I will be answering them.

我將會回答他們。

My esteemed colleague, Tom will be asking me the questions.

我尊敬的同事，湯姆將向我提問。

This is going to help you build your vocabulary for talking about jobs, about your work history

這將幫助你建立談論工作的詞彙，談論你的工作歷史

for answering questions.

用於回答問題。

Pay attention not only to vocabulary but to the sentence structure.

不僅要注意詞彙，還要注意句子結構。

And be sure if you're answering the questions yourself as you go along, pause the video

而且要確保如果你自己邊走邊回答問題，暫停視頻

if you want to practice how you put the sentences together.

如果你想練習如何把句子放在一起。

So let me get my earbud and let's call up Tom.

所以，讓我拿上我的耳塞，讓我們叫上湯姆。

How many jobs have you had?

你有過多少份工作？

I have had so many, it would take a very long time to try to count them and figure that

我有這麼多，要花很長的時間去計算它們，並計算出它們的數量。

out.

了。

What's been your least favorite job?

你最不喜歡的工作是什麼？

My least favorite job was probably being a secretary.

我最不喜歡的工作可能是當祕書。

Why didn't you like it?

你為什麼不喜歡它？

I didn't like it because my only job was to do what other people told me to do.

我不喜歡這樣，因為我唯一的工作就是做別人叫我做的事。

And I like to come up with things to do.

而且我喜歡想出一些事情來做。

How did you get to work for this job?

你是如何得到這份工作的？

For this job I took the subway, I lived in Cambridge, I took the subway into Boston and

為了這份工作，我坐地鐵，我住在劍橋，我坐地鐵到波士頓，然後再到波士頓。

it took about 25 minutes.

花了大約25分鐘。

Click here or in the video description to get a free cheat sheet, the sounds of American

點擊這裡或在視頻描述中獲得一個免費的小抄，美國的聲音。

English, it's a great reference tool and even I use quite a bit.

英語，它是一個很好的參考工具，甚至我也用了不少。

Why did you take that job?

你為什麼要接受那份工作？

I took this job because it had health insurance.

我接受這份工作是因為它有健康保險。

What were some of your job duties for this job?

你在這份工作中的一些工作職責是什麼？

So my boss didn't do emails; my job was to read his email out loud to him and then

所以我的老闆不做電子郵件；我的工作是把他的電子郵件大聲讀給他聽，然後

type in his replies.

鍵入他的答覆。

I also dealt with student files and that kind of thing.

我還處理了學生的檔案和這類事情。

What qualified you for this job?

你有什麼資格做這份工作？

I had good computer skills and I am a very organized person.

我有很好的計算機技能，我是一個非常有組織的人。

I had also been an assistant to somebody before.

我以前也做過別人的助理。

So, I kind of knew what I was getting into.

是以，我有點知道我正在進入什麼。

What was to process for being hired for this job?

被僱用從事這項工作的過程是什麼？

This job was at a big university in the US so there was a very structured process.

這份工作是在美國的一所大型大學，所以有一個非常結構化的過程。

I saw them posting online, I sent in my materials, that'll be a cover letter and a resume.

我在網上看到了他們的招聘資訊，我把我的材料寄了過去，那就是一封求職信和一份履歷。

I had two rounds of interviews with H.R. and with the person who would be my boss and then

我與H.R和將成為我老闆的人進行了兩輪面試，然後

they gave me a formal offer.

他們給了我一份正式報價。

How long were you at this job?

你在這份工作上做了多久？

About two years.

大約兩年時間。

What's the best part of this job?

這份工作最好的部分是什麼？

The best part was definitely the health insurance.

最好的部分無疑是健康保險。

I needed that.

我需要這個。

Why did you leave this job?

你為什麼要離開這份工作？

I left the job because I decided to move out of Boston.

我離開這份工作是因為我決定搬出波士頓。

Was the job stressful?

工作的壓力大嗎？

No.

沒有。

Not at all.

一點也不。

Did you like your colleagues?

你喜歡你的同事嗎？

I did.

我做到了。

There were couple of other women who worked in the office with me.

還有幾位女性和我一起在辦公室工作。

It was a very small office and they were very friendly.

那是一個非常小的辦公室，他們非常友好。

Have most of your jobs been as employees or contractors?

你的大部分工作是作為僱員還是承包商？

I had way, way, way more jobs as contractors than as an employee.

我作為承包商的工作比作為僱員的工作多得多，多得多。

What's been your favorite job?

你最喜歡的工作是什麼？

I would have to say the job I'm doing right now.

我不得不說我現在正在做的工作。

Why did you take that job?

你為什麼要接受那份工作？

Well.

