DIALOGUE 86:At Lunch

1--How's the new job, Alison?

2--Well, I'm terribly busy. Every day I meet lots of

people. But I do lots of typing and filing, too.

1--Don't you like being a receptionist?

2--Oh, I enjoy meeting people. And I like answering

the phone. But I hate typing. And I can't stand

filing.

1--You can go to college, you know. Why don't you

study for a year?

2--What do you mean?

1--I mean, you can do a course in business studies.

After a year, you get a certificate. Then you can

apply for lots of different jobs.

2--That's a good idea. I like studying.

1--Why don't you get a prospectus.

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注解：

1）typing：打字工作。filing：文書檔案工作。

2）receptionist：旅館或公司中從事接待

工作的人員。

3）I can't stand filing：stand作“忍受”解，是及物動詞。

譯文中未直譯。

4）business studies：商業學科。

5）certificate：證書，文憑。

6）prospectus：說明書。

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譯文：

1--新工作怎么樣？阿莉森？

2--恩，忙極了。每天要接待很多人。還要打字、整理檔案。

1--你不是喜歡當接待員嗎？

2--我喜歡做接待人的工作。也樂意接電話。但我討厭

打字。檔案工作太煩人了。

1--你瞧，你可以去上大學。為什么不去學習一年呢。

2--你這話是什么意思？

1--我是說你可以去進修一門商業課程。學習一年，

你可以拿到一張文憑。然后你就可以申請各種工作。

2--這個意見不錯。我樂意學習。

1--干嘛不找張招生簡章看看？