聊一聊在美國讀書時代打工的經(jīng)歷

今天的這段對話，在討論打工，
 
聊一聊在美國讀書時代打工的經(jīng)歷
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Hey, so, Greg, growing up in the states, did you have any part-time jobs like in high school and stuff?
 
嗨，格雷格，你在美國長大，你上高中的時候有沒有打過工？
 
B: Oh, I've had part-time jobs ever since I was a child.
 
哦，我從小就一直在打工。
 
A: Right, me too.
 
我也是。
 
B: My first actually, I used to work for the American Seed Company. Do you know that?
 
我打的第一份工是在美國種子公司工作。你知道這家公司嗎？
 
A: I can imagine. No. I mean it's just a seed company, right.
 
我可以想象。我想那就是一家種子公司。
 
B: 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.
 
對，是的。實(shí)際上他們并不付我工錢。他們會給我鮮花種子還有蔬菜種子，然后我要拿著這些種子挨家挨戶去推銷，我會去敲人們的房門，然后說：“打擾一下，我是美國種子公司的員工，您想買些種子嗎？”當(dāng)時人們看到的是一個九、十歲左右的男孩努力地賣種子，你知道通常他們都會買幾包種子，舉個例子，如果我賣了20包種子，那我就可以從玩具清單中選擇我喜歡的玩具，像足球或是飛鏢盤之類的，所以我賣了很多種子，我喜歡這份工作。
 
A: How old were you?
 
那時你多大？
 
B: 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?"
 
我大概九歲或十歲。（真的嗎）你知道圣誕節(jié)的時候美國的傳統(tǒng)是把槲寄生放在屋頂，所以圣誕節(jié)的時候我會爬到樹上去剪槲寄生，然后挨家挨戶去問：“您想買槲寄生嗎？”
 
A: You were quite the entrepreneur. The young businessman. (Yes) Did you make a lot of money with that job?
 
你太有商業(yè)頭腦了。年輕的企業(yè)家。（嗯）那份工作掙到了很多錢嗎？
 
B: For me it felt like a lot of money at that time.
 
當(dāng)時對我來說那是很大一筆錢了。
 
A: Right, well, I got to ask, did you ever work at a fast-food company, like McDonalds or Wendy's?
 
好，我想問，你在麥當(dāng)勞或是溫蒂漢堡這樣的快餐公司打過工嗎？
 
B: I've never worked at a fast-food company.
 
我從來沒在快餐公司打過工。
 
A: Oh, I did. It's the worst job ever. It's terrible.
 
哦，我干過。那是最糟糕的一份工作。非常糟糕。
 
B: Did you get to eat free food though?
 
你可以免費(fèi)吃快餐吧？
 
A: 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.
 
對，可以，這是那份工作最誘人的地方，我就不說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連鎖店工作過，當(dāng)時我想我可以吃到所有的漢堡了。
 
B: You probably got sick of eating hamburgers.
 
你可能會吃膩漢堡的。
 
A: 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?
 
你開玩笑吧，當(dāng)時我15歲，我并不認(rèn)為漢堡越多越好，之后我丟掉了那份工作，因?yàn)樗麄儼l(fā)現(xiàn)我謊報(bào)了年齡所以他們開除了我，當(dāng)時我好像13歲還是14歲，我只是想要一份工作。你有送過報(bào)紙嗎？
 
B: Yes. Yes. For a couple of years I delivered newspapers in the morning.
 
有，送過。有幾年的時間，我每天早上都去送報(bào)紙。
 
A: Right. How early did you have to get up to deliver the papers?
 
好。你送報(bào)紙的時候幾點(diǎn)起床？
 
B: I don't remember, maybe around 6 o'clock. (Right) It's amazing I did that cause I hate waking up early now.
 
我記不清了，大約6點(diǎn)左右吧。（好）。我做這份工作有點(diǎn)令人吃驚，因?yàn)槲矣憛捲缙稹?br />  
A: 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.
 
好，好的。在天氣不好的時候，比如下雨天還要送報(bào)紙的時候，這份工作非常糟糕。我也送過報(bào)紙，下雨天的時候真的很糟。你要套著大塑料袋去送報(bào)紙，那并不是一份有意思的工作。
 
B: Yeah, and sometimes dogs chase you.
 
對，而且有時還會有狗追你。