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别再问 “What is your job?”!如何用英文聊天交到外国朋友?

Malfred 因为工作的关系搬到美国,他出门倒垃圾时,看到一个有点熟悉的面孔,便开口打招呼。Malfred: Good evening, I’m Malfred. I just moved in yesterday.Malfred:晚安,我叫 Malfred,昨天才搬进这里。Jeffery: Hi, Malfred. I’m

Malfred 因为工作的关系搬到美国,他出门倒垃圾时,看到一个有点熟悉的面孔,便开口打招呼。

Malfred: Good evening, I’m Malfred. I just moved in yesterday.

Malfred:晚安,我叫 Malfred,昨天才搬进这里。

Jeffery: Hi, Malfred. I’m Jeffery, your next door neighbor! Are you new to the city?

Jeffery:你好 Malfred,我是 Jeffery,就住在你隔壁,你是当地人吗?

Malfred: I’m from Sri Lanka. Feel free to come by anytime for some Sri Lankan tea.

Malfred:我是斯里兰卡人。欢迎随时过来尝尝斯里兰卡红茶。

Jeffery: Excellent! I’m a tea lover and Ceylon black tea is a perfect match for cookies! What brings you to America?

Jeffery:太好了!我超爱喝茶的!锡兰高地红茶跟饼干根本是绝配!你怎么会搬来美国?

Malfred: I got promoted to sales manager and was posted to America for five years. What about yourself? What line of work are you in?

Malfred:我被升迁成业务经理,然后被派驻到美国工作五年。你是做哪一行的?

Jeffery: I work for an advertising firm designing logos and posters.

Jeffery:我是广告业的,负责设计商标和海报。

Malfred: No wonder your garden looks so gorgeous then, you must have an eye for good design.

Malfred:怪不得你的花园看起来这么美,你一定很会设计。

Jeffery: Thanks, I love nature. It always provides inspiration for my designs.

Jeffery:谢谢,我很爱大自然,大自然总能提供我设计的灵感。

别再问 “What is your job?”!如何用英文聊天交到外国朋友?

come by (phr.) 短暂拜访

动词片语 come by 后面可以接地点,表示「短暂拜访 (某处)」,也有「顺道拜访 (某处)」之意,同义于 swing by。

I’ll come by your new apartment when I have time.

我有空的时候会去你的新公寓坐一坐。

perfect match (n.) 绝配

match 有「搭配」的意思,因此若要表示「A 跟 B 很搭」可以用 A is a perfect match for B ,perfect match 不只可以用在事物,也可以指两个人是「天生一对」。

Popcorn is a perfect match for movies!

爆米花跟电影是绝配!

post (v.) 派驻

post 除了有「发布;公布」的意思之外,还有「派驻」之意。

After training the employees will be posted overseas.

受训后,员工就会被派驻海外。

What line of work are you in? 你从事什么行业?

要问对方从事什么工作时,许多人会直觉想到 What is your job? 或 What are you? 但这些问法都太过直接,会让人觉得有点不礼貌。你可以问:What line of work are you in? 或 What do you do for a living?。

A: What line of work are you in?

B: import/export mainly.

A:你从事什么行业?

B:主要是进出口。

周末,Jeffery 找了另外几个比较熟的邻居,帮 Malfred 办了一个小小的欢迎派对。

Tammy: Hi, I’m Tammy. I live here with my fiancée, Rebecca. So do you just live by yourself then?

Tammy:嗨我是 Tammy,我跟我未婚妻 Rebecca 一起住,你是自己一个人吗?

Malfred: Yeah, I’m single and my parents chose to stay in Sri Lanka.

Malfred:对啊,因为我还单身,而我爸妈也选择留在斯里兰卡。

Rebecca: How’s your week going so far? Everything okay?

Rebecca:你这周过得如何?一切都还好吗?

Malfred: Life here is more fast-paced than in Sri Lanka, so I’m still finding my feet.

Malfred:这边的生活步调比斯里兰卡快,所以我还在适应中。

Jeffery: What do you like to do on weekends? Tammy and I usually go hiking.

Jeffery:你假日都喜欢做什么? Tammy 跟我很常去爬山。

Malfred: I’m also a fan of getting out and about in nature. I like to go camping and stargazing.

Malfred:我也很喜欢去户外走走接近大自然。我喜欢露营和观星。

Tammy: Cool, we’ve always wanted to go camping but we feel like we should go with someone who has some experience.

Tammy:酷哦,我们一直想去露营,但我们需要有经验的人同行。

Malfred: Well count me in the next time you’re thinking of going!

Malfred:如果你们不介意的话,下次可以算我一个!

single (adj.) 单身的

single 原本意思是「单一的」,在对话中则表示「单身的;未婚的」,其他感情状态如:married (已婚的)、engaged (已订婚的)、divorced (离过婚的)。

I feel like I am doomed to be forever single. It seems like it will require a miracle for me to find someone.

我觉得我好像注定要永远单身。感觉好像需要什么奇迹才能找到对的人。

fast-paced (adj.) 步调快的

pace 有「步伐;步调」之意,fast-paced 为复合形容词,形容「步调快的」,反义词是 slow-paced。

He finds living in a fast-paced city quite stressful, so he decided to move to the countryside.

住在步调快的城市让他压力很大,所以他决定搬到乡下。

find one’s feet (phr.) 适应新环境

这句话字面意思是「找到你的脚」,就像要找到你一个可以站稳、立足的地方,因此意思是「适应新环境」。

Don’t be so hard on yourself; you’re not going to get fired! You’ve only just started and you’re still finding your feet.

别对自己这么苛刻,你不会被开除的!你才刚开始而且还在适应新环境啊。

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