好吧。

I didn't take it.

我沒有接受。

This is my own business that I developed from creating a Youtube channel.

這是我自己的業務，是我從創建Youtube頻道發展起來的。

Started out as a hobby and now it's grown into my business.

開始時是一種愛好，現在已經發展成為我的事業。

Are you full time or part time?

你是全職還是兼職？

I am mostly full time at this point.

在這一點上，我基本上是全職的。

But I definitely started very much so part time because it was a hobby.

但我肯定開始時是非常兼職的，因為它是一種愛好。

Does the job have benefits?

該工作是否有福利？

Yes I do give myself and my employees benefits.

是的，我確實給自己和我的僱員提供了福利。

What's the best thing about this job?

這份工作最好的地方是什麼？

The best thing about this job is, it's totally my own creation, and I love that.

這份工作最好的一點是，它完全是我自己創造的，我喜歡這樣。

And I get to meet and have conversations with people all over the world.

我還能與世界各地的人見面並進行交談。

What's the worst thing about this job?

這份工作最糟糕的地方是什麼？

The worst thing about this job, I guess is that, it's all on me.

這份工作最糟糕的事情，我想是，這一切都在我身上。

No one is paying me a salary.

沒有人給我發工資。

It's all on me to make the financials work.

要使財務工作順利進行，全靠我。

What are some of your daily tasks?

你有哪些日常工作？

The main thing that I do right now is create Youtube videos.

我現在做的主要事情是創建Youtube視頻。

And work with the editor, and teach my students.

並與編輯一起工作，教我的學生。

What qualifies you for this job?

你有什麼資格做這份工作？

Yeah.

是的。

That's the thing that's great about Youtube is nobody had to say: “You're qualified!”

這就是Youtube的偉大之處，沒有人不得不說。"你是合格的！"

I could just start making videos.

我可以直接開始製作視頻。

But it's my background in opera singing that I bring into my focus on spoken English.

但是，正是我的歌劇演唱背景，讓我把注意力帶到了英語口語上。

Who is someone who supports you in doing this job well?

誰是支持你做好這項工作的人？

I would say my husband David is incredibly supportive and he's a great person to bounce

我想說的是，我的丈夫大衛非常支持我，他是一個很好的人，可以讓我放心。

ideas off of.

的想法。

Do you like your colleagues?

你喜歡你的同事嗎？

Tom, I love my colleagues.

湯姆，我愛我的同事。

I have the absolute best colleagues in the world!

我有世界上絕對最好的同事!

In case anyone wasn't sure, Tom is my colleague.

如果有人不確定的話，湯姆是我的同事。

If you were to switch jobs now, what are some of the factors you would consider?

如果你現在要換工作，你會考慮哪些因素？

Probably the main thing I would consider of course, salary is important, but right now

當然，我主要考慮的可能是，工資很重要，但現在

I enjoy so much flexibility.

我享受如此多的靈活性。

And I have young kids, so I feel like that would be really important to me.

而且我有年輕的孩子，所以我覺得這對我來說真的很重要。

What was your first job?

你的第一份工作是什麼？

My first job?

我的第一份工作？

Would probably have to be babysitting.

可能必須要做保姆。

How old were you when you took that job?

你接受那份工作時是多大年紀？

My first babysitting job I was in middle school so probably about 12.

我的第一份保姆工作是在國中，所以大概是12歲左右。

Did you like it?

你喜歡它嗎？

No!

不!

What were some of your job duties?

你的一些工作職責是什麼？

Obviously, keeping the kids alive, trying to keep them happy and healthy, entertained,

很明顯，讓孩子們活著，努力讓他們快樂和健康，娛樂。

and sometimes cooking, presenting them with a meal.

有時還做飯，為他們送上飯菜。

Feeding them if need be.

如果需要的話，給他們餵食。

Cleaning up, changing diapers.

打掃衛生，換尿布。

Did anything get in the way of you doing your job well?

有什麼事情妨礙你做好你的工作嗎？

Actually, my first babysitting job was for a little boy.

實際上，我的第一份保姆工作是為一個小男孩做的。

And his older brother who was in high school was also in and out of the house.

而他正在上高中的哥哥也在家裡進進出出。

And that voice distracted me and made me nervous.

而那個聲音讓我分心，讓我緊張。

I don't know if it prevented me from doing the job well.

我不知道這是否妨礙了我做好工作。

But it was definitely a factor that made me feel a little uncomfortable.

但這絕對是一個讓我感到有點不舒服的因素。

Who is someone who supported you in doing that job well?

