Hi Alex. It's Martha Clines here.
嗨，Alex。我是Martha Clines。
James White gave me your number. I hope you don't mind me calling you.
James White给了我你的号码。希望你不介意我给你打电话。
Of course not. How are you, Martha?
当然不了。你好吗，Martha？
Good thanks. I'm ringing because I need a bit of advice.
很好，谢谢。我打电话的原因是想寻求一些建议。
Oh yeah. What about?
哦。什么建议呢？
The training you did at JPNW a few years ago. I'm applying for the same thing.
关于你几年前在JPNW的培训。我要申请同样的岗位。
Oh right. Yes, I did mine in 2014.
哦，这样啊。是的，我是2014年参加的。
Best thing I ever did. I'm still working there.
是我做过的最好的事情。我现在还在那里工作。
Really? What are you doing?
真的吗？你现在做什么呢？
Well, now I work in the customer services department but I did my initial training in Finance.
恩，我现在在顾客服务部门工作，但是刚开始的时候是接受了财务训练。
I stayed there for the first two years and then moved to where I am now.
我前两年待在财务部，然后去了我现在在的地方。
That's the same department I'm applying for.
那也是我正在申请的部门。
Did you enjoy it?
你喜欢吗？
I was pretty nervous to begin with.
刚开始的时候我挺紧张的。
I didn't do well in my exams at school and I was really worried because I failed Maths.
我在学校的时候考试成绩不好，而且我很担心，因为我数学考试挂了。
But it didn't actually matter because I did lots of courses on the job.
但是那没什么关系，因为我上了很多关于那份工作的课程。
Did you get a diploma at the end of your trainee period?
在培训期结束你有拿到证书吗？
I'm hoping to do the one in business skills.
我想参加商务技巧的那一个。
Yes. That sounds good. I took the one on IT skills but I wish I'd done that one instead.
是的，听起来很棒。我参加了IT技能的课程，但是我希望自己参加的是另一个。
OK, that's good to know. What about the other trainees?
好的。其他的培训生怎么样呢？
How did you get on with them?
你和他们相处得怎么样？
There were about 20 of us who started at the same time and we were all around the same age.
我们同期有20左右个人一起开始，大概都是差不多的年纪。
I was 18 and there was only one person younger than me, who was 17.
我当时18岁，只有一个人比我小，只有17岁。
The rest were between 18 and 20. I made some good friends.
剩下的人基本都在18到20岁之间。我交了很多好朋友。
I've heard lots of good things about the training at JPNW.
我听说过很多关于在JPNW培训的很好的事情。
It seems like there are a lot of opportunities there.
看起来那里有很多机会。
Yeah, definitely. Because of its size you can work in loads of different areas within the organisation.
当然了。因为它的规模，你可以在组织内部很多不同的领域工作。
What about pay? I know you get a lower minimum wage than regular employees.
那么薪水呢？我知道你比普通的员工薪水要低很多。
That's right-which isn't great. But you get the same number of days' holiday as everyone else.
是的，那点很不好。但是你能和其他人一样有相同的带薪休假。
And the pay goes up massively if they offer you a job at the end of the training period.
而且在培训期结束成功转正的话，薪水会涨很多。
Yeah, but I'm not doing it for the money. It's the experience I think will be really useful.
是的，但我并不是为了钱。我觉得经历才是最有用的。
Everyone says by the end of the year you gain so much confidence.
每个人在结束的时候都说变得更加自信了。
You're right. That's the most useful part about it.
是的。那是最有用的一部分。
There's a lot of variety too. You're given lots of different things to do.
而且非常具有多样性。你有很多不同的事情去做。
I enjoyed it all -- I didn't even mind the studying.
我非常喜欢--我不讨厌学习。
Do you have to spend any time in college?
你需要在学校吗？
Yes, one day each month.
是的，每月一天。
So you get lots of support from both you tutor and your manager.
所以你的导师和老板都会给你很多支持。
That's good. And the company is easy to get to, isn't it?
超级好。公司很容易去，是吧？
Yes, it's very close to the train station so the location's a real advantage.
是的，它非常靠近火车站，所以地理位置是一个优势。