兼职工作英语对话

Todd: Hey, so, Greg, growing up in the states, did you have any part-time jobs like in high school and stuff?托德：嗨，格雷格，你在美国长大，你上高中的时候有没有打过工？Greg: Oh, I've had part-time jobs ever since I was a child.格雷格：哦，我从小就一直在打工。Todd: Right, me too.托德：我也是。Greg: My first actually, I used to work for the American Seed Company. Do you know that?格雷格：我打的第一份工是在美国种子公司工作。你知道这家公司吗？Todd: I can imagine. No. I mean it's just a seed company, right.托德：我可以想象。我想那就是一家种子公司。Greg: Yeah. Yeah. Well, I actually wasn't paid in money. They would send me flower seeds, and vegetable seeds and then I would go door-to-door, I would knock on people's doors, "Excuse me, I'm with the American Seed Company, would you like to buy some seeds?", and people would see this, I was probably ten or nine at the time, this young kid trying to sell seeds, and you know they would buy a couple packs, and if I sold, say twenty packs of seeds, then I could choose from a list of toys or things (Whoa) soccer ball, or a dart board, and so I sold a lot of seeds. I liked it.格雷格：对，是的。实际上他们并不付我工钱。他们会给我鲜花种子还有蔬菜种子，然后我要拿着这些种子挨家挨户去推销，我会去敲人们的房门，然后说：“打扰一下，我是美国种子公司的员工，您想买些种子吗？”当时人们看到的是一个九、十岁左右的男孩努力地卖种子，你知道通常他们都会买几包种子，举个例子，如果我卖了20包种子，那我就可以从玩具清单中选择我喜欢的玩具，像足球或是飞镖盘之类的，所以我卖了很多种子，我喜欢这份工作。Todd: How old were you?托德：那时你多大？Greg: I was maybe nine or ten then. (Really) and another thing I would do, around Christmas time, you know America is the tradition of putting mistletoe up on the roof for Christmas, well I would climb trees, cut the mistletoe and then again I would walk door-to-door and say, "Would you like to buy some mistletoe?"格雷格：我大概九岁或十岁。（真的吗）你知道圣诞节的时候美国的传统是把槲寄生放在屋顶，所以圣诞节的时候我会爬到树上去剪槲寄生，然后挨家挨户去问：“您想买槲寄生吗？”Todd: You were quite the entrepreneur. The young businessman. (Yes) Did you make a lot of money with that job?托德：你太有商业头脑了。年轻的企业家。（嗯）那份工作挣到了很多钱吗？Greg: For me it felt like a lot of money at that time.格雷格：当时对我来说那是很大一笔钱了。Todd: Right, well, I got to ask, did you ever work at a fast-food company, like McDonalds or Wendy's?托德：好，我想问，你在麦当劳或是温蒂汉堡这样的快餐公司打过工吗？Greg: I've never worked at a fast-food company.格雷格：我从来没在快餐公司打过工。Todd: Oh, I did. It's the worst job ever. It's terrible.托德：哦，我干过。那是最糟糕的一份工作。非常糟糕。Greg: Did you get to eat free food though?格雷格：你可以免费吃快餐吧？Todd: Ah, I did, actually, that was the big allure of the job, like I won't say the name of the company, but I worked for a major, major fast food chain around the world, and I thought, oh, I can eat all the hamburgers I want.托德：对，可以，这是那份工作最诱人的地方，我就不说我打工的那家快餐店的名字了，我曾在世界上一家主要快餐连锁店工作过，当时我想我可以吃到所有的汉堡了。Greg: You probably got sick of eating hamburgers.格雷格：你可能会吃腻汉堡的。Todd: No, are you kidding, I was 15, I didn't care like the more hamburgers the better, and uh, then actually I lost the job because I lied about my age and they fired me, but yeah, I wanted a job, I was like 13 or 14 or something like that. So how about, did you ever do the paperboy job?托德：你开玩笑吧，当时我15岁，我并不认为汉堡越多越好，之后我丢掉了那份工作，因为他们发现我谎报了年龄所以他们开除了我，当时我好像13岁还是14岁，我只是想要一份工作。你有送过报纸吗？