失业英语对话-Talking to People at EDD(3)

A: I haven’t seen you in a while. How have you been?
B: Things are going fairly¹ well. How about you?
A: Well, I’m hanging in there, but I lost my job and need to find another one quickly.
B: I am looking for a job myself. What were you thinking of doing next?
A: I am just trying to find something that will pay the bills until this bad economy² passes by.
B: Have you gotten any interviews yet?
A: No, I haven’t been out on one interview yet.
B: Have you thought about the electrician³ program over there?
A: I think that I might be interested in that position.
B: I think we should go over there and see if we can apply for that program.

 

1 fairly   

adv.公正地，正当地；相当；完全，简直

参考例句：

• I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
• It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。

2 economy   

n.经济；节俭；秩序；机体

参考例句：

• We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
• The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。

3 electrician   

n.电工，电气技师

参考例句：

• She said she would find an electrician for us.她说她要给我们找一个电工技师。
• We need an electrician to mend the iron.我们要请电工修理熨斗。