Asking people "What do you do for a living?" in USA · Ariannita la Gringa
视频通过采访不同职业的人,讲解美国人如何询问他人职业,以及工作时长、薪资结构等话题,适合练习日常对话和职业相关表达。
Hey everybody!
大家好!
It's Ariannita la Gringa and welcome back to my YouTube channel.
我是 Ariannita la Gringa,欢迎大家再次回到我的 YouTube 频道!
In today's video, I will ask people around Cincinnati, Ohio what they do for a living and how much they make each year.
在今天的视频中,我会询问俄亥俄州辛辛那提市周围的人们他们从事什么工作,以及他们的年收入是多少。
Let's go!
我们出发吧!
Hi, what's your name?
嗨,你叫什么名字?
-My name's Austin.
-我叫奥斯汀。
Hi Austin, what do you do for a living?
嗨,奥斯汀,你是做什么工作的?
-I work downtown at division's maintenance group and I manage a book of business for various different clients and I help them with their facility maintenance.
我在市中心的部门维护小组工作,负责管理多个客户的业务资料,并为他们提供设施维护方面的帮助。
When Americans ask "What do you do for a living?"
当美国人问“你是做什么工作的?”时……
they want to find out your job and what you do for work.
他们想知道你的工作是什么,以及你是如何从事这份工作的。
What's your favorite part about your job?
你工作中最喜欢的部分是什么?
-Probably my favorite part is just seeing my client's reaction when I solve a problem for them.
- 我最喜欢的部分,大概就是看到我为客户解决问题时他们脸上的反应。
And then what kind of projects do you work on?
那么,你们主要参与哪些类型的项目呢?
-Well, right now I won't say the
-嗯,目前我还不想说那个……
name, but I work for a donut company and I help them out with making sure their donut line's running.
虽然我不知道他的名字,但我是在一家甜甜圈公司工作的,我的职责是确保他们的甜甜圈生产线能够正常运转(即确保生产过程顺利进行)。
How many hours do you work each week?
你每周工作多少小时?
-I'm pushing like 70 hours per week right now.
我现在每周的工作时长大约在70小时左右。
Just a lot of after-hours.
就是有很多下班后的时间(可以用来做其他事情)。
Sounds like you work a lot and then how much do you earn each year?
听起来你工作非常辛苦,那么你每年的收入是多少呢?
Right now I'm tracking towards $115,000.
目前我的目标是在115,000美元这个数字上。
Hi, what's your name?
嗨,你叫什么名字?
-Mitch Keiser.
——米奇·凯泽(Mitch Keiser)
Hi Mitch, what do you do for a living?
嗨,Mitch,你是做什么工作的?
-I work for Pro Football Focus.
我为《Pro Football Focus》杂志工作。
I'm a college football analyst for PFF here in Cincinnati.
我是位于辛辛那提的PFF(Pro Football Focus)旗下的大学橄榄球分析师。
What's your favorite part about your job?
你工作中最喜欢的部分是什么?
-Getting to watch every college football game and then write about it later on.
能够观看每一场大学橄榄球比赛,之后再对这些比赛进行评论或写作,真是太棒了。
I write articles covering college football.
我撰写有关大学橄榄球的文章。
And what's your favorite article you've written?
那你写过的文章中,最喜欢哪一篇呢?
-I wrote an article last fall about why Michael Penix should have won the Heisman.
去年秋天,我写了一篇文章,探讨了为什么迈克尔·佩尼克斯(Michael Penix)应该获得海斯曼奖(Heisman Award)。
I was pretty happy about it and then he played really well so that's probably my favorite article.
我对此感到非常满意;而且他表现得也非常出色,因此这篇文章很可能是我最喜欢的了。
How many hours a week do you work?
你每周工作多少小时?
Sometimes more in the season.
有时候,在这个季节里(某种东西)的数量会更多。
Summertimes you get probably less than 40 'cuz it's off-season and then when fall rolls around probably like 60 hours some weeks.
夏季时,气温通常会低于40摄氏度(约4摄氏度),因为那时并非用电高峰期;而到了秋季,有些周的气温可能会达到60摄氏度(约15摄氏度)。
In the U.S.
在美国
a standard work week is 40 hours usually 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
标准的工作周为 40 小时,通常每天工作 8 小时,每周工作 5 天。
If you work more than 40 hours that's overtime and you get paid extra.
如果你每周的工作时间超过 40 小时,那么这部分时间就属于加班时间,你应该获得额外的报酬。
For example, if you make $10 an hour overtime is time and a half so for every hour worked over 40 you'd make $15.
例如,如果你每小时的基本工资是10美元,那么加班工资就是基本工资的1.5倍。因此,每加班1小时,你就能获得15美元的报酬。
How much do you earn each year?
你每年赚多少钱?
-Not enough.
-还不够。