英语PK台 第61期:妹纸的职场选择题!(2)

 小念君：好久不见呀，S姐，最近在忙什么呀？

J：Hey, S, long time no see, what's up? 

S小姐：春节以后，我一直在考虑一件事，现在我终于做出决定了：我想辞职。

Miss S：Well, after the Spring Festival, I ’ve had something on my mind, it's my job that bothers me. You know I 've been thinking about quitting it, and I finally made up my mind.

小念君：啊！辞职啊？为什么呢？你不工作得挺好的吗？

J: What ? You wanna quit? Why? Don't you find it satisfying¹?

S小姐：哎，是这样的：我以前公司的主管春节后给我打了电话，他让我回去工作，给的工资让我挺满意的，所以现在我有点犹豫要不要辞职回原来的公司干。

Miss S: Well, after the Spring Festival holiday, I got a call from my former manager, he asked me to go back to work and said he would give me a salary that would put a smile on my face. Now I’m having second thoughts about quitting.

小念君：我不知道怎么给你建议，但如果是我的话，如果面对一份我不喜欢的工作，不管工资怎样，我都不会考虑的。

J: I don’t know what to say. But if I don’t like my job, regardless² of the salary, I wouldn’t even consider it.

S小姐：我倒是不介意做的这份工是不是自己喜欢的，毕竟哪有那么容易能做上自己喜欢做的事？只要工资不错，上班不太累，我就满意。对了，还有另外一个原因让我想辞职。

Miss S: Well I don't mind if I like the job or not, after all, it's not easy to find a job that you like. I just look for a good salary and a light workload³. And there’s another reason that makes me want to quit.

小念君：还有什么原因？

J: Like what? What else?

Miss S：我觉得在一个地方呆久了我就会感觉很烦，想要换一个环境，我在现在这个公司已经待了两年了。

Miss S: I’ll be bored if I stay in one place too long. So I want to be in a new environment. I’ve been working for this company for 2 years!

小念君：才两年你就烦了？那你最好做好准备，任何一份工作都会面临同样的问题，除非你不断的换工作，所以你要问问自己，这个工作到底是不是你喜欢的。

J: You’re bored after only two years? You’ll have the same problem no matter what job it is unless you change constantly⁴.So you have to ask yourself, what exactly do you want to do?

Miss S：嗯，我知道了，其实我也不太清楚自己到底想要什么。也许这就是我不开心的原因吧！不过，我决定还是继续留下来工作，谢谢你的建议。

Miss S: Well, I got it. My problem is that I actually don't know what I like to do. That makes me unhappy about my work. OK, I guess I’ll stay here and keep up working. Thank you for your suggestion.

小念君：不客气。

J： You’re welcome.

Miss S: 你呢？你年前不是说年后回来也想换工作的吗？

Miss S: How about you? Didn’t you say you were gonna change your job after the Spring Festival?

小念君：对呀，但是我现在还没有找到自己满意的工作，我还在寻觅中。

J: Yeah. But I couldn’t find one that I liked. And I am still hunting for it

Miss S: 那你想找什么样的工作？

Miss S: What kind of job are you looking for?

小念君：我想找外贸类的工作吧！

J: One that involves foreign trade!

Miss S：外贸类的工作对英语的要求很高吧!

Miss S：That kind of job requires top notch⁵ English skills.

小念君：对呀，所以我现在坚持听《英语PK台》，我希望自己的英语有很大的提升。

J: Yeah, so I am still listening to Going for Gold. I hope that it can improve my English a bit.

Miss S：那希望你学好英语后找到自己喜欢的工作！

Miss S：You can find your favorite job when you learn English well.

小念君：嗯，谢谢！

J: Thanks!

New words fordialogue:

[something] puts a smile on my face = [something] makes me happy （某事）让某人高兴、满意

Have second thoughts about something = think twice about doing something 仔细考虑（某事），再想一想

Top notch = the best, very high quality 高水平的

1 satisfying   

adj.令人满意的，令人满足的v.使满意，满足( satisfy的现在分词)

参考例句：

• It's satisfying to play a game really well. 一种游戏玩得特别好是一桩惬意的事。
• The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence. 这本书依次读各章会更好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 regardless   

adj.不留心的，不注意的；不管，不顾；adv.无论如何，不管怎样

参考例句：

• I protested,but she carried on regardless.我极力反对，但她仍一意孤行。
• I shall go regardless of the weather.无论天气好坏我都要去。

3 workload   

n.作业量，工作量

参考例句：

• An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
• He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。

4 constantly   

adv.不变地，不断地，时常地

参考例句：

• The two countries have been warring constantly for years.这两国多年来一直交战。
• We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。

5 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。