Asking New Yorkers What They Do For a Living · Tristan Paine
视频采访纽约市民，了解他们的职业和收入情况，适合练习日常对话和职业相关词汇。
We're in the most expensive city in the world, New York City,
我们现在位于世界上最昂贵的城市——纽约市。
and today we're right in front of the most expensive home in the country that was just listed for $250 million.
今天，我们正好站在这个国家最昂贵的住宅前——该住宅的挂牌售价为2.5亿美元。
And now we're going to be going around Manhattan, interviewing people, trying to see how they could afford living here,
现在我们要在曼哈顿四处走动，采访人们，试图了解他们是如何负担得起在这里生活的费用的。
and what they do for a living.
以及他们以什么为生。
So what do you do for a living?
那么，你是以什么为生的呢？
I make balloon animals.
我会用气球制作各种动物造型。
I'm also on TV for it.
我也因此上了电视。
I host a reality show for balloon artists.
我主持了一档针对气球艺术家的真人秀节目。
So what's like the salary range of someone trying to do balloon animals, I guess?
那么，那些从事气球动物造型工作的人的薪资范围大概是多少呢？
Right now, I mean, you can make between 50 and 100k if you hustle in a little bit.
我的意思是，如果你稍微努力一下，的话，你就可以赚到 5 万到 10 万美元之间的收入。
There's some people who make a lot more than that.
有些人赚的钱比这多得多。
So how do you even develop a business for that?
那么，究竟该如何为这样的业务制定发展计划呢？
That's a great question.
这是个非常好的问题。
That's everything.
就这些了。
He doesn't even know.
他甚至都不知道。
My name is Jeff and I sell advertising.
我叫杰夫，主要从事广告销售工作。
So are you marketing?
那么，你们是在做市场营销工作吗？
Yes.
是的。
Could you give a range of salary of what you make?
你能告诉我你的薪资大概在什么范围内吗？
Not the exact number, but just a range.
这个数字并不完全准确，只是一个大致的范围而已。
Like 300 ,000.
大约有30万人。
My name is These Hanson, and I'm a software producer and video editor.
我的名字是These Hanson，我是一名软件制作人和视频编辑师。
So what is the one usually making that type of field?
那么，通常是什么导致了那种类型的场（即具有特定物理特性的场）的产生呢？
You can do a lot of industrial video work just by getting in the field and making 100 grand a year.
你只需到现场去拍摄工业相关的视频，每年就能赚到10万美元。
So have you done anything that you might have seen before?
那么，你有没有做过之前见过的事情呢？
I worked with Captain Morgan a bunch back when he did captain for president.
很久以前，我和摩根上尉一起工作过；当时他正在为总统竞选活动担任相关职务。
So we went all over the world and shot with him.
于是我们走遍了世界各地，与他一起拍摄了许多照片。
Really?
真的吗？
Yeah, skiing and all that kind of stuff.
是的，比如滑雪之类的活动。
Okay.
好的。
So you know Captain Morgan.
那么，你应该听说过摩根船长吧。
I was working as a doctor, you know.
你知道的，我当时是一名医生。
So how long did you have to go to school to become a doctor?
那么，你需要上多久学才能成为一名医生呢？
Like how long did it take you?
这花了你多长时间呢？
You have to spend six years to become a doctor.
要成为一名医生，你需要花费六年的时间来学习相关知识并完成学业。
Then another four or five more years to reach your specialty.
然后还需要再花四到五年的时间，才能真正掌握你所专攻的领域。
So you got to do like 11 years to become a doctor?
那么，要成为一名医生，需要花费大约11年的时间吗？
Yeah.
是的。
You have to start living with it.
你必须开始接受这个现实，并学会与之共处。
Since you get into the med school until you die, you have to start living with it.
既然你从进入医学院开始，就必须一直与这个职业（或者说这个“命运”）共存下去，直到生命的尽头。