经典再现

Woman:So, Mr. Cooper, you're looking for a job.
那么，Cooper先生，你想找份工作。
Sheldon:A menial job. Like yours.
一份低等工作。像你的一样。
Woman:Well, thank you for noticing. I'm "Menial Employee of the Month." Do you have a particular field in mind?
谢谢提醒。我是“月度低等员工”。你想过找哪种类型的工作吗?
Sheldon:I do. For thousands of years, The lowest classes of the human race have spent their lives laboring to erect monuments under the lash of their betters, until finally, they dropped down, and be came one with the dust through which they trudged. Do you have anything like that?
是的。几千年来，最底层的人们耗尽一生在工头的皮鞭下建造出纪念碑，直到最后，他们全倒下了，全身布满辛苦工作的尘土。这里有这样的工作吗?
Woman:No.
没有。
Sheldon:Shouldn't you check your database?
你不用查一下数据库吗?
Woman:No.
没有。
Sheldon:You didn't really type?
你根本没有打字?
Woman:I didn't really have to. So, how about construction?
根本不需要。那么建筑业呢?
Sheldon:Oh, that would be good! Sawing, hammering, eating out of a lunch pail, as my workingclass fellows and I sit perched precariously on a girder high above the metropolis.
噢，那很好啊!锯木，锤击，吃午餐桶里的食物，像我的工友们一样我摇摇欲坠地栖坐在都市上空的高梁上。
Woman:No, no. This is putting up sheetrock at a housing project in Rosemead.
不，不是。这份工作是为Rosemead的一个房屋搭建石膏水泥板。

身临其境练一练

本段对话选自The Big Bang Theory 《生活大爆炸》

职场美语

Hi,Peter.Haven't seen you in a while.Are you still working at the department store?
嗨，彼得，好久不见了。你还在百货公司上班吗？
No.I quit.I'm in between things at the moment.
不，我辞职了，我现在还在找工作。

I'm in between things at the moment.I don't know what I want to do.
我正在找工作，我也不知道我想做什么。
Honey,you've got to get out there and try some things out.
亲爱的，你还是多出去找几份工作试一试吧。

精讲部分

家人朋友问起工作情况怎么样，如果正巧孩子找工作的过程当中，回答I haven't found a job yet.或I am still looking.难免有些令人泄气。这时不如说I am in between things right now.字面意思是“我现在在两个事情之间的过渡地带”， 可理解为“我在转折时期”。语气里透出似乎早已有了一个新的工作安排，只等着你去接手了。