听力文本
No, thanks, I'll sort that out on me own.
不用了 我自己搞定吧
No, Mr Blake. This is a formal direction.
不 布莱克先生 这是正式指令
You will attend if you want to proceed with your Jobseeker's Allowance claim.
想拿到失业津贴就必须参加
What happens if I don't?
我要是不去呢
Then you will be referred for a sanction.
那您就可能会受处罚
Ten seconds.
十秒钟
Ten short seconds.
短短的十秒钟
That's how much a typical employer spends flipping through a CV.
这是雇主浏览简历所用的平均时间
Fact.
千真万确
Sixty applications for every lowskilled job.
每份低技术含量工作有六十个人竞争
Fact.
千真万确
For a skilled job, it's twenty to one.
高技术含量工作竞争比例二十比一
Fact.
千真万确
Costa Coffee advertised eight jobs.
科斯塔咖啡招聘八个岗位
D'you know how many applications they got from that?
知道有多少人应聘吗
Over thirteen hundred.
超过一千三百个
Fact.
千真万确
So, what does that mean?
这代表什么呢
We should all be drinking a lot more bloody coffee.
代表咱都应该可劲喝咖啡
Yeah, d'you wanna share that with us?
您再说一遍 让大家都听听
I said, we should all be drinking a lot more bloody coffee then.
我说 咱都应该可劲喝咖啡
This is serious business and people have only got one shot at this, all right?
求职形势严峻 每人只有一次机会
Well if you can count, it's obvious.
凡是会数数的人都知道
There's not enough jobs. Fact.
没有足够的工作岗位 千真万确
Yeah, well, you'll be at the back of the queue, won't you?
那你就永远落后于人吧
For those of us in the real world,
对我们这些要面对现实的人来说
what that means is...
这代表
"You must stand
"你必须在竞争中"
"out from the crowd."
"脱颖而出"
重点讲解

stand out as sth
to be much better or more important than sb / sth
出色；杰出；更为重要
Four points stand out as being more important than the rest.
有四点比其余各点更为重要。

sort
sort sth out
sort sb out
sort yourself out
(especially BrE) to deal with sb's / your own problems successfully
妥善处理某人(或自己)的问题
If you can wait a moment, I'll sort it all out for you.
要是你能等一会儿,我就可以把什么都给你弄好。
You load up the car and I'll sort the kids out.
你装车,我把孩子们安顿好。

queue
(人、汽车等的)队,行列
the bus queue
排队等候公共汽车的人
I had to join a queue for the toilets.
我只得排队等着上厕所。
How long were you in the queue ?
你排多长时间队了？

application
application to sb for sth
application to do sth
a formal (often written) request for sth, such as a job, permission to do sth or a place at a college or university
申请；请求；申请书；申请表
a planning / passport application
规划/护照申请
His application to the court for bail has been refused.
他向法庭申请保释遭到拒绝。
an application for membership / a loan / a licence
会籍/贷款/执照申请
an application form (= a piece of paper on which to apply for sth)
申请表
Further information is available on application to the principal.
申请书请交校长,届时将提供详情。

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