英文原版对话1000个:1080 Other Bad Jobs

 　　Todd: So, have you had any other jobs you didn't like?

 

　　Monica: Well, I trained to be a chef¹ when I left school, and I've had a lot of jobs actually over the years in different restaurants, and some of them I didn't like at all.

 

　　Todd: What was it about the job you didn't like?

 

　　Monica: I didn't like the people I was working with a lot of the time, so I worked with some very aggressive² chefs³, and some people who weren't very good at communicating their ideas to me, I felt, and so I found some jobs difficult.

 

　　Todd: Right, yeah.

 

　　Monica: not a lot of fun.

 

　　Todd: Yeah, that would be no fun at all. I think on of the worst jobs I ever had was a part-time job, and it was only one night only, and it was on Valentines Day, and I had to walk around and try to sell roses to people on Valentine's Day, and I was like sixteen years old, and I couldn't get anybody to buy the roses, and I would go up and every one thought I was really cheesy for approaching them to try and buy a rose, but the person who hired me said I had to get rid of all the roses by the end of the night, so it was just a miserable⁴, miserable night, and I think I got most of them sold, and at the end of the night, I just paid the eight bucks⁵ or whatever out of my own pocket and just paid for it myself

 

　　Monica: So tell me, did you have more luck selling the flowers to guys or two women?

 

　　Todd: Well, definitely⁶ only the guys bought the roses. The women didn't, but was really awkward⁷ is you would go up and try to sell the rose, and the guy didn't want to buy the rose, and then the woman doesn't want you there because it makes the guy look awkward, so it was a bad day.

 

　　Monica: So was it easier approaching guys by themselves?

 

　　Todd: A little bit. Sometimes guys walking down the street would see up and they would be thankful, cause they would think, " Oh, I get a rose" you know, like "I almost forgot". Actually it was really hard to sell them and it was just a very long night.

1 chef   

n.炊事员，厨师

参考例句：

• He started work as a trainee chef.他开始了见习厨师的工作。
• No one can become a chef without practical experience.没有实际工作经验，谁也当不了厨师长。

2 aggressive   

adj.侵略的，好斗的；敢作敢为的

参考例句：

• You'd better keep the two aggressive boys apart.你最好把那两个好斗的男孩分开。
• These fish are very aggressive.这些鱼极具攻击性。

3 chefs   

n.厨师长( chef的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• one of the country's premier chefs 国家名厨之一
• He is one of the top chefs in Britain. 他是英国最好的厨师之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

5 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

7 awkward   

adj.笨拙的，尴尬的，使用不便的，难处理的

参考例句：

• John is so shy and awkward that everyone notices him.约翰如此害羞狼狈，以至于大家都注意到了他。
• I was the only man among the guests and felt rather awkward.作为客人中的唯一男性，我有些窘迫。