必背英文面试口语104:你曾做过的最无聊的工作是什么?你是怎么对待的?

 　　What is the most boring job you've ever had?How did you do at it?

　　你曾做过的最无聊的工作是什么？你是怎么对待的？

　　I don't really think I've ever had a boring job,but if I have to choose one,it would probably be the winter job I had at a post office when I was in high school.

　　我并不觉得过去有哪些工作很无聊，不过，如果我必须选择一个的话，那可能就是我高中寒假时在邮局的那份工作。

　　The job involved sorting New Year's postcards for delivery for eight hours a day every day for about a month.

　　工作内容是投递贺年卡前的分类工作，在大约一个月的时间里，每天都要工作八小时。

　　I don't know how it is done now,but back then it was all done manually.

　　我不知道现在邮局是怎样分类的，但是那时候全部都是靠手工来完成。

　　I got the knack¹ immediately,so I had to make it more interesting and challenging for myself—I timed myself sorting the postcards and every time I tried to finish faster and faster.

　　我很快就学会了分类的技巧，所以我必须让这个工作变得更有趣，更有挑战性才行。我计算我分卡片的时间，每次我都试着比上一次更快完成。

　　The full-time² worker who supervised me was impressed and said I was the fastest and also the most accurate.

　　负责指导监督我的邮局员工对此印象深刻，并且说我是做得最快也最精确的。

　　It was a great experience for a high school student.

　　对高中生而言，那是一次非常棒的经历。

　　当被问及这类问题时，你可以回答“I have never had a boring job.”,也可以举出一些与应聘职位无关的工作经历。

1 knack   

n.诀窍，做事情的灵巧的，便利的方法

参考例句：

• He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
• Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难，但有窍门。

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。