誰是支持你做好這項工作的人？

My dad, because I was 12, so I couldn't drive, so he had to pick me up and drop me

我爸爸，因為我是12歲，所以我不能開車，所以他必須接我和送我。

off.

關閉。

What was the process for being hired for this job?

這份工作的錄用過程是什麼？

This job, my first babysitting job, someone at church approached my dad and asked if I

這份工作是我的第一份保姆工作，教會里有人找到我父親，問我是否

would be available.

將可獲得。

And my dad decided I would definitely absolutely do it.

而我父親決定我絕對絕對會去做。

So, I wasn't even asked.

所以，我甚至沒有被問到。

How long were you at that job?

你在那份工作上做了多久？

That first babysitting job was probably only about six months.

第一份保姆工作可能只有六個月左右的時間。

What's the strangest you've ever had?

你吃過的最奇怪的東西是什麼？

The strangest job I've ever had.

我所做過的最奇怪的工作。

There've been some strange ones.

已經有一些奇怪的人。

I think maybe I worked as a landscaper so maybe that one.

我想也許我做過園藝師，所以也許是那個人。

Why was it strange?

為什麼奇怪呢？

It was strange because I only did it for one week.

這很奇怪，因為我只做了一個星期。

Why did you take that job?

你為什麼要接受那份工作？

I took the job because, my friend her aunt owned this company and she was like, hey,

我接受這份工作是因為，我的朋友她的姨媽擁有這家公司，她說，嘿。

we need a landscaper for this first week of summer.

我們需要一個園藝師在夏天的第一週工作。

And I was like, “Sure, sounds fun.”

我當時想，"當然，聽起來很有趣"。

What were some of the duties associated with that job?

與該工作相關的一些職責是什麼？

We would go to Home Depot, but the flowers we needed.

我們會去家得寶，但我們需要的花。

And then go to the Burger King because we were planting beds between the road and the

然後去漢堡王，因為我們在馬路和漢堡王之間種了床。

Burger King parking lot, and then we would plant all day.

漢堡王停車場，然後我們將種植一整天。

Did you like the people you worked with?

你喜歡和你一起工作的人嗎？

I did, because it was just my one friend that I knew from cross country in college and we

我是這麼做的，因為那只是我在大學時在越野賽中認識的一個朋友，我們在一起。

had a lot of fun.

有很多樂趣。

Was it a full-time job or part-time?

是全職工作還是兼職？

This was full-time.

這是全職的。

It was 40 hours for that one week.

那一個星期是40個小時。

How did you get to work?

你是怎麼去工作的？

I think I met her somewhere, with my car.

我想我在某個地方遇到了她，和我的車一起。

And then she would be there with her aunt's pickup truck and we'd go and do the job.

然後她會帶著她姨媽的皮卡車在那裡，我們會去做這個工作。

Why did you feel qualified for this job?

你為什麼覺得自己有資格做這份工作？

I didn't really.

我真的沒有。

So I just did whatever people told me to do.

所以我只是做了人們叫我做的任何事情。

What was the process of being hired for this job?

這份工作的錄用過程是怎樣的？

Yeah, this was very unofficial.

是的，這是很不正式的。

I never did any paperwork.

我從未做過任何文書工作。

I'm sure it was 'under the table' and not legal, and I was paid in cash.

我確信這是 "桌子底下 "的事，不合法，而且我是用現金支付的。

What was the best part of this job?

這份工作最好的部分是什麼？

The best part of the job was playing the radio as we planted all day, just top 40 hits, we

工作的最好部分是在我們種植的時候整天播放廣播，只是前40名的歌曲，我們

would sing along and it was fun.

他們會一起唱歌，這很有趣。

What was the worst part of the job?

工作中最糟糕的部分是什麼？

The worst part of this job was after we would plant the beds, we had to water everything

這項工作最糟糕的部分是在我們種植花壇之後，我們必須給所有的東西澆水。

and the hose was so heavy, I had to wrestle with this thing everyday.

軟管非常重，我不得不每天與這個東西搏鬥。

What's the easiest job you've ever had?

你所做過的最輕鬆的工作是什麼？

The easiest job I ever had was probably in college.

我做過的最輕鬆的工作可能是在大學裡。

I lived in a small group house.

我住在一個小團體的房子裡。

And I was hired to be the house cleaner, by the college, to the house cleaner of the house.

而我被學院聘為房屋清潔工，給房子的清潔工。

How did you get that job?

你是如何得到這份工作的？

I think I lived with five people and we all knew that one of us had to do it.

我想我和五個人住在一起，我們都知道，我們中的一個人必須這樣做。

And so, I volunteered and applied at the college.

