Larry和李華在談一位最近剛找到工作的朋友。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：cushy和legit。

LL: Hey, Li Hua, did you hear about Kelsey? She just got a cushy new job.

LH: A "cushy" job? 我知道Kelsey最近找到了新工作，但什么是cushy job？那是不是她找到了很理想的工作？

LL: Oh, yeah. A "cushy" job a cushy job is one that isn't hard to do and has lots of benefits. A cushy job is soft and has a lot of padding like a cushion.

LH: 我懂了，cushy就是從cushion軟墊子這個(gè)詞來的。所以cushy job就是很舒服的工作，就是錢多事少的好差事。Larry，快告訴我，Kelsey的工作到底是什么性質(zhì)，為什么能夠這么cushy？

LL: Well, she'll be working as an interpreter for a local businessman who does a lot of work with Chinese companies. Her salary is very high, she'll get to travel regularly to China, and her other benefits are good, too.

LH: 哇，幫美國商人做翻譯，不但薪水高，還有機(jī)會(huì)到中國出差。真好！Kelsey的中文很好，個(gè)性又活潑，我想這個(gè)工作對(duì)她來說應(yīng)該不難。 真是一個(gè)cushy job!

LL: Doesn't it make you want to find a new job, Li Hua? Being a teaching assistant isn't the cushiest job.

LH: 就是啊，當(dāng)助教一點(diǎn)也不舒服，每星期我得花很多時(shí)間備課，和學(xué)生面談，上課，批改作業(yè)，但是助教的薪水卻少的可憐。It isn't a cushy job at all.

LL: But you know, the teaching assistant job gives you valuable experience, and maybe some day you will have a cushy job as a Chinese professor at a major university.

LH: 我也希望如此啊。希望我這個(gè)助教工作能為我將來能到名牌大學(xué)當(dāng)教授打下基礎(chǔ)，那可就是個(gè)cushy job了。Larry，那你呢？你希不希望你的暑期工作也是個(gè)舒服的好工作呢？

LL: Well, it isn't hard to do, but I am hardly being paid anything, so I don't think you can call it a cushy job.

LH: 工作雖不難做，可是工資微薄。那沒什么意思。 那你想找個(gè)新工作嗎？ 你可以去問問Kelsey 她是怎么找到的，沒準(zhǔn)那公司還要人呢！

LL: Yeah, I am going to talk to Kelsey. Maybe she has some good advice for me.

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LL: Well, Li Hua, I talked more to Kelsey about her new job, and now I am a little concerned that it isn't legit.

LH: 你說，Kelsey的工作怎么樣？什么是legit？

LL: Legit. It's short for legitimate. I am afraid Kelsey's new job may not be legitimate.

LH: 噢，legit就是合法的意思，是legitimate這個(gè)詞的簡化。你是說，你擔(dān)心Kelsey找到的工作不合法？為什么呢？

LL: Kelsey told me she hasn't actually started her job yet, and she had her interview in a coffee shop.

LH: 嗯，在咖啡廳里面談，這也不奇怪啊，很多公司覺得在辦公室外面談比較放松一些嘛。

LL: But, I tried to look up the company name in the phone book and couldn't find it. If a company is legit, it should have a listing in the phone book.

LH: 那倒也是。你在電話本里找不到這公司的名字？一個(gè)合法的公司應(yīng)該在電話本里有它的名字呀。或許是你把公司的名字拼錯(cuò)了？

LL: I am pretty sure that I got it right. The more I think about the job it seems too good to be true.

LH: Larry，我知道你是為Kelsey擔(dān)心，不過Kelsey很聰明，這個(gè)工作到底合不合法，我想她自己心里應(yīng)該很明白。

LL: I guess you're right. Maybe it is my concerns that aren't legit.

LH: 不過話說回來，Larry，你替好朋友擔(dān)心，這也是很正常的。

LL: Well, that's true. I should stop worrying about Kelsey.

LH: 好啦，現(xiàn)在什么都別擔(dān)心了，我們一起去吃冰淇淋好不好？

LL: Now, that is a business we KNOW is legit!

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語。第一個(gè)是cushy。這是形容很軟，很舒服的意思，用來形容一個(gè)工作，就是輕松容易的工作。另一個(gè)常用語是legit。這是指合法的，正確的意思。