Greg: Yes. Yes. For a couple of years I delivered newspapers in the morning.格雷格：有，送过。有几年的时间，我每天早上都去送报纸。Todd: Right. How early did you have to get up to deliver the papers?托德：好。你送报纸的时候几点起床？Greg: I don't remember, maybe around 6 o'clock. (Right) It's amazing I did that cause I hate waking up early now.格雷格：我记不清了，大约6点左右吧。（好）。我做这份工作有点令人吃惊，因为我讨厌早起。Todd: Right, yeah, yeah. That job's the worst just cause of the weather, like you have to do it in the rain. I was the paperboy too, and in the rain, it's just awful. You have the big plastic bags and, and you're out there throwing the papers, and yeah, it's not a fun job.托德：好，好的。在天气不好的时候，比如下雨天还要送报纸的时候，这份工作非常糟糕。我也送过报纸，下雨天的时候真的很糟。你要套着大塑料袋去送报纸，那并不是一份有意思的工作。Greg: Yeah, and sometimes dogs chase you.格雷格：对，而且有时还会有狗追你。

整理了一段对话，英文如下：NATASHA: I don't know what I'm going to do.I need to find a job. If I don't, I won't be able to stay here next semester.ERIC: Have you tried university part-time jobs?NATASHA: What do you mean?ERIC: I mean in the library, or in some information center.Often the university hires foreign students for part-time positions.NATASHA: Yes, I know. I tried that.They don't have anything now. So what can I doERIC: Well, since you're a foreign student, it's hard.That's because it's actually illegal for you to work in America.NATASHA: I know that. You don't have to tell me that. That's my problem.I know I have the right to work for the university. That's legal.But they don't have a job for me. And it's illegal for me to get a job elsewhere.ERIC: Anyway, there must be some solution.You know there are many people working illegally in New York.NATASHA: But I need a pretty decent job.I need to make enough to pay my rent at least.ERIC: I have an idea.NATASHA: What?ERIC: Since you're Chinese, maybe you can find part-time work in Chinatown.NATASHA: I already had that idea.ERIC: Well, why don't you go and look down there?NATASHA: But I don't know what I would do.ERIC: It may be part-time work as a waitress or something.It would be illegal, but sometimes waitresses make a good salary.NATASHA: Maybe. I don't know.ERIC: I will ask my friends for you.Maybe someone knows a company that needs part-time people.That's another thing you should do. Ask all your friends to ask around for you.You might find something.NATASHA: I have to find something.Otherwise I have to go back to Taiwan. I'll be broke in two months.汉语翻译如下：娜塔莎：我不知道如何是好。我需要找一个工作。如果我找不到，下个学期就没有办法留在这里。艾瑞克：你试过大学的兼职工作吗?娜塔莎：你的意思是?艾瑞克：我的意思是图书馆或者一些资讯中心。通常大学都会雇用外国的学生来做兼职的工作。娜塔莎：是，我知道。我试过。他们现在没有任何工作。所以，我该怎么办呢?艾瑞克：嗯，你身为一个外国学生，是蛮难的。那是因为你在美国工作是非法的。娜塔莎：我知道。你不必告诉我那些，那是我的问题。我知道我有权利在大学里工作，那是合法的。但是他们没有工作给我。对我来说在别的地方工作又是非法的。艾瑞克：无论如何，那一定有一个解决之道。你知道有很多人非法在纽约工作。娜塔莎：但我需要一个比较正式的工作。我需要赚足够的钱，至少能付我的房租。艾瑞克：我有一个主意。娜塔莎：是什么?艾瑞克：你身为一个中国人，或许你可以在中国城找到一个兼职工作。娜塔莎：我已经想过了。艾瑞克：嗯，你为什么不去看看呢?娜塔莎：但我不知道我能做些什么。艾瑞克：或许有兼职的工作像是服务生或其他的机会。虽然是非法，但有些时候服务生可以拿到不错的薪水。娜塔莎：或许吧。我不知道。艾瑞克：我会替你问我的朋友。或许会有人知道哪一家公司需要兼职的人员。你还需要做一件事。请你的朋友帮你打听。你或许会找到事情做。娜塔莎：我一定要找工作做。不然我就必须要回台湾。我会在两个月内破产。