英语听力短剧 26我是一名建筑师（在线收听）

Episode 26: I'm an architect

Magda: (talking into phone) So…ok…hmm...yeah! That’s great news!

Olivia: So? Did you get the job?

Magda: Yes!!!

All: Hooray!! Fantastic! Well done!!

Magda: But...

Harry: There’s always a ‘but’...

Magda: It’s only on a trial basis...just for a month.

Harry: Ok, that’s pretty normal actually. Most companies do that.

Olivia: But they are paying you, yes?

Magda: Oh yes, the salary isn’t bad. It’s not an internship.

Harry: I did internships for ages...had to work for a month to get experience – no pay! – and then I never got offered the real job at the end. Like now! I’m doing this work for Johnny’s company – they want me to work at weekends too – Saturdays and Sundays – with no extra money!

Olivia: That’s terrible!

Harry: I don’t know what to do...I want to say ‘no’, but I’m afraid I’ll lose the job...

Olivia: You’ll have to think carefully about it!

Magda: Or you’ll be trying to do an internship again!!! Only joking! It can be important to do an internship if you want to get experience – things to put on your CV...

Harry: Yeah, I guess you’re right, but I’m past that stage...I’ve got lots of experience now.

Magda: I’m really worried though, about my first day, really nervous. I might be terrible!

Olivia: Don’t worry Magda, you’ll be great. Show them how good you are in the first month and they’ll be offering you more money by the second month!

Magda: Let’s hope so!

Harry: What are you going to be doing exactly?

Magda: Well, it’s a lot of admin work..but I do get a chance to work with the senior partners on some designs.

Harry: Great...What is it you do again?

Olivia: Harry! How come you always forget this stuff?

Magda: Architecture! I’m an architect! I design buildings!

Harry: Oh yeah, right, of course...

Sarah: She’s a good one too, Harry – I’ve seen some of her drawings. I keep on telling her that she should go to China – there are lots of opportunities there at the moment.

Magda: Maybe, one day. That’d be really interesting...How are you, Sarah?

Sarah: OK...

Harry: How’s the new flat?

Sarah: That’s the problem...

Olivia: Oh no! You’ve only just moved in!

Magda: I thought the flat was great...

Sarah: The flat is nice, but the problem is the landlord...

Olivia: Isn’t that Fadi’s cousin?

Sarah: Yes, exactly...but he’s really intrusive.

Magda: Intrusive?

Sarah: He comes round all the time, wants to know everything about me. I think that if I pay rent, that’s it, I shouldn’t have to tell him anything else.

Olivia: I see...that’s not on, is it? Have you mentioned it to Fadi?

Sarah: No, I don’t know how to. He was so kind helping me get the place. I don’t want to seem rude.

Olivia: Would you like me to have a word with him?

Sarah: Could you? That’d be really great. I’d really appreciate it.

Olivia: I’ll say something the next time I see him! Promise!

重点词汇语法讲解

Glossary

A trial (noun) A test 测试

如：We’re having a trial tomorrow and if it’s ok we’ll go ahead

我们明天测试一下，如果可以的话，就继续弄

A salary (noun) Money earned from working 工资

如：Her salary is low, she’s never got any money

她的工资很低，没什么钱。

Experience (noun) Knowledge gained from observing or directly undergoing something 经验

如：I have got a lot of experience in looking after children because I’ve got seven younger sisters!

我在照看小孩方面有很多经验，我有7个妹妹。

A stage (noun) A single step in a process 阶段

如：The first stage of the game is easy then the next stages get gradually more difficult

游戏的第一关很简单，越到后面越难。

Intrusive (adjective) Coming without an invitation 闯入

如：My sister is intrusive. She comes into my room without knocking

我妹妹没敲门就直接闯进来了。

To mention (verb) To refer briefly to something 提到

如：Don’t mention her new glasses! She hates them

不要说她的新眼镜了，她不喜欢。