於是，我就在學院裡做了志願者並提出申請。

What were some of the duties for this job?

這項工作的一些職責是什麼？

Vacuuming, scrubbing toilets, cleaning the kitchen sink.

吸塵，擦洗廁所，清潔廚房水槽。

All those good things.

所有這些好東西。

Why did you take that job?

你為什麼要接受那份工作？

I took it because I lived at the house so I thought it would be an easy thing to do

我拿著它是因為我住在家裡，所以我想這是一件很容易做的事情。

between studying and that kind of thing.

在學習和這種事情之間。

How long were you at this job?

你在這份工作上做了多久？

This job I did for one year because that's how long I lived in the house.

這份工作我做了一年，因為這是我在房子裡住的時間。

What was the best part of this job?

這份工作最好的部分是什麼？

The best part of the job was they paid you this set amount of money expecting that you'd

這份工作最好的部分是，他們付給你固定的錢，希望你能夠

be cleaning a lot, but I was in college and all of our standards were really low.

是清潔很多，但我在大學裡，我們所有的標準都非常低。

So even though I kept it somewhat clean, I was not cleaning as much as they were paying

是以，儘管我在一定程度上保持了清潔，但我並沒有像他們所支付的那樣清潔。

me for.

我為。

What was the worst part of the job?

工作中最糟糕的部分是什麼？

Cleaning toilets.

清潔廁所。

Did you have any other jobs in college?

你在大學期間有其他工作嗎？

Yes, I did.

是的，我做到了。

I was a tutor for math and physics.

我曾是數學和物理學的輔導員。

What was the process of being hired for that job?

被聘為該工作的過程是什麼？

For the physics tutor position, I was taking a physics class, and my professor asked me

對於物理輔導員的職位，我正在上物理課，我的教授問我

if I would tutor somebody in the class who needed some extra help.

如果我願意輔導班上需要額外幫助的人。

How long were you at that job?

你在那份工作上做了多久？

That was one year.

那是一年的時間。

What was the best part of that job?

那份工作最好的部分是什麼？

The best part of that job was working one-on-one with somebody and being able to help them.

那份工作最好的部分是與某人一對一地工作，並能夠幫助他們。

What was the worst part of that job?

那份工作最糟糕的部分是什麼？

The same.

一樣。

There was some pressure there.

那裡有一些壓力。

I felt like if she didn't do well, that it was my fault.

我覺得如果她做得不好，那就是我的錯。

How did you get to work for this job?

你是如何得到這份工作的？

I think we just met in the science building, so I just walked across campus.

我想我們只是在科學樓見面，所以我只是走過校園。

Why did you feel qualified for this job?

你為什麼覺得自己有資格做這份工作？

I wouldn't have thought of myself as being able to do that.

我不會認為自己有能力做到這一點。

But my professor, when he asked me, he said you have one of the highest grades in class

但是我的教授，當他問我時，他說你是班上成績最高的人之一。

would you be willing to do this.

你是否願意這樣做。

And that sort of gave me a confidence boost.

這也給我帶來了信心的提升。

Why did you leave this job?

你為什麼要離開這份工作？

I left the job because we both finished the class.

我離開了工作，因為我們都上完了課。

Have you had any jobs that you absolutely couldn't do now?

你有沒有做過一些現在絕對不能做的工作？

Yes, I have been paid to sing opera on a stage before and I absolutely cannot do that now.

是的，我以前曾拿錢在舞臺上唱歌劇，現在我絕對不能這樣做。

Why could you not do that now?

為什麼你現在不能這樣做呢？

I couldn't do that now because I haven't sung a note in probably two decades.

我現在做不到，因為我大概有20年沒有唱過歌了。

What was the best part of that job?

那份工作最好的部分是什麼？

The best part of that job was, I love classical music.

那份工作最好的部分是，我喜歡古典音樂。

Just the feeling of singing; having the instrument in your body.

只是唱歌的感覺；讓樂器在你的身體裡。

It's very cool.

這是非常酷的。

What was the worst part of that job?

那份工作最糟糕的部分是什麼？

The worst part of that job was probably having to audition constantly.

那份工作最糟糕的部分可能是不得不不斷地進行試鏡。

Why did you feel qualified for that job?

你為什麼覺得自己有資格做那份工作？

Well, I went to graduate school for opera performance.

好吧，我上了研究生院的歌劇表演。

But also, you know, they decide whether or not you're qualified.

但同時，你知道，他們決定你是否合格。

They're hearing like one hundred sopranos and deciding if they like you.

他們正在聽取像一百個女高音一樣的聲音，並決定他們是否喜歡你。

What is the best-paying opera singing job you ever had.