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It's a dead-end job.

年青人常常转业，问他们转业的原因，多数人认为这份工作没有前途，英文可以说：It's a dead-end job. (这是一份没前途的工作) ，口语化的说法也可以说成： There's no future in this job. (这份工作没有将来)或There's no chance of career advancement. (没有事业发展机会) ，有些人只为了金钱而打工，则可以说：I just do it for the money 。

对话

Marcus: I hate this place. I need a drastic career change.

Gordon: Why? I really like it here. We're always busy and people are dying to get our　business.

Marcus: How can you say that? It's a dead-end job.

Gordon: Well, I should hope so. We are undertakers after all.

马卡斯：我讨厌这地方，我要彻底改变事业。

戈登：为什么?我十分喜欢这儿，我们经常很忙碌，很多人都想取得我们的业务。

马卡斯：你怎可这么说?这是没有前途的工作。

戈登：嗯，我应该希望如此，毕竟我们是殡仪员。

马卡斯说自己的工作：It's a dead-end job。他的同事不同意，说People are dying to get our business。

进行式的dying常和‘for + 名词’或‘to + 原形动词(infinitive)’合用，表示‘渴望’， 例如：(1) I'm dying for a sleep.(我很想睡一觉)。(2) I'm dying to see him.(我很想见见他)。马卡斯的同事说‘很多人都想取得我们的业务。’

Dead end是‘死胡同’，常用于比喻， 例如：(1) There was a sign indicating that the street was a dead end.(或indicating that it was a dead-end street)(有标志显示那是一条死巷)。(2) Our investigation has come to a dead end.(我们的调查走进了死胡同)。

Dead-end job当然也是比喻，指没有前途的工作，例如：When I realized I was in a dead-end job, I decided to quit.(我发觉工作没有前途，决定辞职)。

求职的一个大忌，是批评自己目前的工作， 所以求职者不宜说I'm in a dead-end job之类。改个说法，给人的印象就会大大不同：(1) I've reached the highest level possible in the company(公司没有办法提供我进一步升迁的职位了)。(2) I would like to move to a company with better promotion prospects.(我想转业到晋升机会较大的公司任职)。

你还可以说是为金钱而希望转职， 这理由没有人能够质疑：It's because of money./Money is the reason./It's a matter of money。

What do you do?

认识新朋友的时候，第一句通常问对方叫什么名字，然后会问人家做什么工作：What do you do? (你是做什么工作呢?)，其它的说法还有：What's your work (job)?/What's your occupation? (你的职业是什么?) /What's your title? (你的职衔是什么?)/Where are you employed?(你在哪儿受聘?)

对 话

Joseph: I haven't seen you since school. What have you been doing?

Ian: I've been very busy with my job. I travel throughout the city everyday.

Joseph: That sounds fascinating. What do you do?

Ian: I'm a senior disposable waste management consultant.

Joseph: That's impressive, I thought you'd only end up as a “garbage- man” or something.

约瑟夫：自从离开校园后我都没见过你，你最近在做什么?

伊恩：我忙于自己的工作，我每天要在市内到处跑来跑去。

约瑟夫：听起来很不错啊，你是做什么职业?

伊恩：我是用后即弃废物的资深管理顾问。

约瑟夫：好厉害喔，我还以为你会成为一个 ‘废人’或类似的东西。

约瑟夫问老同学伊恩：What do you do?伊恩说：I'm a senior disposable waste management consultant。

一般而言，What do you do?或What does your wife do?等 ，是问‘你的工作是什么?’或‘你太太的工作是什么?’不是问你闲暇时做些什么。当然，假如人家问What do you do at weekends?(你周末通常做什么?)你就应该说I usually go hiking with my wife.(我常常和内子去远足)等等。

问人家的职业， What do you do?或What do you do for a living?是最常用的说法。此外，你还可以说What's your job/occupation/trade?或What line (of business/work)are you in? Trade除了解作‘贸易’，还可以指‘工作’，所以trade union是‘工会’，谚语Two of a trade never agree是说‘两个同业的人，不会合得来’。Line是‘行业’，I am in the catering/public relations line即‘我从事外烩业/公共关系业务’。

回答What's your job?之类问题， 你可以说：I'm a dentist/salesman(我是牙医/售货员)等，但千万不要说My job is a dentist之类：你可以做牙医，你的工作(job)却不可以做牙医。I'm a senior disposable waste management consultant即‘我是用后即弃废物的资深管理顾问’，其实是捡破烂。捡破烂者，英文叫ragpicker(直译是‘捡破布者’)。俚语则叫totter，例如：I earn my living as a totter.(我靠捡破烂维生)。

I got a great job offer.

现在就业市场竞争激烈，要找一份合适兼待遇优厚的工作一点也不容易。如果你很幸运觅得一份好工，你可高兴地告诉别人：I got a great job offer.(我获得一份很好的工作)。一份梦寐以求的工作可称为A dream job，难得的事业机会则叫A great career opportunity。

对话

Amy: You look pleased with yourself.

Joe: I am. I got a great job offer and I'm very excited.

Amy: Great! What did they offer you?

Joe: Five hundred dollars to never set foot in their office again. The way I looked was turning their customers away. I could make a career out of this.

艾美:你看来得意洋洋。

乔:对呀，我获得一份很好的工作，非常兴奋。

艾美:很棒呀!待遇如何呢?

乔:他们给我五百块叫我以后别在公司出现，我的样子吓跑了他们的顾客，我想我可以凭此道谋生。

艾美对乔说：You look pleased with yourself.(你看来得意洋洋)。乔解释说：I got a great job offer。 说人洋洋自得，英文有一句成语：as pleased as Punch。Punch是木偶趣剧Punch and Judy里的主角，常常和妻子朱迪打架，并常常自鸣得意。He appeared as pleased as Punch when he got the job即‘他获得那份工作，看来洋洋得意’。

A great job offer的offer是‘提出’、‘给予’的意思， I got a great job offer即‘我获得一份很好的工作’。薪金优厚的职位，英文叫做fat job或plum job，例如：His father has got him a fat/plum job in the government(他父亲帮他找到一份待遇优渥的政府工作)。工作轻松的职位，则叫cushy job，一般带贬意，例如：She has a cushy job, and spends much of her time in the office reading novels.(她的工作可轻松，经常在办公室里读小说)。

Job、post、position、office、career都可译做‘职业’，但含义有点不同。 Office是指大机构或政府的高职，post、position一般是指白领或专业职位，job可泛指各种职位，而career则是长远的事业，例如：(1) The president came into office four years ago.(总统四年前就职)。(2) I would like to apply for the position of Advertising Manager.(我想申请广告经理一职)。(3) I hold a blue-collar/white collar job.(我担任蓝领/白领工作)。(4) He had a successful career as a teacher.(他长期从事教学，十分成功)。

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