Simon: Well, one of my weak points. I can say, much like you, was being late but, uh, since, you know, uh, since I've has a long term girlfriend, she's made sure that that part of me has changed, but I think one of my weak points is that, uh, I'm mentally⁴ disorganized. I'm all over the place all the time, so that sometimes makes me forget things like, uh, my keys, or you know, where I put an important piece of paper or something like that.

　　西蒙：嗯，我其中一个缺点和你的很像，也是迟到，不过你知道，因为我有一个长时间交往的女朋友，她让我改正了那个缺点，不过我还有一个缺点，就是我思绪混乱。我一直都来往于各地，所以有时我会忘记事情，比如我会忘了把钥匙或者是一份重要的文件放在哪里了，我通常会忘记这种事情。

　　Todd: You know sometimes I wonder, because I'm a teacher, that maybe more people are that way today because we have so much input⁵, so much stimulus⁶ from TV, from the internet, from movies, from radio that we are not as mentally organized as people maybe 50 years ago.

　　托德：你知道，因为我是老师，有时我就在想很多人之所以成为现在这种样子，是因为我们从电视、网络、电影或是广播中吸收了太多东西、太多的刺激物，所以我们不像50年前的人们那样思维有条理。

　　Simon: Yeah, that quite, that could be possibly true, but most of my close friends, you know, say that I'm more disorganized in that way, or more chaotic⁷ than most people, so I think I'm a special case. You know, I lost my wallet about four or five times in the past year, so.

　　西蒙：对，可能那是对的，不过我有很多亲密朋友说我的思维比大部分人更混乱，更没有秩序，所以我想我可能是个特例。你知道，去年我丢了四五个钱包。

　　Todd: That's pretty bad. Um, what's your strong point though?

　　托德：那真是太糟糕了。嗯，那你的优点是什么？

　　Simon: Well, you know, that's putting me on the spot. That's a pretty difficult question cause it's difficult to talk about yourself, but uh, you know I would have to say that I'm friendly, and easy-going⁸ and.

　　西蒙：你知道的，这让我很为难。这是一个非常难回答的问题，因为夸自己是件很难的事情，不过我认为我的优点是我很友好、随和。

　　Todd: Yeah, I agree actually.

　　托德：对，实际上我很赞同。

　　Simon: And uh, I think I have, I think I can get along with people well, so, that's would be my strong point I guess, easy going and and friendly, easy to get along with.

　　西蒙：我认为我可以和人们相处得很融洽，我想这可能是我的优点，我很随和，很友好，很容易相处。

　　Todd: Well, I agree.

　　托德：嗯，我同意。

　　Simon: Oh, thank you, and I agree about you.

　　西蒙：哦，谢谢你，我也同意你的情况。

　　Todd: What? I'm always late.

　　托德：什么？我总是迟到吗？

　　Simon: That, too.

　　西蒙：那点也是事实。

1 personality   

n.个性，人格，名人

参考例句：

• Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
• She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。

2 generous   

adj.慷慨的，大方的，慷慨给予的

参考例句：

• She was kind and generous.她心地善良，宽容大量。
• She was generous with her money.她很乐于仗义疏财。

3 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。

4 mentally   

adv.精神上，理智上，在心中

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Male nurses are often employed in hospitals for the mentally ill.精神病院常雇用男护士护理精神病人。

5 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

6 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

7 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

8 easy-going   

adj.随和的；轻松的

参考例句：

• She is an easy-going girl.她是一个随和的女孩子。
• The students considered Mrs.Smith an easy-going teacher.学生们认为史密斯夫人是一位宽容随和的老师。