万花筒 Kaleidoscope2007-11-02&11-03, 周周都有新工作

After getting settled in his job with // in just one week, Sean Aiken is now out of a job. No, he has been laid off or fired. He is leaving as planned, just as he left his last job and several before that. He is under an adventurous¹ quest to complete 52 jobs in 52 weeks. One new job every week, from a rock climbing instructor², to a tatoo artist, to a veterinary assistant. "Everything is OK."Aiken seems to have done it all.

"I have been a radio DJ. I have been a veterinarian. I have been an advertising³ executive, a florist⁴, yogurt /, / , snursh guide,/ differnet things "

Aiken says he has been in c to c working different jobs and is able to do it by keeping his expenses low. That seems nearly impossilbe though, considering he's not even getting paid for his work. But instead, he's having his employers donate his earnings⁵ to poverty central organization.

"And the money goes to / is the one campaign and so how I survive is keeping my cost down as mush as possible. I guess that staying at people's houses is big help, taking the bus, doing some hitchhiking, I also have a sponsor helping⁶ out little bit with the travel expenses as well."

Although he worked at the Ukrain for a short time, Aiken got a great review from his temporary boss who at first was hesitated to hire him.

"He called me, explained what he was going to do and I still said what do you doing, I don't quite get it. But when I went to oneweekjob.com I could see, you know, his previous 30 jobs that he had done in the past 30 weeks. And I could see this guy was really committed to the idea, and it's an exciting idea. It's pretty good job this week. "

Aiken isn't sure where his job and interval⁷ taken next, but he knows it will never be boring.

"It's more about, you know, learning something new each week and kind of gaining a better understanding, you know, what I am looking for my career, what I need to be happy."

1 adventurous   

adj.爱冒险的；惊心动魄的，惊险的，刺激的　

参考例句：

• I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.我很羨慕他们敢于冒险的生活方式。
• He was predestined to lead an adventurous life.他注定要过冒险的生活。

2 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

3 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

4 florist   

n.花商；种花者

参考例句：

• The florist bunched the flowers up.花匠把花捆成花束。
• Could you stop at that florist shop over there?劳驾在那边花店停一下好不好？

5 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 interval   

n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息

参考例句：

• The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
• There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。