地道美語聽力播客933：學習一門技能

Jeannine:What are you going to do now that you've graduated from high school?

珍妮:你已經(jīng)高中畢業(yè)了，有什么打算呢?

Orlando:I'm going to trade school.

奧蘭多:我要去上專業(yè)技術學校。

My father was a stone and brick mason and my brother is a mechanic, but I think I'm going to try something different.

我父親是個石磚匠，我哥哥是技工,但我想我要嘗試一下截然不同的東西。

Jeannine:Like what?

珍妮:比如什么?

Orlando:Maybe I'll study to become an electrician or plumber.

奧蘭多:也許我會學習成為一名電工或水管工。

Those are skills that are always in demand.

這些技能總有用武之地。

Jeannine:Don't they have long apprenticeships?

珍妮:他們沒有長期學徒嗎?

Orlando:Yes, but it's better than training to be a machinist or technician.

奧蘭多:的確有,但接受訓練成為一名機械師或技術員更好。

It's easier to open your own shop as an electrician or plumber.

而作為電工或水管工很容易就能開自己的店。

Jeannine:With your skills, you can always get a job as a carpenter.

珍妮:有這些技能傍身,你就不愁木匠活了。

Orlando:I think carpentry is a dying art.

奧蘭多:我認為木工技藝是一種瀕臨失傳的藝術。

Most people don't get furniture or other things custom-made anymore.

大多數(shù)人已經(jīng)不再希望得到定制的家具或其他東西。

Jeannine:You know, you could always take a completely different path, learning a completelydifferent skilled trade.

珍妮:你知道,你總是可以采取一種截然不同的方式,學習一門完全不同的技藝。

Orlando:Like what?

奧蘭多:比如?

Jeannine:You could become a medical or dental technician or even get a cosmetology degree.

珍妮:你可以成為一名醫(yī)療或牙科技師甚至獲得美容學位。

Orlando:Are you serious?!

奧蘭多:你是認真的嗎? !

Would you want these hands cutting your hair?

你想讓這些手剪你的頭發(fā)?