評論
打印
Jeannine:What are you going to do now that you've graduated from high school?
珍妮:你已經高中畢業了，有什么打算呢?
Orlando:I'm going to trade school.
奧蘭多:我要去上專業技術學校。
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.
大多數人已經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 completely different 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?
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